dirtypool40 Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Been keeping track of my numbers. You know, when there's a start position that's not something goofy to a full at 10y, I check the draw, and when there's a stand and shoot with a reload to a full target at roughly ten yards I check to see how fast I loaded under match conditions. I've hit a few .80's and a bunch of .90's on the draw in matches, but nothing under about a 1.15 for the load. It seems that, for me at least, it's easier / more common to smoke a draw in competition that to really zip a load. My averages for each are about the same, at ten yards roughly .95-1.10. My hypothesis right now is that the draw is easier to hit in a match because you can focus on it so intently, while the load is something you do in the middle of a stage and have much more going on, and you usually hit a load between targets, meaning you have to "find" the next target after the laod. Anybody else notice this? Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 There are more things going on in a reload hence it is easier to screw up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerT Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 There are more things going on in a reload hence it is easier to screw up. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Jake and I must have the "Mind Meld" going on, becasue that is EXACTLY what I was going to say. Lots more things to try and do, and trying to do them in about the same amount of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Mink Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 For me, the reloads...but that's just me. I'm going to be in the minority on this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 You draw more than you reload..reloading is harder and easier to screw up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Believe it or not it is actually easier from me to screw a reload up in Open than it was in Production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 For me, the reloads...but that's just me. I'm going to be in the minority on this one... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That makes 2 of us out of 12,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ankeny Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Make that three, but only with a fat gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 me 4 I tend to do reloads better in a match, because they just happen, I don't have to start them on a sound, I start them on a visual cue of the sight lifting off the target. I don't see how they are any more complicated than a draw. They are pretty simple. I know cranking out a fast draw isn't what I want to do in a match, so I'm generally pretty deliberate to keep it solid (1 +/- .1) The fraction of a second "ripping " a draw isn't worth trashing a stage by starting out with poor focus for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 My average "safe" draw is 1.1-1.2 - My average reload is about 1.7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 How fast is your unsafe draw...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 You draw more than you reload..reloading is harder and easier to screw up... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Obviously you shoot a bottom feeder Drawing more often than reloading... Oh the luxury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 How fast is your unsafe draw...... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I can get a shot off "somewhere" toward the target at about .8 pretty much of the time..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Spook We all do not have the talent to be the Eruopean revo champ, like you...I have to shoot a bottom feeder to stay up with you hot rock revo shooters....at my age all the help I can get is good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRe Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 I've always hit draws easier - don't have current times. Fastest I've drawn to a 7 yard A-zone is .75-ish. Fastest I ever reloaded the fat gun was .95-ish. Interestingly, video evidence (and personal recollection) showed that I tend to reload much more smoothly and quickly when I *don't* immediately have to engage another target - that is, I'm leaving a position and moving to another, or something. I believe I tend to consciously reload the gun in a speed shoot, and tend to subconsciously reload otherwise - hence, I do better in the field courses, etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerT Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Maybe I should add onto my responce that I am thinking about my reload with my single stack L-10 gun. Problem there seems to be that when I miss the reload with the single stack I REALLY MISS THE RELOAD. With the wide body I would say the reload and the draw are closer, but the reload is still a little harder for me. Draws are usually around 1.0 to 1.2 depending on the shot. Reloads are 1.3 to 1.6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 SpookWe all do not have the talent to be the Eruopean revo champ, like you...I have to shoot a bottom feeder to stay up with you hot rock revo shooters....at my age all the help I can get is good... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Suuuure....with a 3.35 sec Semi-Prez at 10y, I'm really starting to see the effect age has on your shooting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted March 23, 2005 Author Share Posted March 23, 2005 I'm pretty much getting the consensus I thought I might; There's more going on under match conditions for the reload and it takes just a tick longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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