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Posted: 2/1/2015 9:41:34 PM EDT
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Who else is dryfiring like a madman lately? Last two days have been full of other stuff... back at it hard tomorrow. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 10:11:06 PM EDT
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Who else is dryfiring like a madman lately? Nope. Lift, run, swim, punching bag. Should be, but with work and school......... |
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Posted: 2/3/2015 8:39:13 PM EDT
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Went ahead and registered for the Indiana Championship. 8 months away and it's already half full after three days.
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Posted: 2/3/2015 11:40:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Went ahead and registered for the Indiana Championship. 8 months away and it's already half full after three days. I heard they put on the best match, period. Would love to travel to some of these bigger matches in other states, but right now gotta focus on Georgia State.
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Posted: 2/3/2015 11:46:31 PM EDT
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18 stages and 400 rounds.
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Posted: 2/4/2015 12:24:41 AM EDT
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I heard they put on the best match, period. Would love to travel to some of these bigger matches in other states, but right now gotta focus on Georgia State. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Went ahead and registered for the Indiana Championship. 8 months away and it's already half full after three days. I heard they put on the best match, period. Would love to travel to some of these bigger matches in other states, but right now gotta focus on Georgia State. As a Board Member of Silver Creek Conservation Club that the match is held at and as a Staffer that helps set it up and work it, I can say that last years was an awesome match, this year will be even better. We are looking forward to this year. There are already, 192 shooters signed up and the match is 8 months away. Sign up and come up to shoot with us. Be nice to meet some fellow Arfcommers. |
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Posted: 2/4/2015 12:28:28 AM EDT
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I even hear Dog1 is paying for dinner Friday night
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Posted: 2/4/2015 7:02:53 AM EDT
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I even hear Dog1 is paying for dinner Friday night Too bad he is not buying plane that tickets as well.
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Posted: 2/4/2015 7:12:44 AM EDT
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That's a better way of putting it. That's also why my mag well gets laughed at in the Glock forum. http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/p505/arfcomaje/Guns/20141112_130815_zpsqoba7uky.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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EDIT TO ADD: Nothing replaces getting to that point of smooth where you just step it up. But, you also have to challenge yourself to get faster. But, having to triple tap each target to ensure you're getting AA hits, doesn't really help you.  Basically, get to the point that you're smooth. Then speed up till you're not. Then get smooth again. Repeat ad nauseamThat's a better way of putting it. That's also why my mag well gets laughed at in the Glock forum. http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/p505/arfcomaje/Guns/20141112_130815_zpsqoba7uky.jpg Dog chew toy? 
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Posted: 2/4/2015 9:30:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sign up and come up to shoot with us. Be nice to meet some fellow Arfcommers. Quote HistoryQuoted: Sign up and come up to shoot with us. Be nice to meet some fellow Arfcommers. I'd love to. But it's a seven hour one-way drive for me.
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Posted: 2/4/2015 9:50:00 AM EDT
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I'd love to. But it's a seven hour one-way drive for me.
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Sign up and come up to shoot with us. Be nice to meet some fellow Arfcommers. I'd love to. But it's a seven hour one-way drive for me.
No lie there. Sounds like fun. Do you shoot all those stages in one day? |
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Posted: 2/4/2015 11:03:26 AM EDT
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No lie there. Sounds like fun. Do you shoot all those stages in one day? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Sign up and come up to shoot with us. Be nice to meet some fellow Arfcommers. I'd love to. But it's a seven hour one-way drive for me.
No lie there. Sounds like fun. Do you shoot all those stages in one day? No..it's impossible. You would shoot them over 2 days, am/pm. |
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Posted: 2/4/2015 11:03:53 AM EDT
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I even hear Dog1 is paying for dinner Friday night That might be arranged..... 
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Posted: 2/6/2015 9:03:59 PM EDT
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I even hear Dog1 is paying for dinner Friday night That might be arranged..... I suppose we have 7 months to plan it. |
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Posted: 2/6/2015 9:05:22 PM EDT
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Who else is dryfiring like a madman lately? Hitting it hard tonight. Switched my Ghost pouches from bullets forward to bullets out. Not a hard adjustment. |
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Posted: 2/6/2015 9:48:01 PM EDT
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I suppose we have 7 months to plan it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I even hear Dog1 is paying for dinner Friday night That might be arranged..... I suppose we have 7 months to plan it. Yup... |
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Posted: 2/6/2015 10:23:59 PM EDT
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That's also why my mag well gets laughed at in the Glock forum. Quote HistoryQuoted:
That's also why my mag well gets laughed at in the Glock forum. Looks like you practice a lot but with that damage all over the place you should probably slow down a tad. My Glock magwell just to the left and right of center gets messed up pretty quickly when I practice reloads, but it's pretty rare I'm hitting back there where the plug should be. I've had it 5 years and it isn't that beat up. Also get a USPSA legal plug, they're cheap and can guide some reloads that are just a little off into the magwell. I bend my magwell back in place and clean up the edges once a month or so with a screwdriver and a lighter. Planning on getting some of those all plastic Magpul mags for practice to see if it doesn't tear things up so bad. Pictures I posted here years ago of my torn up Beretta magwell got reposted on the Beretta forum and made fun of too. Quoted:
Who else is dryfiring like a madman lately? Not just lately, been doing it 5-6 nights a week for the last 9 years. Now I just need to find the time to do more live fire. |
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Posted: 2/6/2015 10:45:29 PM EDT
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Supposed to be in the 40's tomorrow so I will make an effort to get outside for some live fire.
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Posted: 2/6/2015 11:40:00 PM EDT
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Supposed to be in the 40's tomorrow so I will make an effort to get outside for some live fire. Going to be in the mid 50's here...heading out to the range as well. |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 6:22:11 PM EDT
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Live fire practice
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Posted: 2/7/2015 6:24:19 PM EDT
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Live fire practice
http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/p505/arfcomaje/Guns/20150207_160100_zps6d1ivrho.jpg Are you practicing with sims? |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 7:05:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Are you practicing with sims? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Live fire practice http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/p505/arfcomaje/Guns/20150207_160100_zps6d1ivrho.jpg Are you practicing with sims? Looks like thebluebullets.com to me. 
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Posted: 2/7/2015 7:51:04 PM EDT
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Indoor combat league Monday night.
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Posted: 2/7/2015 8:02:03 PM EDT
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Looks like thebluebullets.com to me. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Live fire practice
http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/p505/arfcomaje/Guns/20150207_160100_zps6d1ivrho.jpg Are you practicing with sims? Looks like thebluebullets.com to me. Maybe you're right.
I'd never seen colored bullets before. |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 8:02:32 PM EDT
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Indoor combat league Monday night. 
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Posted: 2/7/2015 9:29:10 PM EDT
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Looks like thebluebullets.com to me. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Live fire practice
http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/p505/arfcomaje/Guns/20150207_160100_zps6d1ivrho.jpg Are you practicing with sims? Looks like thebluebullets.com to me. Yep. Love those bullets. 
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Posted: 2/7/2015 9:40:51 PM EDT
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Yep. Love those bullets. http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/p505/arfcomaje/Guns/20150125_145722_zpsbxj742lr.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Live fire practice
http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/p505/arfcomaje/Guns/20150207_160100_zps6d1ivrho.jpg Are you practicing with sims? Looks like thebluebullets.com to me. Yep. Love those bullets. http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/p505/arfcomaje/Guns/20150125_145722_zpsbxj742lr.jpg 
There's no telling how long that would last me. |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 12:16:14 AM EDT
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I took advantage of the black Friday sale with an extra 5% off. My wife had about the same expression on her face
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Posted: 2/8/2015 2:44:53 AM EDT
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AJE: Could you tell me more about your camera setup? I see that it is a Contour-brand camera. Which model? How do you wear it? What are your thoughts on how well it works?
Absent a coach to improve my skills, I want to start recording my practice. I figure that a combination between a profile, and first-person view would work well. |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 2:55:43 AM EDT
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So are those blue bullets really good to go?
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Posted: 2/8/2015 9:14:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So are those blue bullets really good to go? I've always used the hi-tek coated bullets like Bayou, Black bullet and SNS in my Limited gun with good results. I just got some blue bullets to try in my open gun - the coating is different from the others, but seems good so far. I was pushing the 115gr w/ 8.75gr of HS6 up past 1500fps without any issues. They smoke about the same as the hi-tek coated bullets at that same load - just a bit more than fully plated or jacketed bullet. I'll end up using MG 115 JHPs for matches and black & blues for practice in open. Don't over crimp the coated bullets or you'll get more smoke and worse results. |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 9:59:52 AM EDT
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AJE: Could you tell me more about your camera setup? I see that it is a Contour-brand camera. Which model? How do you wear it? What are your thoughts on how well it works? Absent a coach to improve my skills, I want to start recording my practice. I figure that a combination between a profile, and first-person view would work well. I really can't find anything to complain about. I could nitpick... Some sort of display on the camera itself would be nice. The contour only has the on/off button and a status button (pushing it lights up two lights, the color of which let's you know the battery and memory status is at least half full, 50%-75%, or over 75%, and vice versa for the battery). My friend has a Sony that has a little display on the side that he can change settings on... the contour has to be plugged into the computer for that. That said, it's not on all that long for shooting matches so I haven't run into any problems at all. I just started leaving it on for scoring the targets, too. The mount is just stuck to the top of my headphones. .. nothing fancy. I have a hat mount that I haven't used yet. I recorded some of my practice yesterday, I hadn't done that before, so I'm looking forward to watching that and slowing it down in slow motion. |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 10:04:13 AM EDT
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So are those blue bullets really good to go? I've been impressed with them. I bought a sample pack of FMJ to compare them to, accuracy wise. I'll see if I can put a couple of groups on paper. |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 7:45:20 PM EDT
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AJE: Could you tell me more about your camera setup? I see that it is a Contour-brand camera. Which model? How do you wear it? What are your thoughts on how well it works? Absent a coach to improve my skills, I want to start recording my practice. I figure that a combination between a profile, and first-person view would work well. Since you asked, I took my camera out while practicing some things. I wish I would have started doing this awhile ago... I've been videoing myself during matches but never really done it while practicing. I think watching some slowed down drills would help me see what I'm actually doing. This was a few runs at El Prez and Blake drill at 10 yards. I actually thought I was shooting pretty shitty until I watched it afterwards. The turn and draw in the melting snow and hunting boots was rather different.
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Posted: 2/8/2015 7:51:15 PM EDT
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So are those blue bullets really good to go? Yes they really are. I've been a fan of them as well. Accurate and clean shooting. |
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Posted: 2/9/2015 5:21:49 PM EDT
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Do any of yall practice with a timer? I've been working on basic stuff....mainly my draw. I'm pretty consistently drawing and getting sights on a close target between 0.5-0.6 seconds. Although I could probably get a little faster if I had a delay on my timer. It's a button on my phone, so I have to press it real quick and then draw.
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Posted: 2/9/2015 6:48:30 PM EDT
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Of course.
Download the ipsc timer app on yiur phone. If no real shot timer. Set par time and set for a random start time |
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Posted: 2/9/2015 6:51:21 PM EDT
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Of course. Download the ipsc timer app on yiur phone. If no real shot timer. Set par time and set for a random start time I have the IPSC phone app set for par time, but how do I set it to a delay or random start time? |
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Posted: 2/9/2015 6:52:10 PM EDT
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Sub one second is "good" (a lot depends on first shot target difficulty).
.7 is real good |
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Posted: 2/9/2015 6:55:59 PM EDT
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Sub one second is "good" (a lot depends on first shot target difficulty). .7 is real good Well I guess I'm doing well then. I'm consistently getting a draw/dry fire at 0.6, and sometimes down to 0.5 but not consistently yet. Last live fire practice I did, we set it to a 0.8 par time for a draw and shoot at 10m, and it wasn't extremely difficult. |
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Posted: 2/9/2015 6:56:42 PM EDT
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I have the IPSC phone app set for par time, but how do I set it to a delay or random start time? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Of course. Download the ipsc timer app on yiur phone. If no real shot timer. Set par time and set for a random start time I have the IPSC phone app set for par time, but how do I set it to a delay or random start time? It's in settings somewhere. Like 1-5 seconds range of random start |
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Posted: 2/9/2015 7:38:05 PM EDT
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..Now that I have a little bit of time to write more/expand on the draw time.
I would say that in match time: 1.3 is avg 1.1-1.2 is decent 1.0-1.1 is good .9-1.0 is real good .8-.9 is upper level good .8 or lower is elite That's my thoughts at least. For a production rig. Blazing fast draws are not that important. I think world champion eric grauffel said he was happy with a second. |
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Posted: 2/9/2015 7:55:11 PM EDT
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Yep... you'll only have one draw a stage (or string).
However, if you work on moving, reloads, transitions, etc, you'll see a lot of those multiple times in stages. |
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Posted: 2/9/2015 8:11:23 PM EDT
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Yep... you'll only have one draw a stage (or string). However, if you work on moving, reloads, transitions, etc, you'll see a lot of those multiple times in stages. True, but I feel like a lot of the classifiers we do are static, and a fast draw makes a huge difference. I wish we shot hoser stages as classifiers. I normally do really well on those. |
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Posted: 2/9/2015 8:34:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: True, but I feel like a lot of the classifiers we do are static, and a fast draw makes a huge difference. I wish we shot hoser stages as classifiers. I normally do really well on those. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Yep... you'll only have one draw a stage (or string). However, if you work on moving, reloads, transitions, etc, you'll see a lot of those multiple times in stages. True, but I feel like a lot of the classifiers we do are static, and a fast draw makes a huge difference. I wish we shot hoser stages as classifiers. I normally do really well on those. Everyone can hose. Not everyone can shoot a tuxedo on the move at 12, or hit a partial swinger at 20, or a headshot at 25. I'm constantly amazed at the depth of this game. Everytime you've got it figured out, something comes along to prove that you've only scratched the surface. 
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Posted: 2/9/2015 8:39:20 PM EDT
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I've been at it for about 30 minutes and Im starting to break a sweat. Draw time is consistently at 0.6-0.7, and draw--fire--reload is at 1.5-1.6. Ive gotten both lower but not regularly. I feel like my reloads are kind of slow. I keep finding myself inserting at an angle, which either slows it down or it catches the grip plug hole on the way in.
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Posted: 2/9/2015 8:39:47 PM EDT
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Everyone can hose. Not everyone can shoot a tuxedo on the move at 12, or hit a partial swinger at 20, or a headshot at 25. I'm constantly amazed at the depth of this game. Everytime you've got it figured out, something comes along to prove that you've only scratched the surface. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yep... you'll only have one draw a stage (or string). However, if you work on moving, reloads, transitions, etc, you'll see a lot of those multiple times in stages. True, but I feel like a lot of the classifiers we do are static, and a fast draw makes a huge difference. I wish we shot hoser stages as classifiers. I normally do really well on those. Everyone can hose. Not everyone can shoot a tuxedo on the move at 12, or hit a partial swinger at 20, or a headshot at 25. I'm constantly amazed at the depth of this game. Everytime you've got it figured out, something comes along to prove that you've only scratched the surface. What is a tuxedo? |
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Posted: 2/9/2015 9:09:25 PM EDT
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Yep... you'll only have one draw a stage (or string). However, if you work on moving, reloads, transitions, etc, you'll see a lot of those multiple times in stages. True, but I feel like a lot of the classifiers we do are static, and a fast draw makes a huge difference. I wish we shot hoser stages as classifiers. I normally do really well on those. Everyone can hose. Not everyone can shoot a tuxedo on the move at 12, or hit a partial swinger at 20, or a headshot at 25. I'm constantly amazed at the depth of this game. Everytime you've got it figured out, something comes along to prove that you've only scratched the surface. What is a tuxedo? The target is blacked with hard cover other than the head and straight down. This is an IDPA target but it's colored the same. 
I had a miss into the hardcover on a classifier a couple months ago that would have been a 100% if it had been a hit. 
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Posted: 2/9/2015 9:29:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/9/2015 10:22:27 PM EDT
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Got it done again tonight. Dropped a few more points than normal but the damn moving no shoot always slows everybody down.
String 1... the other ones will be uploaded later on.
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