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Yes on the backup. Currently my backup is my carry gun(P-01) and my comp gun is an S2, so sort of works well that way and they fit in the same holster and use the same mags. Not a direct backup but it would work. Or allow me enough time to shoot my stage and then attempt to fix my S2 depending on the issue.

I'm curious why anyone is turning off an SRO? I didn't even know how to turn it off and I have two. My RMR's, Holosuns, SRO's have never once been turned off. For my 5moa SRO, I have the original battery and its seen 8k rounds, 1.5yrs of use. I turn it down a few clicks when I hang it up and then turn it up when I shoot. To me, the SRO is the best optic there is for pistol. The round window is very intuitive and natural, and the size of the window is nice. I do like to buy US made too, and I have paid less than $500 for both mine new.

Generally, I try not to do any one thing too much or too little. I use a timer for draw practice and for some "jerk the trigger" and transition/vision drills, but ya, other than that not much. I do like it when doing dry fire from the holster just to add a little bit of perceived urgency. My take is, the more I get used to it, the less I'll negatively react to it.

Thats awesome, much appreciated. I'll see you there then haha.

I think you'll learn a lot in that class. Let us know how it goes

Fortunately I don't have to worry about that as I have a 200yd range in my backyard, BUT I do transition dry fire practice on very small targets and the goal is the dot leaves and stops cleanly as I'm ready to pull the trigger. So thats all you need to replicate. Remember the principles of transitions for most targets have nothing to do with target size or distance, but with vision. Vision -- So moving your eyes to the next target as the last shot is being fired. Not as you're pulling the trigger, but as the shot goes off. You can practice this with a beep, the trigger "click", or with an actual shot. Your vision moves to the new target and locks into a specific spot, and your gun follows but does not "snap" or push hard, it sort of floats quickly lol. The dot should come directly to your spot your vision is on and settle easy, not over reaching. If I was in a static range like that, I would draw 1"-4" circles(3-10yds) on the target board and simply practice on making sure my vision comes off as the shot rings out, but the shot is still on target. Then finding that spot quickly with my vision and sliding that transition over and pressing that shot off as soon as it's there. You can initiate with a beep or not. I often aim and wait for the random beep, transition without firing a shot off the beep then fire into the new target.... then do the opposite as well. Plenty of drills and I'm no GM, so explore more as well.

This one bumped me into A-Class in March. Could have been under 8 with a cleaner reload but happy overall. 8.05s - 14A 2C - 87.8%

LOL, I would not worry about your stance or how funny it may or may not look. Comfort and feeling "natural" is key. The exception to that is if your body position is canted, crooked, or won't allow you to either shoot accurately or move quickly. I would abandon most all practice inside 10yds for regular practice and start practicing at 10-25yds, with more emphasis on the 15yd line. THAT is where you will be humbled and learn the most about grip/tension/trigger. There is really only one reason I go inside 10yds now and that is: 1.) Fun, or new/old drills where I want to confirm absolute speed before moving back. 2.) Pushing the limits for what is achievable on close target arrays. This is training to stay relaxed while moving as fast as possible and basically not seeing my dot at all. I'm just shooting instinctively with my vision. When you move to 15yds, what are your doubles splits? If your group size at 15 is the same as it is at 5 or 10yds, you're either firing too slow at 5yds or too slow at 15yds. I've been spending practice lately on nothing but grip and doubles at 15-25yds. Half the time I focus on grip more, and half the time I focus on vision, throwing in transitions. Here's 9x doubles at 21yds the other day, these are 0.19-0.21s splits. The mistakes REALLY show themselves and I try to tie those mistakes to vision and "feel" of the grip. Distance is where the nuance comes into play. So I'm pretty happy with the main group, although slightly off center. But I had 2 shots dive bomb from attempting to control recoil too much, and I noticed it as the dot dived down on me during the second shot. The 2 far left shots are what Im working on now, which is grip pressures and position. You'd NEVER notice that as much at 5-10yds.

So transitions for sure can be done in the lane, as well as entry exit, its just limited to the 2ft of the lane, but for me, its not the movement from A-B that is the training I do. It's the mental break that starts the movement without drawing my gun off target. Thats what I train with that. I recommend listening the the Speed Up and Get Your Hits podcast. they talk about training days. I ususally only train with 2-3 targets max. Again, trying not to "practice" fun stages lol, but instead the fundamentals and principles that will get you to Master Class. Brantley Merriam has a good youtube video where he talks about practicing for a long time using 3 targets and two sticks placed 10-15ft apart. You can practice almost everything using that setup. I also highly recommend practicing a few long strings to see where you break down under stamina distress. Example: you're practicing transitions or something doing 2rds per 3 targets. Trying doing 2 full mags without stopping except for reload. Really drives stamina home and see where you fall off.

Sounds like you've got a good game plan man. Regarding practice at static range. I'm assuming you mean like an indoor lane type situation, where you can't move at all? Or are you able to practice a little movement at the range? Multiple targets? (2-3)

Nice work man, I made A-class in March and am currently doing similar practice, although your attention to detail with data is meticulous. Currently trying to push hard and move up to Master this year, but we'll see. I opted to shoot another major and take a course instead of local matches, so I won't have quite as many classifiers, but oh well. Good luck

4 matches a month is great if you have the time, but honestly I would say quality dry fire and practice sessions are going to do wayyy more for you than more matches, to the point I would forgo 1-2 matches in order to practice more if you don't have the time. I didn't start seriously practicing hard until this winter, and within a few months, I bumped to A-class. This was only shooting 1 match a month and maybe 1 live fire a month since it was so cold here. The rest of that was all dry fire. I recommend the Ben Stoeger/Joel Park PST book if you like books for learning. If not, I would recommend an actual class if you haven't taken one (Stoeger, Pranka, SpecTrain, Mason Lane, etc) Other than that, dry fire minimum 4 times a week for 20-30min or longer, and maybe a live fire practice session once week or so. I would HAMMER the fundamentals and nuance during live fire. Don't run and gun. Doubles and triples drills, Transition vision, Grip and Trigger finger refinement(using doubles), reloads, etc.

I would look into the transition drills where you are transitioning based on the beep of the timer or the snap of the trigger. You deliberately pause a tenth of a second or so and snap the trigger, then pop the eyes to the next target. Obviously you'd want to always practice this from a draw if the 1st target is your only problem area. You can also do it with a beep, so you wait for the beep, then snap the trigger and do not look until you've clicked the trigger. Then pop the head, then transition. Just a thought.

I recently just switched to Sport Pistol after 10+ lbs of TItegroup. I'll never go back unless that's the only thing I can find. I put 3-4k through my S2 with TG and then switched to SP. Last 1k was noticeably better recoil impulse and substantially cleaner. I'm a fan

Ya I like the sides like you have them, but I'd go more on the front for sure. I snag the front of the mag on the front of my gun a lot, so I'll probably go heavier there. I get worried about going to strong on the back with the main spring plunger thing sitting right there. May just round it off and polish it. LOL... ya I doubt any of this will ever trump practice, but neither does half of the crap I do to my guns cause I just like playing around and trying new things.

I've been wanting to try it. I often snag my mag on the same location, and thought about taking a fine file or dremel to it. I have no quarrels home gunsmithing it but I'm not gonna just start hauling off on it, so I need to look at it closely and see what I think I can get away with.

This is great advice. You need to work the entire gambit of main and support muscles. A good one I didn't see mentioned is heavy farmers carries. This will help strengthen and stretch the whole chain from neck/shoulders to hands. I do farmers carries with 50-100lbs dumbells with full grip, then some with only finger grip, then some while flexing the forearm back and forth, working the wrist and forearm flexors as well as the Brachioradialis muscles. If you already doing any resistance or weight training make sure you're dedicating a little time to arms and shoulders as well. Support the whole shooting chain. If your wrists and elbows are prone to injury/tendonitis like mine, make sure you're not doing constant contraction/extension exercises. Throw in a lot of static holds to keep the wrists/elbows from doing the same repetitive motions over and over. Much like doing planks is better for your back than crunches.

A lot of good advice by @GrumpyOne. I do not sort cases at all, I just tumble them and go. I may be lucky or just have a good eye, but I can usually spot 380 cases on the shellplate. 380 also RARELY can get primed fully without popping off the shellpate or "feeling" wrong. I cannot stress paying attention to the "Feel" of your press like GrumpyOne said. Its ok to go slower to feel more confident about your loading but it seems like there are definite improvements you could make that shouldn't affect that. Best of luck, alot of good advice on here.

This is my process, which is similar to the above comments. The biggest thing is to find a process that utilizes every second of your time to speed it all up, WITHOUT sacrificing safety. A few things I do: -I look into every case for powder as my body comes forward to prime the case -My left hand has a bullet and puts the bullet on the case as I'm looking into it for powder -Left hand progresses the shellplate as I put the bullet on and my right hand is grabbing a new case -Repeat. If I have primers ready to go, I can pretty easily do 400rds an hour at a casual pace, 500rds If I speed it up and concentrate on the movements. Thats checking powder weight a couple times every 100rds too. This is a video of me doing 9mm on a 550. Its not the best as I'm not in a huge grooved, but you can start to see my process and how there isn't a lot of wasted movement. Dillon 550 - 9mm Reloads

How are you liking the new Trex arms holsters? I'm thinking about one for my P01

Ahhh I see... so if you're running the race hammer and RRK, then keep the stock firing pin length but run the RAMI firing pin spring?

I use a dental pick to clean the face of the extractor and an air compressor to blow it out. That seems to work great so far. I am not to 10k yet on my S2 but I understand replacing at proper intervals for sure. I guess if you're taking out your extractor before every big match, but taking off an optic and torquing back down never seemed like a big deal to me I guess. To each their own.

How often are you cleaning your extractor that warrants a switch in platform?

Did you use the extended firing pin and lighter firing pin spring? I thought RRK and extended firing pin sort of go hand in hand.

I do 25yds as well. I'd prefer to be spot on at longer distances and 25 is a common distance in both matches and for fun/practice. I don't really care if I'm off a bit at 10yds since were just going for A zone.