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Thanks Carlos,
grazie Josh
My gun comes from factory without firing pin block/safety:
I've already checked the firing pin spring but is seems OK: due to the fact that I'm now using a lighter recoil spring (11 Lbs ...) it coud be a good idea to try a heavier firing pin spring, to prevent firing pin sticking ?
Next thing: as said before both the hammer & the sear seems OK, but it coud be a reason for the malfunction described the loosening of the sear spring ?
I've already checked it and it isn't broken: could it be simply loosen ?
Again, thanks a lot to both of you !
Ciao from Italy !
Stefano
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Hi to all !
I've bought a few months ago a new CZ SP-01 and now, after perhaps 7/8000 rounds fired without any kind of problem, during my last training session of 500 rounds, the gun has fired for TWO times a 2/3 round burst.
Notice: the gun is absolutely "out-of-the-box"; I've NOT done any kind of triggerjob and/or gunsmithing works.
I've done an accurate cleaning and check of the gun, and the both the sear and the hammer are looking OK.
Any suggestion about anything else to try and to verify, before going to the pistolsmith ?
Many thanks in advance.
Stefano
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I'll warn you about something here... I agree with glock17w that observing the top shooters will really help you a bunch, especially if you learn through osmosis... However, don't get hung up on trying to move "just like so-and-so". If you don't have their body type, with their proportion of fast-twitch muscles, their conditioning, and their personal temperment, its never going to happen. Instead, focus on what they do, and why they do it (ask questions, if you're in person - after they've shot the stage). You don't have to move as snappily as TJ or TT to shoot and move as quickly as they do... You do have to have the shooting skills, the stage breakdown skills, and the movement skills together to get there, however...
Heck, if guys like Robbie or Taran can beat the small, skinny, snappy looking guys on a regular basis, I'd say you don't have to move "like a cat".... If you do, I might as well quit right now...
Totally agree !
I've also noticed (looking a lot of Dvds ...) that each Top Shooter has his own "way of doing things", and each of them he enterprets the same skill with a little bit difference fron the others ...
For this motive (in my opinion) the 3GM Dvd is great: you cau observe the same basic skill from 3 different point of view, and so you can choose that one you prefer.
Apart this another basic skill that (always in my opinion ...) is very-very important is learning how to CONTROL yourself: your movement, your body, your mind, etc. etc.
All of us know (and probably makes very good) a lot of basic skills: the problem is "put them all together" when executing the stage, in a smooth and efficent way ....
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I think the physical part is important. I also think watching top shooters is an excellent idea. Todd Jarrett moves like a cat. Also learn from watching other top shooters. You are in Europe. Maybe you can check on training session from Saul Kirsch or Eric Grauffel. Just a thought.
glock17w
Last year I've organized and joined a course with Eric Grauffel, at my shooting range in Arnasco, quite near to Genoa, where I live.
Guys, the course was absolutely exellent, and I strongly recommend it to everibody, but unfortunately it was the "level 1" course, and the skills I need to learn now are matter for Eric's upper level courses (lev.2 & 3).
Now I'm working on it: it would be great to have again Eric & GG with us, for the second (and third) part of the lesson ...
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Guys,
thanks a LOT, again, to ALL of you !
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I'm certainly no M or GM, but I train hard to achieve that status on a daily basis. Cardio workouts have helped me tremendously...it builds leg strength end endurance, and allows me to run without being out of breath. What I am focusing on now is getting my shots off the instant I enter the box, as opposed to entering the box, setting up, then shooting.
DVD's are an amazing resource for training on this topic. Matt Burkett's "How To Shoot Faster" DVD is excellent, as well as 3GM. It sounds like you are driven to succeed, and that is half the battle! Don't underestimate the value of dryfiring as well...you can do more than work on static setups.
What kind of training exercise are you doing to build leg strenth and cardio endurance ?
Unfortunarely I cant' do a lot of running due to a little problem to my right knee ...
Bicycle (or home-cyclette) can be good ?
Regarding dry-fire ... no fear, I do it a lot !
I've used in these last two years a Tanfoglio Stock Custom (and probably after 1 million of "click" I've broken on it 3 triggers springs making dry-fire ...
): now - thanks to Vince's "gift" - I was obliged to put it ino the draw, and I use the "old" Tanfoglio Stock , where I've just broken another trigger-spring ... 
Eheheheh ... dry-fire is good for improvement but a killer for these little parts ..
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Stefano,
I have a couple of questions:
Are you reloading during your movement between shooting arrays/ports/boxes etc?
Is your reload completed before your arrive at your distinatioin?
What is your standing reload time? One shot, reload, one shot.
If my standing reload is 1.5 seconds and the distance I am traveling between boxes takes 2.5 seconds, I expect to have my reload completed and gun up. Is your reload completed and are you ready to shoot when you enter the box?
My standing reload time is actually 1,4/1,5 sec.
Yes, I always do mag-changes during the movement: if the movement il critical due to a safety angle, if possible I make the reload before starting running, so I can better control the muzzle direction of my gun.
quote name='Mistral404' date='Feb 12 2007, 09:02 PM' post='512535']
If you are moving from right to left, which foots enters the box first? Is it always the same foot? I have seen guys that prefer to have their right foot down and are shooting as soon as their back foot (left) leaves the ground. Matt talks about entering with the left foot, the toes angling towards the target, while bringing the right foot around. All the GM/M I have seen shot, do not take an extra step inside the box. Extra steps cost you time.
I always enter the box with my leading foot: right foot coming to the left, left foot coming to the right.
I like Matt's drills alot. Try this one:
Try setting up four targets in a line - right to left, two boxes and a start box( they form a triangle). Measure the time to the from start box to first box, shoot two targets and run to the other box and shoot two. The same but run back to the first box and shoot two then back to the second box. (You can do this with two targets and save bullets, it is just as effective) Set the boxes so they are about three seconds from each other, that could be 5 feet or 20 feet just depends on how fast you are.
The idea is lay a foundation down, get your mind and body in sync, and keep track of your times.
Yeh, I've read somewhere this drill ...
It looks great ! Next time I'll be at the range I want to try it, adding a window in the center, between the two leading boxes ...
Mistral, thanks a lot for the tips !
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Guys,
thanks a lot to ALL of you !
Here's the good place to find a bunch on TOP QUALITY tips !
Regarding to watching Toip Shooters Video, recently I've bought the 3GM Dvd from Saul Kirsch: the best I've ever seen (in my opinion)..
Another good exercise to do is that one in Steve Anderson's sample (I've pre-ordered the book, but it's not jet arrived ...): that one withe the 3 shooting boxes and the 2 visual barriers ...
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Stefano, a couple of things will help. Especially in Production, I don't think sacrificing a bunch of accuracy in the sake of pure speed is the right thing to do. Here are some thoughts:
- physical training for leg and core strength will help you get out of positions and run harder
- working wind sprints and such will do the same, and will build cardio efficiency, too
- working position exits and entries (including windows, boxes, etc), and shooting on the move will help you be more efficient at the beginning and ending of those speed bursts, and will help you cover ground while gaining points
- working drills to improve your indexes will cut small chunks of time in many places across a course of fire
- working getting into and out of awkward positions will help you accomplish those skills more quickly
- pay attention to top shooters and see how they pick stages apart, and learn what you can about being efficient in attacking a stage
Do the shooting drills dryfire and livefire.... Work work work
XRe, thanks so much for the tips !
Can you suggest a simple but useful live-fire exercise that I can setup for my trainings sessions ?
Regarding to dry-fire training i do it a lot (daily, for 30/45 minutes ...) but the problem is that at hove I've not great possibility of working on sprints and speed burst.
Recently I've found the way of doing "shooting on the move" using my biggest room,
but at slow pace: for quicker sprint I have to work out of home ...
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I need to make some changes in my trainig plan, and I'm serching help for "how to do".
I am a Production - B class shooter, actually I shoot between 70% and 75%, and my biggest weakness is probably that I'm quite slow in movements.
I'm long-limbed, 1,85 mt. tall, 85 Kg. weight
I'm not referring to basic skills like draw, target acquisition, reloads, etc. but to the true and real "movements" we have to do in a tipical course of fire (entering/exiting shooting positions, exploding to another shooting position after fired from the last, running along a field course, entering/exiting from windows ...
I shoot very accurate points (no D, no MISS, no N/S, and very-very few C per stage) but unfortunately I'm usually 6/7 seconds slower than GM's times (4/5 in a medium and 6/7 in a long course).
Can anybody suggest to me how to gain a little bit more speed ?
I must to shoot less accurate ?
I have to do more physical training and exercises instead of live-fire training ?
Thanks in advance !
Stefano
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Does anybody knows a good tip for centering on the slide a NON adjustable rear-sight on a CZ SP-01 ??
The job SEEMS easy, but on the SP-01 the slide is not almost flat and even if I try to help myself with a digital caliper ...
I think that - at least - the only manner is trying to shoot in live fire at 25 yards and verify the point of impact ...
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Check out Saul Kirsch's Thinking Practical Shooting book. There is an excellent section in there about how to identify the areas you need to work on. If you really sit back and look at your shooting you probably already know what needs work. Be honest with yourself. There is no one thing that will magically move you up in class it is just the refinement of all the little things you already know. I am just starting to figure this out myself. Hope this helps.
I've already read Saul's book ... it's really great !
About my weakest areas .... yes, perhaps I've just found a couple of "hot points" I need to work on seriously:
- shooting on the move
- entering/exiting shooting positions
I really want to work a lot on it !
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Months ago I've read a very-interesting page of Rob Leatham where he says:
"... Not all shooters have the same basic skills or natural talents, but if you want to badly enough, and you work at it, you can be better than you are now. You are probably stagnant. You have hit a plateau and are not improving. This is not unique, we have all been there. You are being held back by what you know and don’t know. It’s my job, as an instructor, to recognize the mistakes and omissions and help you understand and formulate methods to improve.
Attention to detail in my training is what has set me apart as a competitor. My personal success is based on that refinement
You must understand that it’s all in those small details. The little things really make the biggest differences. When you begin to identify those “little things” yourself, you’ll start making corrections, automatically. This is the opening of the flood gates. I wouldn’t call it an epiphany, but you’ll be amazed at how easy it is to fix big problems when you recognize the little problem that is causing them....".
Is there a method to recognize by myself what are "those littles things" that could make the difference for gain a real improvement of my actual level ?
It's only (like Steve Anderson fairly says... ) the ability to recognize your weaknesses and transform they in strength points or .... there's something more ?
Doing a practical example, what are the most important skills and the main areas of training over I have to work for climbing from my actual level (top "B" class) to the upper one ("A" class and then Master) ?
Any suggestion will be welcome !
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Hi Guys,
thanks so much to you all for your tips !
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I'd also like to suggest this:
Well worth the little cash outlay, and helpful too!!
-Mike
Very nice !
It would be great if I could find also a little swinger for dry-fire practice at home.
Shooting swingers is one of my most weaknesses because I can't practice enought shooting them at the range (it's very difficult to find near my home a shooting range with bobbing targets ...
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+1 on using a Treadmill and reduced size targets (scale them down correctly).
By the way ..... what is a good manner to scale down a Target ?
Times ago I've found an appropriate utility for doing this on Matt Burkett's website, but it works only if you aim at the PC's monitor (and if I'm not wrong the reduced target on the monitor is not printable ...).
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Do you have a hallway and multiple rooms??? There ya go... Set a stage up through the house (remember, no live fire, you can violate normal berm limitations w/ regard to the 180, if you need to...). Go from room to room, down the hall, etc...
I've done this a bunch - I've set up a bunch of big field courses, using furniture as hardcover, etc, etc... Good stuff....
Thanks, good idea !
Do you use original targets or reduced-scale ones ?
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Treadmill
Eheheheh ... yes, but also useful (when, like me, you can go to the field only 1/2 per week)
My "dream in the drawer" ??
To build a light swinger for dry-fire practice at home ...
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I am an enthusiast supporter of dry-fire practice and - of corse - of Steve Anderson's methods ...
In the last year I've done a lot a dry-fire practice at home, with very-good results.
Now my problem is: how to go on with all those "upper-level" exercises (like shoot on the move and transitions "entering & exiting " between positions) without having a large space ?
My home is quite small, and I have not garage and a bigger space outside where doing dry fire practice ... Thanks to all !
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Sorry, I don't see any citation about "triggerjobs" (permitted or not permitted) on appendix D4 of the "Handgun Competition Rules" book, 2006 edition
www.ipsc.org/pdf/RulesHandgun.pdf)
Stefano You know, You are wrong: only minor detailing is allowed in PD by IPSC rules.(look in Apendix D4, condition 19.1). Trigger job is not minor detailing, i think You read about it in other forum
))Well ... this is - of course - YOUR opinion
I respect it, but - please - let me free to have a different opinion ...
In PD the only certain thing about trigger is that you have a minimum trigger pull limit of 5 Lbs on the firse shot (obviously in DA ...): nothing about any limit in SA.
I shot in Production since 2 years, and I've never found only 1 PD shooter (like in the others division) without triggerjobs on his gun (in the limits stated by appendix D4) ...
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Its clearly said no guns in PD with trigger jobs in IPSC.
Acctualy i don't care, because i'm shooting with Glock 17 and it's out of box without any trigger jobs, so i want same rules for everyone. I think its fair.
Sorry, I don't see any citation about "triggerjobs" (permitted or not permitted) on appendix D4 of the "Handgun Competition Rules" book, 2006 edition
www.ipsc.org/pdf/RulesHandgun.pdf)
By the way, I don't know ONE PD shooters who didn't tried to improve the tiggerpull on his gaun ...
Hi to you all !
My name is Stefano, and I am a IPSC Production B-class shooter from Genoa, Italy.
I shoot (better: I WOULD like to shoot) with my Tanfoglio Stock Custom, even if this is no more possible (after 1 year of competitions plus 1 World Shoot ...) because "they" of the PDC decided "ex-post" that this gun is no more OK for the PD.
A fiew weeks ago I've had a long discussion with Vince on GV:
(http://ipsc.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=4361)
because in my opinion the TSC and the SP-01 are quite the same thing.
Apart from this in my opinion both the TSC and the SP-01 are excellent guns, and I see no reasons to thinking the Shadow version quite different from the "basic" version.
So, I completely disagree with this last decision of the IPSC-PDC about the Shadow.
I can't find a real, objective difference from the "normal" SP-01 and the Shadow version: as said, everione can buy the OFM parts on Angus's website, and transform his SP-01 in the Shadow one.
IMHO
Welcome to Brian's Forums Stefano.
Thank you Dale !
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Hi to you all !
My name is Stefano, and I am a IPSC Production B-class shooter from Genoa, Italy.
I shoot (better: I WOULD like to shoot) with my Tanfoglio Stock Custom, even if this is no more possible (after 1 year of competitions plus 1 World Shoot ...) because "they" of the PDC decided "ex-post" that this gun is no more OK for the PD.
A fiew weeks ago I've had a long discussion with Vince on GV:
(http://ipsc.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=4361)
because in my opinion the TSC and the SP-01 are quite the same thing.
Apart from this in my opinion both the TSC and the SP-01 are excellent guns, and I see no reasons to thinking the Shadow version quite different from the "basic" version.
So, I completely disagree with this last decision of the IPSC-PDC about the Shadow.
I can't find a real, objective difference from the "normal" SP-01 and the Shadow version: as said, everione can buy the OFM parts on Angus's website, and transform his SP-01 in the Shadow one.
IMHO
Problems With My Cz Sp-01 .....
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OK Josh,
thanks again !
Stefano