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People is what makes the sport great.

Welcome from a UW grad

This is what i use to L10 and SS, nothing special. In L10 i run Tripp Cobra 10rnd System mags.

You can shove that 3"er where the sun don't shine!!! Here is a video of some star setups that they run at Warsaw from time to time: Star action starts around :50 I have not shot a star yet but that one in the video look crazy hard.

Last night i added a post reply in the mental conditioning forum that was kinda like this. My post did not use as good rhetoric. As i said in my post reply it is like an autopilot, the pilot hits a switch and sits back and watches makes sure nothing go wrong, if it does then he can take control until the situation is fixed and then hit the autopilot switch again and sit back. You remember everything that happens but you do not have to think you just do it, and you can recall everything that happens. I am not a good shooter and honestly never really tried to call my shots, i have always wanted to know why people call their shots, now i know. My experience in the autopilot theory is in national level swimming.

I always believed in practicing what you do and stick to it. So saying that before a match get the same amount of sleep/ caffeine that you have on a practice day. Because you are training your body and mind to be able to do the same skills over and over. The more variable that you add to your match days the more likely your body will react differently form the way it does in practice, (good or bad). I know that matches add in a lot of different variables that you cannot control such as adrenalin of the competition, but sleep and caffeine is some that you can control (to a point). I to get so excited that it is hard to sleep.

I was I a top swimmer in the nation during college (30th 5 years ago), I have experienced your " autopilot" many times. By practicing you are not only trainning phisicaly but also mentally, your body and mind know what to do. Once you get better you can learn to let your body do what is natural (autopilot) but also take control when you need because something went wrong (flubbed a reload) and the turn it back on again. Visualizing the course is not something to take lightly, you do not want to ( for lack of a better word) think while you are shooting, when your mind comes into the mix thing will go wrong. Before a race I would spend a minimum of an hour visualizing a 47 sec race, before a big race (nationals ext.) I would spend several hours visualizing. Visualizing is not just sitting in a corner with eyes closed (even though that is important) it is also working out your course plan, drills, any thing that gets your mind ready.

I wipe down my guns with a silicone rag after every time I handle them. I also put molted oil on the slide every time I shoot. Also will wipe miltec oil on the outside once or twice a month. I use titegroup powder Wichita is really dirty I clean the barrel at least once a month 500-1000 rounds.

You can do a drill over and over and learn nothing you are just learning how to do that drill good and nothing else. So yeah you can do that but you will never will a match in your class since it is over your skill level. Also I will look bad when a "A" shooter get beat but a true C shooter. It does not sound like good idea to me. Now us it bad form I don't know.

I like to call the airports that I will be going to and ask them a lot of questions even ones that I know. I even give them a call when I am about a hour away to let them know that I will have a firearm, I dint want them to be surprised.

Yeah, Seeklander was great .... He even gave my son a signed copy of his book! Just getting to watch him shoot was an experience in itself... I am always happy to hear when a "super star" does stuff like that...

I can shoot with both eyes open without double vision 40% of the time at the beginning, draw or reload. I have also found that if I see double then I just have to barley squint my non-dominate eye then re open it, my vision then goes to seeing one, until I do a reload or move then I may have to do it again. I have only been tring to shoot both eyes open for a week now. I don't know why this happens, I can only speculate that my right eye is naturally dominate and my brain just needs a kick start in seeing single vision.

What I like about this sport is the fact that everyone can compete next to super stars. Like in your post Seeklander being the RO that is cool for a young shooter, heck I would be excited to shoot with him. When I was young, some of the things that kept me swimming was the older better swimmers, and the occasion of seeing Olympic claiber swimmers.

slee, thanks for the info you gave me the other day. Your kid looks very gifted. One bit of advice since he is so young is to make the sport fun, and not work or a chore. I grew up swimming and ended up 30th in the nation in 100 butterfly during college, what helped me get to that point was my parents and coaches kept it fun. I know many other kids that could have done better than me quit once they got older, the main reason was that the sport had became work, and they got burned out. I look forward to shooting with you at Twin Lakes this Saturday.

I have always found that hadycap competitors in any sport will put people in there place any day of the week. They show how most people become complacent, and get bad attitudes. I think everyone that throws a temper tantrum, should study and learn humility from guys like that.

I have a 600 round a month budget. That includes matches. I plan on doing one match a month. If a match is 200 rounds then than leaves me with 400 rounds of live fire practice. Is it better to have one live fire practice a month with 400 rounds, one live practice every two weeks with 200 rounds or a live rire practice every week with 100 rounds? I plan on doing dry fire as well.

I have seen people talk about the Molly and bayou bullets, how do the differ from lead? There are two reasons I am shooting CMJ, first and the main reason is that is what my local gun shop had on hand when I started reloading two weeks ago, second is I want to minimize lead exposure. What gets me is the lead that builds up in the barrel, when you clean the barrel lead dust will be produced. I know that lead may be cheaper but I would rather pay a bit extra to have no lead build up.

I am shooting a .40 single stack, loading with Montana Gold 180gr CMJ. Someone told me that single stack shooters tend to use lead bullets in their reloads and Limited jacketed. Is this true? If so why?

I can't say much about how to practice but I can help with the mental aspect all sports are 50% mental 46% physical/ skill 5% luck/ anything else. In college (4 years ago) I was a top ranked NCAA division 1 swimmer (30th). I would spend 2-3 hours preparing my mind for a 47 sec race. I would warm up in the pool doing drills thinking about every aspect of the stroke. Then I would sit with my eyes closed running threw the race ( the way i wanted to go and time goal ex.) in my head. O usually would do this for min for an hour. I found if I had the time to do this I was able to do some amazing things. Only time I was disappointed with my swimming was when I did not have the time to do the mental prep. I know that sounds extreem and not practical for shooting but even if you run the stage through once or twice in your head you will find that you are more calm and your scores will improve.

It's a no go. Will have to wait my cousin is not going to be able to buy the shotgun.

It is not a done deal yet my cousin is trying to come up with the money. I am having a lot of fun in SS, but i have thought someday i would like to try limited. I don't want to let this opportunity to pass, not very often do I have and extra 2-3 thousand dollars to spend on a gun. So i am going to get the limited. If I don't like it I can always sell it. Now I need to figure out who to build it. I can still shoot SS especially while i wait to get it.

Ok here is the problem. I might be selling a shotgun (the nicest gun I have) to my cousin, i don't want to but he really likes it so I said ok. I have a personal rule that says "if I sell a gun then the money goes to buy another gun". So that said i am going to buy another gun (hopefully custom or semi custom). My issue is what to get. I am currently shooting a STI Trojan .40 in SS and L10. Should i get a 2011 style Limited/L10 gun or get a nicer 1911 and use the Trojan as a back up. I like the "thought" of limited and the "race" gun involved, but is the competition too hard? Yet i like the "thought" of SS as well. If i did get the 2011 style gun i would still compete in SS when i can. I am not looking for a straight up answer on which one to get i am just asking for peoples thoughts and ideas, yall might come up with an idea that i didn't think of. thanks

I actually don't have a chrono yet I am just was just going off of feel right now. Once I get a chance to chrono I will post. I shot them today and do feel a difference. I defiantly like the titegroup. My next project is to get them chronoed and work from there.

I did work up some reloads yesterday using 4.4gr titegroup with 180 CMJ at 1.16 OAL, and 5.0gr Universal with same bullet and OAL. I think shooting different powders in person is the best way to find out what i like. I am going to try them out tonight. I will let yall know how things go latter.

I know that tide group is faster than universal clays, is n320 faster than titegroup?