Cliveb
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- Birthday 09/01/1975
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http://www.dynamicshooter.net/
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Malta
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IPSC - am Regional Director for Malta
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Clive Brockdorff
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Finally read the FAQs (3/11)
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I had a P226 SL - could never get used to it and sold it off and was happy to see the back of it. Soured me to SIGs - until I tried a P226 legion of one of my range students - the difference is remarkable. A completely different animal. If you like the P226 platform, absolutely go for the Legion model.
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Pretty damn good result - I'm sure that with your approach you'll improve further and will soon be snapping at the heels of the big boys - looking forward to reading about your first major match podium place. Hopefully, next year you'll be able to pop over again - and we'll see whether you deserve that GM card
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Glasses with prescription reading insert - school me
Cliveb replied to Desk-Jockey's topic in Gear & Accessories
Last year my front sight went all fuzzy (am now 44). Set up my inserts for distance with my left eye and front sight with my right - took gun along to ophthalmologist and we fannied about until it was nice and crisp. The difference between the eyes isn't that huge, so I never felt dizzy. It's only noticeable when I shut my left eye - then longer distances are a bit out of whack, but my brain seems to cope. I also recently tried it out with contact lenses - works even better without the extra layer of sighted lenses. I use Pilla shooting glasses - very pricey, but very clear lenses. In due course, I'll have to shift to a red dot...time waits for no man... -
I've got 8 plus one for the "round in the chamber" (standard division). At big matches, it's nice to not have to stress too much to clean/refill mags between stages.
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Don't like travelling at all - a bit of a stick in the mud However, when you live on an island 19 miles by 9, you are pretty much guaranteed to gets lots of travelling done .... I used to have to travel a fair amount for work (circa once a month). These days, the only thing I travel for is 3 to 4 big IPSC matches every year, and that's more than enough, thank you very much.
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"Slow" is somewhat relative (only somewhat - you can actually be too slow..lol) - Hit Factor is more important. You may feel that you ran a stage slowly, but your Hit Factor might say otherwise. Make sure that you are correctly identifying the issue.
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The accelerator drill is excellent - I modify it slightly by setting up a mini popper as the far target (propped up so it doesn't fall) - and also try to get 2 hits on it to make sure my recoil control is good. Run it both near to far (decelerating) as well as far to near (accelerating)- you'll find both situations in matches. Push as fast as you can while getting your hits and use a shot timer to analyse your split times on the near/medium /far targets (another reason why I shoot 2 shots on the mini popper). Dedicate a whole training session just to this drill (if necessary, more) - and then run it regularly going forward to maintain the "gear-changing" skills.
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What's all this reading nonsense? We can't all be IT geeks you know!
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Oh come on! The fun factor of a nice 2011 can't be ignored (when it runs, which as you know from shooting with mine, is not all that often)
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I eagerly await his verdict Thanks for the help, gents.
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.308 is the calibre he has - so that's not going to change. From what he said, the targets are pretty small (at least at that range) - so individually, trickle-fed powder is advisable?
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Asking for a friend who wants to load 308 on his 550b (out to 1000metres). Is the Dillon powder dropper accurate enough for what he wants, or should he go for a separate trickle feeder for his powder throws. I'm no long range expert, but am leaning to the latter for consistency. Any input would be appreciated. Clive
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Ran out of magtehcs (which were fine) and switched to winchester - only loaded about 10 tubes up till now (in 1 sitting) but didn't have a single flipped primer and I can't say that it's slowing down due to gunk buildup yet. Before switching to Win I had given it a thourough cleaning and "pledged" it. No complaints at this stage.
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Yep - the context of gun use is slightly different, and our respective situations are clearer. Over here, the vast majority of gun owners just target shoot/plink off a table. No holster use, movement etc - so they wouldn't be really ready to just strap on a holster and play. Also, our weekly training sessions are usually divided into a couple of hours of drills for the serious types, followed by a couple of hours of stages - which is the equivalent of a non-official L1 match. This gives them a pretty good feel of the game. Then there's the fact that we are a small number of more experienced shooters who have our work cut out on match day - running stages, RO-ing, dismantling/setting up new stages (only 2 shooting bays available), in addition to wanting to enjoy the match and shoot well - so we won't be giving first timer briefings etc - they can get that every week.
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My suggestion is found in the line exactly following the one you quoted - They start by attending some of our weekly training sessions - no pressure of scores, just learning the ropes. It's not compulsory, but we find that it gives better long term results than going to a match with unrealistic expectations, probably DQ'ing and giving it all up. Of course, if someone wants to just turn up at a match, he/she is free to do so, but if they do something silly under pressure, it's off to the dairy queen - which is a pity.