bkeeler Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) Well I looked at my log today and I only shot 3,922 rounds in 2008. I am really going to try to shoot a lot more live fire this year through more matches and live fire practice. This might be why I did not make it to A class in 2008. If I am going to make my goal of making Master in limited by the end of 2009 I better shoot a lot more rounds! BK Edited January 8, 2009 by bkeeler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 My Match Schedule for 2009 Local Matches: 1st and 3rd sat every month Steel ARPC 2nd Sat every month IPSC BRRC 3rd Sun every month IPSC Pasa Park 4th Sun every month IPSC ARPC May 05/16/09 2009 Central Pro-Am Speed Plates ARPC 05/30/09- 05/31/09: Drazy Metal Works Steel 500 ??? Major Matches: June 06/05/09- 06/07/09: Indiana State Section Championship (tentative) August 08/28/09- 08/30/09: Illinois Sectional Championship (tentative) October 10/02/09- 10/04/09: Missouri Fall Classic (tentative) BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 01/22/08 Dry fire 20min. I actually did some dry fire tonight! Just worked on the draw,grip and sight alignment with out a timer. Smooth and consistent reps. Also worked on reloads smooth consistent reps. Just getting the feel back haven't done this in awhile. Feels good to get back to training! BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 Well I made some changes to my equipment. I got all Bolen followers and springs for my mags. I can get 20 rounds reloadable in all of my mags now 21 not reloadable. I was using Dawson followers and could get 20 rounds but not reloadable and could not get 21 at all. Why didn't I do this before I also went back to the red fiber optic front sight after having it blacked out all of last season.(time to change things up) I seen a difference in dry fire but live fire will be the test. If it ever warms up here I can get out and do some live fire. Continue dry fire tonight working on smooth reps. BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 (edited) Yesterday I drilled witness holes in my mags. I only drilled one hole to mark the 19th round. BK Edited January 25, 2009 by bkeeler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 01/26/09 Dry fire today 20min Worked on reloads being smooth not blazing fast but smooth. A blazing fast reload usually doesn't win the match but a missed reload can loose a match. Just working on being smooth and consistent. Draws also worked on being smooth and getting the sight on target. Worked on bringing the gun up and on target with my eyes closed. Perfect reps to bring the gun to the same position every time. I wish the weather would get warmer I need to get out and shoot! BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 01/27/09 Dry fire 20min Worked on proper grip while drawing the gun. Worked very smooth and consistent reps. Same with reloads. Things are going well hitting the reload smooth and getting the gun out of the holster with the proper grip which I think is the key to a quick first hit and follow up shot. Now I don't think it needs to be perfect but what I have noticed is when the grip is right coming out of the holster that the gun comes to the target straight and there is less need to correct alignment. BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 (edited) 02/07/09 Live fire. Went out to the range today to do a little live fire only shot 100rds but found out what I went to find out. I went to the range to find out about target focus vs sight focus. Now I was shooting at a plate rack @10yds. I found when shooting a target focus that I could hit the plates but not with any consistency and the trigger manipulation was not as smooth. So I went to a sight focus and the results were much better I could hit the targets with consistency and trigger manipulation was with out any thought and smooth. I did not time any of my runs I was just seeing what I needed to see to be consistent. Front sight focus is where it is at for me. It doesn't have to be perfectly lined up but I do need to have a focus on it. Now I don't need as much focus on the front sight on a full size target at 7yds. I run a fiber optic front sight but have it blacked out. Today I put in a new red fiber rod. The fiber is way to bright but it did help me focus on the front sight I notice if I did not have the red dot on the sight clear in my vision(dot fuzzy) that I would not be as consistent with my hits. When the red dot was clear I was much more consistent. I came home and decided to leave the fiber in and not totally blacked out. So I painted all of the fiber rod except for the end of it. I tried this out dry firing and I think it is going to work out well I still see the red dot but it is not so bright that it washes everything else out. Seems like it is clearer with it this way. The true test is in live fire we will see how it all plays out next weekend at a USPSA match (weather permitting.) Added to add picture of what I did to the fiber rod: It was a great day to hash all this out. BK Edited February 9, 2009 by bkeeler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I went to the range to find out about target focus vs sight focus. Now I was shooting at a plate rack @10yds. I found when shooting a target focus that I could hit the plates but not with any consistency and the trigger manipulation was not as smooth. So I went to a sight focus and the results were much better I could hit the targets with consistency and trigger manipulation was with out any thought and smooth. Nice observation. It's my belief that we are getting constant and better feedback on what is going on when we are on the front sight. That allows us to self-correct for things like trigger control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 I went to the range to find out about target focus vs sight focus. Now I was shooting at a plate rack @10yds. I found when shooting a target focus that I could hit the plates but not with any consistency and the trigger manipulation was not as smooth. So I went to a sight focus and the results were much better I could hit the targets with consistency and trigger manipulation was with out any thought and smooth. Nice observation. It's my belief that we are getting constant and better feedback on what is going on when we are on the front sight. That allows us to self-correct for things like trigger control. Somethings just need to be explored to find out what works for you. BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 (edited) 02/14/08 USPSA match. Shot my first match of the season holy S#&* it was cold 29* and windy. Stage 1 Short 8 round stage. Shot it well no problems here. Stage 2 26rds. I shot this stage well but I had a problem with the mag I started with. I loaded 20 rounds in the mag and after the first shot the mag turned in to a salt shaker (should have listened and got a tuned mag for 20 rds). The follower and a round got stuck under the ribs in the mag I tested these mags last weekend and had no problems,it always shows up in a match! The problem with the mag caused me to have 2 NP mikes on a DT. Stage 3 26rds Well I decided to try the same mag that I trouble with in the previous stage. What a mistake that was it happened again! Although I did shoot the stage well other than the mag problem that cost me a lot of time. Stage 4 22 rds. I used the same mag that I was having problems with but only loaded 19rds in it The mag worked fine and I shot this stage good had good points and time. Stage 5 Classifier CM03-11. I was shooting this one great until I yanked one of the weak hand shots into the NS . I felt pretty good about my performance today despite the mag problems those are being worked out as I type. It was a good day and I am glad the mag problems showed up at the local level and not a major. I am only having the one mag tuned to work with 20rds reliably. All my other mags work flawless with 19 rounds. I just want to have a 20 round mag to start a stage if needed! All in All I had a great day after all I was shooting! BK Edited February 15, 2009 by bkeeler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 FWIW I recommend anybody that is shooting Limited with an STI/SVI platform to purchase a couple tuned mags that will run with 20 rounds in them. I went the route of just getting tubes,Bolen/springs and followers and SNL base pads. Well it is true with this set up that I can get a reloadable 20 rounds but guess what the mag puked on me with 20 rounds. They will run all day long with 19 but if you want to get max capacity with reliability get tuned mags. I don't think they all need to be tuned but you need at least a couple that are to run a reliable 20 rounds when you need it to. I don't run 20 rounds in a mag all the time just when the stage calls for it. As you can see in the above post I needed it twice yesterday and whammy it bit me twice. That is what I get for not listening to all the advice about mags here. Tried to save a little money but in the long run I didn't. BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 Match Results from sat 02/14/09 Place Name USPSA Class Division PF Lady Mil Law For Age Points Stg % 1 Keeler, Bruce A58442 B Limited Major N N N N 411.7992 100.00% 2 Quinn, Mark L2636 B Limited Major N N N N 396.5693 96.30% 3 Broyles, Kirk A60355 B Limited Major N N N N 302.1059 73.36% 4 Euson, Thomas FY5958 U Limited Major N N N N 67.7055 16.44% Stage: 1 Full Speed Ahead Place Name No. Class Division Pts Pen Time Hit Fact Stg Pts Stg % 1 Keeler, Bruce 5 B Limited 108 0 22.32 4.8387 110.0000 100.00% 2 Quinn, Mark 9 B Limited 109 0 30.01 3.6321 82.5699 75.06% 3 Broyles, Kirk 25 B Limited 88 10 27.35 2.8519 64.8333 58.94% DNF Euson, Thomas 15 U Limited 0 0 .00 0.0000 0.0000 0.00% Stage: 2 El Strong & Weak Prez Place Name No. Class Division Pts Pen Time Hit Fact Stg Pts Stg % 1 Keeler, Bruce 5 B Limited 102 20 20.38 4.0236 120.0000 100.00% 2 Quinn, Mark 9 B Limited 104 20 24.88 3.3762 100.6919 83.91% 3 Broyles, Kirk 25 B Limited 97 40 23.33 2.4432 72.8661 60.72% 4 Euson, Thomas 15 U Limited 55 140 39.65 0.0000 0.0000 0.00% Stage: 3 To The Nines Place Name No. Class Division Pts Pen Time Hit Fact Stg Pts Stg % 1 Quinn, Mark 9 B Limited 79 0 13.01 6.0723 90.0000 100.00% 2 Broyles, Kirk 25 B Limited 75 0 12.87 5.8275 86.3717 95.97% 3 Keeler, Bruce 5 B Limited 74 0 25.95 2.8516 42.2647 46.96% (Mag Problems) DNF Euson, Thomas 15 U Limited 0 0 .00 0.0000 0.0000 0.00% Stage: 4 Hall of Terror Place Name No. Class Division Pts Pen Time Hit Fact Stg Pts Stg % 1 Quinn, Mark 9 B Limited 112 10 21.72 4.6961 120.0000 100.00% 2 Keeler, Bruce 5 B Limited 116 0 29.78 3.8952 99.5345 82.95% (Mag Problems) 3 Euson, Thomas 15 U Limited 116 0 43.78 2.6496 67.7055 56.42% 4 Broyles, Kirk 25 B Limited 94 40 25.91 2.0841 53.2553 44.38% Stage: 5 Stked Place Name No. Class Division Pts Pen Time Hit Fact Stg Pts Stg % 1 Keeler, Bruce 5 B Limited 36 0 4.06 8.8670 40.0000 100.00% 2 Broyles, Kirk 25 B Limited 39 0 7.10 5.4930 24.7795 61.95% 3 Quinn, Mark 9 B Limited 36 0 49.10 0.7332 3.3075 8.27% 4 Euson, Thomas 15 U Limited 25 30 6.22 0.0000 0.0000 0.00% Combined results Place Name USPSA Class Division PF Lady Mil Law For Age Points Stg % 1 Parisi, Charles A60284 B Open Major N N N N 424.0729 100.00% 2 Thomas, Chris L2177 A Open Major N N N N 375.6284 88.58% 3 Gallahue, Bill TY58816 C Limited 10 Major N N N N 342.3014 80.72% 4 Friedrich, Anthony FY53427 C Open Major N N N N 309.5885 73.00% 5 Keeler, Bruce A58442 B Limited Major N N N N 286.9692 67.67% 6 Francis, Chad TY57137 B Production Minor N N N N 282.5347 66.62% 7 Quinn, Mark L2636 B Limited Major N N N N 277.7664 65.50% 8 Porting, Allan L2745 U Limited 10 Major N N N N 261.1648 61.58% 9 Parker, John L2706 M Production Minor N N N N 257.7364 60.78% 10 Phelps, James TY63999 U Limited 10 Major N N N N 254.3375 59.97% 11 Hebert, Rick A18366 M Production Minor N N N N 253.3653 59.75% 12 Aman, Rod A61055 C Production Minor N N N N 248.0979 58.50% 13 Broyles, Kirk A60355 B Limited Major N N N N 225.0297 53.06% 14 Euson, David FY38695 C Single Stk Major N N N N 220.9175 52.09% 15 Smith, Ren A61199 U Single Stk Minor N N N N 217.0444 51.18% 16 Hayden, George U Production Minor N N N N 216.5008 51.05% 17 Stephensen, John A61818 U Single Stk Major N N N N 209.3454 49.37% 18 Welch, Larry TY53557 B Revolver Major N N N N 199.3987 47.02% 19 Werner, Richard A61403 C Production Minor N N N N 192.1645 45.31% 20 Orr, William U Production Minor N N N N 172.5745 40.69% 21 Schoonover, Ken U Limited 10 Major N N N N 169.1906 39.90% 22 Lore, Rob A60451 C Production Minor N N N N 166.7029 39.31% 23 Goede, Mark A62487 U Production Minor N N N N 160.7278 37.90% 24 Golden, John U Production Minor N N N N 158.9461 37.48% 25 Siddle, Kevin A61487 C Limited 10 Major N N N N 153.4985 36.20% 26 Cunningham, Rod TY27003 C Limited 10 Major N N N N 149.1715 35.18% 27 Rufener, Damon A54333 U Limited 10 Major N N N N 145.8930 34.40% 28 Smith, Guy U Single Stk Major N N N N 104.0626 24.54% 29 Goede, Josh U Production Minor N N N N 96.0984 22.66% 30 Euson, Thomas FY5958 U Limited Major N N N N 39.3257 9.27% 31 Rufener, Jackie* A54685 U Open Minor N N N N 0.0000 0.00% DQed Mulford, Kent A57869 D Open Major N N N N 0.0000 0.00% Can't believe I pulled this one off in Limited Division with the 2 stages I had mag problems with. BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 (edited) Rant mode on. I will not say who it came from don't ask. This is not aimed at anyone I here this s#$t all the time. .....And another thing, is it just me or does %#@%! deliberately pick classifier stages that won't help you (us) move up in classification?Kinda like the opposite of cherry picking them. It's just something I noticed... just an observation I think. If you don't move up it is your fault (the shooter) not who picks what classifier you shoot! You will only want to move up if your classifiers are consistent anyway(consistency is what wins this game) unless you want to be a paper what ever. I shoot every stage classifier or not to the best of my ability I don't just go out and blast away and hope I get a good score. If I make a mistake on a classifier like I did this weekend I know why I made the mistake (this weekend I pulled a weak hand shot into the NS which I knew I did as soon as the shot fired) if I would have just taken a little more visual patience 1/10th of a second it probably would not have happened but it did and it is my fault not the guy who picked that classifier for all of us to shoot that day. Also I am sick of hearing about the stages that get setup. If you don't like them design your own and submit them and help set them up! So if you want to move up in classification start working your a@# off to do it,if you make a mistake find out why you did and correct it then go practice! And I don't recommend practicing classifiers this is a bad habit to get into in my opinion and don't shoot the classifier over and over again until you get a good score for it ( the one that is set up at the local match that day I have seen this a lot. Shoot it once good or bad). You will get good at the classifiers and move up quickly but you will not be at the correct level of your ability in my opinion. You will get stomped! Don't try to shoot above your ability in a match(do it in practice to raise your ability/skill level) you may get lucky every once in a while but you will not be consistent. Rant mode off BK Edited February 17, 2009 by bkeeler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
got glock Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I just stumbled across this. It is a good read. Neat to see others have to work hard to get good results as well. Good job this weekend! See you next month. CP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 I just stumbled across this. It is a good read. Neat to see others have to work hard to get good results as well. Good job this weekend! See you next month. CP You seem to be coming along with that open gun! Keep shooting like that and you will be moving up quick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 I have been dry firing lately just haven't posted it here because I have just been working on proper technique so when I go live fire practice all I have to do is shoot. There is supposed to be a steel match this sat. and USPSA on sunday it is going to be cold this weekend so they may not have the USPSA match on sunday. I will post results when I get them and any insights I may discover. BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted February 22, 2009 Author Share Posted February 22, 2009 02/21/08 Steel Match Stage 1 Double Trouble I had a little trouble with stage 1 due to not seeing the sight at all or anything else for that matter but I finally got settled in. Stg1 Double Trouble 1 2.03 2 1.70 3 1.96 4 1.72 T 7.41 Stage 2 Not again This stage I got settled in and was seeing well. Stg 2 Not Again 1 3.32 2 3.40 3 3.10 4 3.08 T 12.90 Stage 3 Smoke and Hope I had trouble with the stop plate I was seeing the stop plate but did not let the gun stop on the plate before I shot. I need to let the gun settle on the plate before I shoot. As you can see the last 2 runs I finally got the gun to settle on the stop plate. Stg3 Smoke And Hope 1 3.65 2 3.49 3 3.03 4 2.95 T 13.12 Stage 4 Down Time This stage I was in the groove. I just was not aggressive enough I could have pushed a little harder but all day I was having trouble with the stop plates so I decided to just shoot 1 shot hits at each plate. Stg 4 Down Time 1 1.04 2 0.98 3 0.99 4 0.79 T 3.80 Stage 5 Mirage Same thing as stage 4 worked on hitting each plate with the first shot! And it worked pretty consistent. Stg 5 Mirage 1 2.91 2 2.51 3 2.50 4 2.45 T 10.37 Steel Match 2/21/2009 Double Not Smoke Down Trouble Again & Hope Time Mirage # NAME DIV Stg 1 Stg 2 Stg 3 Stg 4 Stg 5 Sta 6 Total 06 Gallahue, Bill SS 7.17 11.19 11.76 2.47 11.76 0.00 44.35 09 Keeler, Bruce L 7.41 12.90 13.12 3.80 10.37 0.00 47.60 02 Connors, Steve O 7.84 12.65 12.80 2.86 11.59 0.00 47.74 16 Szabo, Laszlo 22 6.29 13.70 13.63 4.55 10.33 0.00 48.50 17 Thomas, Chris O 7.23 13.58 13.03 4.63 10.35 0.00 48.82 08 Hebert, Rick L 6.85 13.81 13.15 3.91 11.11 0.00 48.83 07 Ghilardi, Gene P 7.17 12.31 17.65 5.06 11.75 0.00 53.94 05 Friedrich, Tony O 8.42 15.71 15.00 4.98 13.18 0.00 57.29 03 Cordes, Jason P 7.58 16.68 14.33 6.87 12.17 0.00 57.63 04 Filla, Steve 22 7.72 18.46 14.97 6.08 11.16 0.00 58.39 01 Cannon, Vern SS 7.79 18.55 18.14 8.26 12.40 0.00 65.14 11 Mancuso, Frank O 15.48 16.63 19.40 9.56 14.76 0.00 75.83 10 Krug, Bob R 7.93 15.97 15.18 15.73 21.27 0.00 76.08 13 Sewell, Rich O 14.57 20.62 22.89 7.92 13.66 0.00 79.66 12 Parks, Joel R 12.86 19.19 20.16 10.74 19.16 0.00 82.11 14 Shadduck, Joe P 11.19 23.19 20.73 10.70 20.54 0.00 86.35 2nd over all. It was a good day and I did learn a few things! USPSA match tomorrow. BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 (edited) USPSA 02/22/09 Place Name USPSA Class Division PF Lady Mil Law For Age Points Stg % 1 Keeler, Bruce A58442 B Limited Major N N N N 438.1640 100.00% 2 Koetting, Jim A44819 U Limited Major N N N N 388.1656 88.59% 3 Gallahue, Bill TY58816 C Limited Major N N N N 371.5892 84.81% 4 Ghilardi , Gene TY41747 B Limited Major N N N N 344.3963 78.60% 5 Shadduck, Joe TY57677 U Limited Minor N N N N 220.6054 50.35% Stage 1 20 round course. I decided on this stage to do a reload even though I started with 21 rounds. I felt that the risk factor was to high to have just 1 extra round. Did not want to be a hero or zero. I don't know if it hurt or not but I do know the shooter that won the stage did not do a reload he started with exactly 20 rounds. I myself was not going to risk it not to mention it was only the second stage of the match! Stage: 1 ONE Place Name No. Class Division Pts Pen Time Hit Fact Stg Pts Stg % 1 Koetting, Jim 8 U Limited 92 0 9.63 9.5535 100.0000 100.00% 2 Keeler, Bruce 18 B Limited 95 0 10.13 9.3781 98.1640 98.16% 3 Ghilardi , Gene 12 B Limited 94 0 12.14 7.7430 81.0488 81.05% 4 Gallahue, Bill 6 C Limited 91 0 11.95 7.6151 79.7101 79.71% 5 Shadduck, Joe 1 U Limited 82 0 18.69 4.3874 45.9245 45.92% Stage 2 Do not recall the lay out on this one must have done ok! Stage: 2 TWO Place Name No. Class Division Pts Pen Time Hit Fact Stg Pts Stg % 1 Keeler, Bruce 18 B Limited 118 0 12.15 9.7119 125.0000 100.00% 2 Gallahue, Bill 6 C Limited 121 0 13.34 9.0705 116.7447 93.40% 3 Koetting, Jim 8 U Limited 115 0 12.86 8.9425 115.0972 92.08% 4 Ghilardi , Gene 12 B Limited 118 0 14.79 7.9784 102.6885 82.15% 5 Shadduck, Joe 1 U Limited 111 0 21.27 5.2186 67.1676 53.73% Stage 3 This one I should have done the reload in a different place. Worked out ok. Stage: 3 THREE Place Name No. Class Division Pts Pen Time Hit Fact Stg Pts Stg % 1 Keeler, Bruce 18 B Limited 115 0 14.35 8.0139 125.0000 100.00% 2 Gallahue, Bill 6 C Limited 115 10 16.25 6.4615 100.7858 80.63% 3 Ghilardi , Gene 12 B Limited 120 0 19.61 6.1193 95.4482 76.36% 4 Koetting, Jim 8 U Limited 97 10 14.85 5.8586 91.3818 73.11% 5 Shadduck, Joe 1 U Limited 95 0 21.59 4.4002 68.6339 54.91% Stage 4 Just a quick 2-2-2-reload 2-2-2. I was pretty tense on this one need to work on the quick shoots to get the tension out. Stage: 4 FOUR Place Name No. Class Division Pts Pen Time Hit Fact Stg Pts Stg % 1 Keeler, Bruce 18 B Limited 55 0 4.96 11.0887 60.0000 100.00% 2 Koetting, Jim 8 U Limited 58 0 5.40 10.7407 58.1170 96.86% 3 Gallahue, Bill 6 C Limited 54 0 6.01 8.9850 48.6171 81.03% 4 Ghilardi , Gene 12 B Limited 50 10 5.49 7.2860 39.4239 65.71% 5 Shadduck, Joe 1 U Limited 46 0 7.08 6.4972 35.1558 58.59% Stage 5 Six. I shot this one well but I had to make up a shot on a popper did not get the gun to settle on the target. Looks like a high B classifier score. Stage: 5 Six CM08-03 Place Name No. Class Division Pts Pen Time Hit Fact Stg Pts Stg % 1 Keeler, Bruce 18 B Limited 30 0 4.26 7.0423 30.0000 100.00% 2 Ghilardi , Gene 12 B Limited 25 0 4.13 6.0533 25.7869 85.96% 3 Gallahue, Bill 6 C Limited 27 0 4.47 6.0403 25.7315 85.77% 4 Koetting, Jim 8 U Limited 27 0 4.88 5.5328 23.5696 78.57% 5 Shadduck, Joe 1 U Limited 15 10 5.72 0.8741 3.7236 12.41% Combined scores USPS-090222 Match Date: 2/22/2009 Combined divisions - These are NOT official results. Place Name USPSA Class Division PF Lady Mil Law For Age Points Stg % 1 Hebert, Rick A18366 M Open Major N N N N 440.0000 100.00% 2 Connors, Steve A61053 U Open Major N N N N 371.9124 84.53% 3 Keeler, Bruce A58442 B Limited Major N N N N 368.8202 83.82% 4 Friedrich, Anthony FY53427 C Open Major N N N N 357.0586 81.15% 5 Thomas, Chris L2177 A Open Major N N N N 343.3101 78.03% 6 Koetting, Jim A44819 U Limited Major N N N N 328.9101 74.75% 7 Gallahue, Bill TY58816 C Limited Major N N N N 313.5661 71.27% 8 Siddle, Kevin A61487 C Limited 10 Major N N N N 312.7007 71.07% 9 Ghilardi , Gene TY41747 B Limited Major N N N N 290.4007 66.00% 10 Schilling, Brad A58592 U Open Minor N N N N 282.3580 64.17% 11 Mancuso, Frank A55706 D Open Major N N N N 252.6527 57.42% 12 Szabo, Laszlo A32149 C Limited 10 Major N N N N 243.2199 55.28% 13 Roesch, Steve A56427 B Single Sta Major N N N N 222.9118 50.66% 14 Filla, Stephen A61235 U Limited 10 Major N N N N 209.8657 47.70% 15 Winkeler, Vince A62730 D Production Minor N N N N 193.5763 43.99% 16 Parks, Joel A51784 U Single Stac Major N N N N 184.8405 42.01% 17 Shadduck, Joe TY57677 U Limited Minor N N N N 184.4844 41.93% 18 Trostel, Tom A59905 C Single Sta Major N N N N 155.3017 35.30% 19 Julian, James U Single Stac Major N N N N 147.4643 33.51% 20 DeMuri, Marrion A20437 U Single Stac Major N N N N Super Senior 113.1973 25.73% 21 Gallahue, Annette U Production Minor N N N N 106.4643 24.20% Combined divisions - These are NOT official results. It was a cold weekend but I survived. Good times and a lot of fun! It was a great weekend for shooting. No matches next weekend. I am really working on stage planning and I think it is going pretty good. I will continue to work on this. I feel like I am starting to get more consistent. 1st in Limited and 3rd overall not bad at all, I don't think See you at the range! BK Edited February 23, 2009 by bkeeler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 I have been going over stage 4 from yesterday it was a very close hose stage it was about 7yds 6 targets. shoot 2 on each t1-t3 reload 2 on each T4-t6. I do not recall a sight focus at all on this stage don't even remember seeing the sights at all. I believe I had a complete target focus on this one seeing the holes appear in each target. But I don't remember seeing the sights. I had a lot of tension creeping in on this stage and had a speed focus(which is not good.) I think this is what caused a complete target focus and tension. I shot the stage pretty good just something I noticed. Even on close targets I like to get back to the front sight (or at least look through the sights and see them) but this particular stage that did not happen. Like I said I think it was due to a speed focus and that is why I was tense. I have got to get that type of focus out on close hose stages. I saw what I needed to to make the shots but I need to get rid of the tension. Any Ideas? Thanks. BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoot Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I have been going over stage 4 from yesterday it was a very close hose stage it was about 7yds 6 targets.shoot 2 on each t1-t3 reload 2 on each T4-t6. I do not recall a sight focus at all on this stage don't even remember seeing the sights at all. I believe I had a complete target focus on this one seeing the holes appear in each target. But I don't remember seeing the sights. I had a lot of tension creeping in on this stage and had a speed focus(which is not good.) I think this is what caused a complete target focus and tension. I shot the stage pretty good just something I noticed. Even on close targets I like to get back to the front sight (or at least look through the sights and see them) but this particular stage that did not happen. Like I said I think it was due to a speed focus and that is why I was tense. I have got to get that type of focus out on close hose stages. I saw what I needed to to make the shots but I need to get rid of the tension. Any Ideas? Thanks. BK Heya bruce I'm going to work on trigger speed on those hoser targets also. I am the poster child for tense , uptight shooting style. Trigger finger get's tension when uptight and too much strong hand. It's early in the year so shooting is just starting up but that is the basic thing I learned from that stage. Rick schooled us all on that one. When I was practicing after the match on steel it was obvious how my tension and getting all uptight (ie attempting to be agressive) will not work on those hosers. After a couple runs on steel I had the epiphany. It's fast to be smooth. Here that one before? lol epiphany was it's the trigger finger for me and the strong hand tension. I knew that... but in practice it was an amazing difference. Not just a little. Heck somethings have to hit me in the head over and over before I notice. Relax drills ? lol I think I learned that Bill drills are relax drills. 7 yards... multiple targets side by side there is no transition or at least it's the same as the splits. Fundamentals of shooting A's of course the same but when the double tap splits are the same as the transition between targets it becomes how fast can we shoot. Strong hand tension freezes my trigger big time. I'm going to work on that. My airsoft can't go fast enough so I'm going to work with my marvel 22 conversion then do bill drills and bill drill transition with 3 targets close. Note: By the way you got second combined in the uspsa match. Congrats Brad worked up the hit factors and found an error. Shoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 (edited) I have been going over stage 4 from yesterday it was a very close hose stage it was about 7yds 6 targets.shoot 2 on each t1-t3 reload 2 on each T4-t6. I do not recall a sight focus at all on this stage don't even remember seeing the sights at all. I believe I had a complete target focus on this one seeing the holes appear in each target. But I don't remember seeing the sights. I had a lot of tension creeping in on this stage and had a speed focus(which is not good.) I think this is what caused a complete target focus and tension. I shot the stage pretty good just something I noticed. Even on close targets I like to get back to the front sight (or at least look through the sights and see them) but this particular stage that did not happen. Like I said I think it was due to a speed focus and that is why I was tense. I have got to get that type of focus out on close hose stages. I saw what I needed to to make the shots but I need to get rid of the tension. Any Ideas? Thanks. BK Heya bruce I'm going to work on trigger speed on those hoser targets also. I am the poster child for tense , uptight shooting style. Trigger finger get's tension when uptight and too much strong hand. It's early in the year so shooting is just starting up but that is the basic thing I learned from that stage. Rick schooled us all on that one. When I was practicing after the match on steel it was obvious how my tension and getting all uptight (ie attempting to be agressive) will not work on those hosers. After a couple runs on steel I had the epiphany. It's fast to be smooth. Here that one before? lol epiphany was it's the trigger finger for me and the strong hand tension. I knew that... but in practice it was an amazing difference. Not just a little. Heck somethings have to hit me in the head over and over before I notice. Relax drills ? lol I think I learned that Bill drills are relax drills. 7 yards... multiple targets side by side there is no transition or at least it's the same as the splits. Fundamentals of shooting A's of course the same but when the double tap splits are the same as the transition between targets it becomes how fast can we shoot. Strong hand tension freezes my trigger big time. I'm going to work on that. My airsoft can't go fast enough so I'm going to work with my marvel 22 conversion then do bill drills and bill drill transition with 3 targets close. Note: By the way you got second combined in the uspsa match. Congrats Brad worked up the hit factors and found an error. Shoot I really did not have the tension in my trigger finger it was more of a whole body tension and this did not allow me to be smooth I knew this as soon as the buzzer went off. I went into the stage with some expectations which is not good. Also went at it as a speed focus instead of just shooting the #$%*ing targets. This it what caused me not to focus or at least see the front sight. You need to get your transitions the same speed as your splits. Example: Bang bang bang bang bang bang. Not Bang bang......bang bang...... bang bang! Thanks for the input. PS Rick got lucky! Keep up the good work it doesn't come easy does it. See you at the range. BK Edited February 25, 2009 by bkeeler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 I have been dry firing the last few days. Just working on being smooth no timer. No matches this weekend. Next match March 7th steel. I will continue dry firing this week and next week. BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 Steel match sat 3/07/09. It is going to be some nice weather I will post results when I get them. I am also going to try to get some video. BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 Steel Match Here is some video of today's match. http://www.youtube.com/bkeeler1 They can also be found at my website below. I will post results and comments tomorrow. BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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