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Setup B The targets are 10 feet from the front of the box. The front of the chair is set 6 feet directly up range of the back of the 3x3 shooting box. The back of the chair is facing directly up range (unlike the diagram). To use these par times, you must use 1/3rd scale targets. The distance relationship is changed if any other size is used. The targets should be spaced 2 feet apart, edge to edge. Demo Video: Movement Skills: 1) Start seated in char with butt entirely on chair, facing directly downrange. Your feet must be flat on the floor with your hands on your knees. At the tone, stand and engage all the targets while moving towards the box. Execute a reload and from the box engage all three targets. 5 reps at Par times: 6.4s (novice) 5.2s (laid back) 4.6s (expert) 4.4s (crazy) 2) Start standing outside the box with the toes of both feet touching either the left side of the box or the right side of the box. Have your hands in the surrender position. Draw and engage the center target with 2 shots to the upper A zone, then move over the box to the opposite side. Then engage all targets with 2 rounds. Please note, you do not fire and shots from inside the box, all shots are fired while outside the box. Alternate starting on the right or left side. 10 reps with Par time: 5.3s (novice) 4.4s (laid back) 3.8s (expert) 3.5s (crazy) 3) Start standing behind chair with both hands touching the back of the chair. Have the chair be directly between you and the center target (do not stand off to one side or another). At the tone, draw and engage each target with 2 rounds while remaining behind the chair. Reload and then move to the box and engage the upper A zone of each target with 2 rounds from within the box. 5 reps with Par times: 7.6s (novice) 6.3s (laid back) 5.8s (expert) 5.5s (crazy) 4) Start standing behind chair with both hands touching the back of the chair. Have the chair be directly between you and the center target (do not stand off to one side or another). Your gun is on the chair facing downrange. At the tone, pick up your gun and move to the box. From the box, engage the upper A zones of each target with 1 round, then reload and engage the lower A zone of each target with 2 rounds. 10 reps with Par times: 7.6s (novice) 6.5s (laid back) 5.8s (expert) 5.5s (crazy) 5) Start standing in the box with hands relaxed at your sides. You must start with some part of both your feet touching a fault line. For example, both your big toes touching the front fault line, or both your heels touching the back fault line. Engage the center target with 2 rounds from within the box. Then, from outside the box, engage all the upper A zones with 2 rounds. You must move out of the box from the side opposite where you start. For example, if you start in the front, you must move out the back. Diagonal directions work as well, if you start in a corner with one foot touching each fault line, then move out of the box over the opposite corner. Be sure to alternate starting positions. 10 reps with Par times: 4.5s (novice) 3.9s (laid back) 3.3s (expert) 3.0s (crazy)

The setup for this program is simple. One USPSA target at 7 yards. A miniature target is fine, as long as you adjust your distance from that target accordingly. Group Shooting: 10 Shots on upper A (no par time) Draws: 1) Draw and engage the target with 2 shots 2) 5 reps at slow pace (no par time) 3) 5 reps from hands relaxed at your side. Par times: 1.7s (novice) 1.3s (laid back) 1.0s (expert) 0.8s (crazy) 4) 5 reps from surrender at Par times: 1.7s (novice) 1.3s (laid back) 1.0s (expert) 0.8s (crazy) 5) 5 reps turning draw with Par times: 2.0s (novice) 1.5s (laid back) 1.2s (expert) 1.0s (crazy) 6) 10 reps drawing while taking a step in any direction (be sure to vary direction). Vary start position between hands at sides and surrender. Par times: 1.9s (novice) 1.4s (laid back) 1.2s (expert) 1.0s (crazy) Reloading: 1) Start aiming at the target. Execute a reload in slow motion. Focus on getting the gun in proper position, getting a good grip on the fresh magazine, and looking the reload into the gun. Be sure to work back through all your pouches. (no par time) 5 reps 2) From a surrender start, engage the upper head box with 2 shots, then reload and engage the lower A zone with 4 shots. 5 reps at Par time of 3.6 seconds (novice), 3.2 seconds (laid back), 2.8 Seconds (expert), 2.5 seconds (crazy) 3) Engage the target with 2 shots, reload and engage strong hand only with 2 shots, reload and engage target with 2 shots weak hand only. 5 reps at Par time of 7 seconds (novice), 5.0 seconds (laid back), 4.4 Seconds (expert), 3.8 seconds (crazy) 4) Start facing 90 degrees to the left or the right of the target (alternate between hands at sides and surrender). Draw and engage the upper A zone with 2 shots. Take one step in any direction, reload, and engage the lower A zone. Be sure to vary the direction you step during the reload. Also vary facing to the left or the right for the start position. 5 reps at Par time of 4 seconds (novice), 3.2 seconds (laid back), 2.7 Seconds (expert), 2.3 seconds (crazy) Miscellaneous Gun Handling: 1) Start with gun “unloaded” and holstered with your hands in the surrender position. Draw and “load” the gun (magazine coming off your belt), engage the upper A zone with 2 shots. 5 reps with Par times: 3.5s (novice) 2.5s (laid back) 2.1s (expert) 1.7s (crazy) 2) Start facing “uprange” (alternate between hands at sides and surrender). Turn and engage target with 2 rounds, reload, and with at least one knee touching ground engage target with 2 more rounds. 5 reps with Par times: 4.0s (novice) 3.0s (laid back) 2.5s (expert) 2.2s (crazy) 3) Start with one knee touching the ground and wrists above shoulders. Stand and engage target with 2 rounds. Alternate which knee is touching ground 5 reps with Par times: 2.0s (novice) 1.5s (laid back) 1.2s (expert) 1.0s (crazy)

I've worked with Ben to convert his original 15 minute dry fire program into a format that works on this forum. Ben Stoeger's 15 Minute Dry Fire Program What you need: 1) 3 1/3rd scale targets 2) A 3 foot by 3 foot shooting box 3) A standard sized folding chair 4) Dummy Rounds 5) A timer with a “par time” function The Rundown on This Program: I get asked all the time what kind of dry fire program I recommend for people. There are many fine resources out there that can help (Steve Anderson’s dry fire manual comes to mind). What I often see is that there may be too many possibilities for people. They have no idea where to start. On the other hand, many people use drills that require a complicated setup and lots of targets. That can put a damper on practice. Because of these issues, I have designed a dry fire program. It is not comprehensive, but it is a good start. The concept is to have a set of drills that are extremely easy to setup. They require minimal props. They don’t take long to work through either. On the other hand, these drills cover the bases pretty well. Most skill sets are covered. Let me describe the program a little bit more fully. There are a few sets of drills. The main set is the 15 minute program. There are a few ancillary sets, designed to take less time, and they compliment the main program. Most of these drills are based on using the par time function of a timer. For those that aren’t familiar with this practice, you simply set a time in your timer for you to complete a drill, then essentially race the clock to get it done. You set a par time that allows you enough time to complete the drill while being accurate and simulating firing good shots, but you need to set it fast enough that you need to push just a little bit. That is what helps you improve. Also, many of these drills are sort of off beat. They have unusual start positions and procedures. These drills are designed to be strange and new and challenging. The 15 minute program is designed to cover fundamental shooting and gun handling skills. It requires one target, a timer (with a par time function), and some dummy rounds. Initially, it will take longer than 15 minutes to work through these drills. As you spend more time on them and you don’t need to spend so long reading directions, you will be able to go faster. The other setups cover things like shooting on the move and getting set up in a position. They require a little bit more stuff. A 3 foot by 3 foot shooting box, 3 1/3rd scale targets, and a standard sized folding chair are needed for those setups. Each of those only takes about 10 minutes to work through. For people looking to improve their shooting, I recommend running the 15 minute program every day. Take perhaps one day a week off. For those of you seeking to improve more, you should run one of the other setups every day, in addition to the 15 minute program. In total, you will spend less than half an hour a day, and I promise you will give your gun handling skills a good workout. I have included a few different sets of par times with these drills. They are only guidelines for you based on your shooting skill and your equipment. I recommend coming up with your own par times for these drills, and then working to reduce them. I encourage you to use these tools to develop your own practice program. Here is a sample program that someone could use: Monday: 15 Minute Plan and Setup B Tuesday: 15 Minute Plan and Setup C Wednesday: 15 Minute Plan and Setup D Thursday: 15 Minute Plan and Setup E Friday: 15 Minute Plan and Setup F Saturday: Live Fire Practice Sunday: Off These drills were developed with help from many different people in the shooting community… actually there are too many people to name. Many thanks to the testers that helped me. Demo Video:

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As a training exercise I had to clear an office of approx 3k sq feet. I managed to find the bad guy and shoot them (we just shouted bang bang) before they got me

This is what I said this weekend to one shooter: "I know you shot those targets really well and you were in awe of your own greatness, but you still needed to move to P2 and finish the stage."

Shot the big darby creek IDPA match this weekend and won ESP and had the fastest time overall, I was quite pleased with that. I think I'm figuring out my trigger finger issue. I just need to do more dry fire and perhaps some accuracy based live fire to work out some of the kinks. I need to locktight the grub screw on my rear sight, since it now has a tendency to work itself loose. Fortunately I caught it during cleaning a couple of nights before I hit the range. I'm considering removing the novak night sights and changing them to an adjustable rear and a fiber optic front. I have a FO front on my XD and really like it. I find it difficult to track the front sight returning into the slot on close targets. My supply of bullets is getting quite sparse now, so I think I might try the MG 185gr next. They will require a little more powder, which should reduce the wild variations in velocities I've seen. One more official IDPA match for this season, time flies.

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Very nice video, it motivates me to do more die fire. Thomas Die fire? Is that where you set up a stage based on a movie and act out the tragic, final death sequence?

This weekend our company moved into a new office. It was nice to be able to purge a bunch of all stuff during the move and get my officle shaped into a more ergonomic and productive working environment. The last thing to do on my list is to remove the keyboard shelf. I've never had any use for a wobbly lap level keyboard shelf. The new place has some balconies which are a little empty and bland right now. I might talk to the office manager and see if the company can buy some plants and patio furniture. The move went really smoothly - our IT staff did a great job.

I agree with the comments others have made, let him shoot for no score. It's just not fair to the other competitors. There was a similar thread a couple of months ago and I think the poster said he decided to talk to all the SOs and regroup to bring the club up to par with the rules. There isn't an "other" category according to the rulebook, so it would be a little hypocritical to make up a division when you're judging his equipment based on IDPA rules.

Well it's been a while, so I guess I should do a quick update. I missed the OH USPSA sectional a couple of weeks ago, because other stuff just got in the way. I've had so many car repairs lately, it's just crazy. Sunday I ended up replacing one of the metal brake lines on my jeep because it rotted through! I shot an IDPA match this weekend at Pickaway and won ESP. I also had the lowest time overall out of 26 shooters. Out of four stages, three were my design, although slightly tweaked from their originals. I received some positive feedback on the designs, which is great to hear. I spent a few minutes after the match playing with the plate rack in bay 1. I was doing draws (without concealment) to a plate consistently 1.3s. A few times I would do 1.2s with the fastest being a 1.10. I also managed to clear all plates in about 4.4s. I seem to be having some problems with sight alignment vs hit placement. I don't know if it's due the load I'm using, my trigger control or what, but something's not quite right. Quite a few of my shots are impacting low, which is unusual. I need to figure that out because it's starting to cost me a lot of points. I probably could have saved about six or seven points during the match if those shots had impacted where I thought they should (in the down 0 zone). Obviously this makes taking headshots quite a bit more difficult because I never quite know where the hole is going to appear and my lack of confidence means that I'm committing one of the big sins - looking for the hole in the target instead of trusting my sights. I'm going to have to tinker around and try to figure out what's happening.

Well I did the ride along tonight. I borrowed a vest from my father-in-law and brought a flashlight. Not much really happened. We cleared some cones from a street, took a complaint about some phone scam, pulled over a couple of cars, one for speeding, the other for no lights, backed up another unit on a traffic stop, ate at Subway and patrolled around various streets. Last call of the night was a domestic which the dispatcher described as 15-20 people fighting. We were the furthest away from the scene and by the time we got there it was all over. The cop seemed very eager for me to see the cut in the guy's head where he got hit with a beer bottle, but having played rugby for a number of years and seeing my wife go through two c-sections, it wasn't that interesting, not that I really want to ogle at someone else's injury anyway. It was still an interesting night and I'm glad I did it. The officer offered to take me out again, so I take that as a good sign. Even though it was a slow night, it did give me a small glimpse into what our police departments have to deal with. Thanks to all you guys that do this on a daily basis, you're very much appreciated.

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