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I like that trick! For my practice, I black out everything but the center A zone, because, well, what else is there to shoot at?

See the pinned topic in this forum: Another drill I've seen is the "bowtie" exercise. It's useful to have someone run the buzzer for you: Place two metric targets about 3 yards apart and 7-10 yards away. Start by aiming at the upper A on the left target. On the beep, fire one shot and immediately move to the center A on the target on the right. On the beep, fire one shot and immediately move up to the upper A on the target on the right. On the beep, fire one shot and immediately move to the center A on the target on the left. On the beep, fire one shot and immediately move to the upper A on the target on the left. Rinse, repeat as necessary.

I tried on Mac Safari, Chrome, Firefox, and Windows IE11. All four showed the same error this morning, even after clearing cache and restarting. It seems to be working now, tho. Thanks for looking.

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++1 As others have noted, I think putting a RDS on your pistol is well worth it, particularly for training. Over the weekend, I borrowed a friend's XDm with a Leupold DeltaPoint and shot a local match with it. One of the things I've been struggling with is entering positions with the gun up and sights ready to fire. It took a few stages for me to see it, but the red dot certainly showed (to me) how jarring my entries were. I smoothed it out for the last couple of stages and shot them better than I think I would've done with my regular Limited gun. https://youtu.be/BIsnqbqyCMU

During a Manny Bragg class, we did a variation of this with pistols and steel plates I think the main aspect of the drill is to call the shot and leave the position the instant you break the shot, but incidentally, there’s also plenty of opportunity to work on every/exit positions.

Soemtimes I’ll video another [better] shooter and compare against my own performance on the same stage. It’s not always easy picking out your own mistakes, but when you see someone else do it right, then it becomes obvious what you need to fix.

I sold my open gun this year to double down in limited (had two limited guns made), but I still want to go back to open eventually. I think shooting that platform, you can’t help but shoot fast! I think I’m going to stick with limited for a few more years, but I will probably get a CO for practice. Having that red dot show you what the sights are doing is invaluable.

Another vote for the CoC. I'm on my computer most of the day so not much opportunity to train my grip, however, I keep a pair of grippers in my car so that I can use them while in transit. At least once a week, I switch to the heavier sets.

+1 for airsoft. Some things you don't get from just dry firing is being able to train prepping the trigger shot after shot. Also, I've found my shot calling (both airsoft and real gun) have gotten a lot better, and I attribute that to the [probably] thousands of airsoft pellets I've fired while watching the sights bounce. Also, a can of gas will last a few thousand shots and cost about $6. Has anyone mentioned that it's too damned cold to shoot outdoors during this time of year? Certainly anything done incorrectly can impair your performance, and that's not exclusive to practicing with airsoft.

One thing I remember from taking a Manny Bragg class was that he had us work on each part of the draw individually, so we'd set a par time just going from hands relaxed to onto the grip. Once we did that a few times, then start from hand on grip and drawing out of the holster. A few times with that and then pushing out. All of this was done individually and with par time. When we finished going through all of the individual parts, then we did the entire draw, again, with par time. Whatever sort of draw you're looking at practicing, break it down into individual parts and work on them separately.

Maybe not the same thing, but I RO my 11-year-old daughter for a few different reasons: She's much more comfortable with me watching over her shoulder than some stranger I know the things she's uncomfortable with and what to remind her of as she's going through the course If she does make an infraction, I want to be the one to give her the bad news

I load Bullseye with BBI 180gr for my 40 because I didn't want to use up my WST for practice. My load is 4.2gr with COAL 1.20; in my KKM barrel, it makes about 170pf. The recoil is quite a bit "snappier" than WST, but I'm beginning to prefer it because my slide cycles much faster. The other big advantage over WST is that isn't not as temperature-sensitive. In Colorado, our spring temperatures can swing 20 degrees from day-to-day and makes WST velocities very erratic. The really bad side with Bullseye is that it's a very high-pressure powder and extremely sensitive to COAL. I initially loaded 4.4gr with using MG 180gr bullets and it went about 950fps. I switched to BBI loading the same amount and to the same length, but because the BBI are just a bit taller than MG, the volume in the case shrunk. The same load with BBI makes them fly about 1050fps. There's more than just the reduced volume that affected that number, such as jacketed vs coated bullets, but it's a factor nonetheless.

Are you practicing for steel (surrender) or most USPSA (hands at sides)? For USPSA, I sometimes use a scoop technique instead of coming over the top and down. From hands at sides, I come up and my four fingers scoop the gun directly out of the holster as my thumb is coming around to the other side. Support hand meets the gun as soon as possible and then extend directly out to your firing position. For me, it's about 0.25s faster than the typical draw where I come up above the gun then down against the backstrap to pull the gun out. But...it's riskier because you're pulling the gun out before your thumb has actually had a chance to secure the gun, and there's more risk you would end up with a sloppy grip, or worse, drop the gun. For USPSA, 0.25s saved on the draw at the risk of having a bad grip isn't worth it. It would be worth it for steel, but there you're starting from surrender so the scoop doesn't apply anyways.

I'm no gunsmith, but a lot of what everyone's saying is true for what their guns run. Recoil springs run about $7, so get a whole slew of different weights and try for yourself. Your main (hammer) spring weight will also be an important piece of the puzzle as that affects lockup time. Other things to consider--has your slide been lightened? What powder/load are you using? What viscosity oil do you use (Slide Glide)? And finally, which one just feels best for the way you shoot?

One possibility is that you're loading them too short and the neck of the casing is trying to grip the part of the bullet that's curved in, not the lower, flatter part. Could also be you need to get an undersized die to prevent pushback.

Surrender is slower for me, but that's because I shoot (and practice) more USPSA than SC. Kind of off-topic: a friend of mine and I had a discussion on how important it is to have a super-fast draw time for USPSA. For SC, your draw needs to be spot-on, but in USPSA, it doesn't buy you a whole lot to have a sub-1-second draw when the majority of your activity is done elsewhere. It might be more beneficial to ensure you have a good, firm grip coming out of the holster than to try and come out at 100mph with a sloppy one. BTW, we were comparing which draw technique was faster--the over-the-top, where from hands at sides, you come up and then down on the gun, or the scoop where you come straight up and draw the gun on the upstroke.

I have a 9mm 1911 for steel, and can double for SS minor for USPSA. My daughter shoots it, and the ability to load the powder WAY down when shooting 147gr is the biggest benefit to minimize recoil.

That's why I'm getting my kids into shooting. Right now, my oldest is 10 YO and she's done a few steel matches with me. Eventually, she's going to do USPSA since that's what I mainly shoot, but she needs to work on her recoil control with minor 9. Instead of saying to the wife, "Bye Honey, I'm sticking you with the kids while I go have fun for eight hours," now I can say, "Hey Honey, I'm taking taking her out for father-daughter bonding time!"

Does the front sight dip when you shoot one-handed? Give it to a friend to see if it does the same thing with a different shooter.

Just reiterating what's already been said here--I would consider something more mainstream like Glock, S&W, Springfield, CZ, etc. The convenience of shooting what you have is good to get you started, but you'll soon want to start changing out parts, and that's when it'll become apparent that less popular guns like Ruger are ill-suited for competition. The other aspect is resale value for your investment. If you intend to stick with the sport, you'll probably end up moving between divisions and trading equipment. If you spend a lot of money upgrading a gun (and you will) which few will want to trade, it's going to make it that much harder (more expensive) to swap your gear. Speaking of moving between divisions, most everyone I've seen do it usually have dedicated guns for it. If you're considering shooting Production now and maybe Limited later, expect that you'll not want to reuse your current 9mm for that.

I had a similar experience loading 7.0gr of Auto Comp behind 124gr MG JHP. Loaded at 1.13 OAL, it felt softer than 6.5gr (which made 168pf for me) loaded at 1.15. 7.0 made about 175PF. I went to 7.4gr and 1.165 OAL, but it started feeling snappier at that point, and PF was way in the 180's. BTW, I have a 5" barrel. For my gun, 7.0 at 1.13 with 124gr is just about optimal.

Might be just me but I used Lee dies in my single-stage to resize/deprime about 1K cases. Never used any lube because it was the carbide die. Yesterday, was about to use it in my 550B and noticed the carbide die is cracked in three places. Going to send back to Lee to be replaced under warranty.