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    ecolyer325, Eric Colyer

    in Range Diary

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    1/22/16

    Dry fire practice was postponed due to the weather and the prep work I had to do at work and around the house. I also needed to give my hands a break, I have a few cuts and blisters that will not heal due to the gun rubbing on them. I will be snowed in with probably 2' of snow so it should be a good day to get some major reloading and dry fire work done.

    Any one else have plans for the snow storm happening in the northeast.

    Ever drop your gun during dry fire practice ?

    in Handgun Techniques

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    I have never dropped my gun during my draw, but I have gotten pissed at myself during a dry fire session and slammed my gun into my holster. Well once or twice I may have missed my holster a bit and dropped the gun.

    I have also dropped magazines on my foot, and I have also launched a couple magazines across the room when really pushing my reloads.

    ecolyer325, Eric Colyer

    in Range Diary

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    1/21/16

    5:30-6:40 The morning began with a lot transitioning work. I primarily used my whole dry fire session as a transition session. Starting out with drawing and two rounds on each target, sights were staying in focus and my par time of 1.6sec was very doable. Next up was plate drills and again, like last night going from plate to plate is still not fast and smooth. If I push to meet my par time of 2.0sec, my accuracy is reduced, Im calling misses on at least 2 plates when I'm really pushing for speed. When I wasn't pushing for max speed, I am able to call all hits on every plate and each movement is precise and deliberate. Once I had enough of the plate rack drill I moved onto 90 degree transition drill, hands at side and from surrender. 1.8sec par time is pushing it for me, I need to work on snapping my head to the next target as soon as that second shot is fired. 180 degrees at 2sec par time was next, and again the 2sec par time is pushing me to the edge. I worked all the variations of these drill as I could think of and I just have to get my head moving as soon as possible.

    6:20-7:00 Bill drills and 3 target transitions were a good warm up. Once I really got into my dry fire session the focus was on movement. I only ran 3 movement drills, first up was from Ben Stoeger's book, draw and engage 3 targets but as soon as the timer beeps you must move. I ran this drill while moving in a large square but switching directions once I went completely around. Movement while shooting is important so a lot of focus was put onto keeping my sights steady. The next two drills were also from Ben Stoeger's book, I ran the position entry and position exit drill. The two drills went very well, par times of 2.6sec were easily accomplished, next time I run this drill I will have to start cutting the time down a bit.

    Side note: I was planning on going to the range and running some live fire drills but due to this blizzard that is supposed to hit tomorow I had to do a little prep work just in case it becomes a nasty storm. Also with this storm coming I think its going to be cause the first match of the year for me to be cancelled, but I wont know until Saturday sometime.

    ecolyer325, Eric Colyer

    in Range Diary

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    1/20/16

    5:30am-6:40am This morning consisted of a lot of fundamentals again. My morning dry fire session, actually any dry fire session, begins with white wall drills. I spent a solid 10min working on slow deliberate draws and coming up to a solid sight picture. After this time was put into the equation, a few min of timed draw with trigger pull. After this I worked on pure speed of my trigger pull, as soon as the timer went off I pulled that trigger as fast I possibly can without any sight movement. After working on speed of the trigger pull, working on speed of the draw was next. I pushed as hard as I possibly could and still be able to get a good sight picture, 0.6sec is all my timer will allow me to do so I pushed for that, went about 50/50 on this and mostly was around 0.7sec when i couldn't hit 0.6sec.

    5:45pm-6:45pm I used Ben Stoeger's book for most of this dry fire session, even though a lot of todays drills were relatively generic. Bill drills were the start of the dry fire session. 1.6sec is the goal, I was able to consistently hit 1.6-1.7sec midway through this drill i noticed my sights have been very stable while performing the drill. Next was El Prez and I used the par time of 3.5sec, pushing this drill to hit the par time usually caused me to mess up the turn and draw. I also noticed that one of the ways I can pick up time is after the last shot before the reload is fired I need to start pushing to get the reload started. I am able to hit a solid reload in under a sec but I'm wasting to much time between the last shot and starting the reload. Next up was the plate rack drill, now this is where I really need work. My draws and and first shot on target are solid, now the single shot and transition to the next target are in need of work. I am not sure if I am taking to much time to see a solid sight picture before moving on, I will need to just keep practicing this drill and run it during live fire drill. The end of the session was using a revolver and red dot, I was just pulling the trigger as fast as possible while keeping the red dot as steady as possible.

    ecolyer325, Eric Colyer

    in Range Diary

    Posted

    1/19/16

    5:30am-6:30 - Fundamental skill started out this training session, basic draw and attain sight picture. After some basic fundamental drill I was feeling pretty good and reasonably awake. I decided today's topic is going to be around reloads. Starting with basic reload skill for a few minutes I moved onto El Prez, I wanted drills that involve a reload, 3.5sec was my goal, majority of repetitions the goal was met. Continuing with the El Prez setup I performed the same drill with SHO and then WHO, WHO is getting better and I am able to transition smoother to the next target.

    5:30pm-6:15 - Continuing the reload theme of this mornings dry fire session, I started out with 2 reload 2 drill. I was pushing to achieve 2sec, this is a steep goal for me but I pushed to try and make it. I was getting close to it but never hit the goal of 2sec. The next drill was 6 reload 6, this drill went very smooth for me, my initial goal was 4sec. After a few warm up runs 4sec was no issue, I kept creeping the timer down until i was really pushing hard to hit the par time. I was able to get down to 3.6sec. I was planning on continuing with the reload drills but my dogs decided it would be more fun to go outside and play.

    ecolyer325, Eric Colyer

    in Range Diary

    Posted

    This will be the start of my range diary, I need a way of tracking my progress but in a more 'free' manner rather than writing all my drills and times down. I also like the fact that other people can see and comment on this and it holds me more accountable.

    1/18/16

    5:30am-6:30am - This morning I worked strictly on basic fundamentals, getting my grip on the draw, performing white wall drills while focusing on no sight movement, practiced my basic reload: did not push the time too hard, I am not fully awake at 5:30am. I like to train in the morning when I am not fully awake because I feel like I force myself to focus solely on technique and not so much speed. Ended the session with distance draws (25yd scaled)

    7:00pm-8:00pm - Training started with some basic transitions, progressed to transitions while moving - I am able to start pushing my speed a bit more while moving. Went into 6 reload 6 reload 6: the drill went well, all reloads were smooth, need to work on the transitions to the other targets and starting my reload the instant the 6th shot is 'fired'. Practiced on scaled poppers, 6 in a row, transitions are slow and deliberate: want to work on speeding them up. I finished off the session with SHO and WHO transition drills.

    training aid/technique

    in Handgun Techniques

    Posted

    The best thing to do is dry fire with a real gun, and in fact you should be using the firearm you plan on competing with. This will give you the most realistic feel of everything, and the comfort level with your actual firearm with go up exponentially. I have used airsoft for a short while for dry fire practice, mostly due to firearm restrictions for where is was working at the time. I wont say that it didn't help me because it definitely did but I have noticed that my best gains when it comes to dry fire are with the actual firearm you are competing with.

    As stated from other poster, get a some training material, make a plan and start training.

    Hand chalk/grip lotions

    in Handgun Techniques

    Posted

    Using climbing chalk. Works well only downside is being dust it will get all over stuff if not careful but is easy to clean up.

    When you get chalk all over the place you look like you are doing stuff so I don't mind it.

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    Cold weather shooting - any tips?

    in Tips for Improvement

    Posted

    Dressing in a bunch of thin layers that can be easily removed, like mentioned before, is your best bet. When shooting take off the restrictive clothing and shoot. Afterwards put your heavier/warmer clothing. As far as it goes for me, I would rather be on the colder side because once you start to sweat and your clothes absorb the sweat, becoming cold is very easy. So once you feel remotely warm, start removing layers so as not to sweat.

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    Shooting on the move

    in Handgun Techniques

    Posted

    Walking backwards you naturally roll on your feet, you want to take that same natural rolling on your feet and do that while going forward to help minimize bouncing. A lot of people will 'bounce' while moving forward. Being able to roll from heel to toe will help make you much smoother and be able to get on target faster

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