Neomet

All right, so I have been working on my surrender draws but seem to actually going backwards. If I attempt to just arc my hand down from surrender moving my hand from front to back I bang the web of my hand on the beavertail, get a lousy grip and fumble my first shot. I started bringing my hand down laterally which was only slightly better and after today's steel match the tip of my middle finger is completely beat up from slamming into the side of my holster and I still do not have a smooth and consistant movement to the grip. My thoughts at this point are that I need to go back to the front to back arc but move my hand slightly past the beavertail and then reverse direction down onto a nice high grip up against the bottom of the beavertail. Its worked pretty well as I practice slowly but before I try yet another method that may be a less than effective way to "get to the grip" I figured I would toss this up to see what advice you folks may have. Thanks!

Top Gun in Arnold MO. Good group of guys and interesting stages for an indoor range.

Thanks Bubber. You should my vid pretty entertaining once it downloads.

Well, had my first club match with the revo tonight. Unfortunately it was a low-light shoot which does not go well with my 51 year old eyes. In any event had a lot of fun. Fair amount of interest and ribbing from all the bottomfeeders. Kind of hard to tell how I did because I simply can not see targets in anything less than direct sunlight of kleig lights. First stage was fairly rough as I had a misfire which threw my carefully planned roundcount off. The second stage, which was a much simpler version of the first went smoother, although I did have another misfire. Hmmm.... In any event here is the vid which is shot in lowlight mode so not the best quality. (We used flashlights to score.) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4169372996853631333 Thanks for all the help guys!

All I could think of in looking at the first part of that stage is that it would be a total bear to shoot left handed but at least it would be almost physically impossible for me to break the 180! KOL, glad to see your guns found their way to you!

One more to the list for Angus's sights. Very nice. Mine haven't loosened in 3K rounds but I have the wrench and am not afraid to use it!

Yeah, I just figured that out today at the range. I was just tickled pink not trying to shove wadcutters in there.

No Grasshopper, the way of the speedloader is not to grab the top and push, but to hold the base and flow into the cylinder. Thus one smoothly and calmly moves forward into the next series of targets. Now quickly as you can grab the 125 gr jacketed hollowpoints from my hand. Learning something new every time I practice. Ha!!

As Viggen noted, it is doable if you are left hand strong hand reload. I cannot reach the cylinder as my strong hand never leaves the grip. One question, Do you ever have a round come back out of the cylinder when reloading with the speed loaders? If so then the cut down speed loaders will help alleviate that. Not yet, but my experience so far has been limited to about 600 dryfire practices with only about 200 holding the gun up high (which does feel better coming back on target.) Its just that those little .357 holes look like they shrink down to about a .22 as I bring the speedloader up. Guess I understand one of the reasons why you all shoot .45s! I have to admit that I am having some difficulty understanding the instructions on modifying them, but then I do have more than the normal amount of spatial ineptness. :-) On another note I had read in another tread about people having their cylinder come flying off when the slot screw loosens up. I was sitting there thinking "Wow they must shoot tens of thousands of rounds for that to happen". I go back to practice some an what happens? Yup, slap the speedloader in and watch the whole cylinder assembly almost, but not quite launch itself completely off the frame. Ha!! Mental note: Tighten set screw before every match......

So in watching the videos it appears that you don't hold the cylinder stationary.? I've been using my right thumb to keep it from rotating while I dump the speedloader in with my left hand. Bad form?

Thank you Mr. Mitty!

Uh.... border shift? Thanks for the tip on the glove. Hadn't thought of that.

Obviously, I am making an ass*u*me you are right handed. Heh, heh, heh..... Well, I am actually right minded. (Lefty) Should still work though as I'll snap the cylinder shut with my right fingers as I drop my strong hand down to the grip.

High huh? Like chest high?? I'd love to be able to do that as it is how I work my limited gun but the vids I have seen seem to indicate putting the butt of the revo into my belly and dropping the speedloader in. Guess I will try it some like I do with the bottomfeeder and lock into place with my elbow against chest and gun held high and proud. "Honey.... get the cat off the bed, I need to practice reloads some more!"

So I am getting ready to go over to the dark side (at least on a part-time basis) and was getting ready to shoot our club match next Thursday. One thing that has occurred to be as I practice reloads with my Comp IIIs is that I have a funny sense that attempting to do a reload while running to the next station will result in: 1. Me jamming the butt of the gun into very delicate regions of my body very hard. 2. Me spraying at least one speedloader full of bullets at my feet 3. Laughter and heckles from the guys behind me. (Well, that happens most of the time anyways) 4. Disconcerting looks from the RO It seems to me that the best tactic for reloading/running to another stage is to break them up into two distinct actions that I can do relatively quickly and with some efficiency as opposed to doing both of them poorly. Well at least during this noob stage of revo shooting. Thoughts/ideas/suggestions??

Okay, which one of you guys is tempting me here?? Just got back from our Thursday night pin shoot and what happened to have come into the shop??? Oh yeah, a JM 625. Trigger actually feels a bit heavier than our 686 but we have shot the bejeezus out of that gun. Nice, nice gun. Not heavy at all given the frame size. I think a touch overpriced at $750 though.

Thanks guys. I am definitely going into the pool. I was just hoping that I could shoot in a specific division other than revo or open. I love the idea of wupping up on some L10 guys and perhaps getting a few to see the light. I was thinking (perhaps inaccurately) that shooting essentially like a singlestack with an 8 shot 627 would be an intriguing challenge, but not undoable. Alright, so if I am going to play 8 shot L10/production how about some tips on gear. I'm guessing 627 (I like the look of the TRR8 without all the crap attached to it). Good choice.... bad choice? Got a holster/moonclip holder sorted out but what mods are needed to the gun itself. I know Randy is the Almighty of action jobs but if his wait time is a couple months I will miss most of the season. I tend to like to get my gun squared away once at the beginning and cut down on the down time of modifing it once I start to shoot. I prefer shooting to nagging my 'smith about when I can get my shooter back. :-)

Allright, I have to admit it. I've been shooting Ms. Neomet's 4" 686 and have been having a grand time of it. I actually shot it at one of the fun matches at the local range. Had a blast. (Being a lefty sure seems to help with reloads!) I am thinking I would like to compete with a revo in addition to my limited gun but there remains one pesky problem....... Nobody shoots wheelguns. If I shoot the USPSA matches locally there is one other shooter with a revolver and he normally doesn't show up for anything but the steel matches. While the idea of boasting to everyone that I took either first or second every week has a certain allure, it is ultimately unsatisfying. I know that I should be viewing the competition as simply against my best time, or not be competing but just shooting, or being so focused on my sight picture that I don't notice anyone else is there, but I gotta admit I like to compete. From my reading of the USPSA rules if I don't want to shoot (be) the revo class my only other choice is to shoot open. Sorry, but my ability to accept humiliation does have some limits. Am I misreading the rules here? Could I get a 627 and shoot production with 8 shots? Seems like my only other choice is just to see how I stack up in the overall and just try to catch a couple big matches with more shooters. I have not shot the IDPA matches as yet and guess I could shoot SSR there with the 686 but I find the run and gun of USPSA more entertaining. Thanks for any insights!

Well, have shot my new TS enough now that I am ready to brew up a nice major and minor load. Anybody have any suggestions for this using VV, or for that matter any other recipie? Thanks! BTW, the TS is a GREAT shooter.

What, finally someone with less patience than me???

Oh YEAH, those look sweet and Angus was saying they run very, very nice. "But Honey, its only $120 for three of them!"

Nah, his was the 9mm version.

And now for something a little different.......

I've been struggling with vision problems for quite some time. Not only am I nearsighted, but for reasons that would bore others to tears my dominant eye even corrected to its best is not as good as my non-dominant. I had been using bifocal contacts as my latest remedy however I ran across some advice that seems to work really well. In my dominant eye I now have a single focus lens with the focal length set exactly at the distance of my front sight. I have the bifocal in my non-dom eye. This seems to work very well, significantly better than even the bifocal contacts in both.

Thanks folks for all the input. Ms. N. is most appreciative, as am I. Gotta love having a better half that likes to shoot with you!