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I don't count shots, I count deviations from the plan. I count make up shots. I know for each reload, I know how many spares I have. If I go over, I do an extra reload to get back on plan.
I am limited to 10 round mags and this works for me.
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practice, and looking at the magwell.Are there any "hot tips" to get the gun and mag to the same spot ?
I'm finding the gun is in slightly different locations all the time, leading to clanks as the mag misses the hole. But I can't seem to figure out a way to consistently hold the gun "unsupported" out in space in the exact same place.
This and this.Are there any "hot tips" to get the gun and mag to the same spot ?
I'm finding the gun is in slightly different locations all the time, leading to clanks as the mag misses the hole. But I can't seem to figure out a way to consistently hold the gun "unsupported" out in space in the exact same place.
Also, Ben Steoger suggested in a class that I grab a mag and throw it up in front of me and then position the gun around the mag (instead of the other way around). That helped me figure out a better angle to hold the gun and made my reloads way more consistent.
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I read this a little while back, watched the video read up on it little, thought through it and decided to adopt it. The odd thing is that over a recent 3 day match, the first major since I adopted this, the only time even the thought of the usual jitters entered my mind was when someone else brought it up during the first stage on the first day. I just reinforced to myself embracing it and gave it no more thought. I didn't have any of the usual nerves or jitters I would normally get for the first 2 or 3 stages on any of the 3 days.I was listening to a podcast (and now I don't remember which one, Ben Stoeger's maybe?) which at some point addressed this issue, the "first stage jitters".
This was an interesting one to me, because I get them at every major match at the first stage, stomach flutters, heart racing, shaky knees, etc. The podcast had a brilliant insight, or at least I thought it was brilliant. What you are experiencing is your body getting into fight or flight mode. Your body is trying to shut off functions not needed for a fight, turning up your heart rate and breathing to get you pumped up and ready for what is coming, blood is being pumped into the muscles, etc: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight-or-flight_response
Once I started thinking of it this way, I decided to embrace it. My body is trying to get me ready to go faster, stronger, further. Sure, some of its choices might be poor (damn it, I don't need you to loosen my bowels and bladder right now, that might work on the savanna but its embarrassing on the range), some of the loss of fine motor control and the shaking aren't going to come in handy, but just being aware that this is what is going on means you can stop fighting it and adjust your reactions to it.
I now welcome it, while still dreading it a bit. Better knowing what is going on, means I can work on accepting the positives and mitigating the negatives.
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Thanks for replying. That makes sense. I dont have to loctite because its a czechmate and the guiderod "locks" the comp in place.
I don't like soaking mine because of the loctite. If I didn't use it I would soak mine for sureAny reason why I shouldnt soak mine in Hoppes overnight, then get the toothbrush out?
Have you found a way to remove the carbon build up on the crown of the barrel on your czechmate?
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Organise some training with a GM. Steve Anderson does training if you particularly interested in dry fire.
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You TRY in practice, not in a Match.
I wish Yoda had tried to improve that saying.Do or do not, there is no try - Yoda
Before you can pull a lot of things off, you first must have tried. In some cases, you still might never do. Trying and not getting there is better than never trying.
I crossed a time/accuracy threshold on a certain drill a few weeks ago. Before I got there, I had to first try. My overall skill level is helped only a little by how I can do on this drill but at least I have experienced something I wouldn't have if I hadn't tried, and now I have more confidence that I'll be able to increase my skills in other ways -- through trying.
On a classifier, I don't want to try shooting at a new personal best skill level. I want to be within my skill level but definitely not messing around and not taking it easy. If I've never gone out and tried hard to stretch my skill level, and am not willing to execute classifiers at or very near the edge of my current ability, I have no hope of raising the bar in my classifier scores.
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Push beyond your current ability in practice, improving your level of ability.
Shoot to your level of ability at a match.
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I posted this on another thread recently:
Brian's book has some great exercises on pages 170-171 to help with this
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Does anyone have a Czechmate with the new barrel design (extra material where slide stop goes through)?
If so, could you please post a picture here so I can see if CZ had to machine where the guide rod sits. It appears the new tapered design does not allow the guide rod to sit parallel to the barrel when in battery and my gunsmith believes a slot needs to be cut. CZ doesn't have one in Inventory to look at.
Thanks!
What did you end up doing to fix this?
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Set a par time - the first beep is the start time and the second is the finish time.
I use a dry fire timer app for my phone. It has the bonus of being able to program and save my par time for each of the drills.
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Try Brian's transition drill in the tips for improvements section.
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The guy putting the finger in the trigger guard is Eric graufell. French shooter.
Sent from my A0001 using Tapatalk
Never heard of him, is he any good?
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Brian's book has some great exercises on pages 170-171 to help with this.My dry fire draw-and-index-target is about 0.4s faster than my live fire start-signal-to-first-shot in the A zone.
I can get a shot off almost as fast as the dry fire draw, but getting the first shot in the A zone is another thing. If that first shot is not in the A zone, I don't consider the time valid.
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I don't want to sound cliched but safety is everyone's responsibility. If it's not right speak up.
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The first time I shot plate racks man on man was a great lesson in ignoring what was going on around me and focusing on my own match.
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I broke mine recently and knocked this up while I am waiting for a replacement to arrive.
I used a piece of dowel slightly larger than the dovetail, a coping saw and a wood file. I made the tolerances tight so it's just a hand press fit.
I struggle to load a round without the racker
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I broke 2 slide stops before the barrel broke.I haven't shot a CZ in a long time, mine has been in the safe for a few years, but I'm slightly amused that the older ones like mine broke slide stop pins, and the newer ones have the slide stop pin break the barrel. I'm kinda thinking the $35 pin might make a better sacrificial part
I received my new barrel under warranty yesterday and it is the newer style with a bit more metal in the area the old ones have been breaking.
For anyone that has gotten a replacement barrel do they need fitting by a gunsmith or do they drop in?
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Broke mine today, definitely need another
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Grab some spares now and keep them in your range bag so that you have them ready when needed.
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You can get phone apps to calculate hit factor to help with your post stage analysis if you are not using one already.
Getting the balance between accuracy and speed can be tricky when you are starting out.
Buddy up with a more experienced and or higher graded shooter if you can and ask for feed back.
Video can be great. Get someone to video you and if you can video someone who can run the stage faster/better than you can and compare the 2.
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A very impressive journey. I see you have dry fire reports but I am curious what your current dry fire and training routine/plan is?
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You don't need to do anything to it, it's ready to shoot from the box with a good trigger.
Dry fire the life out of it and get some quality coaching if you can.
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There was some good moving target animations for use in dry fire on Matt's website but couldn't find them when I went looking about 3 or 4 months ago.