Jake Di Vita Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Had the perfect practice session today in getting ready for Nationals. The club I went to has a practice league every Wednesday night for IDPA. Instead of shooting IDPA I shot steel in one of the un-used bays. Today's accomplishments include: .81 draw to a popper at 10 yards. Thought it was a fluke, but then did 2 .83s. Cleaning a plate rack in 2.5. Cleaning the Bianchi rack test the first time I have ever shot it. 48 shots, 48 plates. 1.2 draw to plate at 20 yards. 1.8 draw 1 - reload 1. (.87 draw, .93 load). I'm STOKED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Sounds like another stage win or two to me. Watch out, Sevigny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted September 9, 2004 Author Share Posted September 9, 2004 Hahaha I wish. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Why not? If you can draw to a popper in under a sec and clean the plate rack in 2.5 you should win the Steely Steel stages at the very least. Get the Lanny Basham book from Steve Anderson and tell yourself you will do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Wow Jake, that's impressive. Must be nice. Now listen carefully.....(silence....cricket chirping)......That's the sound of me not practicing. Should be an interesting match, see you there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted September 9, 2004 Author Share Posted September 9, 2004 Your right, I need to be willing myself to do it. Nix that, I will do it. Todd, Looking forward to it man. I've literally been dry firing for 2 hours a day (at least) since A5. I was so unhappy with my performance there, it kind of kicked me into gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhino Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Cleaning the Bianchi rack test the first time I have ever shot it. 48 shots, 48 plates. If you can do that on your first try, you obviously have what it takes to succeed in NRA Action Pistol. You should consider going to the Bianchi Cup next year and teach TGO how it's done with metallic sights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted September 9, 2004 Author Share Posted September 9, 2004 Man it don't matter if I do that 20 times in a row, TGO is TGO. I actually would like to go to the Bianchi at least once just to say I went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhino Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 How far are you from Winimac, IN? Next spring, you should come down for some of the NRA AP practice matches and see if you like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted September 9, 2004 Author Share Posted September 9, 2004 I did a mapquest search for Winimac, IN and it didn't come up with it. Is that the correct spelling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Wow Jake, that's impressive. Must be nice.Now listen carefully.....(silence....cricket chirping)......That's the sound of me not practicing. Should be an interesting match, see you there. Todd, Thanks, my monitor needed the dust cleaned off --- though I'm sure the owners manual doesn't list coffee as the cleaning agent of choice...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Moneypenny Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Congrats jake thats awesome. he has my lanny bassham book he better be applying it or i'm gonna smack him around :-) Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 I think that we all need to realize that there is no difference between match and practice, that there is only shooting. How does that saying go? "Free your a$$, and your mind will follow" or something like that comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted September 9, 2004 Author Share Posted September 9, 2004 Your right. Once I get my head out of the way, it should be interesting. I'm shooting as many majors as possible because I think experience is a huge step to achieve that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 BD, That's so true, so I actually do practice 2-3 times a month when I shoot matches. Thanks for the reminder. I am going to the range after work this morning to get in a little training time. I can't wait... Nik, Glad to be of some service. Jake, Don't be too hard on yourself. You're doing well and seem to be on your way up for sure... It seems to me that many of us will never be truly happy with how we shoot because we're striving for perfection (or something like it). I've come away from stages mad, thinking about what went wrong, why I shot 3 or 4 C's. Then people will say, man that was an awesome run.... I have to continually stay focused on the positive. I'm battling with that and I am going win! See you on the range, Todd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted September 11, 2004 Author Share Posted September 11, 2004 Just got back from the range again. Did a few more draws to poppers in the .82 range. Then went up to about 2 or 3 yards on a paper target and did a .66 draw to an A. Shot the reload standards at 105 points. Shot a 4.59 el prez with all my hits. All of these with a witness. I don't think I could be more prepared for Nats than I am now. I'm pumped!!! And I attribute it all to dry fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ankeny Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 Jake: Wow, that's so cool. I really would like to see you do well at the Nats. Heck, I want to see all the BE regulars kick some butt. All of these with a witness. You can leave that part out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted September 11, 2004 Author Share Posted September 11, 2004 Thanks bro, I appreciate it a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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