[Barney?]

"Shaking like Barney Fife at a bank robbery" is one of my favorite sayings.

[Getting Back In Shape]

I went from 240 to 195 in six months from just cleaning up my drive through diet and walking.

Get the book "Starve the fat,feed the muscle" by Tom Venuto.Spelling may be wrong.I bought a bunch of books,his was my favorite.

I am coming off back surgery almost 2 years ago.Any weight training has been a struggle due to my horrible back.

Good luck.

[How often do you practice? What class are you?]

Shotguns but 400-750 targets a week to float around AAA-AA.

[Great April Fools Joke]

Good joke.

[Gun shop experts and their quotes]

"STI? Never Heard of them."

[Pre match warm up]

I try to walk around 1/2 hour-15 minutes before I'm on the line to "wake up" my body.Interested in what others do.

[Clay bird thrower]

Agreed.I started with a Tirus? on a tire.We shot that a bunch and had a ball every time.We thought we were getting to be dead eyes so we went out to a club and got humbled.20 years later I'm shooting 15-20,000 targets a season and floating between AA AAA with the ups and downs.

[STI 9mm Edge questions?]

I had my grip undercut and stippled.I like it better with a higher grip now.

[STI 9mm Edge questions?]

Mine is running great on factory WWB ammo.

[Clay bird thrower]

I would go right to a club,but if you want a small setup get something you can bolt down.The spikes in the ground don't hold.The hand units are sketchy.

[Shot my first 25 in skeet today.]

The floodgates are open.28ga is a great gun.

[Classified deals slipping through my fingers]

Questions are tire kicking.I have found if you are really interested tell the guy "I want it but I need a few questions answered.Call me ASAP @555-5555 and let's hammer this out"

[Do you shoot comps when in bad weather?]

I shoot everything all the time always.Never been shut down.And when the weather sucks at the shoot you wait all year for,you are ready.

[Maintaining hydration and blood sugar]

Water for drinks.No sodas.My go to food is an apple.Keeps me on an even keel without being full.

[Is your carry platform same as competition platform?]

g26/Sti Edge

[Pitting 1911 breach face under 1000 rounds. Advice request]

I think the leaking primer seal turns into a mini plasma cutter.We have seen a lot of firing pins getting pitted out and ruined in the last few year since everybody spooled up ammo 24/7.I have never seen so many blooper loads,visually crappy shells,and shells that don't fire.I think the QC is garbage lately.That is my humble opinion.

[furthest pistol shot you've attempted and made]

100 yards Glock 26 on IDPA size steel..

[Do Pros have bad days?]

Yes they do.Their bad days just usually are not that bad.

I am a skeet shooter.Everybody in the upper classes are capable of running 100s.The mark of a pro is staying in the moment and doing your work on every target no matter how bad it is going.When you do that you will find the up and down swings in your scores are way less severe.

I don't practice like a shoot as said above either.I practice fundamentals and try to simplify my game by doing all the little things perfect.The shoot just shows how well you practice.

I used to always see the same pros win the big shoots.I really made a point of looking farther down the list than the top 5 on the score sheets.Awesome shooters can have bad days.And if you look you can find them.You just don't notice it because their great days overshadow the few bad ones.

You need to let it just be water off a duck.Even if you really lay an egg it can still be a good thing as long as you can honestly look into your performance and see mistakes you can work on fixing.I can't count how many 10hour long 4 hour drives home that I went round and round in my head asking how I let myself do something stupid all weekend long without picking up on it.

[glasses for trap]

Rangers.Morgan Optical.

[Anyone here shoot a Kolar?]

I have shot them.They feel like a Beretta with a beefy receiver.I feel they are a quality gun.

I like the flat rib more than the Max Skeet rib.I feel the Max Skeet rib feels way taller than the K80 Pro high rib.

[410]

I shoot all 28ga and 410 for practice.They load well in a Spolar.

[You Know You're A Shooter When....]

I had a back injury and told my doctor "I need you to get me back to where I can shoot again,and if possible I would also like to be able to work"

[Shotshell reloading- is it worth it?]

I'm reloading 410 for $3.50/25 28ga for $4/25.I just shoot the small stuff for practice and buy my 12 and 20ga for shoots.Small guage is a big savings.

[Adjusting your Game]

The first thing my coach told me was to avoid the scoreboards until the end.The other guys are your fellow competitors.We all compete against the same course to the best of our ability.Nothing more.

[For you experienced skeet shooters I have a question.]

Wane Mayes was undoubtedly one of the best shotguners to ever live he was a multi time world champ at skeet, supposedly a 27yd line trap shooter, and very hard to beat at a live pigion shoot. I met him a few times he was a cool dude too. I don't know if he ever made any instructional videos though. If you have shot skeet for long enough you will eventually shoot your but off when someone like Todd has a bad day but I never thought for a minute that it made me a better shooter than them. Be humble or you will most likely get embarrassed

Absolutely.Wayne was the man.....Wayne made a VHS tape I know for sure.