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Negatives of hunching your head forward: Introduces unneeded tension in the shoulders and neck. Changes your sighting plane from your start position. With the head tilted too far forward you end up looking though the tops of your eyes (less sharp vision). I spent a lot of effort to train out my hunch for the above reasons.

I have a couple 126s I could try this on! Did the 126 with Para Basepad fit with the STI factory magwell or did you have to trim it? Thanks.

2 guns setup exactly the same.

This might help explain where the "pie" thing came from. Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Sights are a teacher. They teach us how to align the gun and if we listen to them, tell us what we are doing right and wrong. In some instances, sights can also become a heavily relied upon crutch...like training wheels that we are scared to take off. I would guess for most shooting inside of 15 yards sights aren't even needed (see slingshot guy video) but we use them. It helps us feel secure and connected. Sights are a security blanket.

The sights are a mirror. They reflect what you're doing while you are doing it. Or maybe they are an interpreter. Taking a subconscious action and explaining it in such a way that the conscious mind can understand.

I remember reading somewhere that the sights are there to occupy your conscious mind, so that you stay out your own way. Or something like that.

It sounds like you are developing the mind of an expert and have ideas of how you should be shooting based on your preconceived notions of yourself instead of just seeing what is front of you and shooting. “If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything, it is open to everything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ” ― Shunryu Suzuki

Shot the Postal Match last Sunday. SSP MA Stage 1 14.87 (4) Stage 2 9.51 (1) Stage 3 5.18 (2) Stage 4 10.57 (3)

I got an email that Brazos will be there with their Super tuned 4 pack mag special and other goodies. I think Red Dot will be there as well.

I haven't heard about such rule in IPSC rule book and would like to know the rule number if that is actually the case. However it been a popular practice at some large IPSC matches (especially in Europe) when RO crew don't allow any competitors to be on the stage before they're shooting. So, it would be useful to know if US IPSC National match would allow competitors to see the stages day before the main match starts. IPSC Rulebook 8.7.3 No person is permitted to enter or move through a course of fire without the prior approval of a Range Officer assigned to that course of fire, or the Range Master. Violations will incur a warning for the first offense but may be subject to the provisions of Section 10.6 for subsequent offenses. And remember...no sight pictures in IPSC! 8.7.1 Competitors are prohibited from taking a sight picture and/or dry firing prior to the start signal. Violation will result in a warning for the first occurrence and one procedural penalty for each subsequent occurrence in the same match. Competitors may, while pointing their firearm at the ground, adjust electronic sights.

I'm not competing, I'm covering the match, photos/video. So it helps to walk the stages to figure out the best place for cameras etc. Ahhh, excellent. I'll be looking forward to your coverage.

IPSC rules dictate that competitors may not walk the courses of fire prior to that squads dedicated time. I guess you could admire them from afar though.

Great match, and nice videography Shannon. You definitely have an eye for shooting, both a gun and a camera!

While I normally push hard in practice for development, a week or two before a major match, I ease off and spend more time finding my match pace. You're not going to learn or ingrain anything new right before a big match, ie: cramming for an exam. If you've been diligent with your training the months before the major match, then all you need to do is to shoot to your current ability. Other people might beat you, but don't beat yourself by trying to shoot beyond what your capabilities are.

But that would be too easy! lol. I would think a factory trigger spring from a MA Compliant M&P would be all that you would need. By the way, I joined IPSC Global Village and on one of the first threads I was reading someone posted this! Uploaded with ImageShack.us

I'm doing the same thing to my M&P. I'm hoping a heavier trigger spring and sear spring will do it. Also, be careful if you have a radiused striker block, that might or might not fly depending on if its seen as minor detailing or part of a trigger job. I'm swapping mine out to an unmodified factory one just in case! "Modifications to them, other than minor detailing (the removal of burrs and/or adjustments unavoidably required in order to fit replacement OFM parts or components), are prohibited."

Thanks for the clarification. It might be easier to just buy a new gun then to change my Production gun back to factory configuration.

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but am I correct in assuming that this match will follow IPSC equipment rules? Not many USPSA shooters get a chance to shoot IPSC. I have a feeling Open class is going to grow a little due to some unprepared USPSA Production shooters not getting there gear squared away for IPSC.

I liked the Old Spiderman better with Tobey Maguire and Willem Dafoe.

Progress doesn't always happen in a linear progression, its a constant game of leap frog between speed and accuracy. Don't be so attached to accuracy that it becomes a "thing" you have to hold on to. Pickup the pace and trust that your accuracy will be there. It might not be ALL there but you don't all of a sudden forget how to shoot by increasing the pace slightly. In development, it can be argued that learning/allowing yourself to be more accurate is easier than learning how to go faster. Sometimes you have to sacrifice some points for a while to get faster, then let the accuracy catch back up to the new pace. As sroe3 said, different matches might have winners with higher or lower percentages. For example, at Area 6, my percentage points of 87.5% was competitive with first place production who scored 88.4%. Not counting penalties, my percentage was actually higher than the winner (my biggest shortcoming at Area 6 was mental mistakes, not lack of accuracy). Looking at the Florida Open, the Production winner won it with only 80.5% points! Port Malabar USPSA is a challenging match, which is great for us. The MD and primary crew are really good Open shooters so a lot of stages they come up with is challenging for Open, let alone Production shooters. Most of the stages are long field courses where speed counts. Which is GREAT for us. Its like sparring (in boxing) with heavy gloves then putting on lighter gloves for the actual fight. That being said, it wouldn't hurt to attend other clubs local matches. Central Florida, Titusville, Volusia ALL put on great matches with a slightly different flavor.

Reminds me of a famous story about a sitar player who requested to meet with the Buddha to discuss his meditation practice. He asked him, “Should I maintain tight controls on my mind during meditation or should I let it flow?” The Buddha asked, “How do you tune your instrument?” The sitar play said, “If I tune the strings too tightly, they break. If they are too loose, no sound comes out.” “Just so,” replied the Buddha, “you should hold your mind in meditation.”

In your journey, expect to come into contact with a prick once in a while.

Don't care...about caring or not caring. A list of "Don'ts" are rarely as successful as a list of "Do's". If not taken with care, a list of negatives (Don't do this, Don't think of that, etc.) is like allowing a bunch of weeds into your garden all at once and can be overwhelming for someone who hasn't learned to deal with their thoughts. I would suggest learning to tend to your garden as the weeds pop up, one by one. Think of thoughts of caring like clouds passing in the sky. You can't always stop them from coming, but you CAN notice them, let them pass, and not give them power. Thoughts are not your mind.

I am nearsighted as well. What works for me is MONOVISION... one lens for close and one lens for distance. Typically in mono vision the dominant eye is set for distance but do the reverse, optimize your dominate eye to see your front sight and your non-dominant eye to see the targets. It's a little strange at first but it works well once you get used to it.