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I am by no means an expert on this but I have noticed that the amount of tension in my arms and body has a lot to do with how accurately I am able to stop on a target when I am transitioning. If I am stiff and tense I will tend to overshoot the target and bounce around while lining up my shot. The more relaxed I am the quicker and more accurately I am able to transition from one target to the next and have my sights aligned with the a zone as soon as the gun catches up with my eye focus. It feels as though I am moving slower but the timer shows that the transitions are taking less time.

I have a Czechmate and love it. It feels the same as a Tactical Sport but is not the same gun. It is a much improved TS. However, what is the same is the feel of the gun in your hand. Your natural point will stay the same so there will be a much shallower learning curve. In my opinion you should get the Czechmate and use it as long as you are doing well and advancing with it. Then you can decide to either get another one (or their latest version of the CM) or get something else. Then you can sell you CM to help fund whatever option you transition to. My feeling is that you will be happy with the CM for a long time. It will definitely not hold you back.

I am fairly new to competitive shooting. I have been competing in USPSA production for the past year but I would like to try the new Carry Optics division. I have ordered a CZ P09 that will have the slide milled for a red dot. While the gun is being built I have started looking around for equipment to carry it and its magazines. Are there mag pouches that someone could recommend that will fit the P09. I have tried to put them in my DAA Racemaster pouches that I use for my production gun but they are too big to fit without modifying the spacers. There doesn't seem to be as many options out there on the internet for the P09. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Angus Hobdell uses that grip and he has won multiple titles in the US and Europe and is a grand master in multiple divisions.

Has anyone ever tried to use a bait casting net? Throw it out like a Frisbee and then pull on the line to scoop it up like a bag with the brass inside. http://www.castnets.com/

Nice. I like to save money by building my own. This is giving me some great ideas.

I go to a local indoor range that sells me 5 gal buckets of mixed brass for $50. This is a small mom and pop range, not one of the big chains. I sort out the 9mm and sell what is left to a metal reclaim operation in town. Last time I did this I sorted 4K 9mm cases and sold what was left for $42. So I paid $2/1000. Still had to sort out the steel and aluminum cases but I can't complain for that price.

Sticking to you plan is important. Last year was my first year of shooting USPSA and I gladly accepted coaching from more experienced shooters. However, on one local match I arrived early and helped set up for the match. On the stage I helped set up I developed my plan as we were setting it up. When my squad got to the stage an experienced shooter tried to coach me on how to shoot the stage differently from what I had planned. While I appreciated his help I didn't want to change my plan. He was a little offended but I still say shoot your plan unless it is clearly flawed.

I was DQ'd once at a local match for AD. I had finished the stage and was unloading. Touched the trigger before the round was ejected. Everyone was very supportive but I felt horrible. I have never forgotten that feeling and am super observant during unloading now. I know I need to be that way on all safety issues but that particular part of a stage just gets my stomach going. I am sorry I did what I did to get DQ'd but I am glad it had the effect on me that it did.

I look at things like this, nothing is complex if you break it down to one step at a time. Many things are simple but hard to do. Shooting a match is a complex set of shooting problems (stages) with weather, sun, other distractions and the need for intense concentration while remaining relaxed. However, as it has already been said, a match happens just one bullet at a time. The hard part is the preparation for the match. One practice session at a time. That too is simple, but also very hard.

I agree with this but I am having a hard time applying it to shooting. Is there application or did you write it for the larger context as it applies to life?

Its an avocation. No different from any other. There is a coolness factor to shooting that transcends other similar activities like golf or bowling and it is less physically demanding than martial arts or distance running so older and less physically fit people can still participate. For me shooting is just a diversion from the routine of life. The social aspect of any activity is also very important. I also skydive and sitting around, drinking a beer with other jumpers after a day of jumping is as rewarding as the skydiving itself. I haven't found the social side of shooting to the same extent yet but there is a camaraderie among competitive shooters that is a beneficial part of the sport.

Such an illusive concept to embrace but such powerful potential. I believe there are lots of similarities to the fighting sports and shooting.

I second the martial arts comment. You could also include boxing and MMA. Explosive movement of the whole body, quick, reflexive action and accuracy in aiming blows at a scoring area.

I laughed at the video of the treadmill. I imagined that the reaction people would have to bringing a treadmill to the range would be a lot better than the reaction of folks in a gym if you started doing dry fire drills while on a treadmill.

I would suggest a dry fire drills book. Use it consistently and you will find your own solutions to improvement.

I went with the dominant eye in focus on the front sight and distant focus in the other eye. I have to put them on an hour before I shoot and have to take some time to adjust after I take the off but they work very well.

My inclination is that it is a timing of the trigger issue. Ideally, the shot would break at the exact instant recoil returns the sight to the original point of aim. if the timing isn't correct the sights will dip past the POA and impact low.

This is very tough for me. I try to visualize carrying a glass of water as I move. I like the comment about practicing moving while just holding on the target.

I have thought a lot about the difference between folks that do well in classification and then do poorly in matches. As I age I realize that I will never be able to compete at the upper level of the sport just because I don't move as well anymore. I guess I just need to hang on until I can compete against the super seniors.

Very interesting issue. I'd really like to know how it turns out. Please post results if you do send it off and it gets resolved.

I am a right handed shooter but have a racker on the right side. I set it up that way because I thought I might have a problem with clearance between my belt. As it turned out it would not have been a problem but now I'm used to it on the right side. I never thought about interference with the C-more in a canted mount but that is a good reason for right side mount.

I have recently come to the same conclusion. As I was thinking of buying a new gun to enter carry optic division shooting and had to do the mental justification of sending the money for the gun and gear that goes with it to compete I realized that I had several guns that have never been out of their boxes. I bought these guns on shims but, frankly, have never thought about shooting them. All of a sudden I felt a little crazy. Who wastes money like that? So I have decided to sell the ones I don't use and narrow my focus. Maybe I can use the money I save on a sporting clays Citori or something.

I never put a magazine in my pockets just because I don't like things in my pockets but I can so see this happening to me if I did. The only things that ever do go in my pockets are receipts an they get laundered all the time. I agree with the joke about good judgment being born of bad judgment.

I find that relaxation, as illusive as it may be, is key to seeing the stage and being able to bring all the aspects of engaging targets. As someone already said, the conscious mind can only focus on one thought at a time, however, if I am not relaxed I find that my mind is a jumble of things like grip, aim, stage layout, footing, movement, etc. Brian talks about relaxation in his book. I never realized how important it was until reading that. Since then I try to focus my attention on maintaining a relaxed state and I believe it helps get everything else in better order.