Stefano

Thanks to you all guys ! As usual, this is the BEST Forum on the Planet to get good solutions ...

Yeah, it's my same goal (and technique) but .... how you push yourself (rolling) off the bed ? I mean the movement of your legs and your arms .... I ask myself if there's an efficient way to save time.

Sorry, I've not explicited ... Gun lying flat on the table, 2/3 meters from the bed ....

Any good tip for a "lying-on-bed" start ? I know that's something of quite personal (anyone has his own tecnique ...) but ... what's YOUR preferred one ?

OUUUUCH !! Double-tapping on the left-button of the mouse ...

Well, about me it's not a matter of "rhythm" All you want to do is to score two alphas on each target, at the best of YOUR possibility. And it depends not only to your skill-level but also to the distance, the position of the targets, etc. etc. So, the best thing you can do is "to see what YOU need to see", or - in other words - to have "visual patience". About this there's a GREAT post by Brian Enos here: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=52977

Thank you so much Chuck !!! I'll forward to Edoardo this good information .... Edo (also called "Bubu" by the friends ...) is perhaps our best Top GM (without taking apart all the others very good Italian Top Shooters ...). If you want to see Bubu "in action", please go to our Club's website, to the scrolling-link "VIDEO": http://www.uboldoshooting.it/ Thank you so much again !!

Thanks guys ! I am speaking about match results of the 2007 European Handgun Championship (and unfortunately there isn't a data-backup of this match: perhaps it's a too big file ...). I am just curious to know what it could be the Production Overall, moving in this division a friend of my (who is Edoardo Buticchi, perhaps our best italian GM ...) from 6 place in the Open overall. The match results are avaiable here: http://www.xtremeshooting.com.br/mss/match...atchnum=1#cat17 but I'm not sure to be able of doing that trick ...

Sometimes, reading the overall results of a big match I ask myself what would have happened if a comperitor had shot the match in another division (each competitor with his own times & points). The idea is how to make a comparison between two shooters who has shot the match in two different divisions. I know that it's quite impossible but .... is there a reasonable way to compare the results (in the same match) of two different Top GMs in two different divisions ?? Let's make an example: - the match is a big one, and the the top 10 in each division are the best skilled international top shooters - competitor "A" is ... among the top 10 in Production Division - competitor "B" is ... among the top 10 in Open Division - is not possible to trick the match-backup with WinMSS (the only thing avaiable is the overall match result). Any suggestion is welcome !

At the beginning of this (just closed) shooting season I've owned for a while a SP-01, jus to make some tests (note: my favourite match-partner is a Tanfoglio Stock II ….). After a serious trial-period of several thousands of bullets fired with it, I’ve understood that CZ doesn't like heavy load like 155 or 145 grs, and – on the contrary – never had any problems with the same gun using 124 and 115 grs. Bullets. The real issue is (IMHO) the bullet profile, and in particular 147/155 grs bullet’s profile. The second problem: CZ doesn't like round nose. CZ is very sensitive with bullet profile, because the free bore in the barel is very short. So the bullet is touching the rifling when you use a heavy weight or a round profile bullet. If you want to continue to use heavy weight bullet you need to increase the free bore inside the barel to avoid trouble. But ... is it worth ?? My advice: shoot 124 grs. bullets !

Totally agree with you Jake ! That' why I am only an "A" class shooter: my hands are only calloused (and not bleeding ...) Anyway I'll be so happy when I'll be able to get my "M" class ! I am 45 old: not sure of being able to become GM .....

I've started dryfiring since I've started doing practical shooting and thanks to this great training tools I was encouraged with greats results at the beginning (I passed from "D" dyrectly to "B" class). Basic training can be done virtually everywhere, just standing still in front of a wall; using sized targets you can simulate different distances, and different arrays of "papers/steels". Of course, you can achieve the best results working with a little bit of space (garage, basement, etc ...) where you can help yourself adding shooting boxes, fault lines, barricades, ports, and the biggest difference consists in MOVEMENTS (exiting, entering shooting positions). Pharaoh Bender has a simple but GREAT setup to work with: thanks to this (and his steadiness in training) he has GREAT RESULTS ! Just after Steve Anderson he's my myth: now I am a production "A" class shooter, and next year I hope to get my "M" class working as he did !

Craig, my condolences: we are with you ! Stefano

It seems a good stuff .... only a little expensive IMHO ! I would pay that price (and perhaps more) for something that can take apart the broken shells !!

Sorry, I haven't seen that the same news was just in another thread. Please, delete this one and go on on the existing thread ...

Hy folks, I've just read on GV the official dates of World Shoot XV 2008 at Bali: Pre-match: October 22, 23, 24. General Assembly: October 25 Opening: October 26 Main Match: October 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and November 1 Shoot-Off and Awards: November 2

Thank you so much guys ! I appreciate your tips !

I have all those DvDs from Saul ... - 3 GM is great: a lot of fun to watch and a lot of good inputs to catch; - master class 1 & 2 are a little bit boring, but still useful to learn good technique The fact is that they are two different things: difficult to say that the firse in better from the other two ! If you can effort the expence... buy all of them !

Eheheheh ... sorry guys, but my bad english sometimes sounds a little bit funny .... Being here I hope to achieve progresses not only in shooting but also in writing in another language ... The reason why I've started this topic is because I've noticed quite a difference in my draw-times between dry-fire & live fire. I know that this is normal, but I suppose that (in my case) this difference is achieved by my (low) reaction times ... In dry fire I can perform a draw in 1,00 sec. and - if I push myself - even in 0,90/0,80 In live fire my usual time is 1,15/1,20, but even if I push myself I can't go under 1,00 (and the most probably is 1,05 ...). I've also noticed that when I'm shooting a match my draw-time is probably higher, due to the fact that I don't want drop points (I shoot in PD ...). So, I am beginning to think that my "problem" is not with the draw itself, but - probably - with my reaction-time at the buzzer .... But after reading all yours posts .... now I am thinking that the best solution is .... working again with draw-practice in LIVE fire ! I'm wrong ?

Right but ... it will never be as quick as triggering something ..... Anyway thanks ! It seems a good solution ... The nominal times may be slowerer, but you'd still be able to determine a par, and therefore improvement. OK, RIGHT ! ! Let's slapping ... Fortunately I have TWO timers: just in case of "over-slapping" ... Thanks to you both guys !

Right but ... it will never be as quick as triggering something ..... Anyway thanks ! It seems a good solution ...

Again about reaction-time and all the drills we can do to improve it ... I've just read on the USPSA website (homepage/additional content/other info/grand master tips) Matt Burkett's drill about reaction time. This drill is great, and I know it well, but it is doable only at the range, in live-fire. Does anybody have any ideas on "how-to-do" a good reaction-time drill at home, in dry-fire (and withou a gun in your hands) ? An "old" idea is that one of the tennis-ball, but you must have anybody (the wife ?? ) who's helping you, dropping the tennis-ball from his/her hands when you try to catch it before it touch down. It would be great to find something that we can do by ourselves, with the help of the timer (I think it's important to listen the sound of the buzzer, jus to feel a more realistic situation ...). Any ideas ? Thanks Stefano

Other important thing to understand: attending a course with a Top GM it's not a "finish" but only a "starting point". In a few days you have a LOT of good input, but if you don't work hard on it in the months after ... well, it's only time & money waisted ! On the other side, we all know that working without a good tecnique it's only bad training, and instead of working in the bad way it's bett not working at all !

If you are thinking to attend the 2008 Florida Open course with Eric, I can say that for me the price of 550 Euro for a two-days-course is quite good ! If you ask for an extra-day-course for the level 1, probably the total cost for a 3-days-course will be 825 Euro = 1.220 UDS that's almost the same of Manny Bragg & Matt Burkett. If you ask to me: "... is worth to spend 1.200+ USD for a shooting course when you can pay 3000 USD for a race-gun ?? ..." my answer will be: "..YES !.."

Yes, but (from my own experience) the training without a solid-base of good technique is useless ! And you can gain a good-technique only attending a course with a good teacher ! I've experienced that Eric is fantastic as a teacher, but I'm not saying that he's the only one: I am from Italy, and here in Europe we have only Eric and Saul ..... in the USA I think it's a different matter ! I'm sure there are A LOT of excellent Top Shooters that are doing shootig courses .... But if you want to refer to a Top Teacher oversea .... returning to Eric's courses, what I'm trying to say (sorry for my bad english ...) is that if you can put together a group of 10/15 club-mates you can divide the extra costs for Eric's & GG's travel and you can organise a course with the 3 (probably 4 ...) times in a row World Champion at your shooting range ! Eric has absolutely NO problems to travel all over the world for a shooting course: this is his job !