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WeDefy

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  1. Averaged in the low 7s with a G19 and ALS holster. I had a hard time not trying to do anything different each run, I kept telling myself to just shoot it- but then I'd end up looking at my splits and draw time. I found myself really wanting to push the transition back to T1- T1 was my most accurate target, I tend to be too slow on the draw and on transitions I'm unsure of. I also found myself doing a lot of thinking as to what part 2 was going to be, and how it would speed me up. I don't have a very calm mind, do I?
  2. Is that because of recoil? Does your Lite have a comp? Thanks
  3. So are you just not familiar with how the brain works to learn a skill or do you not believe the science?BTW, I was told by all the Space Shuttle astronauts I trained for 4 years that the earth is indeed round, becuase you see, they have been up in space and seen it. Of course, I haven't been there yet to see it for myself so I don't really believe them. In fact, I have been plying the world's oceans for over 20 years offshore fishing as a licensed Coast Guard captain and all I ever see is that the world is flat, so you see, How could they be right ..... Just saying ... What are you carrying on about? I was commenting on the guys joking about it getting you killed in the street. I'm not sure whether you're trying to joke back, or if you're actually trying to present yourself as arrogant and rude- but I assure you that you're missing something here.
  4. I'm not so worried about blinking as I am teaching sight alignment, by the time the gun goes off and you blink the bullet is already headed to the target. Blinking may effect follow up shots, but not the one that caused it.I'm pretty much convinced that teaching the fundamentals minus sight alignment, then adding it later after trigger control, grip, and sight picture are under control is a recipe for success. Minimizing variables and attacking them one at a time ls always better- if it wasn't, we would just give kids guns and tell them to shoot field courses until they were masters.
  5. Thanks for all the responses- it's looking like I need to keep my eyes open for a 22/45. I agree that teaching them irons would be more comprehensive, but it would also be much more intensive. I may try letting her shoot irons for a bit and see how it goes.
  6. This is no help at all to the discussion- but one of the best decisions I made in life was to get eye surgery (this being one of the many reasons).
  7. My wife and I have been working with my 9 year old daughter and 5 year old son with their BB guns for about a year now, and have let them shoot .22s and centerfire rifles and pistols (with a lot of assistance). I trust my 9 year old enough now with her BB gun that she is allowed to use it as long as I am outside with her, but not directly watching her- she's got a good handle on firearm safety and know to only to shoot at her targets- and I'm never more than 50 yards away from her in case she every forgets (which hasn't happened). One thing I've noticed is that applying all of the fundamentals was a bit overwhelming and putting a scope on their BB guns made things much easier for them. Teaching them proper eye relief was much easier than teaching them sight alignment- obviously they will learn it in the future, but it freed up a lot of time to focus on the other fundamentals and gave them the gratification of hitting the target. So on to my question- My daughter very interested in her mom and I's competitive shooting, and I think the time has come to get a .22 pistol and start bringing her to the range with me. At the moment, I'm pretty interested in a 22/45 or a .22 Glock conversion. My concerns with the 22/45, is that the Lite model is the same weight as a Glock 19 and the others are a bit heavier. If I got a .22 conversion for one of my Glocks, she'd be dealing with the grip size. I'm also considering putting an optic on either one, just to get around the whole sight alignment issue. I have a single shot .22 rifle that I'm going to start shooting with her using the iron sights- but I think for her introduction to pistol, it may be best to simplify it with an optic. Does anyone have an insight? Thanks
  8. I did it today in Arabic- I pictured writing them in my head, I sometimes confuse 7 and 8, this was fun practice. I pictured the set I was on as a written word, then the number of the breath as a numeral- it was interesting and really made me focus.
  9. I've done some similar breathing + mindfulness exercises at work. They used some biofeedback devices to actually quantify the changes, and it works for sure. One interest thing I learned was that I received positive results from the exercises, even when the event and exercise was interrupted by physical exertion. The argument is that although your breathing and thought has been derailed, you still retain the positive effects for awhile. What I get from this is that even if you are doing it in your car before you walk up to the registration table, or if you are doing it in the safe area before the match- you may still benefit from it.
  10. Do you know much about this contract? I haven't seen any of these floating around- yet...
  11. Sterling, We call that thing the proton pack- remember Ghostbusters?
  12. The real travesty is that the Army pays close to double for the M855A1 as SOCOM pays for Mk318 (which is a 62 gr Barnes TSX bullet).
  13. I couldn't tell you, I wouldn't know high numbers from low either way. What I can say is that in the SOCOM testing they were breaking bolts with a really low number of rounds- something like 5,000 rounds. Well great, now I'm just another guy who says it's, "higher," too.
  14. A few poser "tacticool" instructors will tell you that "Special Forces" prefer option 1- don't believe it. Go with 2.
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