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Here is some load data with Black Bullet International 135 grain round nose. These bullets have a lube groove. This data should give you a good starting point. Created: 10/14/17 03:19 PMDescription: CZ P09 135 BBINotes 1: 3.55 Alliant Sport PistolNotes 2: Win SSP OAL 1.115Distance to Chrono(FT): 10.00Ballistic Coefficient: 0.135Bullet Weight(gr): 135.00Temp: 76 °FBP: 29.14 inHgAltitude: 800.00 # FPS FT-LBS PF9 975 285.01 131.62 8 979 287.35 132.16 7 988 292.66 133.38 6 975 285.01 131.62 5 965 279.19 130.27 4 969 281.51 130.82 3 991 294.44 133.79 2 978 286.77 132.03 1 971 282.68 131.09 Average: 976.8 FPSSD: 8.5 FPSMin: 965 FPSMax: 991 FPSSpread: 26 FPSShot/sec: 1.1True MV: 982 FPSGroup Size (in): 0.00

2.8.2018 Worked on Reloads and entry and exit. For reloads I went with 4 Aces drill. I felt really good with my reloads this night. They were smoother and quicker. I am still working the bugs out of my mag pouches and technique. I worked on the mag pouch Friday night trying to secure and prevent movement. I have not been able to come up with a permanent solution yet. For my entry and exit I used the same mini stage I set up on Thursday the 7th. I broke the entering and exiting the positions into micro drills with a focus on exploding out of position and entering into positions fast and ready to shoot. The majority of my time was spent practicing these micro drills for entry and exit. I felt this was a productive night of practice. 2.10.2018 Tonight I set up El Strong & Weak Pres. I felt this would be a good drill to work on reloads and weak and strong hand techniques. What stuck out to me running this drill is my time difference between string 1 and string 2. String 1 free style to strong hand I averaged 6.53 seconds. String 2 free style to weak hand I averaged 7.52. I was amazed at the improvements. My reloads were smooth and I was able to get the gun into my weak hand fast and find the dot quickly. Dry fire is effective training for sure. Next I modified my mini stage adding a 3 yard open target to practice shooting while moving. I focused on shooting the 3 yard open target at speed. I didn't want to slow down to shoot I wanted to practice at a higher speed. This made me focus on stage/target awareness. I did not want to shoot the target as I was passing by. I learned this will force me to slow down. I focused on engaging the target as soon as it was in view. I used my Shotmaxx timer and paid close attention to the time running this drill so I was not getting into a comfort zone and pushed myself to be faster. This proved to be a challenge at increased speeds. However, I was able to accomplish this and it felt really good. Now I need to get a decent day of weather and work on this live fire. Tonight I worked on my mag pouch position up by tilting the front mag pouch forward maybe 5 degrees. I was surprised how this helped my reloads. I have been very aggressive grabbing my magazine during reloads trying to push my speed. This caused the mag pouch to move tilting to the rear and would allow my hand grabbing the mag to be out of position turning into a poor grip on the mag and a poor reload. Tonight I was grabbing the mag consistently and my reloads were smoother and I had a bonus with the mag pouch was not moving! I will keep the mag pouch tilted forward and see if this is indeed helping or not. I need more than one session like tonight before I will call it a success. Tonight felt really solid and productive.

2.7.2018 Dry fire tonight was a short 40 minute workout. I set up a mini stage to change things up and add some movement back into my practice. I have laid off movement drills because of my back issues. Fortunately I'm seeing a great Physical Therapist and my back has made great progress! I used my "air duct barricade" as my starting position. I had 2 simulated 12 yard targets to draw on first and then move to my left 5 yards into my next position and engage 2 additional 5 yard targets. I reversed this drill starting on the left side using the wall for a turn and draw engage 2 targets move to my right and engage the 2 simulated 12 yard targets. I sucked! My grip was inconsistent and I Need to work on exiting and entry into position. Exiting was slow, no burst of speed. It was like shooting my last shot...then move. Entry was no better. I would arrive at the position and the gun was not up and ready to fire. I will start easing these kind of drills back into my routine. Next I went back to my air duct barricade. I did the same drill I did on Sunday, February 4. I studied my video and realized I was not very aggressive. I was in my comfort zone. Tonight I was going to be aggressive and I was. I broke the 4 second goal time and only had 2 missed reloads. The bad; I discovered my mag pouch was moving. For my carry optic rig I use Black Scorpion Mag pouches. As I aggressively grab my magazine the pouch/magazine would tilt to the rear. I tightened the bolt as tight as I could possibly get it. It did no good. I replaced that pouch with another and it still moved. I concluded its either a design flaw or I am just coming down on it too hard (maybe both). I think it's to late to make a change and learn a new set up so I will look at doing something to secure the pouch. At first I didn't think it was causing any problems, just more of an annoyance. I started to pay attention and discovered at times as my left hand aggressively came in contact with the magazine and as it moved it was also altering my grip on the mag. I don't like making excuses for poor performance based on equipment but, in this case its something that's real and I will need to address. Either in technique or find a fix to secure the mag pouch.

2.5.2018 Tonight I started on Triple reloads. I averaged 7.96 for this drill. I'm along way from 5.0 second goal. Overall my reloads were pretty smooth. My trigger finger was getting tried pulling the double action trigger 18 times towards the end grueling even though my double action is only 7.5 pounds. But is was a good drill for me to run. Second I worked on transitions. Specifically 90 degree transitions. My focus was using my lower body to transition my body; not be a tank turret. I worked from right to left and vice versa. Right to left i averaged .48 and left to right I averaged .47 seconds. Last I worked on strong hand & weak hand. I used my 3 targets at 10 yards I had set up for El Prez practice. Strong hand draw is getting faster and consistent. I am averaging 1.25 second draw. My weak hand is progressing as well. I averaged 1.70 seconds. Whats even better and for me more exciting is I am finding my dot more consistent and faster. For my weak hand I need to work on transitioning the gun from my right hand to the left. I'm still not smooth and need to continue to refine this movement.

2.4.2018 Dry fire tonight was a focus on reloads, reloads and reloads. I pulled my head out and took a video of my practice. I have gotten away from videoing and the value of them. I used my return air duct for a barricade. This works very well and is very similar to width of the barricades used at my local range. I put up 4 half sized targets to simulate a 12 yard shot. My goal was to perform this drill 4 seconds or faster. I managed a 4.2 second average. Overall this practice felt really good. Certainly better than my live fire the day before.

February 3, 2018 The weather was somewhat cooperative with temps in the mid 40's and I managed to get to the range and do some live fire. I was out of town all week so no dry fire practice this week. Friday night I re-sprung my CZ P09 with new springs from Cajun Gun Works. I added up my round count and I had just north of 10,000 rounds through the CZ after putting all of Cajun competition parts in when I started shooting CO. Live fire Saturday was more about testing the gun after the "tune up" and load testing. I changed back to 147 grain FP bullet with Alliant Sport Pistol powder. I needed to tweak the sights just a little. The 147s are more accurate than the 135 bullets. I managed to live fire El Prez. Frankly my performance was pitiful. My times just couldn't break below 6 seconds. My turn to draw averaged 1.65 seconds and my reloads were 1.95 average. Also, my hits were horrible with an average score of 48 points. I next moved to the plate rack. I averaged 4.20 seconds with my best 3.89 going 6 out 6. I finished out the day with strong and weak hand shooting. I used the same El Prez target set up at 10 yards. Strong hand I managed a 1.3 draw and .38 transitions. Out of 12 runs I had only 3 C's. I was quit happy with this. Weak hand I managed 1.9 average draw .48 transitions. I was happy with my performance as well. I ran weak hand drill 20 times as I need more practice with my weak hand shooting. I managed 60% A's and 40% C's. This coming week I will need to continue working on my reloads. I am getting frustrated that I just can't seem to make good progress with my reloads.

Muncie21 thats a good question. This is just a by product of a situation that caused me to verify my speeds across my Caldwell chronograph. I have a magneto speed with an adapter for Picatinny rail. I was able to shoot my CZ for muzzle velocity with the magneto speed and than shoot through my other chronograph for my velocity at distance. There are several sites on the web you can use with known measurements to calculate your BC. However, different sites will give you different numbers. I just picked one and went with it. Not that it makes any difference at the distances I shoot at.

I too would like to see a carry optic section.

I've been shooting Alliant Sport Pistol since August 2017. Before that I shot VV N320 and Prima V. I tried SP because N320 was sporadic in availability and Prima V had some inconsistencies between lots. SP has been consistent and clean burning. As far as soft shooting I couldn't tell any difference when power factors are similar. Accuracy has been very good with all bullets I've tried. Below is some data from my last test with a chronograph. Created: 11/21/17 01:06 PMDescription: CZ P09 147 MO HITEKNotes 1: 3.3 grains Alliant Sport PistolNotes 2: Win SPPDistance to Chrono(FT): 8.00Ballistic Coefficient: 0.140Bullet Weight(gr): 145.00Temp: 67 °FBP: 29.14 inHgAltitude: 800.00# FPS FT-LBS PF16 913 268.43 132.38 15 923 274.34 133.84 14 929 277.92 134.71 13 922 273.74 133.69 12 925 275.53 134.12 11 923 274.34 133.84 10 925 275.53 134.12 9 919 271.97 133.26 8 917 270.78 132.96 7 922 273.74 133.69 6 920 272.56 133.40 5 923 274.34 133.84 4 927 276.72 134.41 3 910 266.67 131.95 2 905 263.74 131.23 1 912 267.84 132.24 Average: 919.7 FPSSD: 6.6 FPSMin: 905 FPSMax: 929 FPSSpread: 24 FPSShot/sec: 0.3True MV: 924 FPSGroup Size (in): 0.00

How do you like the triangle shape? Does it distract you at times or Is it unnoticeable? Lastly, do you find it easy to transition to the tip of the triangle for precise shots? Thinking about picking one up for an open gun. Thanks lacivilian sorry for the late reply, I've been traveling last few days. I like the triangle. I tried the standard dot thinking I would like it better but, I prefer the triangle. Its plenty bright for me and the shape is very easy to pick up even in less than good lighting conditions. I use the triangle point for more precise shots at distance. But I rarely need to do this in USPSA. MemphisMechanic advice is spot on. When shooting carry optics or an open gun you will need to learn your point of impact at various distances. Also, I need to make a correction in my post you reference. At the time of that post I had just over 8,000 rounds through CZ with the mounted DPP not 6,000 rounds. Now I am over 10,000 rounds and its still running strong. I am very happy with the DPP.

January 24, 2018 Started the night off with El Prez. After 10 runs through EL Prez I averaged 5.5 seconds. Not good enough! So I broke it down and worked on areas I need to improve. I determined the low hanging fruit is my turn and draw and reloads. I am struggling to improve my time when I turn and draw. For comparison draw from hands relaxed at sides I can consistently draw 1.05 - 1.10 at 10 yards. Turn and draw I can manage 1.45 average. I broke this action down. I started off slowly to start refining my foot work on the turn, when I am gripping and drawing my gun. I started slow and working up speed as I felt I had each aspect of this action improved on. Next I moved to reloads worked them the same. I broke this action down into micro actions as well. I started with my gun pointed at target and began working on dropping the mag, grabbing my magazine from the belt, bring the gun into proper position for the reload and insertion of the magazine. I believe by breaking these two actions down it will help me improve speed and consistency. I also worked on drawing on distant targets; simulated 20 yard target. This drill I focused on seeing the dot at speed and trigger press. Good night of practice with keeping it simple and focused.

January 21, 2018 Weather was very warm. We hit 65 degrees in the afternoon. I couldn't stand hanging around the house on such a nice day so I decided as soon as my honey do chores finished I ran to the range and did some live fire practice. I didn't have a lot of time so I set up CM 09-04 "Pucker Factor" classifier. I choose this one because I have been working on transitions and this seemed like a good one for that skill. After set up I decided to step up and shoot it with zero practice. Just like in a match sometimes the classifier is the first stage shot. I didn't do very well. Time 4.74, 32 Points for a HF of 6.7510. I had a very sloppy draw that cost me in time and points. Oh well time to move on. I shot this standard several times. I shot it near to far as I did my first attempt. And far to near. I wanted to see if there was a difference in time. Surprisingly I was faster shooting near to far. I averaged .30 seconds faster starting on the near head shot. I only shot about 150 rounds today. But it felt good to get outside and get in a live fire practice. On the positive as I was pushing myself and I managed only 1 D and 1 Mike this session. I was surprised I didn't have more. I was really pushing my time down. I wanted to get below 4 seconds. Thats tough while trying to maintain good hits.

January 20, 2018 I Shot my first Steel Challenge match today Arnold Rifle & Pistol Club. It was lots of fun and I was able to squad with some guys I shoot USPSA with. Overall I finished 17th. Not bad considering I haven't shot a match in a while and mentally not in match mode, at first. I shot my CZ P09 Carry Optics gun in open division. My first stage I shot rather conservative. Kept telling myself not to shot the stop plate until last. I managed not to do that until the 2nd (Pendulum) and 3rd stage (Zipper) which I did twice. I learned a miss adds 3 seconds to your time. Wow, that can hurt and it did. Learned my lesson; don't shoot the stop plate until your have your hits! However, each stage I felt my mental game coming around. I could focus on the plates not my draw or am I hitting the plates, etc. By the time I hit my fourth and fifth stage I was feeling really good. Besides having fun and hanging out with my shooting buddies, there are some things I learned from the match. My dryfire work on transitions was paying off. I was using my lower body not my arms/upper body like a tank turret. I did not over "shoot" the plates when I transitioned to a target. I was able to get on the plate quickly. Now for the bad; I was horrible at calling my shots. I found myself pulling off target while breaking the trigger causing many misses and follow up shots. Not sure how much time I cost myself. For a 125 round match, I probably shot 140 rounds. Also, shooting in a competition is different from practice and when the buzzer goes off, we know you'll either preform or fall apart. Having the right mental game is just as important as any aspect of the game. Mental game is something that needs work as well and this matched helped with that. I can see myself shooting this game again.

I have an Arsenal 180 grain NLG mold for my 40. It's a great mold and my experience lines up with Intel16. Jared at Arsenal Mold is a great guy to work with. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Tonight I worked on transitions and simulated plate rack. Practiced 180 transitions. I worked on using my lower body to drive the transition. By driving with my lower body I didn't drive past the target and could get into the A zone much smoother and quicker. I averaged .48 seconds for my transitions. Next I worked the simulated plate rack. This session I focused on grip and calling my shots. Overall I am happy with my progress. And dry fire is a lot of fun. I am able to push myself and make mistakes and work to correct them. Looking forward to warmer weather so I can get out and get some live fire practice in.

1/14/2018 This session was all about assorted exercises from Ben Stoeger's Dryfire Reloaded. I worked on 3 exercises; Widening Transitions, Skip Rope and Slip Rope with Reloads. I started with Skip the Rope. Did worked this drill for 15 minutes and I quickly realized how important foot work is to successfully getting a good shot off while moving into a position. I focused on getting the shot off only when my dot was solidly in the A zone not moving around. I set a Par time of 1.25 seconds. This time was very challenging. I next moved to the Skip Rope with Reloads. This drill was insane for me. I struggled with performing a smooth reload. After 15 minutes I felt like I was no better than when I started. I will revisit this drill soon. Widening Transitions was my last drill for the night. It was also very fun and challenging. I started with the targets next to each other by the end I had them 3 feet apart. My Par time was 2.30 seconds and this was challenging to accomplish with good hits. I pushed it and beat the Par time but my hits would get sloppy. I feel like transitions is one of those low hanging fruits I should get a handle on quickly if I want to improve my match performance.

Tonight was a continuation of entry/exit and a change from reloads to plate rack. Had two positions 4 yards apart. Again focus was coming into position with gun up ready to fire and exiting as soon as I break the trigger on the last shot. Changed my stage a little. I started with hands on wall shooting to partial targets around the corner of the wall. From there I moved to my left to the next position were I had 3 targets to engage. I practiced for 15 minutes and switched and ran from left to right starting facing up range hands in the surrender position. I ran the stage for 15 minutes and then moved to the simulated 10 yard plate rack for 15 minutes. I was consistent with my draw. Gun was up and ready as I entered into position and I was able to focus on my dot as I entered the position instead of is my gun up and ready. Exiting was a little more challenging. Exploding out of position was challenging with this nagging won't go away back problem. But my back is improving albeit slowly. Happy with the whole practice session tonight. I can see and measure the progress.

Tonight was a focus on entry/exit and reloads. Kept it simple. Had two positions 5 yards apart to enter and exit from. I felt really good with my performance tonight. Speed between position wasn't all that impressive. My back and hip was hurting a little more than it had in the last 1 1/2 weeks so pushing speed between position was not a focus. My focus was coming into position with gun up ready to fire and exiting as soon as I break the trigger on the last shot. I did very well with this drill tonight. For my reloads I was hitting a consistent 1.30 - 1.35 seconds. My focus wasn't on speed it was on technique. I focused on keeping the gun higher. By watching some past match videos I noticed I developed a habit of dropping the gun down closer to my belt while performing a reload. By keeping the gun higher closer to face level my loads were much smoother and I only had 3 bad reloads tonight. A big step in the right direction. Tonight was a nice confidence booster in my practice. I know I'm headed in the right direction.

Weather warmed up today and I was able to get in a quick live fire session. I worked on dots and plate rack. Because I haven't shot a live round since the indoor match I felt focusing on the fundamentals and accuracy. My best time keeping 5 shots in a 2" circle at 7 yards was 4.87 seconds. I shot a new plate rack we have. It has 6 plates 6" in diameter. My best time for clean 6 out 6 was 3.77 seconds. Although it was a short session about 35 minutes it felt really good to get outside and live fire. The weather is suppose to turn cold again so back to focus on dry firing.

I've been there. My very first USPSA match I needed a few more mags for my M&P 45. I travel a lot for my job and I was out of town the week before the match and ordered the mags just before I left. I get home Friday I unpackaged them and put them in my range bag after a quick visual inspection. I get to my first match and shot my first stage using an older magazine; no problem. My second stage I grabbed a new mag and made ready. After first shot I had FTF after FTF after FTF with the new magazines. Never made that mistake again.

Tonight was practice with a focus on entry/exit and shooting while moving. I set up mini stage in the basement. I incorporated drawing with hands relaxed at sides, surrender draw, turn and draw, unloaded and loaded table start. My stage consisted of 8 paper and 2 mini poppers and a simulated 15 yard plate rack. I did not incorporate all targets all the time. I varied and changed the stage to maximize what element I was emphasizing during that part of practice. I timed myself using my Shottmax II timer. It picks up my dry fire shots really good and has proven to be very beneficial since I started this journal. I need to figure out a way to put my dry fire stage plans in this journal. It would be nice to see how my stages progress thorough time. Tonight I was very happy with my overall performance. I had one bad magazine load from the unloaded table start. I was calling my shots knew when I broke the trigger weather my shot was A's or C's and D's. My grip was very firm and consistent as well. Overall I had an hour of solid practice. One thing that is helping is changing my practice. Not letting myself fall into a rut with practicing the same ole thing(s) night after night keeps things interesting and fun. Now I need the weather to cooperate so I can get some good live fire practice in.

Last couple evenings was a focus on standards for dry fire practice. I set up the classic El Presidente first. My time for a cold run was 6.17 seconds. My average for 11 runs is 6.036 seconds. I next set up CM 99-13 Quicky II. My first run time for both strings is 13.68. My average time is 13.72. I had a couple runs where my reload was just horrible. Really hurt my average. But, that's why you practice to improve and eliminate those big mistakes. I felt sluggish these last two practice sessions. Even though my back and hip pain has gotten a lot better with physical therapy and I finally slept through the night without waking up (first in almost 2 1/2 months. I felt blah. I also found myself not pushing as hard at the start. I was able to get that under control and started pushing. The good I noticed was my grip. I found myself gripping the crap out the gun without much thought. I also noticed even though I felt sluggish I was still faster and my strong hand and weak hand performance was much better. My grip on weak hand was so much more consistent and times are faster it is very motivating. Now if only the weather will cooperate and give me a warm, dry day to get some live fire practice in to see where I am really at.

Glad, had me nervous! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

2017 Area 4 was my first level 3 match. It was a very well organized and well ran match and lots of fun to shoot. Hats off to Mike and his staff! I’m looking forward to this years match. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I have a “Cajunized” CZ P09 with the competition springs, firing pin, etc. it will not reliably ignite CCI SSP. I will typically have between 5-10 out of 100 that will require a second strike to ignite. It is very reliable with Winchester, Federal and S&B. I am planning to by more S&B primers while on sale at Cabela’s. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk