TheChewycookie

You'll probably have to ask CZ Custom what they can do for you since it's discontinued and you're looking for customizations.

It may have to be a question you ask Travis on how to get over that kind of mental roadblock. Have fun in that class!

To tie it together to your racing background, having that speed is similar to cornering on a track while using a slip angle. Too slow and you lose time, too fast and you end up burning more time, and there's that golden spot in the middle. Both games have similarities where there's a lot of repetitive actions - minus some changes with opponents on the track vs your one shot at glory on a shooting course. None of us are robots, and therefore we know we won't have perfect execution all the time. So how are you going to make things comfortable for yourself? For me, I have to visualize that reload at speed, and think about being slightly uncomfortable with the pace I need. Being relaxed with the slight urgency to get there and making it a habit, but not being high strung (had this reaction not long ago). If I need to, use an extra tenth of a second to confirm the dot is on the A zone instead of predicting that everything will be correct. Try plotting out what your success rate is in dryfire for those reloads and what you're thinking at that moment to have that note to see what you can modify.

I've certainly felt those moments before along with the autopilot when I was practically emotionless and consciously empty. I'm focusing on returning to that after realizing I've put too much emotional stock into the game again lately. I've actually done this before, just needed a reminder to start doing it again. I dont feel pressure signing up in CO, it's just been my internal perception what a stage means thats been causing me to seize up. "Remember its a fun game" Thanks for the tips Tony.

JCSSA USPSA 1/31/2021: https://practiscore.com/results/new/7cf77a50-c174-4b64-941f-027e54333f80?q_individual=mmShooter_3324594 73A 22C 3D 5M 2NS 1 FTSA Steel (around 1:35 in the video, stage plan execution failure even though it was planned, was still mentally messed up from the classifier) 5th Carry Optics (77.49%) 14th Overall (69.42%) Goals: Push a little harder than the Collin County USPSA Match. Good: Decent footwork. Mostly stuck to and executed stage plans how I designed them in my mind. Needs Work: Finding efficiencies in stages. Tracking A zones - a decent amount of 2nd shots or pairs ended up as C's, some of which received a make up shot. Were goals achieved?: LOL, no. Next weekend will be a practice session with mini-stages. Will experiment at 90-95% , 85%, and 100+% capabilities. Due to the current ammo situation I will be mixing in .22 to only work vision and only bring about 200 rounds of 9mm. Additional notes: Was trying to treat all stages as stages to stop mentally chasing GM. Came up to my turn as I was trying to ignore everyone during making ready and a friend said "hope you hundo this" which ended up turning on the " oh **** this is a classifier" switch and I basically had Parkinson's shakes before and after the timer went off. I couldn't get myself to calm down. My friend immediately apologized after I shot the stage and promised to never do that again. I also seem to lean sideways a lot when running distances without shooting. I'll try to be more upright or at least leaning slightly forward to have more stable posture entering a position.

I know the first delay was what you were working on with just focusing on the pieces of tape. I understand the 2nd delay and is something I've been wanting to work on myself and drop the delay time, mixing together with footstep timing. Good luck this year.

Since your dream is winning the 2026 WS, how about changing your subgoals to attending the 2023 WS? You could shoot US IPSC nationals in Production Optics this year, which will mean pushing hard to guarantee the remaining points in 2022. I understand experimenting in another division. For me, it was a temporary distraction for 2 months that caused me to really want to get better at CO.

Interesting change from your original subgoals. Are you treating this year as an pure experiment year? I ask since CO and PCC share the same Nationals this year.

Collin County USPSA 1/31/2021: https://practiscore.com/results/new/4745e13d-278d-4c5b-8da4-f5ecad232af4?q_individual=mmShooter_3283225 110A 19C 3D 3M 1NS 5th Carry Optics (78.81% of local GM) 8th Overall (Same Carry Optics GM won the overall) Goals: Slow down from 100% and go for current perceived 90-95% match pace, improve visual focus on center of A zone Good: Overall good hits, and very few (if any) instances of shots taken on a footstep. Okay: I can afford to speed up footwork again. Need to rehearse visual cues to speed up, slow down, shoot, etc. A lot of makeup shots were made, need to be more certain of fixation on A zones. Needs Work: Shot confirmation. Need to improve grip on the draw and index to 1st target - had some shaky grips that needed to be fixed on the fly. Were goals achieved?: Mostly yes. I can bump the speed some more (~14 seconds overall behind match winner) and need to try to get more A's and be willing to accept a few more C's. I feel I may have been mentally operating at 85%. Additional notes: Ate breakfast 2 hours before the match began which had a significant positive impact on emotions before the match started. However, I think I need to eat even earlier to have the feeling of my stomach being empty. Need to work on 1st stage nerves, especially if it happens to be the classifier (also need to start treating these like they're just another stage again). Maybe had one instance of double dot from facing the sun.

Steel match today due to rain the next day postponing the USPSA: "I sometimes hate myself" 7th overall, 2nd CO. 3 misses Observations: I've picked up movement speed but need to work on patiently aligning the dot onto the target. Also need to fix shooting on the move as I have been breaking shots on the footstep. The video below is just 1 stage I bothered myself to take video since there were spots to shoot on the move. The Hunter's HD Gold Rx lens helps with depth perception and removes glare. I'm sorta thankful I shot a steel match because I was not motivated for a USPSA match due to work. I'll come back motivated to shoot lights out next week on paper.

Bar-Sto does make one, but can you explain why? It's really impractical especially when a G22 with TF block already extends to the length of a 24. https://barsto.com/product/glock-24l-40-sw-extended-threaded/

CTASA USPSA 1/17/2021: https://practiscore.com/results/new/6fdbaf23-e6ca-4e73-91d5-3c7f7d5ac2ef?q_division=1&q_individual=mmShooter_3277526 76A 33C 7D 1 NPM 12M 2NS 14/20 Carry Optics Goals: Go crazy, run at 100% and observe issues when running over reasonable pace/vision. No "good, okay, needs work" this match. Only observations of issues during stage runs when going past mental capacity. Observations: I have a tendency to look off the target early, not look at the center of the A zone, or shoot at the contact of a step. Additional notes: This was a ridiculously fun way to observe what issues I had. I am happy with current speed and pace. Classifier doesn't count due to wrong size popper (should've been minis). Next goal: Next week at Collin County USPSA I intend only shooting at match pace with a focus on target points.

Go get the whole slide re-coated. Below is a photo from the Jagerwerks FB of someone's slide that had corroded. It's not worth it having a decently large surface area of the slide rusting, especially if this is your carry gun. https://www.facebook.com/JagerWerks/photos/3529508403807325

You can stack rounds at 15 yards slow fire with a gen 5 g17 1.10" COAL with 125 BBI 3.8 gr Sport Pistol 1050 fps

Which of the 3 20-series classifiers are you talking about? None of them have a headbox only target. If you're talking about confidence then maybe you need to improve your mental self-image, and think about how you should shoot on the move. Recoil management is settled with how you need to position your hands around the gun, gripping tightly while still allowing your trigger finger enough dexterity for fast splits, locking your wrists, and setting your elbows to absorb shock from recoil. The more important thing will be shifting your eyes and looking at a specific zone on the target first, then moving the gun. You have to think about attacking the A zone with confidence. The video I have below was supposed to be CM 20-02, but a sometime during the match 3 targets were shifted closer than what they were supposed to be (making it invalid), everything else was setup correctly.

Thanks Rowdy. Really thankful that the matches up here are still open. CK has been making his own gains as well. He's was messing around with an HK45 through the offseason and it ended up paying off for him similar to how I switched divisions during the same time period. I personally found that playing with .40 major helped to improve areas of grip and elbow angles I wasn't sure how to address. Ended up proving to be a fun 2 month experiment. ...just need to work on not being fat

XMG USPSA 1/9/2021: https://practiscore.com/results/new/b2124a4e-381f-47fe-b166-d62570ab90a3?q_division=0&q_individual=mmShooter_3252028 93A 40C 4D 3M 2NS 2nd Carry Optics 4th Overall Goals: Get back up to speed on Carry Optics and new SRO, test new GX kydex holster during full speed walkthroughs (it held really solidly, no worries of the gun popping out). Experiment with movement techniques and speed up vision. Good: Grip felt solid. Maintained aggression throughout stage runs. Okay: Stage Positioning, had to slightly backtrack a few places and do some uncomfortable leans but got to where I needed to. Stage flow was okay for the most part Needs Work: Few areas of mental rushing (which was fine for a level 1 match, I was willing to break a stage if I could see what was wrong and noticed I had a few pre-ignition flinches) Goals achieved: Up to speed with Carry Optics. Ideal mental baseline has been set again for upcoming Dragon's Cup in April. Additional notes: Classifier did not count for classification as several targets were out of place. Had an interesting moment on 1 stage where the grip might not have necessarily felt ideal, then locked in and had solid recoil control for 3 final targets. Really liking the 15 yard zero for guns with dots. Enjoy the little blooper at the end of the video.

I don't see a noticeable difference in accuracy of OEM barrels between my gen 3 g19, gen 4 g34, and gen 5 g17. I'd only switch my gen 3 and 4 barrels out if all I could shoot were uncoated lead bullets.

NTXLF Practice Day: https://practiscore.com/results/new/98c07cb6-745d-44cb-b74c-129e732679c1?q_individual=mmShooter_3264562 Of the 4 stage runs that I bothered to shoot: 58A 31C 6D 1M Limited Major: G35 - Vogel sights and that's it. Goals: Get back up to speed on a pistol. Improve recoil control through grip. Establish baseline performance. Good: Grip felt solid. Maintained aggression throughout stage runs. Okay: Footwork - has a few areas I could improve but I was maybe 70% happy with how I rehearsed and placed my feet around the stage. Needs Work: Stop milking the gun between positions. I want to focus a bit more center of A zone, especially since I plan on switching back to Carry Optics soon. Goals achieved: Grip has been improved. Ideal mental baseline has been set for upcoming Dragon's Cup in April. Additional notes: Not a match. PS was simply used to track scores and video is to see areas to improve on.

I use a Glock 17 with no internal mods. I know what's going on internally and don't feel the need to swap trigger parts. I also have a lower tendency to cartwheel the gun out of the holster than a 34 and saves ~$100 to put towards whatever.

12/26/20 Shotgun - Sporting Clays at Elm Fork shooting range in Dallas- NOT A COMPETITION, sort of 50 out of 100 Things I learned: It's a lot more fun and frustrating than trap or skeet. I need to work on tracking a moving target and predicting where it will be. May influence helping with stuff like bobbers, swingers, clamshells, and other moving targets. Collin County USPSA 12/27/20: https://practiscore.com/results/new/d0b7abf2-9250-46f3-adad-78a54ed99dda?q_individual=0&q_division=4 5th PCC 31st Overall ~11 seconds to 1st PCC 87A 26C 6D 6M 2NS (!) Goals to achieve since last match: None, mess around with an MP5. Good: Trigger speed - I think I had an appreciable trigger speed for PCC considering this was the first time I ran this gun, it's heavy but still a manageable trigger. Okay: Stayed low for the most part - still having some tendencies to stand like a tall person. Gun manipulation - Need to understand the magazine manipulation and mini-issues for guns I don't yet fully understand Needs Work: Rushing - I wanted to match or have a better time than most people, ended up pulling off targets early to move to the next one and missed. Setting a foot down as a shot breaks - could've been a hero on a plate rack while moving and some shots were influenced during a step. Goals achieved ???: Didn't really set an appreciable goal. Additional notes: MP5s aren't designed for tall people (I'm 6' 1" with a fairy long neck). Movement with a PCC really makes you realize how low you ideally want to be when taking targets on the move and the need to roll through the step to balance yourself. Whipping an 8~10 pound gun around also forces you to realize how the weight of the gun really makes you work for a transition or setup for a target.

12/20/20 CTASA USPSA: https://practiscore.com/results/new/fe27eb66-a70b-4e55-b906-e04e3d9d3855?q_division=2&q_individual=0 1st Limited 11th Overall 17.94 seconds to 2nd Limited 70A 31C 12D 8M(!) Goals to achieve since last match: Aggressive transitions, rehearsal of footsteps and the transfer to shooting the stage, add focusing on center of available A zone (I tossed this goal out to focus a bit more on footstep rehearsal and aggressive transitions) Good: Aggression all around - Had aggressive movement around the stage, as well as transitions. Gun manipulations - Reloads and draws went exactly how I saw them with my mind's eye (save for one mag insertion that I had to tap-rack), Transfer of footwork rehearsal to shooting the stage - movement went mostly how I had envisioned each stage; could have refined some parts but I'm mostly happy where I'm at. Okay: Activator confidence - I thought there was a bit less time but there was plenty for a slow swinger to hit an IPSC mini-popper (move eyes faster to engage sooner). Center focus on available A zone - had some moments when vision would drift and I would end up with A far C or D, or 2C. Needs Work: Visual patience of an exit target - had several targets that I left early on OR shot a bit early and didn't realize it. Need to work on confirming sight picture as the shot breaks. Goals mostly achieved: For NOW I'll continue focusing on faster movement around the stage, ignoring what hits I make on targets. I'm currently looking for more speed and make the accuracy catch up soon when the next shooting season starts with Carry Optics. I've been a turtle for the past 2 years and I think a change in shooting mindset will help achieve a much higher level of performance sooner. Additional notes: There's something satisfying and hilarious knowing that even though you zero'd a classifier, albeit somewhat on purpose after wasting time on a popper, and knowing exactly what you did wrong and how to fix it. (5M on the classifier that I mentally confirmed and laughed after finishing the stage, 0% CM 20-01).

I don't remember seeing slimline followers and even then, that would likely mess with anti-tilt and how the bullets stack in the magazine. I tried shaving down a follower for a .40 mag and that messed with bullet stack. I only barely got it back to a working shape. For 9mm extensions I can get 23+1 using Henning pads on a gen 5 mag and no changes to the follower.

12/12/2020 Outlaw match. 2 hits anywhere on paper. All static steel had 2 hits per. Some falling steel. 1 activator stage. Match obviously has a bias towards who can race the hardest with any scoring hits on target. 6th Overall, 4th pistol. 1 penalty Miss on paper Goals to achieve since last match: Aggressive transitions, rehearsal of footsteps. Good: Aggressive transitions, stayed low overall, targets that were logical to engage on the move were engaged on the move Okay: Footwork - Wasn't exactly what I was looking for/needed for some stages Needs Work: Shot calling - sometimes I transitioned a bit early off a steel target (WORK THE VISUAL FOR WHAT YOU NEED). 1 activator sequence error - I overestimated the available time for a swinger causing me to burn some extra time. Goals will be maintained for the next match. Didn't quite achieve what I was looking for. ADDING focusing on center of available A zone. Fun little observations A lot of paper targets I shot were mostly 2A or AC, very few D zone hits. Even though the match is more drag race than technical I was still USPSA minded for paper. A .40 Glock using factory 180 PF ammo will recoil and return like a 9mm Glock that is running 150 PF if the gun is left stock with no add-on parts. I noticed previously that I was returning a few degrees high with a magwell that has a 2 oz brass plug and no added weight at the muzzle end. Groups were also tighter. Accidental mag flip at the end for completely missing the magnet pouch.

After thoroughly degreasing the grip I've had a Talon on a gen 3 G17 beater gun for nearly 2 years so far with one of the front strap pieces coming off with the way I used to grip that area of the frame. I've read and seen tape staying for up to 10 years, but if you practice frequently you're going to want to either replace it or dedicate a toothbrush to cleaning the skin off which becomes really nasty and smells bad. I've come to prefer just the gen 4/5 texture and just applying a decent amount of grip lotion. Easier to clean off and I don't have to mess with adhesives.