spook Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 Well, I guess it ain't much, but it made me happy for a minute or two. I have struggled with my revolver splits. They wouldn't go below .30, I practiced. They wouldn't go below .25, I practiced some more. I tried a couple of Bill Drills tonight. Third run: Draw: 0.91 Split: 0.22 Split: 0.22 Split: 0.21 Split: 0.22 Split: 0.20 All A's at 7y. For a nice 1.98s Bill Drill. Now I can't wait for that first .19 split. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted August 28, 2003 Share Posted August 28, 2003 Good job Spook! (My split "break-thru" came at a match...when I was focused on something other than shooting fast. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted August 28, 2003 Share Posted August 28, 2003 Nice job Spook ! I'll tell my revolver-shooting friends who will start competing against you at the next match that they have to increase their training efforts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted August 28, 2003 Share Posted August 28, 2003 impressive...very good shooting... any tips for us novices... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted August 28, 2003 Author Share Posted August 28, 2003 Flex: Thanks. Yeah, I know I was doing something different, but I still can't figure out what. Arvid: Don't tell them my other 5 tries sucked. It'll put some pressure on them. eerw: Thanks. any tips for us novices... LOL, I still consider myself a big fat novice. I just worked pretty hard on my draw (dryfire), and worked my butt off dryfiring the gun as fast as I can without disturbing the sight picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Anderson Posted August 28, 2003 Share Posted August 28, 2003 Readers take note: This accomplishment was no accident. He earned it in practice. "I just worked pretty hard on my draw (dryfire), and worked my butt off dryfiring the gun as fast as I can whitout disturbing the sight picture." This accomplishment is available to anyone who wants it bad enough to work hard for it. Attaboy, SA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A33435 Posted August 28, 2003 Share Posted August 28, 2003 Welll Spook i don't know what you were doing different yesterday also but i noticed you were : - relaxed (after the first 15-20 shots we fired yesterday) - you were determined to break that 2.0 second barrier. That few weeks we missed you at the range worked well for you, welcome back! Adrie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted August 28, 2003 Author Share Posted August 28, 2003 Steve and Adrie, thanks for the kind words. This accomplishment is available to anyone who wants it bad enough to work hard for it. Hell yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted August 28, 2003 Share Posted August 28, 2003 shot it cold this AM, 2.28, all a hits, not sub 2 sec, but ok. Sub 2 sec is rockin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AikiDale Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 Spook, Awesome!!!! and with a revolver yet. Jerry has more competition......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ankeny Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 Spook: Cool. Sounds like the hard work is really paying off. I am glad for you and I hope you continue to improve. I would love to see more A-M class revolver shooters and I'll bet you have what it takes to get there real soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted August 29, 2003 Author Share Posted August 29, 2003 Thanks guys I must say that frequent visits to this forum in combination with "the holy book of shooting" (also known as Practical Shooting, beyond fundamentals) pays off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBF Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 Spook, Way to go. Thats freakin fast with a wheelgun. Travis F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Nesbitt Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 Congratulations. Iwent out and tried to make it happen for me today. It didn't. I know some of you are going to say I shouldn't try. I know that. But applying that principle is hard. Bill Nesbitt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Mink Posted August 30, 2003 Share Posted August 30, 2003 Congratz!! This is motivation for me to try it tomorrow. Not with a Revolver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dunn Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 I finally made it into the sub 2 second Bill Drill club at the range today. Another year of work and maybe I'll be able to do it on demand. Also had a 1.99 draw, shoot one, reload, shoot one today. 0.88 draw, 1.11 reload. Have yet to do a one sec reload, most were around 1.3 today. The thing is, some of the times I've been reading about on the forums are starting to seem possible, and for a long time it seemed I'd never even get close. Congrats Spook! It feels good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Way to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Anderson Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 "The thing is, some of the times I've been reading about on the forums are starting to seem possible, and for a long time it seemed I'd never even get close." 15 minutes of dry fire a day will get you started, 45 minutes a day will get you anywhere you want to go. SA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted September 1, 2003 Author Share Posted September 1, 2003 Congrats John. I can only second what Steve said. Dry fire will get you there. Or, as Rob Leatham put it: "There's a lot more to shooting than the noisy part" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ankeny Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Congrats John. Remember that some of the times you see posted are...shall we say, the best effort on the best day ever. I think Brian called them the limits of human function in his book. As for dry fire, I am a real believer in the value of dry fire, but I come from the school of thought that to get really good will require a ton of live fire. To the best of my knowledge, there is no way to duplicate the timing or impulse of a pistol without making a lot of noise. Besides a boom is much more impressive than a click, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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