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    In-ear electronic ear pro

    in Gear & Accessories

    Posted

    I talked myself into the custom electronic in-ear hearing protection this summer since I am on the range most weekends. Ultimately, I have been disappointed in the level of sound reduction when shooting rifles with a brake or being around open pistols etc. I still use them but I don’t think they were worth the money. I have come to find that wearing cheap ol foam ear plugs is the most comfortable for me. People just have to put up with me asking them to repeat themselves sometimes.

    Staff Reimbursement - Do's and Don'ts

    in Match Finances

    Posted

    Not a very glamorous topic here but I would really appreciate any insight from others...

     

    I am curious how other clubs have been handling reimbursements to staff for major matches. An important detail is that our club uses online payment via Stripe through Practiscore so all of our match fee income is being reported to the IRS. It seems like what I see the most for other matches, is a flat rate per diem for the staff (USPSA nationals for example). I have never worked a match that reimbursed so I do not know exactly how that goes down but in general my research into the topic makes me feel like this could be problematic if the IRS ever took interest. Maybe that is the most important element here, that we are such small fish there is not much risk and even if we did get audited the penalties would probably be small.

     

    Do any of your clubs have official reimbursement policies with expense reports (aka an "accountable plan")

     

    Do any of your clubs base the reimbursements on governments per diem rates and enforce a 50 mile rule to determine if local or not?

     

    Do any of your clubs report taxable reimbursements issued to match staff (like if reimbursing local staff or reimbursing at a higher rate then the GSA rates)?

     

    Has any one ever run into any kind of trouble with this kind of thing?

    Brass Backstraps in Production

    in USPSA/IPSC Rules

    Posted

    So here I am asking annoying “is it legal questions...

     

    For some reason I was certain that the brass backstraps by Taylor Freelance would be legal for production so when they were announced for the ppq today I started to buy it but then thought “better double check”, and now I am not sure. Would that be considered a grip panel? Would it be legal or illegal under other regulations? I know it’s fine for weight and the box. Thanks in advance for any advice.

    2019 Bighorn Classic - Western Colorado Sectional 19-21Jul19

    in Match Announcements - Pistol Only - USPSA, IPSC & Misc.

    Posted

    PRACTISCORE LINK:

    https://practiscore.com/2019-bighorn-classic-western-colorado-sectional-championship/register

    2019 Bighorn Classic – Western Colorado Sectional Championship

     

    Match starts: July 19, 2019 @ 7:00 AM · Match ends: July 21, 2019 @ 7:00 PM

    Location: 
    Cameo Shooting and Education Complex 
    Interstate 70, Exit 46 
    Grand Junction, Colorado 81501

    USPSA Level II, membership is required.

    13 Stages, 375 rounds.

    Schedule:
    Staff Schedule: 19th of July (Friday - 13 stages)
    Main Schedule: 20th – 21st of July (Saturday - 8 stages, Sunday - 5 stages)

    Match Fee:
    Adult: $150
    Entry fee includes lunch on each day of competition and a match T-shirt.

    Cancellation Policy:
    Refunds will be granted in full up to July 1st, 2019 after which no refund will be granted.

    Staff:
    Would you like to work the match as staff? Do not complete this registration! Please fill out an application by copying and pasting the following link into your internet browser:
    https://goo.gl/forms/I7wKc0WqJnazHhpv2

    Camping:
    Camping is available within a few miles of the range at James M. Robb – Colorado River State Park - Island Acres Section
    $18/night for tent sites to $28/night for full RV hook ups
    1-800-678-2267
    https://www.cpwshop.com/camping/james-m-robb-colorado-river-state-park-island-acres-section/r/campgroundDetails.page?parkID=50027&media=3

     

     

    PRACTISCORE LINK:

    https://practiscore.com/2019-bighorn-classic-western-colorado-sectional-championship/register

    Transition training help

    in Handgun Techniques

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Paulie said:

     

    I happen to be in the same boat (class, goal and current drills). 

     

    I’d recommend getting Cha-lee’s book, Path of focused effort. It had some great info in there: grip, footwork and and transitions in particular. 

     

    Already got the book and love it. Now he is here trying to talk me into a class ;)  

    Transition training help

    in Handgun Techniques

    Posted

    On 7/4/2018 at 9:00 AM, IHAVEGAS said:

    Your misses are primarily right-left? 

     

    If so I have been working on the same problem. Besides getting the eyes there faster have been wondering about the basic mechanics of maintaining gun alignment. In my case I am wondering if a bit more bend in the elbows would create a stronger/more stable means of maintaining right-left alignment, besides the fact that a shorter radius of swing seems like more efficient movement. Possibly something for you to experiment with??

    Yup, misses are right-left across the target because I am never getting the gun stopped on individual targets. I went back and re-read Charlie Perez's thoughts in his book. He suggest driving transitions with the legs and keeping the upper body rigid "like a tank turret". I had great success with this in my first live fire session. The feeling I am chasing is snapping my hips to each target in addition to my eyes. Charlie goes as far as to propose never even moving your head separately from your upper body in transitions, that should solve the alignment problem since everything from the hips up should stay in perfect alignment throughout. I find that super weird feeling in dry fire practice and have just been leaving that aspect out, even so, way more control when it comes to swinging the gun.   

    Transition training help

    in Handgun Techniques

    Posted

    54 minutes ago, TimH said:

    what exactly are you wanting to improve with regards to transitions? How are you quantifying improvement?

     

    I guess my immediate goal is to improve my transition technique with the ultimate goal of transitioning faster and more accurately. The last couple dryfire sessions I have been practicing without the timer and quantifying improvement by what I see and feel.

     

    I try to feel a sense of urgency moving my eyes to the next target, I try to see a specific spot on the target to aim at, I try to move my focus back to the front sight before getting on the trigger. I am also trying to not feel any muscling of the gun like you suggested. So far it feels weird... which I like because I know that I am doing something different and hopefully better. I can tell that my poor results to date have been from being lazy with my eyes, not swinging the gun too slow. 

     

    In related news, I get the feeling that this work will shave some time off my reloads as well. (transition eyes to gun and then to next target, stage marker, etc.) 

    Transition training help

    in Handgun Techniques

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, SCTaylor said:

    Are you doing any of these in live fire or just dry?

     

    One way to speed up in Dry Fire is widening the El Prez / Standard Practice Setup array. Keep moving them apart while maintaining the same par time.


    I run tons of Stoeger's Accelerator drill in live fire. Other than that I haven't practiced transition in live fire much. I will try spreading those targets out in dryfire tonight.

    Pulling the trigger faster

    in Tips for Improvement

    Posted

    Explore this in practice. Generally if something feels fast in a match it is because you are thinking about it. The goal is for these things to be subconscious, then you can feel slow and look fast instead.

    I am also frustrated with my trigger speed. The best results I have had at improvement have been strengthening my grip to better manage recoil. I think that helped because it keeps the gun from moving around in my hands.


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    Transition training help

    in Handgun Techniques

    Posted

    What is the ideal transition drill? My summer goal is to transition out of B class by improving transitions.

     

    So far I do ye ol' first 12 drills from Steve Anderson's Refinement and Repetition. My only transition practice is on the el prez array. For me these short transitions end up more of a timing exercise when I push hard across the array.  I feel like there are several different kinds of transitions:

     

    1. el prez type - short transition, same target difficulty.
    2. distance change up - short transition, different target difficulty.
    3. wide transition within normal stance (one where I have to move my head to see the next target).
    4. wide transition that I have to move my feet for.

     

    Does each type of transition need practiced individually or will working on the hardest transition exclusively trickle down to easier transitions? I am thinking 180 degree transition from 5yd target to steel for the hardest possibility.

    Dirty brass

    in 9mm/38 Caliber

    Posted

    I find this is typical with factory ammo. My understanding is that it indicates that the brass isn’t getting a good seal in the chamber... or maybe it is ejecting early... I guess I’m not sure because factory is typically hotter than my reloads and that’s were I see it.

    The point is, it’s not a problem.


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    Improve trigger speed?

    in Handgun Techniques

    Posted

    8 hours ago, B585 said:

    This makes sense to me.  It is similar to increasing your grip strength.  The stronger your grip, the less percentage of your strength you have to use in order to stabilize the gun. I have been wondering about the same thing for Traeger speed, but so far I have not been successful at increasing it.

     

    I am taking everyone's advice to focus on transitions in my livefire/dryfire but I still plan to pursue this on the side. I want to recruit/develop more "fast twitch" muscles fibers in my fingers. It appears that the way to do that is training heavy resistance, explosive movement exercises. My plan is to start with a real light grip trainer and just trying to work it explosively with my trigger finger. Also explosive, trigger finger only exerciser with flexor training rubber bands. 

    Improve trigger speed?

    in Handgun Techniques

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Racinready300ex said:

     

    Can you duplicate that on 5-7 yard targets? Personally I don't feel I have good splits either, but I can do .18-.19 pretty well on 5-7 yard targets. 10-15 yards might be more in the .25 range. For reference, I'm close to GM and don't feel my splits are keeping from getting there.

     

    My point, is look at your transitions and entry and exit like Tim said above. Focus on your grip, we can probably all stand to improve our grip and that will probably lead to better control allowing faster follow up shots and better hit's especially on longer shots.. But, if you can do .19's then raw trigger speed isn't really the issue.

    Thanks, that is encouraging to hear its not holding you back at that level. I just see all the local GM's shooting low teens in matches and assume that is the standard for M/GM. 

     

    I can see the sights (well, the fiber anyway) and get 0.2 splits on a 5 yard target, at 7 yards it starts to fall apart with 66% A's. Hard to believe that 2 yrds makes that much difference so I am guessing it is a mental thing causing me to jerk the gun around. Shots go high right (I am right handed).  

    Improve trigger speed?

    in Handgun Techniques

    Posted

    17 hours ago, TimH said:

     

    So you can see what's the easier "lower hanging fruit" to work on that will yield the best results. The amount of time spent working your triggering speed to reduce you splits is also going to be exponentially higher than what the time spent working on reducing your transitions would be.

     

    Copy that, I will save split improvement until after I get out of B class (I am sure everyone could have guessed my class by this question). I finally set up some targets with more than the standard 3-ft transition in practice the other day and realized that fruit is low hanging indeed.

    Improve trigger speed?

    in Handgun Techniques

    Posted

    It seems like “common knowledge” that worrying about splits is a dumb. However, I think that improving the speed I can manipulate the trigger will scale into every pull of the trigger. If .25 is no longer as fast as I can pull the trigger it can start to be a controlled pull for a 15 yard target instead of .35 like I do now. If I pick up .1 on every split that can be 1.6 seconds on a field course!


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    Improve trigger speed?

    in Handgun Techniques

    Posted

    Has anyone successfully improved their raw trigger speed? I found a thread from 2010 that concluded that you should try to relax but otherwise you got what you got. Using internet clicking/button mashing games I notice that my right hand is significantly quicker than my left. This gives me hope. I am just not sure what exercises may be effective. Anybody have any ideas?

     

    PS: I have been tracking my fastest splits and my scores in the internet games and the results haven’t changed in over a month of just trying harder...

     

     

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