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1 minute ago, waktasz said:
Is it though?
yup...its damn sure not rewarding the best shooters....which I thought was the point of the game..
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5 minutes ago, waktasz said:
If you did that then every division would be a 9mm only division.
and the problem is?
there is not a single reason to have a major power factor except for people crying about how the 40 and 45 have too much recoil a long time ago....its a joke to the sport and a huge turn-off to potential sport participants.
the only reason I am even returning to USPSA is for carry optics...and the second it becomes a power factor division I am gone...
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On 5/22/2017 at 2:07 PM, Majja said:
Just curious what you all think. Is Major starting to fall out of favor for limited? Will minor take over due to higher capacity of mags and the popularity of many of the new factory built pistols. Not to mention that 40 S&W is loosing favor with many LEO agencies. After all i just have to shoot faster and more A's correct ...
Matt
I wish it would! its the biggest turn-off to the sport. major power factor is a complete joke.
its like giving participation trophies..just completely wrong. if you cannot handle your 40 well enough to hit A zones, you need to pack up and go home or switch to something you can handle instead of punishing shooters of the most common handgun round in the world.
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You know...the market has come a long way since this thread was made.
what are you guys rocking now?
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21 hours ago, benos said:
Definitely. And do not mix alcohol with anything, especially anything with sugar in it. And since you like tequila, have you ever tried Don Julio Anejo? It's money!
tequila is a drunk white girl drink.....I expected better from you...
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I had it figured out. I was going to shoot guns, live in the woods all alone, drink fine beers, and compete in bbq competitions at least twice a month...then the fiancé came around and ruined it!
really, I still do all of it except the live in the woods all alone...but still! goals are now unobtainable!
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2 minutes ago, R.Elliott said:
I'm a chronic insomniac. Have been most of my life but it does get worse, or just harder to deal with as I get older. Left to my own devices the best I can manage is micro-sleep for only a few seconds at a time. So I have a prescription that mostly works unless I'm super-amped up and then I won't even notice it.
Strategies for me if I know it's going to be a crappy night:
Accept it. No point worrying about it now. Now it's too late.
Try to eat well and clean and not to late.
Rest for a while if you can't sleep. Take your mind somewhere, she a problem, anything to not think about sleeping
Gravol
I have often wanted to ask this question to someone else with extreme insomnia, and you sound pretty close.....does drinking a lot of water(around a gallon a day) make your insomnia way worse?
because it does mine.
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Just now, calebj06 said:
UGH! Trevor is KILLER!! Your gonna be sore!! But you will get better afterwards.
I cannot tell you how many times this guy has helped fix me.....and I have never even met him lol
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On 5/24/2015 at 8:23 PM, atomicbrh said:
Since the start of the 2015 match season I have been thinking extensively about what really motivates me to match shoot. Why do I spend the money on equipment, ammo, and travel? Why do I think about the physical act of shooting the matches when I am not occupied with other activities? Why do I train in some way every day to shoot better? Why would my family and I drive 14 hours one way to shoot a match? Is it because I like to help youngsters and beginners start in the shooting sports? Is it because l like to try to shoot better scores than other competitors? Is it because I want to continue to improve my shooting skills? Is it because I like to visit with friends at the matches? Is it because I like to win a prize or a trophy at the matches? Is it because I like to eat good food at the matches? No. After many months of contemplation and soul searching, I came to the conclusion that I match shoot because I am selfish. I want to live in the Zen moments as frequently as possible and extend the length of those zen moments as much as possible. After 15 years of competition, volunteering at the matches is rewarding but the zen is what really keeps me motivated. Does anyone else feel this way?
I shoot because I was put on this earth for 3 things in order
1)BBQ
2)shoot a firearm
3)to be a total beer geek!
its important to note that all of these are outdoor activities that are only properly done with a fine beard.
I do not have all of lifes answers.....but I am 100% confident as to why I am here!
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On 7/20/2016 at 9:17 AM, MemphisMechanic said:
Most of the range diaries here center around shooting. I thought it could be helpful to start one that focuses on physical therapy to get yourself in shape to shoot without pain.
Two weeks ago I ran across a link to Chad Reilly's advice on treating tendonitis in the elbow, which we refer to as shooters / golfers / tennis elbow. Hmm... a guy who finished 12th at Nationals and is a physical therapist who has fixed himself, Shannon Smith, and Rob Leatham? I think I'll give this a try.
About me:
- Shooting IDPA and USPSA since 2007.
- I'm a heavy equipment mechanic at my day job. Dozers, Excavators, bucket trucks...
- (My job probably does far more damage to wrists and elbows than your range time does. They never fully heal.)
- Currently returning from a 3 year hiatus from shooting, looking to make M in Production within a year. I dryfire 4 nights a week on average. So my shooting habit doesn't let my arms rest either.
The day after I found Chad's article, I went out and bought a set of dumbells from Academy sporting goods. The kind with the thread-on collars and an assortment of 2.5/5/10 lb weights. I intended to take Chad's advice to do these exercises every night, and I already skip the gym far too often.
So lets begin.
there is a fella on youtube whos channel is called smashwerx...his advice, and rehab videos have saved my lifting and shooting careers...
this is just one video...but he has 100's of them..
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On 8/29/2010 at 6:39 AM, Chills1994 said:
I do not go to sleep two nights before a big match. that way I am dead tired the night right before the match.
I will also bring my pillow from home if staying at a match hotel.
back in my "college days" I used to sleep with ear plugs in....in the dorms.
I always bring my own pillow also.
its funny, I always pretty easily even with my insomnia before a match....but before a bbq cook-off? even my sleeping meds cant turn me off!
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On 8/29/2010 at 6:18 AM, JThompson said:
I don't sleep well most of the time.... it's even harder for me in a motel and when there is something on my mind. How do you sleep before a match? Are there some techniques you use to help drop off in a strange place?
I would say I sleep about 4hrs before a match when I'm on the road. It's hard to be at your best with only 4hrs.
Thoughts?
JT
I am prescribed restoril for extreme insomnia which is an extreme CNS depressant. so I usually wake up two hours than I would normally just to give myself enough time to wake up/energize my CNS..i do this by jump rope, throwing, jump squats...any rapid movement that will wake up the CNS...then I have a amino/protein shake in lieu of breakfast.
I also eat a rather large meal the night before...I feel people often eat too much garbage before they compete due to the availability that traveling presents.
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On 1/22/2017 at 6:18 AM, narwhal said:
I was wondering how people deal with a really poor match result? Do you take the parts of the match you did poorly on and implement those into practice more to improve? Do you shrug it off as a bad day and not change too much? Do you look at your equipment and consider changing it? Does it tend to de-motivate you and make you wonder if you're just wasting time doing something you don't have any natural talent for, or does it energize you to improve?
I shot a club I've never shot at while out of town on business, and got absolutely smeared, finished 24/36 overall when I'm used to finishing in the top 10% of a similar sized field back home. Yes, it's a better/more competitive club. Had an equipment problem (a magazine fell out of it's pouch while I was sprinting between positions, costing 20+ seconds), and there were tons of really tight shots on swingers/pop-ups usually with non threats around them plus a lot of partial targets 50% covered by non threats, and I ended up pegging 3 NT's, whereas most of the field was able to avoid doing so. Also I had not been able to dry or live fire for 2 weeks directly prior due to flying for business, so I was a bit cold. Anyway, still a beginner, only shot a few dozen matches but this one was probably my worst result.
Everyone has a bad match from time to time, and I personally believe they are the best thing that can happen to you. when everything goes right there is nothing to improve on. But when its a complete train wreck? You got yourself one helluva learning experience!
I just laugh it off, go home and hang out in the yard with the dogs and a bottle or two of speedway stout and mentally plot how im going to correct all the failure I left laying around at the match.
The longer you do this the easier it becomes to embrace it. failure is going to happen, without it you can NOT improve. I have been shooting competitively and internationally since I was 10 years old in shotgun, and then pistol and 3 gun and I am over 30 now...learning to embrace the failure was the hardest skillset for me to ever master!
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7 minutes ago, Ssanders224 said:
Negative.
but its half .40! lol
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On 5/22/2016 at 8:47 AM, robport said:
No one in a squad wants to hear that, unless he is doing it for a specific audience. I never hear trash talk except when three or more of them come together.
Most of those guys need someone else to show them how to shoot a stage, since they don't spend enough time thinking about it.
If you can get a majority of your squad to agree, go ahead to the stage CSO and explain the problem and suggest he be called first on that stage (and every stage until he stops).
The trashtalker shouldn't have a problem showing everyone else how to do it right?...since he is obviously superior to everyone else.
After a few stages of that, he'll be complaining so much about being singled out that he won't be trashtalking anymore.
It may work...it may not, but it's worth a try and would be memorable.
...or the drain plug thing....
if I am in a squad with nothing but buddys? the trash talking never ends!
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8 hours ago, MMC said:
If the CSO allows that type of behavior, your in the wrong squad. I participate in this sport to have fun, I certainly won't make a living doing it. With that in mind, I would expect the "official" to handle the issue before it becomes a safety concern.
I had a guy try to fight me at a sporting clays shoot not that long ago because I wasn't watching him shoot to verify a hit when the RO called it a miss. I simply said "Sorry man, I wasn't looking" and he immediately started screaming at me and tried to challenge me to a fight.......the RO walked away..apparently he isn't the confrontational type..all it took was me getting off of my golf cart and asking the tough guy if he was serious, and the situation was deflated.
it didn't amount to anything, but goes to show you that the RO will not always regulate..
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On 10/13/2015 at 1:39 PM, FTDMFR said:
How do you guys deal with someone on your squad talking trash, not in a screwing around kind of way, but with genuine malice, trying to screw up your shooting? Like saying shit to you as you LAMR. Assuming you're stuck on a squad with them.
My current approach is to ignore them and shoot how I shoot, but sometimes I do let it affect my performance.
I've considered going full-on a_-hole mode and throwing it back x10, which would probably be fun, but it might also affect my performance.
What do you guys do?
Be better at talking trash than them. I typically don't even talk when I am in a squad...but if I have someone like that? I will embarrass them and make it very uncomfortable for them and everyone else until they shut up, or go home.
I really do enjoy confrontation, so being an a_-hole actually helps me relax lol
I know that my way is totally not the best way to handle it...but its all I got!
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18 hours ago, tdp88 said:
Are a DIY guy or did you send it off?
that is the only gun I have ever sent out for grip work, and it was sent to robar.
I do all of my own polymer grip work these days.
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1 hour ago, tdp88 said:
Does the undercut really give much benefit?
To me there is a huge benefit. I own only one polymer frame gun that's not been undercut and that's my 34 I use for production...and that's only because the undercut isn't allowed.
to me, it IS a necessity
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1 minute ago, Broncman said:
I really hope it picks back up at Knoxville. I really like CO. I run an XDM 5.25 with Vortex on Springer mount, Springer trigger, and Dawson tool less base pads. This thing is so fun to shoot.
If CO does die, I will throw on a KKM barrel , a comp , a magwell and go Open.
that's what they want anyways.....
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8 minutes ago, fireman1776 said:
Where can I get a $50 optics mount?
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalkspringer precision...
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its only dying because there have been no efforts by uspsa to let people know it exist..
Hell, I didn't know it existed until I saw Rob mention it in a Xdm OSP commercial on youtube a couple months back!
I shoot at a rather larger gun club with thousands of member. the number of people who are even aware this division exist is extremely low. the only way most people will know are the internet, and going to bigger state/national matches...
I would say it is going to die, but that is not accurate...uspsa just birthed it and turned it into a high school prom dumpster baby.
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Which one?
in Humor
sig 320....no other sig
stout or imperial stout?
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this was berretta attempt at making a perrazi. I feel they did a good job, mainly because it doesn't feel like you are swinging a telephone pole.
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that's the easiest and fastest part! lol
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