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the letter K represents 1000. 1000K/hour is 1000 times 1000 which is 1,000,000/hour or 16,666/min or 278/sec

Other than cosmetics is there any reason this should be a problem? I can't imagine it would have an effect on accuracy. If using coated or plated bullets I guess it could damage the coating/plating but I wouldn't think so.

This has sold me on the ProCrono with Bluetooth. I just recently purchased reloading equipment and this will be my last piece of kit to get me started. I am really looking forward to developing my own loads that I can be confident will be right, make PF and be accurate. Last year I had commercial ammo sent to production nationals for me. I did not spring for the match ammo, assuming that the regular stuff would be fine. Well, my ammo did not make minor PF so I shot the whole match for fun and no score. I am definitely going to fix that this year with my own ammo. looking forward to getting a chrono and working on loads.

All of these times seem out of reach for me. What seems fast to me is, in reality, glacially slow. Much more practice.

This is really difficult for me. Transitioning into and out of positions are areas where I notice I am losing a lot of time. I have picked up some techniques in this post that I will be using in my practice sessions.

I used to avoid WHO and SHO shooting. I figured that for the percentage of times that you encounter a stage that requires it compared to the number of stages where you are able to use both hands it wasn't worth dedicating my limited practice time and ammo to it. I am now a believer that practicing what is more difficult can have a big effect on that skill and others associated with it also. As has already been mentioned, developing skill at shooting WHO will also improve your freestyle shooting. It develops minor muscles that don't usually get much work with two handed shooting. Those minor muscles help to steady/balance the gun. This will help to steady the sights when you transition from target to target between acquisition of a sight picture and trigger pull. It will also give you confidence which can translate into more relaxed firing.

A buddy of mine had stem cells from his hip bone planted in his hip joints. Several doctors told him he needed both hip joints replaced. He is pain free now. He has grown new bone and cartilage. He was the first person to have the military insurance pay for it. There is a lot of work going on around the world with stem cells. Adult stem cells from the person that is getting the treatment are preferred now. They say they have better results. The rest of the world is way ahead of the US in this because the issue is so politicized here. Around the world they are using stem cells for hips, knees, teeth and eyes. The procedure cost my buddy's insurance 5K per hip. They told him that hip replacement would be 30K each hip. It makes too much sense. We are so eaten up with rice bowls and politics here in the US that we are getting our asses handed to us by other countries and our citizens aren't getting the best, latest treatment options. I say do your own research and see what you think. 4-5K isn't a lot of money if it works. If it does work you have your own body and not some foreign hardware in you.

I would agree with the folks that suggest explosive sprinting. I used to play tennis and I also think that would be a great training exercise that would not just be running. It is a sport that keeps score so the exercise is engaging. I was reading a book about shooting and the author was talking about getting faster. He emphasized movement. The author's point was that you could gain tenths of seconds with faster transitions or follow-up shots but you can gain whole seconds in faster movement.

I just ordered an XL650 yesterday. I really looking forward to getting it and getting started reloading. This will be my first press so I am sure it will take some time and tinkering to get it set up correctly but I am looking forward to it. I decided to go with this press first as a result of reading a lot on this forum and also watching a lot of videos. I am sure it will be great for me and fit my needs well. I will probably have many questions and it is good to know I have a place to go to for answers.

Do you have to worry about moisture condensing or being trapped under the cover? Seems like that would potentially be a worse problem than dust and dirt.

I don't want to stray too much from the original topic but for those of you that wet tumble, what tumbler do you use?

You could always get a CZ Tactical Sport for a good limited gun. It is single action only and made for competition. If you later decide to move into Open class you can go with a Czechmate an already be used to the feel and handling (since a czechmate is built on a Tactical Sport frame). Better yet, just go ahead and buy a czechmate. Use if for limited without the optics and Open with optic.

I bought 8 ARs at one time and had no problems but I will be more careful in the future.

I think you will enjoy it a lot. You will find that the stages have been planned and debugged much more than your local matches have time to do and they are run more efficiently by very experienced ROs. There are also more stages to shoot so you will get a good work out and see some things that you probably don't see at your club. You will also meet a lot of new people and you will learn a lot. I went to nationals for production after only 5 months in the game and had a blast. All I wanted to do was to be safe, not get DQ'd and not finish deal last. I got want I wanted and much more experience than I expected. One additional thing you will see that you likely don't see at your local matches is that they will score on paper and you will need to bag 8 rounds of your ammo for the chrono stage at they first stage you shoot.

I started competing at 59. I knew there was such a thing as competitive shooting but never paid it much attention. I was really bored with going to a local indoor range and firing one shot a second. Then a friend who has been shooting three gun for a while told me about a local club that had a new shooter's class. I signed up for it and am now in my second year. I wish I had found it sooner because I realize that diminished physical ability and eyesight will limit me but it is still fun and I figure I can enjoy this hobby for many years to come.

closing one eye creates strain in your eyes and that translates to stress while shooing. Ideally you should shoot with both eyes open. I tried the tape method on my non-dominate eye and that helped. I took some cheap safety glasses from Harbor Freight and sanded the non-dominate eye and that worked better. Then I got RX glasses with my dominate eye focused on my front sight distance and my non-dominate eye focused for distant vision. It takes about 30 minutes of wear before I start to shoot to get used to them but after a while I can see my front sight clearly and the target clearly at the same time.

you really know you have done damage when it stops hurting. With the electronic hearing protection that is available today there is really no reason to be without it. I know the really small, digital stuff is expensive but it is well worth the investment to save the ears.

Makes sense to me. You don't have to be a shooter at all to be an RO. I saw on the NROI website where a person told Troy that his wife did not want to learn to shoot but was interested in becoming an RO. He said absolutely OK. In fact, there is no requirement to be a shooter for any NROI certification.

I am fairly new to USPSA (less than a full year) so I hesitate to express my opinion juxtaposed to people who have been part of the sport for decades but I am no stranger to this type of debate in other sports. I have been a skydiver for 40 years and the same debate takes place there each time they crate a new competitive category. People are concerned that the new category will dilute the competition in the discipline they are vested in and they don't want to learn new skills or invest in new equipment to compete in a strange new category. They say it could be bad for the sport. They say it is catering to special interests. The facts are that the only threat to a sport is stagnation. To stay relevant a sport must adapt and grow. I see Carry Optics as a great way to transition from production to something short of open in a cost effective way. I have a gun on order to allow me to compete in CO and can't wait to get it and start enjoying a different challenge. I got into this sport to have fun and after all is said and done is should be about having fun. CO seems like it will be a lot of fun for not much money. I hope it gets accepted as a permanent division.

I think this is a great idea. Not everyone wants, can afford, or has the ability to be competitive at the national level and for steel challenge minor, or even sub-minor is the way to go. Competitive shooting is, well, a sport so everyone would like to win or do well but what keeps people coming back is the fun aspect of it more than winning. I think a budget gun to play in USPSA open and steel challenge is great.

I use a shower cap. You can buy them from WalMart in packs of three for a couple of bucks and just keep them in your range bag. The ones with little flowers on them are especially quaint when fit over a gun.

Great comparison video. I have often wondered what the differences are. I use the Blade Tech but it was not worth the cost of another holster just to see if I liked it better or not. Thanks.

Other than the grips, thumb rest and an adjustable sight are there any upgrades to the current TS? Maybe a match barrel? Was there a price listed?

I don't practice this enough. I have both a steel frame CZ Shadow and a polymer CZ P09. I don't do well with either shooting SH/WH only but I don't think it is attributable to the gun. I believe it is my lack of practice. The guns do, however, react differently in recoil. I feel that there is more movement with the heavier gun but I also feel that it really wouldn't matter if I just spent the time getting used to the movement and dealing with it. There is no substitute for practice.

I am wondering if it is also a situation of not practicing with his carry gun as much as he does with his competition guns. I agree with the posters that point out the fallacy of engaging a threat at 20 yards in a self defense situation. However, that doesn't mean you cannot benefit from longer distance practice.