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    in What I Hate

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    5 hours ago, jhgtyre said:


    It beats the alternative...

     

    I'm not entirely convinced that is true. I eat more pills in the morning than Cap'n Crunch, My joints sound like Rice Crispies when I get out of bed,  and I hurt. All the time. Everywhere. If Didn't have such a high pain threshold, I would have chucked the pills and let nature take it's course a long time ago.

    WTT Primers and .22lr for trade for toilet paper and hand sanitizer

    in Humor

    Posted

    On 3/11/2020 at 7:11 PM, Hi-Power Jack said:

    Sorry, Redwoods, but Real Shooters do NOT use Quilted TP.     :( 

     

    I've heard they actually use dry leaves, held in their weak hand,

    with the wrist cocked for speed.     :) 

     

    I go strong hand for accuracy. And I gave up toilet paper years ago. When your arse is like sandpaper, charmin doesn't hold up. Now I use paper towels from the shop.

     

    Thoughts on Basic skill builder

    in Skills

    Posted

    On 2/9/2020 at 5:16 PM, pjb45 said:

    No

    The fundamentals: stance, grip, sight alignment, trigger control.

    Practice draws and reloads in dry fire more than in live fire.

    Seems like there are very few turn and draw stages so I would suggest more effort on draws and accuracy.

     

     

    This x100.

    Dry fire practice with some target pasters on the wall until you can draw to perfect sight alignment on the target automatically. Practice shifting targets back and forth with 4 or 5 pasters at random spots. You should be able to transition from one to the next while keeping your sights aligned with your eye all the way. Then draw to target 1. transition through targets, mag change and reverse order. 

    For practice with trigger control, find some gun or toy or (as I did) a Daisy 1911 replica pellet pistol that has the absolute WORST trigger imaginable and practice squeezing that trigger while keeping the sights on target. Couple months of practicing that and keeping your aim with a race gun will be so easy you won't believe it.

     

    If you do that til it is as automatic as walking up stairs, then there is no weird position or quirky trick to a stage that can throw you. Make your practice as difficult as possible and the shots in a match will be a piece of cake. But know this:  If you really want to be a great shooter it takes dedication and discipline and a LOT of practice. Dry and live fire. And there is no gadget in the world that will make up for poor basic fundamentals.

    That said, Bill drills, El Presidente and Mozambique drills are what I spend a lot of time at the range practicing because they incorporate draws to target, target transitions, reloads, and all those basic fundamentals with live fire recoil and noise. This is where you find out if you have the right stance and grip. If you do, your sights should return to proper alignment after every shot. If they don't, figure out where your grip is being stressed the wrong way or unevenly and correct it. And again, practice it is as automatic as turning a corner in your car. Use small targets for live fire and at longer distances than you normally would. If you can hit a 3" stick-on at 35' consistently, then hitting an 8" plate at 25' will be a piece of cake.

    And pay attention to what happens when you go back to dry fire after a day of live fire at the range. Are you suddenly finding yourself flinching? Jerking or slapping the trigger? be observant and see and understand what is happening and correct it.

    The next new thing. It will be all that hotness

    in 1911-style Pistols

    Posted

    On 2/29/2020 at 4:10 PM, RJH said:

     

    Maybe cost and natural lubricity for easier mag changes?  IDK though

     

    Tungsten ain't cheap. And mags in my steel frames will clear the frame when ejected at 10 degrees from horizontal. Natural lubricity? Don't see that I ever needed it.

    All this is sounding like a lot more of the High-Priced, Hi-Tech gadgety-gizmo stuff that solves problems that didn't really exist to start with. 

     

    The next new thing. It will be all that hotness

    in 1911-style Pistols

    Posted

    21 hours ago, Specialneeds said:

    I thought polymer was prone to flexing. Which lead to issues with sear spring location.

     

    If you want weight, a steel grip and brass magwell would likely go farther.

     

    What is the cause behind steel grips cracking? I have not really heard of this.

     

    I hadn't heard of the steel grips cracking either. And I don't WANT my grips to flex. That's why I don't do plastic guns. Solid steel grips would be similar weight to tungsten "Infused(?)" or heavier and likely stronger as well. And won't melt if you leave it in your car in south Texas on a sunny day.

    Nice guns dont make better shooters

    in Little things I've Noticed

    Posted

    On 1/7/2020 at 1:13 PM, Steve RA said:

    It's sort of like:  A Corvette vs an MG, both will break any speed limit I've ever seen, but which one would you want the most?

    If it's an MGA, i'd rather have that. Not as powerful as the Vette. Not as 'cool' as the Vette. But if your driving skills are better than average, it'll be WAY more fun to drive.

     

    Same with guns. I was at Midwest Shooting Center earlier doing some fine tuning on my Legacy Twin. As I was waiting for a lane I was browsing the 1911s they had in the case and saw a Nighthawk. Commander length slide with a carry comp in .45ACP. I asked to see it and counter tech obliged. I dropped the mag, racked the slide about three times and slowly squeezed the trigger. I sorta chuckled, shook my head and handed it back to him. He seemed absolutely astonished that I wasn't drooling and stammering, extolling the the virtues of this $4500 Pistol. He looked at me incredulously and simply said, "What? You don't like it?" I replied, It's nice but that action and trigger is not $4500 nice in my opinion."  He looked and me even more flabbergasted, "You got something better?" I opened my range bag and pulled out Ugly Betty, handed it to him and said, Rack that slide and try the trigger, then tell my why I'm disappointed in the Nighthawk." He did. Then nodded his head and said, "Ok. I get it. But what did you pay for that?"  "$1600 in parts and about 8 weeks worth of work." was my reply. 

     

    He said, "You don't need a Nighthawk."

    Now this is not to say the Nighthawk was a bad gun. It's not. Not at all. The action was tight and VERY smooth. The trigger was light and crisp and the pistol was finished beautifully. (Something Ugly Betty is, admittedly, lacking) But the action was still not as smooth as mine and the trigger was....   Different. I won't say it was better or worse than mine but I want my triggers to feel different than the "glass rod break. " It's a damn nice pistol but I'm not gonna pay $4500 for a pistol that looks nice and works nice but isn't as smooth as I expect from my own guns.

    how hard a grip

    in Handgun Techniques

    Posted

    On 1/19/2020 at 8:25 PM, Hperea said:

    Pretty good article.  I will try it next time.

     

    Don't "try it".  UNDERSTAND it. 

    I have friends that I shoot with that ask me, "How do you do that?" I answer them with a movie quote from Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man:  "I read a book.  Came with the gun."

     

    For me, it was true. the day I bought my first 1911 was the day I received in the mail a book I had ordered a couple weeks before. ( this was before the innerwebs and online bookstores)"Practical Shooting: Beyond Fundamentals" by Brian Enos. 

    I read it. Then read it again. Then read it trying to "picture" what he was saying. Then I went to the range and actually PRACTICED what he said.

     

    HOLY MOTHER OF JESUS!!!!    You cannot BELIEVE how much it changed my shooting and how much it changed the way I LOOKED and SAW my shooting. From there it changed the way I looked at and saw EVERYTHING. 

     

    To simplify his book I would say, " Stop complicating things and SEE what you are doing. Keep your grip simple and neutral. I have teached and preached this for more than 20 yrs. But just as important, OBSERVE what happens when you fire, move, etc and UNDERSTAND what is happening so that later you can examine it and improve.

     

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