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[bkeeler]

Results from Steel Match 3/8/09.

I just could not get 4 solid runs put together.

I did learn that I need to be on the front sight! When I wasn't on the front sight is when I needed extra shots which cost time. I want to stay with the positive things that happened I don't want to hash over the negatives. I know what I need to do.

Feel free to comment on the videos.

USPSA match next sat.

BK

[bkeeler]

03/09/09 Dry Fire.

Tonight I was really working on my speed to the gun and getting it out of the holster and getting an acceptable sight picture I was not worried about pulling the trigger.

I noticed this weekend after going over the videos that my first shot could be quicker and I discovered that the time I am losing (not to mention makeup shots on steel but that is not the focus for this routine) is getting to the gun and getting it out of the holster.

I will be doing this every other day due to the stress it is putting on my elbow.

USPSA match sat March 14th.

BK

Edited March 10, 2009 by bkeeler

[bkeeler]

03/11/09 Dry Fire

Worked on a new technique for surrender position.

[bkeeler]

03/12/09

Still working on the new technique for the surrender draw.

Been doing slow mo draws with the eyes closed then opening the eye's to see where the sights are at.So far I am making improvement I am seeing the sights lined up about 95%-98%.(about 85%-90% when I started this drill)

Also noticing where the sights are with just a little movement in the hips to the right or left.

I also made my stance wider which I think is working well for getting the gun up and in my vision.

USPSA match tomorrow will post comments and results when I get them.

I would like to thank everyone for the great advice that I received. If you missed the post you can find it here. http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?...mp;#entry937009

Get those A's!

BK

[bkeeler]

03/14/09 USPSA match

Today I was mainly testing out the new wider stance low and behold it worked out great.

I shot ok today but not up to my potential. On a couple stages I started off real good and at the end of the stages I ended up rushing the last few shots and it cost me. I need to forget about time while shooting and just shoot like I started the stage (quit rushing at the end.)

It was a great day for shooting and I continue to learn how to refine the little things.

Tomorrow USPSA match at Pasa Park! I will be working on not rushing my shots and forget about the time!

What a great weekend 2 days of shooting!

I will post results of both matches on my web page.

[bkeeler]

03/15/09 USPSA MAtch

I felt pretty good all day I did struggle on two stages due to the pesky no shoots(this is an easy fix). I know what I need to work on! Need to work on a no penalty match did not have any mikes but those N/S cost me.

The wider stance still proving to be good and also the new surrender draw.

It was a good day had fun and learned a few things

Will post results to my web page when i receive them.

Off next weekend.

BK

[bkeeler]

03/18/08

I received the results from the matches I shot this past weekend.

Well I for sure need to get back to consistency. I need to work on no penalties at all for the matches. How do I do this? Well I will do it by shooting at my current natural speed and not rush.

I noticed from a couple stages on sunday that I felt so slow I was seeing good and calling the shots but the timer doesn't lie it wasn't slow at all now I need to put all of it together for the whole match. The bottom line is for me to stop rushing and the time will be what it is.(I think the time will usually be quicker).

Off this weekend no matches.

BK

[bkeeler]

03/31/09

I took a week off from shooting and dry fire and went on a little mini vacation with the family to Branson,Mo. Had a great time.

Started dry fire back up on sat and I am going to dry fire every other day for about 20 min. Slow mo.

Steel match sat. Still have not had a chance to post scores to my web site hopefully this week somtime.

BK

[bkeeler]

04/04/09

Steel Match.

I shot well yesterday felt pretty good I did have a few mistakes but corrected them as the day went on. What I did notice was that when I focused from target back to the front sight my times felt really slow but they were not and when I did not focus on the sight things went bad fast.......

Now it is time for me to consistently bring my focus back to the front sight I find myself some times rushing and I don't pull my focus all the way back to the front sight from the target my vision kind of gets caught between the two( out in no mans land )

I finished 3rd overall and 1st limited.

USPSA match next sat weather permitting.

BK

[bkeeler]

Finally got results from the last three matches I shot put on my web page.

If interested take a look see.

BK

[bkeeler]

04/11/09

USPSA match today. I had a good match today no penalties! I shot well today although I did I have trouble on the classifier I shot the popper and it started to fall then it stopped and came back up I had already pulled the gun down and had to pull it back up then I fired a couple more shots I got flustered. (lesson learned FOLLOW THROUGH). I had a great day with great people!

I will post results when I get them.

Steel match 04/18/09.

BK

[bkeeler]

Well I got the word today that I finished 5th in limited and 7th overall from sat USPSA match on 4/11/09.

I thought I had a pretty good day(shot to the best of my ability with no penalties or major mistakes) and that my finish would have been better than it was. I don't have the complete results yet so I don't know what the times were of the 5 stages. I will review them when I get them.

Looks like I need to convert to Controlled Abandon for a few matches to see what will happen.

BK

[bkeeler]

Got the results from 4/11/09 USPSA Match.

Place Name USPSA Class Division PF Lady Mil Law For Age Points Stg %

1 Kunz, Tim A19327 A Limited Major N N N N 534.0618 100.00%

2 Mulford, Darren A54770 A Limited Major N N N N 479.4403 89.77%

3 Bernasek, Chuck A49861 B Limited Major N N N N 467.9076 87.61%

4 Quinn, Mark L2636 B Limited Major N N N N 460.2201 86.17%

5 Keeler, Bruce A58447 B Limited Major N N N N 456.6346 85.50%

6 Broyles, Kirk A60355 C Limited Major N N N N 430.7199 80.65%

7 Aaron, Parmentor A60501 C Limited Major N N N N 429.7842 80.47%

8 Brad, Boyd A32462 C Limited Major N N N N 399.7548 74.85%

9 Ghilardi, Gene TY41747 B Limited Major N N N N 362.9343 67.96%

10 Mead, Tom TY63013 U Limited Major N N N N 306.6105 57.41%

11 Griffin, Richard TY57783 C Limited Major N N N N 252.9452 47.36%

12 Caswell, Jake U Limited Major N N N N 188.8130 35.35%

Stage: 1 Boat Mover

Place Name No. Class Division Pts Pen Time Hit Fact Stg Pts Stg %

1 Bernasek, Chuck 20 B Limited 148 0 14.31 10.3424 160.0000 100.00%

2 Quinn, Mark 33 B Limited 147 0 15.80 9.3038 143.9325 89.96%

3 Kunz, Tim 36 A Limited 137 0 15.13 9.0549 140.0820 87.55%

4 Keeler, Bruce 19 B Limited 149 0 16.96 8.7854 135.9127 84.95%

5 Mulford, Darren 8 A Limited 138 10 15.03 8.5163 131.7497 82.34%

6 Brad, Boyd 18 C Limited 147 0 19.01 7.7328 119.6287 74.77%

7 Ghilardi, Gene 29 B Limited 144 0 20.07 7.1749 110.9978 69.37%

8 Broyles, Kirk 7 C Limited 145 10 18.86 7.1580 110.7364 69.21%

9 Mead, Tom 14 U Limited 149 0 25.08 5.9410 91.9090 57.44%

10 Aaron, Parmentor 25 C Limited 136 20 19.96 5.8116 89.9072 56.19%

11 Griffin, Richard 1 C Limited 150 10 25.74 5.4390 84.1429 52.59%

12 Caswell, Jake 35 U Limited 152 10 32.35 4.3895 67.9069 42.44%

Stage: 2 Why is the Room Spinning

Place Name No. Class Division Pts Pen Time Hit Fact Stg Pts Stg %

1 Kunz, Tim 36 A Limited 142 0 20.70 6.8599 150.0000 100.00%

2 Mulford, Darren 8 A Limited 125 0 20.92 5.9751 130.6528 87.10%

3 Bernasek, Chuck 20 B Limited 134 10 24.27 5.1092 111.7188 74.48%

4 Keeler, Bruce 19 B Limited 133 0 26.24 5.0686 110.8311 73.89%

5 Aaron, Parmentor 25 C Limited 138 10 25.92 4.9383 107.9819 71.99%

6 Broyles, Kirk 7 C Limited 127 10 23.92 4.8913 106.9542 71.30%

7 Quinn, Mark 33 B Limited 135 0 28.21 4.7855 104.6407 69.76%

8 Brad, Boyd 18 C Limited 126 0 28.41 4.4351 96.9788 64.65%

9 Ghilardi, Gene 29 B Limited 126 0 29.03 4.3403 94.9059 63.27%

10 Mead, Tom 14 U Limited 124 30 36.83 2.5523 55.8091 37.21%

11 Griffin, Richard 1 C Limited 113 40 36.87 1.9799 43.2929 28.86%

12 Caswell, Jake 35 U Limited 105 40 63.52 1.0233 22.3757 14.92%

Stage: 3 Seven

Place Name No. Class Division Pts Pen Time Hit Fact Stg Pts Stg %

1 Kunz, Tim 36 A Limited 33 0 3.67 8.9918 35.0000 100.00%

2 Bernasek, Chuck 20 B Limited 32 0 4.31 7.4246 28.8998 82.57%

3 Brad, Boyd 18 C Limited 33 0 4.72 6.9915 27.2140 77.75%

4 Aaron, Parmentor 25 C Limited 32 0 4.59 6.9717 27.1369 77.53%

5 Mulford, Darren 8 A Limited 30 0 4.49 6.6815 26.0073 74.31%

6 Broyles, Kirk 7 C Limited 33 0 4.95 6.6667 25.9497 74.14%

7 Caswell, Jake 35 U Limited 35 0 5.61 6.2389 24.2845 69.38%

8 Griffin, Richard 1 C Limited 32 0 6.06 5.2805 20.5540 58.73%

9 Mead, Tom 14 U Limited 32 0 6.25 5.1200 19.9293 56.94%

10 Quinn, Mark 33 B Limited 29 10 3.73 5.0938 19.8273 56.65%

11 Keeler, Bruce 19 B Limited 30 0 7.45 4.0268 15.6741 44.78%

12 Ghilardi, Gene 29 B Limited 19 30 4.40 0.0000 0.0000 0.00%

Stage: 4 Beer Pool Stage

Place Name No. Class Division Pts Pen Time Hit Fact Stg Pts Stg %

1 Mulford, Darren 8 A Limited 72 0 6.86 10.4956 80.0000 100.00%

2 Keeler, Bruce 19 B Limited 77 0 7.34 10.4905 79.9611 99.95%

3 Aaron, Parmentor 25 C Limited 73 0 7.06 10.3399 78.8132 98.52%

4 Quinn, Mark 33 B Limited 76 0 7.64 9.9476 75.8230 94.78%

5 Bernasek, Chuck 20 B Limited 73 0 7.52 9.7074 73.9921 92.49%

6 Broyles, Kirk 7 C Limited 79 0 8.31 9.5066 72.4616 90.58%

7 Kunz, Tim 36 A Limited 80 0 8.84 9.0498 68.9798 86.22%

8 Mead, Tom 14 U Limited 71 0 8.55 8.3041 63.2959 79.12%

9 Brad, Boyd 18 C Limited 68 0 8.57 7.9347 60.4802 75.60%

10 Ghilardi, Gene 29 B Limited 72 0 9.18 7.8431 59.7820 74.73%

11 Griffin, Richard 1 C Limited 70 10 12.90 4.6512 35.4526 44.32%

12 Caswell, Jake 35 U Limited 73 0 18.09 4.0354 30.7588 38.45%

Stage: 5 Box B

Place Name No. Class Division Pts Pen Time Hit Fact Stg Pts Stg %

1 Kunz, Tim 36 A Limited 132 0 17.17 7.6878 140.0000 100.00%

2 Aaron, Parmentor 25 C Limited 135 0 19.52 6.9160 125.9450 89.96%

3 Quinn, Mark 33 B Limited 133 0 20.88 6.3697 115.9965 82.85%

4 Broyles, Kirk 7 C Limited 134 0 21.29 6.2940 114.6180 81.87%

5 Keeler, Bruce 19 B Limited 130 0 20.72 6.2741 114.2556 81.61%

6 Mulford, Darren 8 A Limited 122 0 20.01 6.0970 111.0305 79.31%

7 Ghilardi, Gene 29 B Limited 135 0 25.28 5.3402 97.2486 69.46%

8 Brad, Boyd 18 C Limited 128 0 24.42 5.2416 95.4531 68.18%

9 Bernasek, Chuck 20 B Limited 131 0 25.57 5.1232 93.2969 66.64%

10 Mead, Tom 14 U Limited 125 20 25.27 4.1551 75.6672 54.05%

11 Griffin, Richard 1 C Limited 134 0 35.11 3.8166 69.5028 49.64%

12 Caswell, Jake 35 U Limited 125 20 43.97 2.3880 43.4871 31.06%

Next few matches I am going to really push. Going over the results I think I spent to much time on the sights when I should just be trusting what I need to see (or am seeing)!

Look out! Time for Controlled Abandon Shooting in the next few USPSA matches! I need to really push to get to the next level!

BK

[bkeeler]

I have been thinking I am going to shoot open with my Limited gun for a while and blaze away while still seeing,but accepting a little less!

Open here I come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BK

[bkeeler]

Steel match today 04/11/09.

I pushed hard today and the results were good. I am going to continue to push.

I had some of my best times on some runs today.

Click here for results.

Stage 1 Smoke & Hope = 10.69 personal best

Stage 2 Down Time = 2.33

Stage 3 5 to Go = 19.35

Stage 4 Zig Zag = 13.20 personal best

Stage 5 Double Trouble = 6.19 personal best

Stage 6 Not Again = 16.56 set personal best on 3 runs 2.96,2.92,2.79 and blew two runs.

Stage 7 Speed Option = 13.11 personal best

Stage 8 Accelerator = 16.87

Another great day of shooting.

BK

[bkeeler]

Yesterday I also shot a couple friends guns. An M&P Pro and an open gun for the first time.

The M&P Pro I was impressed with but the open gun was awesome.

BK

[JThompson]

Yesterday I also shot a couple friends guns. An M&P Pro and an open gun for the first time.

The M&P Pro I was impressed with but the open gun was awesome.

BK

Be careful... the dark side is calling.

[bkeeler]

Be careful... the dark side is calling.

I am trying not to listen!

BK

[bkeeler]

USPSA Match 04/26/09

Today I shot the match in open with my limited gun just to push myself a bit. I had a good day just seeing how far I can push myself. I felt really good all day. I am learning how to trust what I see at speed.

I just installed an SV long flat trigger and it seemed pretty good it felt a little better than the stock STI long curved. Felt like my finger wasn't so cramped if that makes sense.

I finished 2nd in open and 2nd over all shooting my limited gun.

To see results look here

Another great weekend of shooting!

Off next weekend no shooting.

BK

[bkeeler]

I am having withdraws from shooting I did not get to shoot all weekend

Match next sat May 9th

BK

[persona non grata]

Wasn't the Single Stack Nat's going on this weekend? You could have shot that and cured your withdrawl symptoms.

[bkeeler]

Wasn't the Single Stack Nat's going on this weekend? You could have shot that and cured your withdrawl symptoms.

Wanted to let RL have another year.

BK

Edited May 4, 2009 by bkeeler

[bkeeler]

USPSA match 05/09/09

Well I have been pushing the ragged edge in local matches lately and have been shooting open division with my Limited gun. Finished 2nd in open and 3rd overall.

Results from 05/09/09 are posted on my web page(see link below)

It has been going good although I did fall off the edge a couple times but that is ok. I am pushing to get past this plateau in my shooting so this is to be expected not going to beat myself up over it.

I have noticed some big improvements.

Big Steel match Sat(steel challenge type). I will be practicing for it tomorrow. Then I have a uspsa match on sunday I will post results from these matches when I get them.

Really getting ready for the Indiana Sectional match in June,can't wait!

Maybe I will see you at Indiana

BK

[bkeeler]

Boy I am glad I checked things out with my equipment. My gun started to have hammer follow tonight when checking it by racking the slide on an empty chamber did not happen every time but once is enough for me. So I check the trigger pull with my gauge and it has fallen to 1lb 10oz It was about 2lbs when it was new. Few adjustments and I am good to go I like my trigger at about 2lbs. after the adjustments came out to 2lbs 3oz average of 5 readings.

Checked over travel,pre travel all checked out good.

It always pays to check over your equipment before a big match.

I will be test firing it tomorrow in a practice session.

It is going to be a great 3 days of shooting this weekend.

BK

[bkeeler]

05/16/09

2009 Central Pro-Am Speed plates.

I had a good day we shot 12 stages of steel challenge type stages. It was a long day but it was a blast. We had total of 55 shooters, 24 in Limited,18 in open and 11 in production.

Finished 2nd in Limited and 10th combined divisions.

We shot 6 stages in the morning and took a 1 hour break and shot 6 stages in the afternoon.

I was about 5.5 seconds out of 1st Limited at the break(which I never looked at until the end of the match) but the afternoon I gave up a little over 11 seconds after the break. I had a better morning than I did in the afternoon. I still had a good day! Sure it could have been better but it was what it was on that day!

I was going to shoot a USPSA match today but I did not make it after yesterday I couldn't get my A@# out of bed

Now it is time to get ready for Indiana Sectional!

Results can be found at http://rhebert.nightowl.net/IPSC.htm

BK