pointerman1967

I think your next step is hidden in this statement. About 6 months ago I surrounded one of the targets in my transition drill setup with no shoots on either side so only the A zone is available for Dry Fire. Spend more time dry firing with no shoots and they will slow you down a lot less in a match.

The stage I got chewed out on involved a shooting position down range where after completing you needed to reload while retreating about 15 feet up range. As a left handed shooter the direction of travel was pretty risky as far as the 180 went. The recommended strategy was drop the used mag, point the gun down range while running like a mad man, extract the next mag while running and then while bringing the pistol up to acquire the target finish the reload while stabilizing into the shooting position. Sounds like a lot when I type it, but when shown what I should have done it really was not big deal and I felt a bit stupid.

If it is training then seeing that one particular skill is a weakness (strong side retreat) then you should practice that when it is available. Don't let the stage force you to shoot it a certain way because you have a skill you need to improve. I got chewed out by a certain Production champion this last weekend at a class because I planned a stage around avoiding a retreating reload. His comments were something like "don't shoot the stage stupid because you have a weakness. Train away the weakness."

I would slow down the dry fire. You aren't going to be able to get a proper grip at the same speed on the new platform if you have been shooting a Glock for years. Get to know what a proper grip feels like when the sites are aligned and practice just grabbing the gun. Do that like a 1000 times and your sites will align on the draw.

JHicks8h, Do you know if they offer the thumb relief cut on the right side grip for us Lefties?

Double action on the first shot, don't let the trigger reset for subsequent shots. This is what Ben Stoeger and Steve Anderson both recommend.

See thread http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=230310for more info.

This. Slap that mag like it owes you money. I have been quoting this frequently. I love it. "Slap that mag like it owes you money". Could be my favorite shooting advice ever.

I realize my question may have been worded wrong. I meant it in terms of not racking the slide all the time. So you get your sight picture, and pull the trigger on the first time. Any following targets just get a good sight picture and "fake" pull the trigger? Otherwise on a Glock style gun the trigger doesn't reset after each pull.Sent from my LG-H900 using Tapatalk Put a thin piece of paper or cardboard or something in the ejection port of your Glock to just barely lock it out of battery. You should be able to pull your trigger repeatedly even though the striker isn't cocked.Should have kept scrolling!Sent from my MotoG3 using Tapatalk Just affirms that my advice was good. My daughter is learning to shoot a Glock and I keep a tag from a piece of clothing in my gun safe and tear off a small piece as needed. Drop that on top of the barrel through the ejection port with the gun slightly out of battery and the trigger functions and the paper does not interfere with the sight picture.

When you rotate that elbow a bit and do the slight cant and tense your muscles a bit you create a much more controlled lock. Couple that with putting more weight on your shooting hands foot and pulling the arm you are not using tight to your chest like you are shooting a bow and you have a lot of muscles and joints working in conjunction to control your one handed recoil. Nothing about this shooting stance feels more natural so I'd argue against just being more comfortable. Rarely is a good shooting technique the most comfortable method.

I realize my question may have been worded wrong. I meant it in terms of not racking the slide all the time. So you get your sight picture, and pull the trigger on the first time. Any following targets just get a good sight picture and "fake" pull the trigger? Otherwise on a Glock style gun the trigger doesn't reset after each pull.Sent from my LG-H900 using Tapatalk Put a thin piece of paper or cardboard or something in the ejection port of your Glock to just barely lock it out of battery. You should be able to pull your trigger repeatedly even though the striker isn't cocked.

I do have a two day class scheduled with him in the middle of next month so maybe I'll ask him then.

I have Stoeger's "Skills and Drills" book, but I have not really been using it since it seems geared towards someone who has a range they can setup in their backyard or something. I don't see the drill you prescribe in the book I have.

+1Burkett reloads. Slap your hand down to the mag and get it to the magwell, and stop before you insert it. Pause at the exact moment the magazine begins to enter the gun. To do it and stop correctly, it takes lots of visual attention. You should be able to get down to .7 or .8 fairly easily with some focused dryfire. As far as reps, just keep doing them until you can't hold the gun up anymore. Been doing Burketts. You should have seen my reloads 3 months ago. Will focus on speed of hand TO the mag in this drill going forward. I have been focused on ensuring the mag lines up with the mag well which is more accuracy mode than speed mode. I'll go to speed mode and ignore alignment for a month and see what happens. I wouldn't ignore accuracy, just focus on the hand speed to the magazine and then from the magazine to the gun but slow down just a little bit right before you get to the mag well. Been using Steve Andersons "Get to Work" and listening to his pod casts. I am a firm believer in his philosophy of not mixing accuracy and speed during your practice sessions. Focus on one thing at a time. If you move my hand really quick and end up missing the mag well because I am focused on accuracy then you just your success on the failure of hitting the magwell and fail to recognize the speed break through you accomplished with the fast grab. Spent last night ONLY focused on grabbing the mag quickly and I can do it quick. Just need to keep drilling it so it is my new normal.

From what you are describing I usually see on people that don't tighten the inner belt very well. Really cinch down on the inner then tightly overlay the outer and see if that helps. If not shooters has them for $5 or safariland has a 4 pack for $13. I guess the good news is that I have two rigs for my two guns I use so I'll just steal the keeper from my L10 belt and give it a shot this Sunday. Maybe I'll add a couple more pcs of velcro tape to the outer mag pouches as well.

+1Burkett reloads. Slap your hand down to the mag and get it to the magwell, and stop before you insert it. Pause at the exact moment the magazine begins to enter the gun. To do it and stop correctly, it takes lots of visual attention. You should be able to get down to .7 or .8 fairly easily with some focused dryfire. As far as reps, just keep doing them until you can't hold the gun up anymore. Been doing Burketts. You should have seen my reloads 3 months ago. Will focus on speed of hand TO the mag in this drill going forward. I have been focused on ensuring the mag lines up with the mag well which is more accuracy mode than speed mode. I'll go to speed mode and ignore alignment for a month and see what happens.

I added one piece of velcro tape to the middle mag pouch when I first started shooting Production. My separation is happening in the middle of my back rather than the side. I end up with my inner belt an inch lower than the outer belt and barely attached.

No, I think I bought some cut rate stuff to try and save a dollar. Might be Blackhawk or something like that. Forgot to look last night when doing dry fire. Will try to remember tonight.

these are excellent points. Just like we have a special olympics and a senior olympics for handicapped and elderly people, we also have a version of USPSA for the handicapped and elderly. Guess what it's called.... thanks for your usefull humor. well,excepting the penalty i could take for not being able to perform the prone position without risking some back troubles, , i asked if it was possible for me to put some kind of buffer on the mat so my back isn't bent downward which is what cause me some problems...still waiting for an answer since i can't find any rules against What is preventing you from going supine? It sounds like you are saying you are extension sensitive in your low back. Supine has the low back supported by the ground. problem for me is shooting prone , you must lift your head to line up the sights on the targets correctly which applies more pressure down on the lower back. i can run and kneel as fast as when i was 25 while prone is a real bummer for me.....as i said, throwing some kind of pillow on the mat would only raise the part of my back a little higher than the rest of my old body, enough to not risk a lock up of my back....and i don't see any advantages doin so Rules allow for accommodations to be made for handicapped shooters. I have seen wheel chair bound competitors being allowed to shoot outside of the shooting area so they can get to a port with low targets. I don't see how allowing a pillow on the ground to adjust your back position would be seen as something giving you an advantage and would seem like a reasonable accommodation for a handicap.

I'll have to pay closer attention to how it feels when practicing. Not sure my current equipment allows for them to be lower though.

I am having an issue with my Production rig that I did not have with my L10 equipment. L10 had overlap in the rear with the retaining loop attached in the back as well. My Production rig has the belt overlap in the front since I can't have mags that far forward. My retaining loop is in the front as well. The problem I am having is that every time I bend down to pick something up (brass, Magazine, dropped round, etc) the inner belt separates from the outer belt at the back. The side stay attached, but I am losing a huge portion of my attachment in the rear of the belt. Both of my rigs are Double Alpha belts so quality is not an issue. Has anyone else had this problem? Can't figure out why this would happen and how to stop it short of using a second loop to keep the velcro from separating.

I think you nailed it. My question after watching those videos is does the Master shown place high in the match or just do really well on the classifier? His movement seems a bit slow and lethargic. You are more explosive, but your pistol is kicking quite a bit. Are you reloading your own rounds to the min power factor needed to make major (assuming you are shooting Limited).

I spliced together the video from all of my reloads at my last local match (didn't get video for stage 1). Please take a look at what you can see that I can improve on. I feel like I should be reloading a bit higher, but really struggle to execute a clean reload higher up. Let me know your thoughts and if you have a good drill to help me improve whatever suggestion you are making. https://youtu.be/qM7pLXNG640 Can't figure out how to imbed the video. If someone can explain that to me I will edit. P.S. Yes, I know everything is much slower on that final stage. In my defense, it was hot, almost no shade available, I had been RO'ing quite a bit and my daughter drank all of my water. I was dead tired and not only were reloads and all movement quite slow, but I nailed my first no shoot of the day on the second swinger. That all I have for my excuses...

You are also doing it wrong in this video. The method you are using makes it much easier to accidentally set off the round. You need to flip your thumb around so that your thumb nail is against the hammer so you are rolling from your thumb nail onto the fleshy portion of your thumb. This method results in a little teeny pinch of your flesh as the hammer is going down and makes it really hard to screw it up. Your method does not appear as safe. On a side note, thanks for doing the video. My fear of screwing it up and jacking up my thumb is gone now. Now the only fear is a DQ.

I think I read something here the CZ Custom hammer isn't production legal anymore. Not 100%, hopefully somebody will correct me if I'm wrong How would it not be production legal? It is a factory part available on a production approved gun direct from CZ (not only CZ custom). Per rule 21.6 "Any other components which are externally visible may ONLY be replaced with OFM parts which are offered on the specific model of gun or another approved gun from the same manufacturer except as specifically clarified below." Basically, if the part is available on another CZ gun that is on the approved Production pistol list you can use that part.