Pittbug

Most matches operate a cold range, so you keep that 3rd mag in your pocket until you're told to load and make ready.

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I've been following this thread quite closely thanks to all the contributions, they got me thinking. I have a few observations I'd like to throw out there: Accuracy is pretty self explanatory I think, but speed is much more complicated. Are we just talking about splits? In which case grip, trigger control, recoil management and vision play a huge part. Or are we talking about the non-bang parts of shooting such as speed of movement, efficiency of movement, reloading etc? The OP wasn't specific enough, but for me, when I think about speed, I think of everything needed to complete the cof in as short an amount of time as possible. The concepts of speed and accuracy are not in opposition. Some of us may be inherently more accurate than fast, or the other way round. But that's not to say that one is more important than the other, or should be emphasized more. If you limit yourself to thinking that those are the only two options available then there's still not one simple answer, it just depends what you emphasize at your current state of skill development. As we progress, we're naturally going to be better at some things than others. Inevitably at some point, we will determine that one of them needs work because it doesn't meet our expectation. As soon as we've turned that weakness into a strength we self analyze and find something else we need to work on. Those of us who offer tips to novices tend to stress the accuracy part of the game, mostly for safety reasons I think. Last thing we want to do is chase a jittery novice through a cof running and gunning as fast as they can... muzzle, finger, AD... aarrgghh, it would be a nightmare. But at some point, the novice is going to get more experience and their match jitters will be gone. At that point they're going to want to work on speed as their competitive drive starts kicking in. This is a natural progression (as with many other sports) and I don't think it should be discouraged by telling someone to continue working on accuracy and the speed will come. It's a given that in order to be accurate you have to practice accuracy. So surely it stands to reason that in order to be fast, you also have to practice being fast. I'm also encompassing movement and transitions, not just splits. If someone wants to work on speed, then they need to be given drills and advice to help them with that part of their game, such as the bill drill into the berm. That's not about accuracy, that's about seeing what happens when you shoot really fast, most likely much faster than you've ever shot before. The goal is to feel what it's like, learning what changes you need to make in your muscles, vision, etc. When I first started I too was focused on accuracy, but then at some point after watching MA shooters and comparing their performance, I found that sometimes they dropped more points than me, but their raw time was so much quicker that they still beat me. At that point I was past the pre match jitters and was confident enough to be able to start working on the speed part of my game. I think at that point I transitioned to a type B shooter, per Duane's definition. I posted a video a while back of me going through an el prez in dry fire. Someone commented that there's no way I'd shoot it that fast during live fire, so perhaps it's useless. Of course I completely agree and disagree. Of course I can't shoot it that fast, but that was not really the point. If I never practice moving that fast without the bang part, how am I ever supposed to do it with the bang part?

I live in a family neighborhood and my backyard is also in full view of the street and surrounding neighbors. I'm pretty certain that if I set up some drills, I'd have cops show up. In fact knowing my luck, I'd have the local swat cops throwing flashbangs at me.

I'm reading between the lines here in that what he meant was that they wanted to see your feet constantly moving, propelling you from P2 to P3. In doing so, you would naturally be leaving cover, since you started from behind cover. Around here, we always interpret it as taking steps. The speed and length of each step is not important, but we want to see your feet constantly moving. Here's how I would do it: Once arriving at P2, I would start to perform my reload, while leaning my upper body out so I could at least see target 3. Ideally I would be able to get my upper body so it was already 50% exposed to the target before I've finished my reload. This means that when I'm done I can get my gun on target quicker, since I know where it is and with much less upper body movement. In these types of scenarios I always see a lot of people ducking back and forth, it's not actually necessary and is just a big waste of time and effort. As long as no more than 50% of your upper body is not exposed to the target, you're using cover, according to the rulebook. Since we do a lot of shooting from around cover in a match, and many times with a reload, saving that extra perhaps .5s or so can add up.

Got a match bump to ESP EX yesterday

I shot the OH State IDPA match at Ashland Lake today and won ESP SS. I shot so well I also ended up beating all of the EX guys. I got a plaque and courtesy bump to EX OH State IDPA Match Results are posted online. Congrats to my fellow squads mates (many of whom are from the central OH area) that also got plaques and awards

Not pull ups specifically, but I doubt this guy would have a problem doing a few: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2d1_1185760813 Great displays of arm, shoulder and core strength.

I took a class with Bob Vogel who talked about recoil control. The three things I took away from it were: 1) Use as high a grip on the gun as you can. 2) Make sure you're really utilizing your support hand. 3) Strengthen forearms - he uses these: http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/M...insofcrush.html

I woke up on Friday and thought about the incidents that happened in 2001. I went to work as usual and as I was walking across the parking lot, looked up at the flags flying at half mast and bowed my head thinking about the events. As I sat in my cube, at 9.40am I conducted my own moment of silence. I had several conversations that day with people at the office which were unbelievable. I asked if anyone was going to conduct a moment of silence, they shrugged and walked off. As I was walking out of the office at lunch, one of my colleagues asked me, why the flags were at half mast, I glared at them in disbelief and they said: "oh yeah..". I posted a message on my twitter account "We will never forget" and I got a response "I don't want to remember". I think it's only right that we take just a few moments to remember and pay our respects. Some of the people that I'm surrounded by just totally amaze me. Closed.

It seems like you need to determine a priority. Pick one and the others will fall in line. 1) which gun you want to shoot 2) management/ease of reloading 3) division

Yes thanks, some of us do appreciate your time and effort.

You did a great job with that Bill - silky smooth, must be a lot of fun to shoot.

Bill: that's hilarious! Nova: I already asked about a vest, I was told to go buy one if I wanted one Bobert: I'm sure that'll also be my experience. I'm fully expecting to just sit in the car for 4 hrs. konkapot: Yup, exactly, it'll be interesting just to watch what goes on.

Dan We have a class t-shirt that we have to wear. You can pm me the details if you like I'll definitely bring a flashlight, thanks for the tips. Before we go out we'll be hanging out with the 911 call center, probably so we can learn some basic radio lingo and protocol.

As part of an education course I'm going to be doing a ride-along in a couple of weeks. I know we have a bunch of LEO people on the forum, so I was hoping to get some tips. Is there a particular shift that's more fun/less desirable for the volunteer and for the cop? Any tips on what to/what not to do? Feel free to share some stories. This is one my father-in-law told me about. He took a volunteer out one time in his patrol car. During the course of the night they ended up doing a traffic stop on a car loaded with shady looking youths in a bad part of town. As he's walking over to approach the driver he hears thud thud behind him. He turns around and saw that the volunteer was cowering inside and had locked the doors, locking him out of his own car! After that incident he dropped him off at the outpost and told him never to get in his car again.

Without looking at the COF, it looks like a definite PE. He activated the swinger, shot the disappearing target, then moved to the other side of the opening. No-shoots aren't cover and by moving to the other side of the opening, he probably exposed himself to the target we can't see on the left.

Congrats John! I bet he had a fantastic time

The other night I was digging around in the basement looking for some tools and came across approx 1k 230gr CMJ and 400 federal LP primers

I'm lucky if my boss even replies to my emails... seriously :/

I'm with XRe. I drink a mug of coffee on the way to each match, not because it will make me perform better than usual, but because I know I'll perform worse if I don't have it.

My real P14 has novaks, but I'm considering getting an airsoft for practice, since I don't get to do much, if any, live fire between matches. I was looking at the P14 on the evike site and saw that it's fitted with what looks like a bomar rear sight. Do you think it would be bad to practice with one sight and shoot matches with another?

I didn't read the quote to be quite literally that, I read it to be more about not letting your conscious mind get in the way.

That looks like a scene from monty python

Brian's recent score was in the back of my mind when I read this thread, which reminded of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RKTSwAVaoU