TheChewycookie

You should be fine using almost any full-length dust cover 2011 holster for a 5 inch model. If you still have any doubts, ask Atlas what holsters they recommend, or the holster maker if they can make a holster to fit the Athena.

Today was function testing a g35 limited gun for messing around during off season as well as experimenting with grip. Gen 4 G35 and .40 observations. .40 recoil is not as bad as some people make it seem. The combination of a gen 4 RSA and factory Magtech 180 gr was very tolerable, more than some competition guns with lower spring rates. This should be more tolerable with competition loads closer to 170 PF rather than a factory 180. Grip does however have a stronger influence for having a predictable direction of muzzle flip. Setup: Gen 4 G35, Vogel sights, ALG Defense Federal magwell, Dawson extended basepads. The ALG Fed magwell didn't do much with helping assist reloads (it doesn't flare out that much), but the brass slug used for mounting does add a small appreciable amount of weight so that it recoils less, but doesn't affect transitions much. Grip I did my normal of resting my weak hand thumb on the front pad of the frame and tried holding it high in the air as if I had a thumb rest on an open gun. I noticed less muzzle flip, indicating a higher thumb is assisting with weak side wrist lock. Will need work, but I'm going to experiment with this throughout the winter. Grip pressures were adjusted between weak and strong hand to allow fast splits without sacrificing recoil control. I have a tendency to grip too hard with my strong hand trying to split faster or rush, preventing good trigger control. Something to work on Doing transitions I noticed myself following the sight rather than looking at a point on a target and bringing the gun there. This will be worked on in dryfire, both without and with a gun in hand. Improve target focus (I primarily shoot CO) Continuing grip refinement, better use of elbows and chest muscles.

I personally haven't noticed a large difference in smoke compared to other coated bullets I've used. Almost every coated bullet company uses Hitek, it just differs how thick the coating is. BBI is noticeably thinner but there is no decrease in accuracy nor increase in difficulty loading. If you're looking for less smoke I'd first try increasing your charge weight. If there's still more smoke than you'd like, change the powder

I'll do a little light cardio of a few short sprints to get my legs moving, and a little dryfire in the safe area with calm reloads. Most locals I actually won't walk stages beforehand. I've noticed in the past that I tend to get extremely nervous when it's my time to shoot, usually overthinking my stage plan, and end up really high strung, and end up either slowing down a lot, or involuntarily move fast while compressed. My goal, after the Double Tap Championship back in July, was to relax and enjoy every match regardless of what happened. I should have a detailed plan for what I want for the 2021 season soon.

Really appreciated this tip. North Texas Open this past weekend had CM 09-01. Scored 82 pts for an 89.6% in CO.

Hola. Really deep pond here that I've was previously lurking around. Now I'm using the Range Diary section to record practices and matches.

10/3/2020 North Texas Open Lvl 2 Major - 14th CO Overall (83.80% of D. Zhang GM) Goals going into the match: Make sure to have fun while shooting the match. Don't have too much on the mind and make sure to enjoy shooting with new friends. Observations of the match: Stages were good. Very few really challenging courses, but overall tested the foundational skill of competitors Good: Stayed calm despite any mistakes made, had fun, maintained stage plan even if I watched another competitor Needs work: Find ways to reduce stress in stages, transitions [don't rush to the next target, respect the attention each target needs for each shot], target focus [a few instances of focusing on the dot rather than the target], stage planning [learn course layout at the match and not at home, use matchbook for round count and weird start/course positions] Bad: Trigger pull [had 5 M for an 11 stage match, all but one were due to pushing the trigger left trying to split faster OVERALL: Just had fun. Jokes were made, lesson learned. Beer, tacos, and company make for a fun time. Goals for the match were met.

Using this to maintain a redundant log of practices and matches. 9/27/2020 Carry Optics NTXLF Practice day before N. TX Open 2x field courses 1 stage with hands in barrel start and balance beam 1 stage with unloaded start Good - movement speed, position entry, sight index, plan execution OK - target focus (noticed myself focusing on the dot a few times instead of targets) Needs Work - visual patience (need to take the time needed for each shot), reduce emotions (calm down before each stage to prevent rushing)

Update to my score. June 28, 2020 Carry Optics 5.2478 HF (95.6232%) 13.72 Seconds 12A 4C https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwGb6_lVRvA

That's an outlaw match out of Proactive Defense. $25. Lookup NTXLF on Practiscore

@ChutistThere's also on the 1st Saturday at JCSSA in Alvarado. Due to COVID they only have signup available for about 1 day the Tuesday or Wednesday before the match.

If you're willing to make the drive, Triple C in Cresson has an excellent and challenging USPSA match on the 3rd Sunday of each month.

Enjoyed the topic of dry training in practice and using "boom-boom" for each target. Transferred that to competition and it gave a more realistic view of timing and tempo stage to stage.

Whoops! I'll edit that in below Glock 17 gen 5 Range brass DG bullets 125 gr RN COAL 1.100" Ba9 4.3 gr Avg. Vel: 930 fps 4.6 gr Avg. Vel: 980 fps 4.8 gr Avg. Vel: 1030 fps 5.0 gr Avg. Vel: 1080 fps

I'd like to toss in my data as well Glock 17 gen 5 Range brass DG bullets 125 gr RN COAL 1.100" 4.3 gr Avg. Vel: 930 fps 4.6 gr Avg. Vel: 980 fps 4.8 gr Avg. Vel: 1030 fps 5.0 gr Avg. Vel: 1080 fps

https://uspsa.org/viewer//18-08.pdf Didn't see anyone post this one up yet. Simple, yet easy to mess up. I had a misfire on string 1 and still made a 75% on the classifier making it my first A level classifier ever and just started this year. Carry Optics 15 A 1 D Total time: 18.31

Howdy from N. TX. Just started USPSA this year and dabbling in limited and open from concealment