Mat Price Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 I have tried every spring/load/bullet weight combo one can imagine in two Sti trubor open guns. one built from the ground up with all the parts I wanted. One right out the box. What i have learned is shoot the crap out of them! and enjoy it! dot flip soft shooting it will all work its self out in about 15K rounds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Cool. There ought to be some kind of saying to go with that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lugnut Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Cool. There ought to be some kind of saying to go with that... It's the Indian not the arrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueOvalBruin Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Now try lightening the slide some, or maybe try cutting more ports in the comp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CocoBolo Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Nothing a drill won't fix on a trubor, poppel holes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Anderson Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 (edited) I like to tell the noobs, even though they never believe me. It matters a little for awhile, then it doesn't matter at all. There is something to be said for going through the process and reaching the conclusion for yourself. However, if you wanna save some time and money and get better faster, just... wait for it wait for it Pick one and practice. Edited September 19, 2011 by Steve Anderson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueOvalBruin Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Nothing a drill won't fix on a trubor, poppel holes And….he can use a dremel to make those popple holes oval shaped, because I read somewhere that it’s better. One thing is for sure Ron, Mat’s gun isn’t good enough yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 I like to tell the noobs, even though they never believe me. Pick one and practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lugnut Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 True... but how many Open guys would be willing to go to a 5lb trigger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Anderson Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Mine was/is 3.5 lbs of grit. Chris Tilley said it was the worst trigger he ever felt and made a "who farted" face. It's not really about giving up what you've already got. It's about making do with what you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Mine was/is 3.5 lbs of grit. Chris Tilley said it was the worst trigger he ever felt and made a "who farted" face. It's not really about giving up what you've already got. It's about making do with what you have. I'd generalize that to: "It's not about what you've got, it's about doing with what you have." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Anderson Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Sure, and "pick one and practice" was never meant to be "go get the crappiest makarov you can find and shoot open" You need a decent trigger. You need good sights. You need a load that runs the gun and has predictable sight or dot lift and return. What you don't need to do is question and change those things over and over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Anderson Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Flex summed it up best the other day, and I'll try to do his quote justice: Some guy look at their progress and think, "Well, I'm not very good at shooting but I can be good at buying stuff" When I look back at my period of most rapid progress, I can't think of any piece of gear that made a huge difference. I bought a used open gun and loved it. Got used to it. Shot the crap out of it. Needed a holster. Max and Travis said Cr speed. Done. Needed a load. Travis said 7625 or 4756. Tried 'em both, timer said 7625. Done. Wore out a barrel. Bought the same damn barrel again. Needed a new comp for the barrel. Called EGW and said to put on there the one Travis uses. I don't mean to be critical or argumentative, because we all go down our own road and have to use our own map, but I'd sure like save someone the time, money and frustration of thinking that they'll shoot a bunch better if they only had x or y. (Thinking about it some more, I can think of one piece of gear that helped a bunch. Rudy glasses in racing red. Those things are awesome, especially for iron sights!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Flex summed it up best the other day, and I'll try to do his quote justice: Some guy look at their progress and think, "Well, I'm not very good at shooting but I can be good at buying stuff" Yeah, guys get hung up and don't know what to do next to improve. But, guys are often action oriented...they gotta do something. What can they do...? They can shop. They know how to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Adamson Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Yeah, guys get hung up and don't know what to do next to improve. But, guys are often action oriented...they gotta do something. What can they do...? They can shop. They know how to do that. I thought the Hunter/Gatherer things was a men/women thing.... Women like to shop, guys just like to amass lots o stuff ... Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texarkana Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Talk about striking a nerve.....These posts are good. Thanks to All. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Price Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 6 months later a couple of local match wins and Looking at A class on the next run. still shooting the bone stock trubor lol although i have been reallly looking in to an AKAI gun. talked alot with shay and shot a couple... maybe worth a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digby7 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I think I picked up a GM in shopping 6 months ago. shoot the crap out of it, much better use of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I think sometimes the quest for a better mousetrap actually gets in the way of catching the mouse. Or, to paraphrase Voltaire - Better is (or can be) the enemy of good. There was a time when the pace of hardware/gear innovation was very rapid and if you were competitive, and wanted to stay competitive, you needed to upgrade hardware (.i.e. .45 > .38 super, single stack > hi-caps, irons > red-dots). These days it seems like the basic formula for a competitive gun is pretty well established and most of the innovations are really refinements of existing concepts or variations on an existing theme. These refinements might help some shooters in some minor way but they are not universal game changers. We are all gear-heads to some extent and enjoy the hardware of the game, but in reality once the reliability and accuracy hurdles have been overcome it’s all about just getting out and using/learning the gear we got, and playing the game to the best of our abilities. I like that saying – It’s the Indian, not the arrow. I need to repeat this over and over to myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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