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I bought my CK used. The previous owner had put a PT Evo on it. I had it tuned by a semi-local smith and it has had ZERO malfunctions in 6000 rounds and counting. Accuracy is much better than me. I never owned a STI so I will refrain from commenting on them.

I also would not recommend it. During live fire, you may induce starred lock as the gun recoils.

1 second draw with a “perfect “ for me grip on demand. 1.5 second draw with a perfect for me grip and hit 8” plate at 25 yds on demand. Attend my first class before June. Do at least 1 major this season. Call every shot!!!!!! Transition with my legs, not my torso. On close transitions have it sound as if it is 1 continuous string.

Based on your prescription, assuming you are not far sighted and normal height, I would guess you are in your mid-40s which means you can probably wear contacts without too much trouble. This vision problem is only going to get worse as you get older no matter what you do so try to get used to it now while your prescription isn’t very big. Put the contact in first thing when you get up on the day of the match and leave it for the entire match. Your brain will adjust better than trying to put it on (or wearing glasses) right before you shoot. In USPSA, we are doing a lot more than just looking straight ahead or at the front sight. You will be best served if you aren’t changing your vision just before you shoot.

With glasses, anytime that you are not looking through the optical center of the lens ( which may not be the actual center of the lens), prism is induced. The farther away from the Optical center you get, the more prism that gets induced. Take your glasses off and hold them about six or 8 inches from your eye and move the glasses left and right. Whatever you’re looking at will appear to move further. That’s the prism being induced. Contact lenses do not cause that. The higher the prescription the more prism that is induced. Yes, you will still have to get used to one eye corrected for distance and one for near, But it is much easier to do with contact lenses that is with glasses. Also, glasses cause there to be a slight change in the size the object Which you don’t get with contact lenses. Most people cannot tolerate monovision with glasses, but many can tolerate it with contact lenses.

Your main problem is you have good eyes and are just not used to wearing correction for any length of time (especially when doing anything but reading). Almost everyone can get used to this if they try. If you want to avoid the movement you see when you are not looking through the center of the lens, get fit for contact lenses because they don't cause the movement you describe. Its not to say contacts are a perfect solution for everyone, but they don't cause the movement when looking looking to the sides/up/down that glasses do. FYI: There is no such thing as "shatter proof". I would be cautious buying lenses from any company that claims their lenses are "shatter proof" because it is just plain wrong. Shatter resistant does exist.

Thanks. That should be very helpful.

Thanks. I was hoping to find one that could handle multiple optics, but with these, I could swap them if I changed optics.

I am in the process of make making a second slide for my 2011. The purpose of this slide will be to have a red dot mounted for practice because although I can call some shots, this is something that still needs work. I have also found the red dots help me see the mistakes I’m making. Does anyone know of a multi red dot adapter that has a Bomar or Novak cut? Thanks

Anybody know the OAL on Freedom 180s?

I haven’t gone through each shot, but Why did you need that first mag change? That first mag change was very slow and it appeared to cost you a lot of time because you moving slower than you could going backwards because of it. Your first shot on the second array seemed to take a while. Finally, Since you know you aren’t fast on your feet, I would try to compensate by shooting on the move as much as possible on stages that require a lot of movement . Your shooting seemed pretty good and does not appear to be anywhere near your low lying fruit. Disclaimer: I am still pretty new to this game so take my advice for what it is worth.

Which tripod do you use with it.

When I first started I had read a lot of 70/30 or 60/40 and since my right hand is definitely stronger, I was trying to make it do very minimal work. My earlier point was simply don’t fight that that you do have a strong right hand. With respect to anticipating recoil, I would suggest that you practice with the same gun all the time for a while and that you double up on hearing protection while you practice. With work and family, including kids involved in multiple after school sports, range time for me is limited, but I made a very dedicated effort to make it to the range every 2 to 3 days for a couple of weeks. Many times it would be for only 50 rounds but it helped a lot. After a few sessions, it didn’t feel like I was starting all over again. Recoil anticipation quickly became a non-issue. Now I can maintain that level with the range session every 1 to 2 weeks. Finally, I always begin and then my session shooting groups at 25 to 50 yards. That also seem to help. I did dry fire every single day during that time and still do it at least 3 to 5 times per week even if it is only for a few minutes.

I am still pretty new to this game so take this for what it is worth...the goal is to have excellent trigger control (not moving the sights) while pulling the trigger as fast as you can. For most people, that means more grip with the support hand. I have better trigger control on dry and live fire with more grip from my support hand and I don’t seem to lose trigger speed with that method. I would experiment and see what works best for you. For me, I saw a lot of improvement when I started using more grip with my strong hand.

I had found the same thing in August when practicing. The good news is it seems to come back pretty quick with a little practice.

Unless you are already excellent at shot calling, my vote is Carry Optics or Open. The reason is that the single most important skill you will need to acquire is shot calling.. For most people, red dots will dramatically shorten the length of time it takes you to accurately call your shots under match conditions. As Jake also said, red dots help you to see the mistakes you are making much easier. Although I did start in production, I would not recommend that because in production, basically every time you move, you’re changing a mag. When I switched to Limited, I found that my movements were poor which I attribute to not being used to have to move any distance without changing a mag. Another reason why I don’t like starting in production is because you will have to learn numerous new skills so adding changing a mag every time you move just complicates things further. Finally, at least at every local match that I’ve been ever been to, you are not squadded with people only in your division. There are excellent shooters in every division out there.

If you can teach your brain to shift which eye it uses, a better option is getting a +2.00 contact lens for the right eye. Contacts won’t cause everything to appear to shift when you aren’t looking through the center of the lens like glasses do. FYI +2.00 is not magnification, that is the prescription.

Have him to focus on only one thing when he practices and that is have him concentrate on only one thing....watching the sights start to lift. Don’t worry about aiming where the bullet hits...just try to see the sights move. Do that every time he practices for a while. Also, have him watch Rob’s video on YouTube called something like “aiming is stupid “.

Did you observe a long term change?

Interesting thought process. I would guess age will be a significant factor...over 45 or so and a closer focus point. Young pups can change focus almost instantly ....aw the gold old days. Sorry I don't have any empirical testing on first shots though.

Have you ever tried putting your gun in a vise (so it won't move) and then physically moving to one side and then the other while looking at the sights. Obviously it will depend on your specific sights, but I was amazed at how little of a difference it made.....ultimately that helped me realize I needed to work more on my trigger control than anything.

If this was a major/you were competing for prizes, I would say stick to irons, but since you are in "improvement" mode (just like myself), I would shoot the dot since it definitely helps you to see mistakes you are making in matches which don't always get duplicated when you are practicing (especially live fire where range rules prohibit you shooting from weird angles, etc).

Have you practiced with dummy rounds? When I switched to Limited, I thought reloads would be easy since you get to use a magwell, but the weight of the mag loaded threw me off at first.

First, amazing improvement since last year. I'm no expert so take it for what it's worth, but it seems like sometimes you didn't have your game plan burned in well enough at times causing you to have to think which resulted in slower movements and transitions. Some reloads were slow which is obviously very important in SS or Production. Sometimes it seemed like it took a while to get the first shot off after a transition. Of course the latter two may be due shooting a gun that you are less familiar in a match. In any case, great job.

Awesome set up!!