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  1. On August 22, 2016 at 1:23 AM, nadurra said:

    Not to distract but I was curious if you had any practice with a open/limited style holster?  I ask because I've had some excellent sub .7 draws using a standard BT holster in live fire.  Getting there with my DAA Racemaster has seemed to be much harder, I'm nervous about knocking the gun out during a draw when I hit the pistol hard.  I got my first dq in a match using that holster when I snatched the pistol so hard I knocked it loose without a good grip and ended up shooting the pistol into the ground trying not to drop it.  I'm tempted to go back to a standard holster like that but I'm using a Glock frame weight and it makes holster selection troublesome.  Is it just more of a finesse thing to get there with a open style holster?

    I had a limited style holster for a while. I found the best technique for me was the sweep draw. 

  2. 5+ dry fire sessions a week

    1 match a month

    Essentially no live fire

    -need to get at least one live fire a month, just with a disciplined dry fire routine I have made big improvements but without live fire I think there are some areas that suffer

    Dry fire is extremely important almost more important than live fire just because it's safer and cheaper. Haha. I shot maybe 150 rounds 2 weeks before the Virginia state idpa championship with hours of dry fire though and took 1st in ESP Expert.

  3. My thoughts e

    One thing I do from time to time to ensure that I am being safe. When I am moving to my next shooting position, going right to left, I will drop my mag, grab my next mag and wait until I am turning into my next shooting position to seat the mag since I have to put my hands on the gun again anyway.

    This is always a good option to consider, and particularly good advice for a novice shooter. It's almost as fast as doing it on the move and easier than sticking the load on the move while minding the 180.

    My thought exactly. I do it mainly when I realize that I didn't take into account a reload going right to left in my stage walk through.

  4. For those of you who shoot a DA/SA gun, what is your method in dry fire? DA each time, DA first and nothing on the subsequent shots etc?

    For my CZ SP01 Shadow I replicate what I would be doing in a real match. I draw first shot DA and then after that I don't let the trigger out I keep it held back roughly in the reset area. I think it has done wonders for me. I know a lot of guys that just cycle the DA I think this develops bad muscle memory. Your finger is going to expect to be doing a long hard pull everytime and thats just not how it is with DA/SA

  5. For those of you who shoot a DA/SA gun, what is your method in dry fire? DA each time, DA first and nothing on the subsequent shots etc?

    For my CZ SP01 Shadow I replicate what I would be doing in a real match. I draw first shot DA and then after that I don't let the trigger out I keep it held back roughly in the reset area. I think it has done wonders for me. I know a lot of guys that just cycle the DA I think this develops bad muscle memory. Your finger is going to expect to be doing a long hard pull everytime and thats just not how it is with DA/SA

  6. Something to remember is don't just be slinging lead. Make your shots count. Don't break your shots on a long distance target unless you can see your sights lined up. I see to many times people shooting the same splits at a 20 yard target as they would a 5 yard target.

  7. If you are getting any Mikes then you are going way to fast. It always pays to slow down and make sure you get your hits. Don't focus to much on splits. Focus on stage planning, footwork, transition speeds, and reloads. Those are the things that get your 1st. Obviously if you have a 1 second split on a 5 yard target then that is going to severely hurt you but you get the point.

  8. After bouncing back and forth through various guns in the past 3 years. I finally realized why I wasn't getting any better and thats because I was switching it around to much. I sold all my guns but 1 and that is all I use in IDPA, USPSA, 3-gun, and steel challenge. I have seen a huge improvement in just 6 months. Just started shooting USPSA last year and shot my first Master classifier last weekend.

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