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5 hours ago, Shmella said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32qOtbSkY_c
Listen to the latest episode of PPS and that is the first question covered. Was that you? lol
Wasn't me but Ben nailed it. It really only happens when I'm trying to do light speed reloads. I don't have the problem in matches. Most likely because it's a 1.7s reload.
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3 hours ago, MemphisMechanic said:
What kind of rehab are you doing on your elbow? Working on it with weights can work wonders, without backing down your dryfiring.
I've been a lifter for years but have been hitting forearms hard the past couple of months. Barbell wrist and reverse wrist curls 3-4 times a week. Hammer curls on arm day. Hit the Captains of Crush at work when I remember (need to do more of this.)
The pain is better but some days are worse than others. I haven't really slowed too much on dry fire but I don't do the 1 hour marathons I used to.
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Must have been some serious sandbagging going on in last week's match. I shot the sixth highest score on the classifier out of 51 shooters and it was only good for a 62% in Limited according to the calculator.
Had a good solid week of dry fire practice. Just working through Ben's book. Tennis elbow is still acting up in my right arm. Drawing my heavier limited gun seems to irritate it more so I stopped drawing with the mag inserted.
One problem I'm still having is establishing a good weak hand grip consistently after the reload.
Any tips?
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Shot my third match of the year today. Consistency, I need it.
Stage 1: Locking block pin walked out and slide kept locking back. Dicked around for 40 seconds trying to fix it so blew that stage.
Stage 2: Rocked it.
Stage 3: Had two light primer and lost my focus. Meh.
Stage 4: Rocked it.
Stage 5: Rocked it.
Stage 6: Totally fell apart on this one. I'm blaming the heat and I was hungry. And cranky.
51 shooters total. These are overall scores.
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Live fire today.
Moving Blake Drills at 10 yards. Forward, Backward, L to R and R to L. 5 of each. I suck moving R to L. Forward and backward I'm a few tenths slower than standing.
10 yard 4 Aces - 3.30ish seconds for decent points.
Set up a mini course to practice movement. Engage two targets move 8 yards set up on some stacked barrels and engage two more. I find myself throwing shots on the first targets trying to rush.
10 yard Bill Drills. 2.6s with a couple C's average.
Getting better at gripping the gun hard but it still needs work.
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3 hours ago, MemphisMechanic said:
Man... I feel you on that one. I can't tell you how many guys have asked me how much better I got when moving from plastic to a Tanfo.
My reply is an honest "I would have made A class 3-6 months sooner with the old gun." and that surprises people greatly. There's an absurd amount of work just to catch up to where you were at with the old gun.
Why was your weak hand dumping mags out of the 35 like crazy? Have you considered shaving down the extended mag catch a bit closer to the non-extended G17/22 profile? They're plastic so they shape easily, and a replacement is cheap.
Somethings buggered up with the frame. It does it with the stock mag catch and any other one I stick in there. The frame is old and has a lot of rounds through it. I also think the mag release was removed/installed a few too many times.
I've since swapped all the go fast parts over to my new G34 frame.
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Pretty sure the saying goes: "Once you lube you never go back."
I stated out tumbling my rounds to get the lube off. Now I just shoot it off.
One thing is the lube does dirty up your case feeder bowl and tube. Doesn't really bother me though.
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I've only shot two matches this year so far and the last match was a disaster since the mags kept falling out of my G35. I only managed to finish two stages completely. During the last stage the mags stayed in until the final two targets then Bang! Mag falls out. I was out of mags on my belt at this time so I picked up the mag recharged it and Bang! Mag falls out again. I did this three times in order to finish the stage. Somehow I finished 5 from last place.
I did get complimented on keeping my cool and remaining safe throughout this fiasco.
Thought I had the issue fixed but I think it's time make that frame into a dedicated .22 and buy a new one.
Still dry firing 5 days a week and live firing once a week.
In live fire practice yesterday I shot a 10 yard Blake drill, cold, with the G35: 2.52s for 27 points. I then proceeded to shoot 10 more. My average time is in the 2.4s range but my points are erratic with one Mike.
My speed is getting decent but my points consistency sucks.
I then worked on movement: Draw to a 10 yard target move laterally 5 yards and engage a target at 5 yards out on the move (basically at a full run) then move an additional 5 yards and engage a final target set at 10 yards out obscured by barrels which forced a hard set up.
I ran this about 15 times and got it down to 5.15s with good points. It was fun engaging the 5 yard target at a full run. I had such target focus I saw the outline of the gun and the holes appear in the target.
I'm finding the .40 is much less forgiving to a shitty grip so I'm back to concentrating on gripping the hell out of the gun in dry fire practice. This really showed up yesterday when I shot 25 yard Bill Drills. I was also having trouble tracking the sights.
My major issues:
Flinching - I still flinch and will throw the first shot with regularity. It's always the first shot after the draw. Freaking embarrassing that I still do this.
Poor grip
Tracking the sights - I was really having trouble with this yesterday. Dry contacts on a hot day didn't help.
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On 4/19/2017 at 11:31 PM, rowdyb said:
match every weekend. live fire 3 times per week. normally 200 rounds or so each time. i i work somethign specific and then leave.
You must be retired or single.
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Man, I was on this morning. Nice and relaxed and finally starting to smoke reloads.
7 yard draw with trigger pull: .85s
Reloads: 1.00s
Bill Drill: 1.70s
Blake Drill: 1.70s
4 Aces: 2.0s Feels really good to hit this one.
6R6R6: 5.6s
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Been getting in 45 mins of dry fire practice on week days (heavy on reloads) and average of one live fire practice a week. For something different I've been following Seeklander's live fire program for the past month. I'm liking it so far. The program has a heavy emphasis on accuracy, with lots of head box shots (which I don't normally practice).
This morning's dry fire practice:
7 yard draw with trigger pull: .90s
Reloads: 1.10s - pretty consistently with the occasional flying mag
Bill Drill: 1.70s
Blake Drill: 1.70s
4 Aces: 2.3s - can get down to 2.10s but it gets ugly
6R6R6: 6.0s
Tomorrow will practice movement.
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On 4/17/2017 at 8:35 PM, Eureka1911 said:
Shot my first match in 30 years on Sunday. Accurate but slow as a half dead snail. So I have the power and accuracy parts down, now I have the need for speed!! 68th of 79 shooters overall 4 of 6 in Single Stack. I did "nick" two hostages, but they were only flesh wounds, I swear!! 88% of shots were Alphas, 11% Charlies, no Bravo/Delta, no Mikes, just the 2 No Shoots. But they are bringing a Sundial to time me the next time out!!
But none of that matters. I had a blast and cannot wait for the next match. SA 1911 Loaded Target performed flawlessly, I just need to shoot it faster. Oh, and I HATE rotating metal targets!!!!!!
Those two "hostages" probably had Stockholm Syndrome anyway.
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I've been using a Stinger for the past year. Price is good and I like the stability and range of adjustment. The kydex seems a little brittle (a chunk broke off and I epoxied it back on.) Also, as stated above the sight channel is too shallow for tall sights such as Dawson adjustable. Mine eventually wore in though.
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I'm trying to get in two days a week but it's hit and miss with family obligations.
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Been a rough 3 weeks. First a business trip then picked up the flu on the flight back that put me down for the past 2 weeks. Missed both of my monthly matches because of it. Hit the gym a couple times last week and managed to get in some dry fire also. Time to get back at it.
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Still concentrating on solely on transitions and movement this week in dry fire: exploding out of position, decelerating and having the gun up and ready to fire when entering. Trying to keep the same par time when I throw in a reload on the move. Not quite there yet.
Got the G35 built up and have been using it this week in dry fire practice. Man I love the mag well and big aluminum mag release. The mag well is the Zev heavy brass one and the balance is great.
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Don't feel bad. I seem to always blow the classifier now. Screw it. As long as I keep moving up in match placement.
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First match was last Sunday. 10 out of 23 in Production. 58% of the top Production shooter who finished 3rd overall for the match out of 72. I was pretty rusty. Bombed the classifier too but I'm done worrying about those. My goal this season is to get faster and move up in match placement.
I finally had someone video a couple stages and I had a revelation: I move like a sloth between shooting positions. I always thought I was hustling. Nope.
So all this week my dry fire practice has involved movement: Mini stages, Quick Step, Shooting on the Move etc. Concentrating on exploding out of position and entering the next position ready to fire. Throwing in moving reloads also.
Had a good live fire practice yesterday. Set up a mini stage: Draw engage 2 targets at 10 yards, move laterally 7 yards and engage 2 more targets at 10 yards obscured by barrels. Throwing in reloads also on some. Also did some Quick Step, Blake drills and shooting on the move in all directions. Finished with timed draws to 40 yard 2/3 IPSC steel.
I'm in the process of piecing together a Glock 35 for Limited Major.
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Right elbow is f***ed. Left elbow is so-so. Been tough to dry fire. Fast draws hurt. Hitting the mag button hurts. I started on the rehab exercises yesterday with dumbbells at the gym. Going to do them a minimum of 5 days a week.
I did get in a 300 round live fire last Sunday. Lots of 20 yard doubles and Bill Drills. Ran a couple Blake Drills in Speed Mode and got sub 2.0s times. Points were crap but I know what it feels like now: Crazy fast.
First match of the season is this Sunday. I hate starting the season injured. I've already got a fake hip at 48yo maybe I can get a couple bionic elbows installed too.
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2 hours ago, SlvrDragon50 said:
I've been using my phone at home, and I don't see much purpose in using a shot timer at matches I guess. I might see times improve and whatnot, but I imagine I can see those in watching my videos anyways?
For live fire it will tell you your draw, split, transition and reload times. All good stuff so you can set goals and track your progress.
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On 2/22/2017 at 10:53 AM, SlvrDragon50 said:
Haha, well at home they're definitely faster. I don't miss my magwell that much and can get a pretty smooth insertion. I haven't really bothered timing them though because my I don't really ever practice moving reloads whcih I know are quite a bit different
And I'm saving up for the new CZ Shadow 2 + Dillon XL650 first!
Buy a shot timer first. It will help you improve more than a shiny new gun.
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Both Dawson and Springer Precision make +0 base pads that are around $15 a piece.
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Interesting dry fire practice this morning: All WHO.
Wall Drill
Slow Fire Trigger
Trigger at Speed: 1.5s
10 yd Index: 1.3s
Bill Drill: 2.50s Shot Calling Mode
Blake Drill: 2.8s Shot Calling Mode
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I normally work quite a few different skills in a 300 round training session. I may do Doubles and Bill Drills at multiple yardages, Blake Drill, 4 Aces, El Prez, shooting on the move, etc.
I'm wondering if I'm trying to do too much and should concentrate on working one or two things.
What do you all do?
FYI: I'm high C right now, been competing for 10 months.
On my way to A...
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300 round range session today.
2 targets at 10 yards 5 yards apart. High ready position. Two shots on lower A of T1, 2 shots lower A T2, 2 head shots on T1. I really like this drill. Getting better at the head shots.
Accelerator from draw. L to R: T1 at 11 yards, T2 at 3 yards, T3 at 18 yards. Engage L to R. I really surprised myself with good hits on the far target at speed.
10 yard moving Blake Drills. Forward, Backward L to R and R to L.
25 yard Bill Drills. Need to do more of these. I'm much less accurate with the G35 vs the G34.
Again sloppy grip really shows up with .40
My draw still needs work.
On the plus side I'm calling quite a few shots. Now I need to get in the habit of making them up.
My cold runs are pretty good. My speed improves as I warm up but often the points go down. First run HF isn't far off last run HF. Looks like all the dry fire is ingraining itself.