IronEqualizer

PB maybe they just didn't like your man purse bullet bag. Seriously, you should use this as motivation. Next year when you make MASTER go back and rub it in their face. Use the HATE.

I also have the Burkett videos Practical Shooting Beyond the Fundamentals-Brian Enos Refinement and Repetition-Steve Anderson Perfect Practice by Saul Kirsch The one that has helped me the most being a fairly new competitor not shooter is Steve Anderson's book. It gave me structure to my dryfire routine and after 2 months I saw a definite improvement and actually have won my division a couple of times in local matches. Once I started learning with Steve's book some of the things I read in Brian's book started becoming clearer. Brian's book is the one that the more you learn the more you learn from his book.

Flex, just don't be like Paul and call my Bullet Bag gay because it matches my gear It's METRO [/quote Bullet Bag????? Is that like a man purse??? JK

I have never thought of that happening. I put mine across my gut and I guess it's big enough that I won't have that problem.

I like the allow the sights to be the speedometer. That's good. I can also feel for you with your hand situation. I have started using a hand lotion daily something I needed to do a long time ago but until it started affecting my shooting, never did.

Flex I know what you are saying and it may be true somewhat. After reading your post I think when I do that I am so concentrated on doing one aspect of the drill it carries over to the next drill. This seems to only happen to me when I do certain things that take a higher level of concentration for me. Strong hand, weak hand drills and doing RWR's. The one I just did it on was SA's 2-2-2 reload 2-2-2 from hands at side and I have been ending it with 10-15 2-2-2 RWR 2-2-2. When I moved to 2-2-2 reload 2-2-2 from surrender my first reload I did was at RWR when I should have dropped the mag.

How many of you have been doing dry fire drills and start to go to your next drill and automatically do the one you just finished again? I think this is proof that you are programming your subconscious to do certain skills. I know that is the point but I think this is proof to yourself that it is happening. Any thoughts on this?

Thanks Rishii for advice on the nexcare. I will definitely pick some up. And I do wear latex gloves while cleaning with solvents.

Thanks David. I did a search and came up with nothing. I think the system was screwing up though at the time because other features weren't acting right. Again thanks.

I started dry firing A LOT about 3 months ago and worked through the initial pain and blisters and built up some nice calluses to protect my hands. Now the weather is turning cooler and my hands have a tendency to dry out. My hands have cracked open in a few spots over the past month and I started using lotion to keep them from drying out. Well yesterday I had my right hand split in a crease where it hit my ambi safety. Today during dry fire I hit the same spot and it took a chunk out of my hand. So now I don't know if my hands are too soft or what. I still have the calluses but they don't feel as hard as they were. Right now I am all taped up like a frigging boxer so I can finish dry firing. I am sick of this happening and need a cure. Any advice will be truly appecaited.

That was too friggin good!!!!

+1 on tomato and remembered it was a fruit.....then tried to think of a veggie real fast and thought I heard a range timer go off and my mind went completely blank. I do think I remember seeing 6 alpha, 6 alpha, 6 alpha though.

Flex I think I read about doing that in either Brian's or Saul's book not sure which one and have not tried it. Until I got to this point in my shooting it really did not make sense to me why to do that but now it does. It's weird how the more you learn the more you learn to apply what you already know. I think that's what I mean.

When you call your shots from target to target are you thinking A,A...A,C...A,A or do you only really think about any that are Deltas or Mikes and the rest just register as being acceptable? I can somewhat call my shots as being acceptable or Mikes, Deltas but find it difficult to call A,A...A,C...C,C at speed. I am thinking maybe because if it is a Mike or Delta I saw that the sights were way misaligned when the shot broke but I am not able to call shots that are not a perfect sight picture. Now that I think about it more I can call 2 Alplas but when the sights start not being perfectly aligned I can pretty much tell the shot hit the AC area but am not sure exactly where. Is this where I need to start shooting some groups with the sights purposely misaligned?

The only dry firing I do without shoes is the facing uprange, turn and draw ones. Standing in the same spot and turning on the one spot with shoes on was showing wear on my living room carpet.....but I caught it before it got too bad and before the other half noticed. ....and yes I have dropped an empty mag on my foot that drew blood so I can imagine how a full one feels. By the way mine was a single stack mag and by the looks of some of these open gun mags if you got hit with one of them you'd be on crutches.

Thanks for the reply George. I have been pondering what you said for a few days. Tell me if I'm getting close on this. It's kinda like an out of body experience where you are behind your eyes just watching yourself shoot, or an experience where every part of your shooting is subconscience from your stance to grip to trigger pull and it's like the gun is floating in mid air shooting by itself and you are just observing and seeing everything it is doing from shot to shot target to target. Am I getting close?

If he doesn't ship your gun out friday, you should post his cell number so all of us can start calling him. We'll help you get your gun back. +10

Scooter that is exactly why it happened. Since the first day was a Sun I just counted down 3 weeks and never looked at the days. Well thanks everyone I don't feel so bad anymore.

I'm new to the forum and just updated mine. I like to see too. What really sux is being old enough to have to scroll to find the year you were born.

Well I guess a week early is better than a week late. At least now I have an extra week to practice. IronEqualizer

I have read all kinds of things on what calling the shot is and completely understand it but what did you do to learn it? Did you learn it on paper shooting 1-1-1, or on plates or at a long distance? How? What drills? Or just constantly watching for it and one day it just starting happening? I have done it before, in fact several times but it is not constant with me. Sometimes shooting plate racks just drawing and shooting one, and I miss, I can say to myself well that was left or that was high. I read an old post where Steve Anderson said he learned to call shots on the plate rack. How about everyone else? Thanks. IronEqualizer

I've been lurking for a while and thought my first post could give everybody a laugh. I got up at 6am yesterday, cleaned my gun, packed my gear, and drove the hour drive to my nearest local match. When I made the turn into the club I saw the gate was locked. I always arrive early to help set up but someone is always already there. Well, what the hell? Then it hit me. I had not received the courtesy e-mail the match director always sends out a few days prior to the match. DOHHH!!!! As I checked my calendar on my phone to verify my stupidity, it was indeed the second Sat of the month and not the third. Call me stupid, call me eager I don't know. I wonder if I can consider that a win by default? IronEqualizer