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It really depends on your skill level. Me personally I work on a lot of accuracy drills in training (2@25, 2@50, bill drill and 4 aces at 25&50) I also do some closer 7-10 yard transition drills (Blake drill). There are always more drills I run, but sone or all of these are usually "standard" I will do this 2 out of 4 training sessions per month, the other 2 sessions will be set up more like stages, or parts of stages. 200-300 rounds per session. Don't forget to work on your strong areas in training along with your "needs work" stuff.

Lately the Blake Drill has helped me a lot.

This is a good quick reference for the most common issues. I agree there is no replacement to the rule book, but this would help someone find the rule they are looking for.

I just got a pair of Speedcross 3's in the mail on Monday. Dry fire went good in them all week. Live fire practice went good today, a lot less slip on gravel when trying to leave a position and they planted really good when I stopped in a position. I will see how they do tomorrow at a match. They are by far the most comfortable shoes I have worn.

Can you switch mine to SS instead of L10? I won't be shooting L10 anymore (a85658) Thanks.

Here's my first build (with help from Bob Rodgers and his RYO class), Caspian slide/frame, Kart barrel, Wilson, Ed Brown, a Colt internals. I've had this since May, I'm at 3,300 or so rounds and I have yet to have a malfunction.

The R.O is a great pistol, I don't know about the STI but I'm sure they are good. I shot a Ruger SR1911 for a while and never had any issues with it. I would say shoot a stock pistol for a while, if you have buddies that shoot SS there's a good chance they have different sights on their pistols that you can check out before you change anything. I personally run a .100 wide front sight with no fiber, I run a .156 rear notch. A magwell helps a lot, an extended mag release and grips with a thumb notch will help a lot! Just be warned that 1911s are addicting, USPSA shooting is also very addicting. The best thing you could do is find a reliable pistol and just have fun. Any of the pistols mentioned in this thread will be plenty accurate for USPSA shooting.

My SS Caspian I built about a month ago.

Bluesman is correct, quality parts/material will last a lot longer. 1911 triggers can be light but mushy and/or gritty, a good trigger job will be very crisp and smooth with no extra over travel. I run mine at 3.5#, it is what I'm use to and I don't personally need another pound taken off the pull weight. Correct sear/hammer geometry will provide a safe trigger, as well as very clean. It is best left for someone who knows what they are doing, I set my hammer hooks to .02, then about 40% of the sear is cut away for the relief, leaving around .012 (about 4 pieces of paper thick) of sear engagement. I have been using Wilson hammers and Sears with great results.

It feels good to get back to dry firing. I started setting the par timer for the first couple of reps each drill to give me a little pressure, if everything goes as planned then I stay with the par timer on. If I have trouble during the first couple of reps then I will turn the timer off, slow down and slowly pick up speed until I feel very comfortable and turn the timer back on. Sunday I worked "learning drills", my reloads now feels very smooth and consistent, transitions also feel like they picked up. Monday I did accuracy drills, and some core skills. Today I did el-prez, SHO/WHO and quick step drills. El-prez went smooth, I worked on getting my leading foot turn farther (I was struggling with throwing it down too early and have it pointed to the left, making me a little "off balance") SHO/WHO went good, I really payed attention to transferring the pistol to my weak hand. I did quick step for about 20 minutes, moving in all directions, really focusing on my position exit. About half way through I started throwing in a reload as I stepped over the box, I still made the same par time.

I'm back to a somewhat "normal" schedule, I have been so busy I have barely kept up with loading for matches, with that said I haven't been doing much of anything for training. My first USPSA match with the new pistol didn't go too great. My head was not where it needed to be for a match. I only had a couple hundred rounds out of the pistol, they were shooting groups checking sights and loads. The weekend after that I shot my clubs annual 8 stage steel match, came out with a 4th in limited (my head was not there either, I was too busy thinking about the vacation I was leaving for the next day). After vacation I had a few dry fire session then I shot the Washington Stage Championship steel match. My head was were it should have been, I shot very consistent and accurate, came out with an 8th in limited. The day after I shot a USPSA match. I had finally settled down, was a little more comfortable with the new pistol. Shooting single stack I'm A LOT more patient with the sights, I shot everything as planned and came out with a win in SS (only 2 other shooters in that division). Watching the videos, I noticed my reloads need work, (speed is fine) my muzzle goes a little far left for my liking. I also need to work on position exit. My accuracy is there and my position entry felt (and looked) good. This week I have dry fired an hour and a half over three nights. I will ease into it a little more next week and try to get out for some actual live fire sessions.

I have been slacking lately, no range sessions and not much dry fire. I got after it again tonight and did half hour of dry fire, then got my wife to dry fire for 15 minutes with me. Although it looks like I'm done shooting Lim10. I will finish off the year shooting SS and hopefully build a limited pistol this winter. Here is my new SS pistol.

That's a good turnout for a long weekend and the first match! I will hopefully make the next one.

Can you please add me, (A85658) Lim10 66.03% Thanks.

Shot a steel challenge match today. I shot good, got a 2nd in c/f limited. It felt good to get out and shoot. I got a new job so I haven't been doing much dry fire lately.

Figuring out percentages and hit factors really helped me realize that I don't have to burn down a stage. I shot one at a match that I had already bought my "do over" I shot it at my pace the first run, get a 65% and thought I could do it better, I burned it down, I took 1.5 seconds off... But dropped more points than I care to count. Rowdyb's post nailed it!

Stick to the dry fire, read "With Winning in Mind", "Attainment" is also a very good book. Everything will come together very fast. If your club posts classifieds ahead of time, you can try to figure out how long it will take you (1.1 draw, .2 splits, .3 transitions... Insert your times) then you can figure your hit factor at a "comfortable" pace with all As, then fast with all As and also figure it if you drop some points. I recently did this before the last classifier match I shot. I figured out how long I had to shoot X amount of points to get me into B class. I shot all but 1 classifier right where I figured I would be. Doing this ahead of time gave me a good idea of where I should be, I did not get stressed or worry about what my outcome would be. The Max Michel Shot Coach app is great for figuring out your split times and all that (it's a very good thing to know in my opinion).

A few books that have helped me a lot were "With Winning in Mind" and "Attainment". They both have helped my mental game a lot! One thing talked about is how you train, you need to train your strong points, you also need to work on your weak areas. You should start training with a skill you are good at, this will give you a good attitude for the training session. Work on your weak areas in the middle of your session, finish on a skill you are good at. This will start and end your training on a positive note. As far as bad performances, try to figure out how to fix them, rather than let them bring you down. Reinforce them with saying something like "that's not like me". Reinforce the good shooting with saying something like "that's like me". Both books are fairly short and to the point, they are very well written and laid out!

I'm pretty sure I made it to B last weekend, have to wait for final results. I was very excited to shoot my first A percentage classifier!

Has anyone seen WST lately?

Videos. CM 99-56 CM 13-06 CM 03-05 with an edge hit CM 03-05 CM 99-33 CM 99-11

Shot an all classifier match today. Coming into the match I was sitting at 48%. I had 1 60% classifier on that average. Today I shot: 60% on 13-06 49% on 99-42 77% on 99-56 62% on 03-05 65% on 99-33 70% on 99-11 After today I should be around 65%. I'm very happy with the way I shot today. The end of this month will mark 1 year since I shot my first USPSA match. Today was also the last USPSA match I will shoot with my 4.25" barrel 1911. I'm one step closer to my goal of earning an A classification by the end of the year.

Ephrata is shooting steel matches on the 2nd Saturday of the month.

Some videos from this week. I hate how YouTube doesn't keep the videos in HD. El Prez Accelerator with the 9mm Accelerator with the .45 Plate rack @ 10 yards with 6" plates.