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3rd day in a row, 1500 rounds on the weekend. All Dot drill. Still not there, but I am getting damned close.
I'm at about 90% (3 shots out) with both the Stock 2 and the G17. I'm feeling pretty good about the increase in skill, but still pissed I can't clear it even one time.
I have a few nuances to work on in dry fire now.
I think I am going to do well in the two upcoming GSSF matches.
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Functionally, they are exactly the same. I can feel no difference in recoil, shot to shot. I'm not faster or more accurate with one over the other.
In reality, there are a few differences. The specs are here - http://eaacorp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/EAA2014CatalogC.pdf
On the slide-
The sight and sight cuts. The adjustable sights both work well.
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The Frames are different but only marginally and are imperceptible when firing. The S2 is about 4oz heaver, I can't really tell in my hand.
The S2 frame is 3mm wider in general, therefore the mag well is 3mm wider. It isn't flared.
S2- Outside 28.62mm Inside 25.98mm
S1- Outside 25.58mm Inside 22.94mm
There is no perceived advantage to this, the end of the mag is 11.45mm and you still have to get your reloads right either way. You simply have "sufficient" room either way.
The outside width dimensions at the grip panels are within .5 mm of each other, so the grip panels must be skinnier on the S2, it does not feel wider in the hand. The grip panel on the S1 goes all the way to the bottom of the grip, it doesn't matter one way or the other.
There is a .85mm undercut at the triggerguard on the S2. You can't really tell though.
Obviously, there is more aggressive checkering which is slightly better.
The ambi safety, a non issue since it is of no use in production, although you do have to find a micro punch to remove the damned thing. I'm not a fan.
The dust cover is longer, don't think this is the magic voodoo that is all the sudden going to fix all your problems.
The beaver tail is slightly bigger on the S2, don't quite know why because it offers no advantage.
Squared triggerguard, obviously.
The real reason to pick the S2 over the S1 is because all the top dogs use it, that eliminates the "it must be the gear" thought. It isn't the gear, get back to work.
Overall, if you have the option of getting an S2 then get it. If you can't find one, get the S1 and you will be not be missing out on anything.
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I looked into it, you have to get the lead on a mucous membrane to be absorbed. Your lungs count, so you don't want to breathe any in. The dust off of the tumbler is something to avoid breathing. Touching it with your bare hand is not a problem, picking your nose afterward is. So is handling food with dirty hands (that includes coming back from matches munching on burgers and fries from the drive thru) Spent primers (and all the associated crud) are supposed to be particularly hazardous.
I never wear gloves but I am absolutely insane about washing up after reloading or shooting.
I requested a test in January and the Doc said I was fine (he didn't give me a number).
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Dot drill still. Over 1000 rds in the last 2 days. Trying different nuances. Sometimes the group will open up sometimes tighten up.
It is not the leaning forward that worked. It just so happens the muscles that tightens up groups get used naturally when leaning forward. Once identified, I can use the same muscles when standing upright.
On the G17, it is absolutely crucial that my trigger finger does not "drag wood" or rub along the side of the frame. I'm talking night and day accuracy changes with just this one nuance.
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Damned dot drill. Still not there. I'm getting all the holes to touch most of the times but that will string outside the dot.
I notice that if I lean forward until my spine is about 60 degrees my groups tighten up a bit. I'll have to explore this. It is as if the recoil of the gun has to lift too much weight and just returns to position.
I need some new sights for the G17, thinking about some Warren Tactical. I need to get the POI closer to the POA.
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Going shooting with friends means I don't get my training in.
Last weekend, shot clays, rifles, about 100 rds of 9mm, but I didn't get my serious training in.
I need to double up this weekend.
There are only 2 GSSF matches in the state, March and April. I'm going to dryfire with the G17 some and get ready for that. I need to create a dryfire COF for that.
5 to Glock is like shooting an Accelerator out and then back again but on the other side. I have a Plates setup, GlockM, I'll set something simple up.
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I got the 22 conversion in. With the lightened hammer spring, I am getting about 20% light strikes.
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Don't buy Gun Scrubber, use brake cleaner instead.
Use 10W30 on your slide rails instead of gun oil. Save your empty bottle of gun oil and refill it with the motor oil.
Buy used and let someone else pay the depreciation. Never sell.
Google is your friend, search for good prices and sales. When you are trying to find an item on the net for sale, get the SKU off the manufacturers website and use that to search. Slickguns, gunbot, and wikiarms are handy.
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Ben recommends becoming 100% on the Frank Garcia Dot Drill http://pistol-training.com/drills/frank-garcias-dot-drillPrint a bunch of those and keep shooting them until you complete it.
More books ≠ more better. More practice = more better.
Steve's 3 books have more mental stuff in them (I get the feeling that you need to be good at all the physical skills first before you see the benefit in mental gaming), the dry fire drill aspect is similar. If I had to choose one for you, I'd say Ben's Skills and Drills.
I bought everyone's books, they are not that expensive, they contain nuggets of wisdom that you will get at different times, and someone has to support the guys in the industry, so why not?
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As I work through the dry fire drills it occurs to me that there is some misplaced priority.
The thing that gets practiced the most is the least helpful and easiest to fix if there was a problem. The Draw.
You will only perform the draw once per stage, many stages do not have you drawing down on a target, and even though I suck I can get a .07 draw in dryfire. So at best, you can shave up to a second (usually less than that) per stage, this will help in the classifiers most.
Much more useful but less emphasized is the reload. I figure 80% of the stages have 3-4 reloads and you an pick up 1.5 seconds by smoothing out your reloads. That is 4-6 seconds per stage. But really, you rarely just stand and reload, I guess there is no escaping the fact that you have to learn to stand (and reload) before you can run ( and reload).
It would seem the most efficient dryfire change that I can do to impact my stage times is to increase the frequency of practice of the reload drills to a large degree.
At a match, I spend much more time with the gun out, moving into position to shoot then taking off for the next position, quite often reloading as I go. I understand that you have to start a dryfire drill in some fashion, but I think stepping into a shooting box with the gun out is probably an overlooked start position.
I'm starting to envision a new drill. Something like; 2 shooting boxes, gun out, step into the shooting box, shoot a bunch of stuff, then step out reloading as I go and into the next box. Maybe go back and forth, like pong.
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I am becoming more convinced that I need to train to "get low", tighten my butt cheeks and abdominal muscles when setting up to shoot.
I shot about 15 dot drills, still can't shoot it clean but I am getting much more with 2-4 out, I noticed that when I shoot with my whole body, I get a one hole group. I have difficulty maintaining the mental focus for that long. I'll slip into shooting in a cadence or shoot fast and invariably I will slip out of tensing the same muscles when the shot goes out.
I need to dry fire some and focus on using the muscles that seem to be associated with successful shooting. If I can make that automatic, I think I will be getting somewhere.
My goal is to shoot 300-500 rounds of 9mm a week, I shot about the same in .22lr as well.
I have a 22 conversion kit on the way, I'll see if that offers any benefit.
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Sure, I shoot sporting clays for fun, I shoot GSSF for fun, I shoot Appleseeds, and USPSA is my serious interest but still for fun. I'm not competitive on a serious level yet, but I don't see the harm in the others.
Before I started shooting seriously, I did martial arts for many years and cross trained in Judo, Aikido, Iaido, Chi Gung, etc... and there was no conflict in that either. One is not required to be one dimensional in any way.
For me, I choose one thing to be serious about and the others are for fun. I would not put aside my primary interest to go do one of the others, but to me, I am putting aside something like bowling to go shoot clays.
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We touched about this on FB a week ago so I went and measured it for you.
The Stock 1 "mag well" is .904 inch (22.94mm)
The Stock 2 "mag well" is 1.023 inch (25.98mm)
The difference is about the thickness of the plastic on a AA mag pouch.
You are trying to insert the end of the mag which is .45 inch (11.45mm)
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I ran the dot drill 8 times today with the Stock 2, my best was one out. My end goal is what I call "dot cubed", 6 shots in each of 6 dots... on 6 pages in a row.
Ran 50 rds of various makes through a new Tactical Solutions Pac Lite built on my MKIII to test it out. It was 100%, now I'll put that one up for when my little boy gets older.
I ran a brick along with various makes of ammo through a new Browning Buckmark, it was 100% and very accurate. I was using the dot drill pages like plate racks and having a good old time. Once I got the sight adjusted, it was dead on one hole accurate.
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Staying ahead on reloading supplies.
I've noticed that Cabellas puts primers on significant sale about once every 6 weeks or so.
I bought 3000 more Federal Small Pistol Primers for $32/1000. I think that is 4 times in the last 6 months, usually for a week at a time.
I think I am going to have to buy 147g 9mms soon, looks like B&B is $0.06442 and BB is $0.0654 in bulk. I like the RN no groove profile of B&B better, although BB's Semi wadcutter has never given me a problem.
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It is trigger control, anyone will tell you that, but no one usually tells you exactly how to fix it.
I think I can, PM me.
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I think I have the accuracy thing pretty close to figured out. I shot the dot drill about 8 times, the best was 2 out, about 4 with less than 5 out, and a couple where I was just Leeroy Jenkins. Now I think the problem is mental instead of the trigger control. More practice needed.
The powdah came in, I have about enough for the next 2 years. 7625 is pretty much no more, so I have a bunch of TiteGroup I'm guessing 3.3g in 147g.
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Working on dry fire all this time. Doing a lot of self analysis.
I got very close on the Dot Drill today. The difference is 3 things.
1. Trigger finger. If I bend the trigger finger at the knuckle of the hand (called the MCP Joint) the middle finger will move as well, throwing my shot low. If I bend the trigger finger at the first knuckle (called the PIP Joint) the middle finger will not move and my shot will fire true.
2. Focus on the front sight.
3. Wide low stance, tighten core (or in martial arts terms, jigohontai and using my center).
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Is the EAA/Tanfo .22 conversion relatively reliable?
I ask because I shot a .22 conversion kit for a Glock and it jammed way too often for my taste.
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I use 147 gr and have used both, the same accuracy. I was getting $0.015 per round difference in cost. That is $150 at the end of the year, not really marginal at all.
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The watch list is useless, I have been on several watch lists for 6 months and never get a notice, even after I see the gun on the site for sale.
Tombstone does have the Stock 1 in 9mm, which is my backup and is nearly the same beast as the Stock 2.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdF-5BOdbBo&feature=player_embedded
Inspect your mags as in the video
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I spoke to one of the Tanfo gunsmiths and he indicated that every few months a shipment comes in, otherwise they don't see any.
Using this information, I googled "Witness 600605" (the model number of the 9mm Stock 2) every day until the shipment came in, at which time I bought one online for $950 out the door, and several other dealers had them in stock for the same price. They were sold out in about a day. The timeline I observed was mid June, and late August. In my estimation, the new shipment could arrive any day and am checking twice a day.
I'm sure the scalpers are lining up to score as many as possible and resell them for stupid prices.
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Go spend that money on the wife and/ or kids. Save it back up and if you still want to buy it, you are justified.
Differences between stock 1 and stock 2
in Tanfoglio (EAA / IFG)
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That actually sounds like a good idea, I might have to do that. The S1 rear sight is slightly busy looking compared to the S2. Besides, the Dawson front is not getting it done, 2nd one installed that wiggles. I actually don't mind the stock front sight on the S2 (with a dot of orange fingernail polish).
http://henningshop.com/products/tanfoglio-front-rear-sight-target-set-hwmc