[mnf dry firing]

The last couple MNF's have been real snoozers so maybe I should try this...

[New FN SLP Mark 1 - Initial Cleaning + Break-in]

Awesome post, thanks for the info! I'm pretty set on getting an SLP next, can't wait!

[Timer Questions & Advice]

I'm curious about the dry fire half of this question as well. Just bought a Pocket Pro II and it doesn't want to pick up my dry fire clicking. The SureFire iPhone app worked for this at first, but has since ceased to work reliably for dry fire practice.

Can you set a par time on the Pocket Pro 2 to tenths of a second like you could with the Surefire app? I want to be able to set it to, say, 2.4 seconds and have it beep both at the start and at the end of that 2.4 second par time. Is this possible? Thanks.

[SureFire Shot Timer app now updated for iPhone4]

Since I downloaded IOS 5 the Surefire timer app immediately crashes. Has anyone heard of an update of the app for the new OS?

Still works on my iOS5 iPhone 4. Not sure what that means.

And now it doesn't. What the heck.

[mossburg 930]

September 7th. So about 2x's the wait, but I can tell you, it is well worth it! Now I'm just in a bad mood because I seem to have lost my Nordic Barrel Clamp...

And here is a reference picture of how it comes. It has a large front fiber optic and an adjustable rear.

I really like the AFG on there...

[the road to improvement.....]

I just made A class a couple months ago, and in the past year I've put less than 1,000 rounds downrange outside of matches.

It doesn't take a whole lot - but if I had more money for ammo and a range membership, I probably would have made Master by now.

Interesting. Good to know.

I'm assuming there was regular dry-firing in there too?

[SureFire Shot Timer app now updated for iPhone4]

Since I downloaded IOS 5 the Surefire timer app immediately crashes. Has anyone heard of an update of the app for the new OS?

Still works on my iOS5 iPhone 4. Not sure what that means.

[Mike Seeklander's Book]

I still love real books. It is easier to find things, easier to take notes, go back over parts I need and they stay where I put them.

Don't get me wrong I love my computer but I hate that you can "sneeze" and something disappears -If you know what i mean.

I'm the same way, man. What grinds me is Amazon charges almost as much for the digital copy, and if I'm gonna pay that much I'm want the real thing!

This is not paying for "convenience," because I know it costs less for them to distribute books electronically.

:angry:

[30 Days of Dryfire]

I do Steve Anderson's dryfire routines once a week (complete the whole book every week, I mean, broken up into multiple sessions though). It has been the single most effective way for me to improve by far.

I forget what number it is, but my favorite drill to run (and I do it over and over and over, much like that guy who practiced El Presidente relentlessly, Jake DaVita maybe?) is a modification of Steve's box to box side to side drill. I simply added a reload into the drill when moving from box to box since I shoot Production. This condenses all my most essential skills into one single dryfire drill that I can run till I drop -- improves cardio too!

But anyway, I believe in dryfire thoroughly and if you aren't doing it you are doing yourself a disservice. It's like lifting weights without protein!

Steve, if you read this, I'd just like to say thanks for your book.

[Is USPSA about accuracy?]

Why shouldn't it be about speed? That's what adds the practicality, right?

TLG just posted something similar, which is apropos:

But it’s a fallacy — and a rather obvious one, at that — to believe that slow, calm, ultra-precise shooting skill is all you need when things are closer and faster. A demo I regularly do in class involves timing myself to a precise “eyeball shot” on a target at 7yd… and then seeing how many hits I can get into an 8″ circle in the same amount of time. It’s quite a few. And all else being equal, getting shot multiple times in the upper chest will probably put most people off their “eyeball shot” game a bit, don’t you think?

[Payment Plan for USPSA Life Membership]

The NRA has their Easy Pay Life (EPL) Plan for life membership. They require a minimum of $25 quarterly until the $1000 life membership fee is satisfied. This makes getting the "lifer" status a lot easier for those of us that cannot dish out the $1K in a single installment.

That's how I got my NRA Life membership. I would not have been able to do it otherwise.

[what is your "Go to Food" while at the range]

I have found a new addition to the range bag for lunch - Underwood Chicken Spread. There's enough in one can for two sandwiches and goes great on crackers with cheese.

Is that the one in the wrapper with the little devil on it? That stuff is kinda amazing.

[Spent 4 hours with the animal brain today]

Mongo like Alphas!

Haha, well said.

edit: I will be adding that one-liner to my list of mental mantras.

[Do classifiers really represent a full skill set test of a GM?]

I'm glad Ben posted. Ben is currently a 100% classifier guy. There are four shooters in the USPSA production division that have 100% on their classifier scores. Ben is one of them.

As a newish Production shooter, I'm very thankful for Ben's 100 Project. It really helps to just SEE what 100% really looks like.

[How do you start a match]

depends on mentality, Can you bomb a stage and not lert it affect the rest of your day ? I have bombed satges let it really get to me and probably hurt the rest of the match only to find out at the end of the day only to find out when the scores coem out everyone bombed it and I didnt do so bad after all.

I admit I have a problem with this. If I bomb a stage I get so mad it'll ruin the next stage too. I don't know how to let the previous stage go. I'm like the QB who throws a pick and then tosses two more right afterward because I can't erase it.

[what is your "Go to Food" while at the range]

I'm so jazzed up before a match I can hardly finish a bowl of cereal that morning. It's much easier to keep drinking during the shoot than to try to eat. I start with a Coke and then Gatorades until we're done.

I bought some of those Jelly Belly Sports Beans I saw recommended somewhere else on this forum, see if that'll help prevent sugar crashes.

[Controlling the adrenalin]

#2 - If you don't have someone you can shoot with consistently then challenge yourself. This one is alittle harder to accomplish because you have to kinda "Trick" yourself into making your ADR kick in. Basically what i do is set a timer to a Par Time that i have seen a great shooter get on a stage and then i shoot that stage. The fact that your timer is pushing you makes your ADR kick in also.

This is how I do it because in order to get better at shooting with adrenaline you need to practice shooting with adrenaline. You probably have already realized this, but sometimes it takes the internet repeating it back to you for it to sink in.

[At what point of the draw does your finger engage the trigger]

As I was taught, "not till the gun is on target." But I don't wait till full extension, my trigger finger goes in as I'm pushing the gun out.

[Decent priced pistol for 3gun/fun shooting]

If I were starting from scratch right now I'd get the Glock 34 and wouldn't look back.

[Practice Targets]

Paper plates and index cards, dudes.

[Forearm workouts, how often?]

I do chin-ups and pull-ups while wearing 75lb of weights, 3x a week. I feel that works my grip strength well enough.

[What part of the day do you lift?]

Soon as I get home from work (~5pm).

[Grip strength 'exerciser'?]

Plain old pull-ups work wonders too.

[Best training DVD's?]

I wouldn't bother with the Magpul videos. They were a waste of time for me.

The Magpul videos (the handgun ones, at least) are more for general/defensive use and are not competition-oriented really at all. Yes, a lot of what they show will apply (grip, reloads, etc.) but it isn't for that.

[Tips for Newbies]

Appreciate the tips!