dravz

I put the 336 ejector in mine too. Only been 200 rounds since but no failures in that time.

No no, Mark, I was asking because I'm pretty sure *I* have been incorrectly saying "Shooter ready," not because someone else did.

Simple rules question: after a shooter has made ready, what is the next given command? I have heard both a hundred times but which command is the official wording?

Hell yeah!

Grats, CHA-LEE, that's a big honor! I think you'll find it will still be pretty fun.

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It really gives me the heebie jeebies to watch those get decocked during LAMR. I know it's a mental thing but man it bugs me, lol.

Agree completely. The downside to using smaller-scale targets at closer distances is that your eyes do not get the practice of changing their focus at the full distances.

This is very important. I hear SA saying that to me every time I'm feeling too tired, too crappy, too busy, or too anything when it's practice time. You have to do the work. Also, no one ever mentions Shooting from Within but it is a fantastic book on shooting. No offense to Brian, but I found it a lot more accessible without all the warrior-monk-zen stuff.

It's also nice because it'll keep playing over and over again without me having to push a button every time or whatever. It's all I use for my dry-fire par timer needs anymore.

It's almost like you need speed and accuracy. Crazy, right.

Okay so I have a really dumb recoil spring question. In my G34 I have the Wolff 14# recoil spring and Wolff steel guide rod, and sometimes when putting the slide back on the frame the spring gets caught in a weird way or like something doesn't go quite right and I have to do it again. Is this just the nature of the uncaptured spring or am I an idiot who's doing something wrong? I honestly don't get it.

Any more testing with the Gen 4 ejector?

My Saturday classifier didn't make it in either -- it was an 82%

I think it's both, but imo it's just a matter of diminishing returns and time efficiency. For instance, a C-class shooter may have splits on a 30-ft target of .33 seconds, while a GM will hammer it in .15 seconds. However, the C-class shooter may take .66 seconds to transition onto that target, while the GM transitions in .20 seconds (or lower, honestly). So there is a lot more room for improvement by speeding your transitions (.46s gained), way more than speeding your splits (.18s gained). That's point one. The second point is pretty much every M/GM (and even most A-class) will have the same splits on a given target/distance, usually like .12-.14s. At that level it is strictly the speed of target acquisition and transitions which will separate the field, because human beings cannot physically pull a trigger faster than about .12 seconds, but transition times can still come down from .25 to .22 to .18s. Thirdly, if your splits are equal to your transitions, then it means you are functioning at 100% peak efficiency. Much like a maximized .12-second split is the limit on the speed of shots, if the gun is therefore on the next target and ready to shoot at the end of that .12 seconds it means there was no wasted time in the shooting whatsoever. At such a point, you have eliminated all waiting from your shooting (of an array), which is by definition the fastest you can go.

I would say the targets are your sheet music.

Cadence is just for practice. It is a way to force you into having a shot ready on the beat to improve your transition times. That's all.

There was a post around here recently where a guy made dramatic improvements to his draw speed by focusing on his weak hand and making it move as fast as he could, leaving the strong hand and actual draw to his subconscious. I've actually taken this concept a step further, and all I think about on a stage is what my weak hand is doing. I make it move as fast as possible on the draw, I make sure it is squeezing like crazy in my grip, I make it grab a new mag as fast as possible, and so on. Someday I will have everything subconscious and won't need to do this, but for now it makes for a great mental distraction, allowing me to do everything else without thought.

I have been looking for a good way to practice cadence with my SIRT. I can't believe I didn't think of a metronome app. I'm totally doing this.

I'm pretty sure Steel Challenge shooters do that kind of thing on purpose.

You have a link? I'm not finding it.

It was for me, or more specifically a grip neutrality issue.

I actually have noticed the opposite problem, which is why I don't worry about it -- namely, the tension and pressure of match time causes me to be more aggressive and forceful than I am in dry-fire. When I'm on the clock I slam those mags home like I hate them and their mother. (I use a Glock in Production, so the weight difference isn't as marked as you guys are seeing in Limited fully-loaded.)

I had this exact same experience with Glock dry-fire and came to the same conclusion -- first shot click, sight pictures for the rest.

I know this is an old topic but thanks for the excellent explanation, Dave.