CB45 Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) I'm trying to find my lane. Edited March 24, 2014 by CB45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB45 Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 Went to the range last night to work on shooting partials with a Glock. Oh man, I learned that you can't cheat that trigger. You have to pull the trigger smoothly until the sights lift. If something looks wrong when the sights lifted, it probably is wrong. Production is challenging; iron sights, 10rds, and crappy triggers. What's not to love??? The cut on my weak hand didn't help things. It has been difficult to get a good grip, but I'm going to struggle through it tomorrow when I shoot the IN SS/Prd/Rev match. There is a chance I may borrow a Stock II to shoot the match. That could be interesting! Tonight I'm going to back to the range to work with Chris S. He wants to get tuned up with his SS rig, so that will be fun. Also he's bringing a CZ 75 for me to test out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racer377 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Went to the range last night to work on shooting partials with a Glock. Oh man, I learned that you can't cheat that trigger. You have to pull the trigger smoothly until the sights lift. If something looks wrong when the sights lifted, it probably is wrong. Production is challenging; iron sights, 10rds, and crappy triggers. What's not to love??? The cut on my weak hand didn't help things. It has been difficult to get a good grip, but I'm going to struggle through it tomorrow when I shoot the IN SS/Prd/Rev match. There is a chance I may borrow a Stock II to shoot the match. That could be interesting! Tonight I'm going to back to the range to work with Chris S. He wants to get tuned up with his SS rig, so that will be fun. Also he's bringing a CZ 75 for me to test out... I can work some magic on that 75 They can be a bit rough out of the box. I figured out a few more trick on the P09 if you're thinking about a cheap production gun with a nice trigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S8MS01904 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Good luck this weekend!!! We won't discuss the weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB45 Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Good luck this weekend!!! We won't discuss the weather. It was good to see you out on the Range! Let me know if you want help getting that Dillon 550 up and running. I think the Indiana SS/Prd/Rev match went well. I ended up borrowing a Stock II from Craig T. (Thanks Craig!). Considering I never shot the gun and this was my first Level II Production match, I had a decent match. I may take the "High U" award, haha... It was a lot of fun breaking down stages and reloading every ten rounds. If I can come across a decent Production gun, I'd give it a go for a while. I don't think I will be able to find the gun I want anytime in the foreseeable future, so I'll continue my Open venture for a while. I spoke to the folks from SNS casting today about their new 125 RN coated cast bullets. They said they are getting good results with compensated guns. I think I'm going to get some and see how they work/feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB45 Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) With the IN SS/PRD/REV over, I am back to work with my Open rig. Practice felt good last night!! I learned a different wide body transition technique that shaved a second off of the drill we were working on, and it didn't cost me to slow down the shooting part,. I was actually faster and more accurate. I haven't seen gains like that for a long time. I am going to work more with the new techique, but I think it will be a winner. Which now leads me to rethink some of my other shooting techniques. I think form and technique are important to most athletic endevors, so its kind of fun to learn something new and get better. The Trubor ran like a top last night at practice. Tuning the mags seems to have helped, that is good news! I sold that Glock and found a good deal on a CZ. I am pretty happy about it. Maybe after Area 5 in June I will play around in Production for a few months and shoot the Indiana and Illinois Section matches this fall in Production... maybe... Edited April 2, 2014 by CB45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrukSnave Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Awesome! I think that technique will really shave some time off of some of the stages! We need to find other ways to knock more time off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a matt Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Efficiency - the extent to which time & effort is well used for the intended task or purpose. It is often used with the specific skill. But it up to you and I to figure out how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris iliff Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Exactly what is the wide transition technique? The one I use pulls the gun in then pushes it back out. Shortest distance between two objects is a straight line and all, so it beats the arc. Do tell,....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB45 Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 Exactly what is the wide transition technique? The one I use pulls the gun in then pushes it back out. Shortest distance between two objects is a straight line and all, so it beats the arc. Do tell,....... This is it!!! Only took me 2 years to figure it out. Truth is, I didn't figure it out. Kurt did! Kurt noticed I looked goofy running the drill. He told me to try pulling the gun into my chest, yelling "Chest One!!!". Good stuff! Anyway, I am back to Open for a while. The Trubor is up and running finally (knocks on wood...). Re-tuning my mags has turned out to be a great success! Very Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB45 Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 Practice last night was good. We designed a couple new shooting on the move drills. Target difficulty really dictates the feasibility of shooting on the move. It can really pay off if you nail it, but it also burn real bad. More practice! I've determined that I operate to slow. Watching video of my recent matches shows that I'm just not doing everything fast enough. It looks smooth, the shooting is probably good. I just don't feel like I'm aggressive enough moving through a stage. I'm not real sure how to practice this, other than just go real fast in practice. We ended the practice with some Dot Drills. That is tough. 6 shots in a 2" circle at 7yds in 5 seconds. I want to be able to run it at 10yds consistantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB45 Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Area 6... Not a consistent performance, but there were more positives than negatives. Finished 14th in Open, 4th M. , +'s... 1. Called 2 A's with the 2 shots I fired on the 32yd swinger, got them both. 2. Stepped up my movement tempo / More aggressive movement. 3. Executed stage plans as planned. 4. Shooting on the move worked out every time. 5. Trubor worked like a boss! -'s... 1. One jacked up draw caused a 10s malfunction. Complicated to describe, but it was a meltdown. 2. Performance on steel was not spectacular. 3. I was disappointed with my points. Lots of close D's that I thought were C's and C's I thought were A's. Congrats to my friends Chris for 3rd Limited overall and Kurt for 1st Open C. That's about it, back to practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZackJones Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Congrats on the 2-alpha on the swinger. My two anywhere on paper ended up being 2 mikes . It was quite a learning experience for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB45 Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 Local match video from today. Thanks Truk for the video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZackJones Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 That is a cool camera angle! That classifier is fun isn't it. We shot it last month at our match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB45 Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 That is a cool camera angle! That classifier is fun isn't it. We shot it last month at our match. Ya, I really like that classifier. I have never broke GM % on it, but its fun to try... darn makeup shot cost me a GM run... Truk is getting good at that video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris iliff Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 I too like that camera angle. What kind of set up is Kurt using with the camera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrukSnave Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 It's a camera on a stick Gopro and gopole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB45 Posted May 1, 2014 Author Share Posted May 1, 2014 I've been working on shooting on the move and rolling through shooting positions with wide transitions. Its hard to judge gains with these types of drills. I am feeling more confident with shooting on the move, but I am not sure how fast I need to be going to make it advantageous during a match. I know that most of the drills I do, I can get higher HF's if I stand and shoot in two or three positions. I'm beginning to think shooting while entering and exiting positions is more common than strictly shooting an array of targets on the move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a matt Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 (edited) PMed. Edited May 1, 2014 by a matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB45 Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share Posted May 4, 2014 Well I didn't shoot a very good match today. Guess I should be happy, since I am just recovering from a pretty bad sinus infection & sore throat. Got to love allergies! I was trying to be more aggressive with movement. It worked, but its causing me to over run positions and not be ready to shoot when I need to be. That is OK, I'll get that worked out. Two no-shoots on double stacked target arrays. Grrrr. Both of them were on the follow up shot. The dot just dipped as I was trying to go for the A. I should have been aiming higher at the A/C line... Got to try... Anyway here is the video. Thanks Truk for the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB45 Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 No video from the match today, but results are here: http://combinedresults.info/index.php/match/11351 2nd in Open, 1st M. Not my best match performance, but a solid day. I'm happy that I'm carrying skills I've been working on in practice into match performances. That's rewarding. Lately, I've been doubting if I'm getting any better. I've been working hard, but finding it hard to gauge gains in practice. After talking to Chris I. this evening, I'm convinced I'm on the right track. I am just going to continue doing what I'm doing. I'm reaching the point where gains are going to be noticed in small intervals. That is not bad, but its important to know to what to expect. Expectations can lead to disappointment if left unchecked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB45 Posted May 16, 2014 Author Share Posted May 16, 2014 About a month ago I started to work on "hosing" drills. It was rough in the beginning. Pulling off targets before the shot would break, snapping my eyes to the wrong part of the targets, etc... so I've been working on a couple drills to help me work on the "hosing" stuff. Last night I was working on 3yd "Blake" drills. (3 targets about 6" away from each other, 3yds away. Draw, shoot 2 A's on each target.) 1st run was 1.6ish with a Mike. 2nd run was 1.54s w/6 A's. Boom. That sounds cool, until I looked at the timer. 0.7s draw, 0.16s splits, and 0.18s transitions. I think I'll continue to work on these types of drills. Also I started working on SHO/WHO and gun manipulation skills again in live fire. I did pretty well considering I haven't worked on those skills in nearly a year. Something else I've learned about my shooting. Reloads take longer when the targets get further away. Last night 15yd reloads were taking 1.5sec. My 7yd reloads have been running 1.1sec. So that's a little interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB45 Posted May 19, 2014 Author Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) Went to the the Ft. Wayne match today. Shot OK. Here's the video. I had to reshoot a stage for incorrect start position, woops... http://combinedresults.info/index.php/match/11421 Edited May 19, 2014 by CB45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Good to see you at Ft Wayne this weekend. Come back anytime, i need a good ass whoopin' like that every once in awhile, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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