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    Scope mount for 20" A4 upper with A2 front sight?

    in Rifle - Technical

    Posted

    With the Weaver set at 1x, you are going to see the front sight no matter what mount you use. I had one mounted on a 20 inch gun, and I could see the comp in the field of view. The Weaver is a great scope for the money, and you will have the same problem with any 1x with a wide FOV.

    So given that, you should probably just use the rings that give you a good sight picture.

    I have a set of WARNE 1" medium height tactical rings that I'll sell you cheap. They are NIB. I am using the same rings on my AR, but in 30mm.

    Just send me a PM if you are interested.

    Mag Pouches for SS

    in Gear & Accessories

    Posted

    You could get two Uncle Mike's doubles and bolt them together for a solution under 40 bucks. When I shoot SS I just reach behind me for the last mag. It really isn't that much slower. I use Universal Shooting Academy single pouches.

    For: Jerry V.

    in Revolver Forum

    Posted

    Hey HoMie, yep that was Tri-County and a very, very wet day. There were lakes in all of the bays on the stat shack side.

    I learned how to count to 10 by 2's a few years ago so counting to six is no problem, but I get really confused when shooting steel. Counting by 1's seems like twice as much work. :lol:

    Thanks for the compliment Bill and Underlug. :)

    For: Jerry V.

    in Revolver Forum

    Posted

    Hey,

    You know, you are right. When I'm shooting a pistol, I smile after shooting a really good stage. But today I was smiling big after every stage no matter what. I'm not going to rush out to buy a wheel gun just yet, but I'm thinking about it. :)

    There is no doubt that I had more fun shooting today than I have had in a while. I actually cut the after-stage-smiles out of the video because they were just too big and cheesy. :goof: :goof:

    I'll see you guys around.

    Trevor

    For: Jerry V.

    in Revolver Forum

    Posted

    Hey Jerry,

    I had a lot of fun shooting the revolver. Thanks for talking me into it. :)

    BTW, Ohio says I got a 92% on the classifier!! Woo Hoo!

    We'll have to do it again some time.

    Here's the video.

    Trevor

    Thinking about a G17 for USPSA Production

    in Introduce Yourself

    Posted

    I totally agree with the earlier post about buying the gun you think is coolest. The feeling that my gun is cool makes me shoot better because it gives me confidence that the guys behind me aren't laughing at my dorky blaster. I've never bought a gun I didnt' think was cool, and I never will. More importantly, I've never bought a gun that I didn't think others would find cool. There are some who take pleasure in beating other shooters while using lesser equipment. I was not blessed with enough manhood to fall into this category.

    Not a single word of this post was written in sarcasm, honestly. I meant every word of it, honestly...no really, honestly. Ask anyone who knows me, really.

    Guns:

    Production, G17 because the best local GM shoots one.

    Limited, SV Sighttracker because it is "the flatest shooting Limited gun, period".

    Limited 10, Springfield Armory Custom Shop 1911 because that is what TGO shoots.

    Rifle, JP-15 16in V-Tac because JP was the coolest before I met Taran Butler and decided that MSTN is the coolest. Now I want an MSTN.

    Shotgun, Winchester SX2 Mk2 because after spending money on all the coolaid above, I couldn't afford a Benelli.

    Just buy the gun you think is coolest. I've never regretted it and neither will you. :)

    New STI Poll (should the VIP come back)

    in Other Shooting Sports

    Posted

    Wow! Pretty harsh words. I don't see why the VIP wouldn't run just as well as any other 2011 offering. I've never had an STI product that I wasn't totally satisfied with. I would buy the VIP if the price point were a little lower. I saw a used one going on the forum for 1,700 recently. For a gun that I won't shoot any matches with...Ouch. Other than that, I'm sold.

    Newbie Advice

    in Introduce Yourself

    Posted

    It sounds like you already have the ability to shoot accurately. I think you should put all your attention on speeding up. If you can cut 1 second off a 10 second stage, you can affort to shoot 10 C's and get the same score. If you never try to go fast, you'll never find out how much you can push and still end up with an acceptable alpha count. Based on you shooting 98% of the available points, I bet you can push it a lot!

    In your case, shaving 5 seconds off a 30 second stage will improve your score by almost 17%. Assuming it was a 100 point stage, are you going to shoot 17 extra C's to save that time? I don't think you will. Just don't throw any Mikes.

    I agree with the other advice about speeding up everything but your shooting too. Be willing to give up a few points coming into and out of shooting positions. Start shifting your weight towards the next position as you break your last shot (depending on how far out the target is). You might shoot some C's, but you will save half a second each time. Also take the extra time to get your feet set where you can see all or most of the targets you intend to shoot from that area. Shifting your feet as you transition from target to target will cost you lots of time. I think it is pretty generally agreed that the top shooters win with their transitions, not their splits. Do everything you can to cut down on your transition time and you will be able to afford an increase in time for your splits. If you watch the USPSA promo. video, you will see that the top shooters actually have slower splits than some of the other shooters in the video.

    There is a very wide range out there of what people consider to be the ragged edge. Some people feel on the ragged edge if they shoot a single D. Some people only think they are on the edge if they throw more than one M. It sounds like you are on the extreme conservative end of this scale. Try shooting a match shooting for the AC zone instead of the A zone and go as fast as possible. I bet you jump up a long ways in the overalls.

    To get into M class, you will need to figure out how to shoot A's fast. But I think you can shoot A/C's fast and make it as far as A. You can always put some attention back on accuracy after you have found the speed. Shooting slowly won't get you out of C class, no matter how accurate you are. The fewer points on the stage, the more true this will be.

    For what it's worth. I can't even tell you that I follow my own advice. I just shoot towards the center of the target and hope to get my hits. :)

    1st shotgun match

    in Video Training Tips

    Posted

    Most of that looked pretty damn good to me! You have skills that most people I've shot with would be happy to have after a few seasons, not after one match. The first stage and a half looked really smooth and confident. After you made your first mistake, were you trying to push hard to make it up? That's the only think I can guess about from watching the video. It looked like the harder you tried the more mistakes you made. I saw Butler shoot once, and it never looked like he was in a rush. He just did everything right the first time and ended up being faster than everyone else because of it. Maybe he would describe his successfull actions some other way, but that's what I saw.

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