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    Open Gun Question

    in Open Pistols

    Posted

    Its funny how people try to "buy" a win. I guess they relate it to auto/sailboat/cycle/etc racing. The guy who has the most money can afford the most powerful engines. True to a point, but its still a great driver performance that wins.

    There was a period in this sport where money helped matches. Guns that ran won and only a few people could make them. I used to carry 3 Aimpoints/Tascos just to make it through a match. Gunsmiths used to attend the Nationals and work on guns there. Heck I remember a story of Jerry B felt his gun was a little loose at the Nationals or SC. He put it in a vise, Squeezed, and made lapping compound from a crushed dremel bit and gun oil to get it running. I think he won too.

    I don't think you see much of that happening now in the winners circle.

    Its the shooter and if you don't understand that you aren't paying attention

    Learning to call your shot?

    in Handgun Techniques

    Posted

    I think you can make M and not call your shots. Classifiers can be somewhat muscle memoried if that makes sense.

    I know you can't win consistantly or shoot at high levels in any class, without shot calling.

    G. David Tubb can call a rifle hit at 600 yds in competition, I mean like if its an inch to the right.

    That's the level to strive for. For me shot calling had to be a progression. You are striving to allow your brain to process information based on a "picture" that is probably happening in like what a ten thousanth of a second?(since its light maybe faster? I dont know/care, how fast are neurons?)

    I think its a process like driving. First you learn how to brake, shift etc. Then later you can drift through a unknown corner at 9/10ths. But he is an important point. Your body needs to keep up so there's no shortcuts. Ya gotta do the drills, dryfire, livefire, matches, etc.

    I guess remember the final goal and work towards it. Practice eye drills. start paying attention. Do you see the fire in front of the gun? Do you see the brass? Thats not the goal but sometimes it "wakes up" people to how little they see or input.

    Awareness can be a B$%@. If you start letting it become part of your everyday life you can get a little frustrated with people bumping into you at the store, people around you that take 10 seconds to see an "alligator" and the like.

    Open Gun Question

    in Open Pistols

    Posted · Edited by BSeevers

    There's are a lot of "big boys" in Limited and remember a C class shooters in Limited is usually a C in Open.

    Open is not a magic gun, its "easier to shoot" but its easier for everybody in that divison, so competition breaks out accordingly.

    The attitude of people towards guns

    in What I Hate

    Posted

    Being friendly can help sometimes but if its a crazy, tree hugging, veggie eatin, not God fearing, brainwashed, unintelligent, spineless, liberal go down the street to different place. I had no problems at UPS West Carrollton and Fedex Miamisburg although older lady there wrinkles her nose.

    PS I get reactions like that every other time I mention my hobby.Too bad for them.

    is this a legal uspsa shooting position

    in USPSA/IPSC Rules

    Posted

    We can call it the Gray's Anatomy Rule... the arm bone's connected to the shoulder bone; the shoulder bone's connected to the neck bone... [Everybody sing!]

    Hmmm...

    So do you consider the neck a part of the arm?

    No the point is the shoulder Skin/Muscle/Bone/Whatever is connected to the shooting arm and if you are push/pull it you are SUPPORTING it

    Remember when.......

    in Open Pistols

    Posted

    For all of us that didn't shoot back then.

    This thread is useless without pics... :surprise:

    We did not have cameras then

    I do have a Lithograph of my first Open gun but I don't know how to post it.

    Serious do you remember the first High Tech people that videoed with those VHS/Beta cameras that looked like Channel 10 TV cameras.

    Oh and yea I was told by a MD to not to shoot my first "unsafe" 38 Super at club matches. Guns did blow up on a regular basis then but it was usually(always) a double charged .45. We had a guy shooting a comped dot .45 at 190 PF with 155 gr bullets. Ill admit that one scared me. What is that like 40000 cups in an unsupported chamber and none +P brass?

    Later Glocks and lead bullets were the ticket to KaBoom.

    Remember when.......

    in Open Pistols

    Posted

    My first Open gun was a trick Two port .45 Wilson single stack. The two port was leading edge except for those guys out west and down south with the gamer ten rd 38 Supers. We said they deserved their Super faces. Oh and I am pretty sure my gun had a Leathem/Enos comp

    When is a used gun "too used?"

    in Introduce Yourself

    Posted

    Interesting question. I have bought several used guns, some blind off this forum some after inspecting.

    A simple answer is between 2000 and 30,000 for an Open gun and for a Limited between 50 and 50,000. Limited guns just hold up better than open guns. Open guns are unproven with less than 2000 rounds and likley may have issues running. In 9 mm make sure you get some mags that are tuned with the gun. In the higher round counts you need to look hard at the guns condition and allow for the expense of potential repairs to make it right.

    I recently acquired an open gun with who knows how many rounds, when you held the gun and leaned it one way then the other it rattled the slide was so loose. It had both verticale and side slop in the fit. The side to side isn't that bad but the vertical is a killer. It is with Doug Jones getting acc-u-rail, when it gets back it is getting a barrel and a new comp. At that point I will have a very nice modern open gun with a fairly small investment, to add to the growing collection of open guns.

    Seriously you can raise your 30K, if that was true I would need a new gun every year, My current gun has a lot more than that and I might put a barrel/comp next winter.

    I haven't been shooting my normal 20-25K a year cause of ammo prices and health but I really have shot that level of rds for the last 20 years. I used to buy 4 cases of primers to start the season. Oh the heady days of picking up a case wholesale, in stock!, for less than $80, Heck I shot 10K last year and didn't hardly shoot any majors.

    My current gun can shoot a paster at 15 yrds and if accuracy drops I put a barrel in.

    When is a used gun "too used?"

    in Introduce Yourself

    Posted

    I sold an Open gun on its third barrel and second comp for $1300. I forget rds but 130,000++ It was a steal and frankly if there is no cracks or major damage guns last a long time. A barrel is a wear item.

    It was made correctly and that is a major concern for me. Lot's of smiths out there but only a few know what they are doing.

    Tips for maximizing low round count practice sessions?

    in Training Techniques

    Posted · Edited by BSeevers

    Go with a goal in mind.

    Practice the right things. Plan and track. Early on as a tool, I used to set the SAME stage up and run it while tracking my progress on paper. Think Barricade, 3 targets, move to Box 3 targets and so forth. It showed me that the weird feeling grip was the right one, that I had to trust my sight pic, that I had to see a sight pic and so forth.

    Dry fire is for draws, reloads,gun presentation type stuff,trigger and limited movement. I feel airsoft is the same genre or maybe even not as beneficial since it has very close targets. I know they use smaller targets but I don't see it as a vast improvement over dryfire. I agree it can't hurt and is a benefit to some people.

    Live fire is pretty much EVERYTHING else. Movement, transistions, recoil control, shot calling, accuracy, speed, and so much more.

    I look at it like music. You first learn your scales and exercises (dry fire/airsoft)but eventually you need to play songs(run livefire stages). The match is the "concert"

    Dry fire feeds development of skills but you are doing the correct thing in knowing you need live fire to perform and perfect it,

    All my practice is now limited or none but one big piece of advice is take extra ammo. Sometimes you want to extend a "breakthrough"session or maybe a M shows up and wants to help.

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