
Gene_WI
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Madison WI
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Gene
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He was at the Vortex range December 2019. I think they plan on having him teach more classes there.
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Had a chance to shoot an informal match. Focused on grip. Generally pleased with results, but did throw some shots high left.
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Steve Anderson is probably one of the best trainers I have ever met. I had the pleasure of taking a class from him.
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Could be the latter, I did have a sight picture for every shot on both arrays. Will see at the next match if I identified my problem correctly. I also started doing some metronome work, to see how fast I can go while maintaining a death grip on the gun. It has been very eye opening. Around 225-250 BPM (.25 sec split) I start loosening up the grip in order to go faster.
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I have been doing just that. I changed my dryfire training to focus on grip. Dialed the par times up a bit. Will see how this translates to match performance.
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I do it subconsciously. And I want to stop doing that.
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I do grip strength training 4-5 times a week. I think I loosen up my grip when I shoot.
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I think my problem has been the opposite. When I speed up my grip loosens up. My epiphany about that was at the last match I shot, there were two four target arrays, about 5 yards, easy high speed targets. I tore a muscle in my leg earlier in the match, so movement was slow for me, I focused on shooting. First array I shot fast, calling my shots, 6 a 2c. Second array I wanted to really burn it down. Shot very fast like a bill drill, still calling shots, 2 alpha, 2 Charlie, 2 mike. I loosened my grip to pull the trigger faster.
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Thank you both for the suggestions. I have been running dry fire bill drills with a focus on grip for about a month. I noticed that my par times got higher, and I also had some trigger freeze. Did some live fire today, no trigger freeze, times were slower but the accuracy increased.
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Only truly horrible 1911/2011 I ever had was a colt gold cup. Had a number of used 2011s and they all worked. Sure unturned mags and worn springs gave trouble in some but thats an easy fix. Only serious issues I had with a used 2011 was a worn sear, but again thats expected and easy to fix.
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Are there any dry fire frills that are specifically designed to improve grip? Have been trying to cure a bad habit of relaxing my grip on the gun mid stage. What are people doing to train for proper grip.
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Thanks for the link. Might have to try these out.
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Unfortunately it sounds like I am not alone in this kind of match screw up. I have been getting laser treatments for the tear, and they seem to help a ton.
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Shooting an indoor match today. Second stage of the match, the 19-01 classifier. Moving to the second array, I feel like someone or something hit me in the back of the leg. Felt very odd. Shot the second array, leg starts hurting. Unload show clear... excruciating pain by now. I was half expecting to see blood. Was thinking that I either caught frag, a ricochet, or I shoot myself? Anyway look down at my leg and see nothing. Oddest thing ever. After I finished the match limping and dragging one leg, get home to find out that I tore my calf muscle. Out of the blue, without twisting a
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I bought a couple 2011 mags to test. These things are awsome. Only minor neat pick is the weight, these should be a tad heavier.