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Posted: 3/25/2014 5:02:22 PM EDT
1. First string was strong but it could have been a bit faster (I think) if I had kept moving. I need to work on my hosing skills because I watched another guy in my division do it two seconds faster with damn near all A's. I know most of my A's came from farther back. 2. I lost count on the last string. I had planned on two targets, reload while moving left, five targets, reload while moving across, then the last five targets. I lost count and tried to hit one of them again, which caused me to run dry (and verified that I had actually fired enough rounds, while costing me a couple of seconds). The good is that I've been practicing my reloads quite a bit and they went pretty smoothly. |
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Posted: 3/26/2014 10:51:08 AM EDT
[#1]
Shoot faster.
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Posted: 3/26/2014 11:14:37 AM EDT
[#2]
nvm
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Posted: 3/30/2014 9:57:21 AM EDT
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The biggest issue I see...which may have been caused by stage design...is that you make a LOT of movements. Shorts little steps here and there take time and cause you to lose your firm footing and your train of thought. Find places throughout the stage where you can stand in one spot and shoot 80%+ of the targets. Catch the remainder of the targets WHILE moving. You may score slightly less on those 20%...but the good hits you should have on the 80% and the quicker time should still put you ahead in the long run.
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Posted: 4/17/2014 10:00:12 AM EDT
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The biggest issue I see...which may have been caused by stage design...is that you make a LOT of movements. Shorts little steps here and there take time and cause you to lose your firm footing and your train of thought. Find places throughout the stage where you can stand in one spot and shoot 80%+ of the targets. Catch the remainder of the targets WHILE moving. You may score slightly less on those 20%...but the good hits you should have on the 80% and the quicker time should still put you ahead in the long run. This....plus it looks like on the first stage that you should have drawn to the left side of that no shoot and shot those 3 targets (if the 4th one in that sequence wasn't available from that same spot?) and then took the one to the right of the no shoot on the move. There was too much back and forth movement where you would shoot right and then come back left to targets that you had already passed which equals too much wasted movement. On those close up targets you should be able to shoot faster as well, not necissarily "hosing" and not seeing your sights but getting the appropriate sight picture for that type of target to hit all A's from that distance. |
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Posted: 4/17/2014 6:01:00 PM EDT
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Thanks guys... I had been working on my transitions. This was last week ... on the close stage the last four targets were wide open and I sounded much faster on them.
I will say I know the video looks like I was close to a 180 on the unloaded start... that was something I noticed and will be more careful of in the future. The other thing I was trying to do this week was quit firing makeup shots without having to... I didn't fire a single extra shot this week, although I did have a miss/no shoot on the farthest string. I'll have to embed it later since I'm on my phone right now... its from 4/14. |
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Posted: 4/18/2014 11:52:27 PM EDT
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Glad you noticed your extra shots. Was going to mention the looked like extras. They are not always bad but that looked like not calling shots.
I also echo the extra steps and back and forth movement. Step right then left then right takes a ton of time. Same thing with order of engagement. Straight across is almost always faster even when no steps are involved. |
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Posted: 4/19/2014 3:33:48 AM EDT
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There's last week
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Posted: 4/19/2014 11:27:16 PM EDT
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There is one thing I noticed. You move around when there is an opportunity to plant yourself and shoot the array.
On your first stage you were moving as shooting at the first position. It may be faster to plant yourself shoot the array and then move to the next shooting position. There is a couple of thoughts on shooting positions. First is shoot the course by moving as little as possible and from the minimum number of shooting positions. Some shooting positions may require you to lean one way then lean the other way to see the targets but it will be faster than trying to shuffle your feet. Pick the spots your feet and body must be in to be in those positions. This is easier when there is markers on the ground to reference yourself. Second thought is moving and shooting verses shooting in a position. There are many times shooting a target on the move will be faster, however remember it slows your movement. You must decide if it is faster to get to the position and engage or start engaging as you are coming to the position. The fast shooters I see usually move fast to shoot at the positions unless there is a clear advantage to shooting on the move. |
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Posted: 4/19/2014 11:27:56 PM EDT
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Double tap. As fast as I do in USPSA.
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Posted: 4/20/2014 3:31:26 AM EDT
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There is one thing I noticed. You move around when there is an opportunity to plant yourself and shoot the array. On your first stage you were moving as shooting at the first position. It may be faster to plant yourself shoot the array and then move to the next shooting position. There is a couple of thoughts on shooting positions. First is shoot the course by moving as little as possible and from the minimum number of shooting positions. Some shooting positions may require you to lean one way then lean the other way to see the targets but it will be faster than trying to shuffle your feet. Pick the spots your feet and body must be in to be in those positions. This is easier when there is markers on the ground to reference yourself. Second thought is moving and shooting verses shooting in a position. There are many times shooting a target on the move will be faster, however remember it slows your movement. You must decide if it is faster to get to the position and engage or start engaging as you are coming to the position. The fast shooters I see usually move fast to shoot at the positions unless there is a clear advantage to shooting on the move. I've tried this a few different ways... if the targets are open I usually take them while moving (from the short range anyway). If there are no shoots all over them I generally will stop and use my movement to reload. I have noticed while doing my "move a little shoot a little" that you guys have pointed out that I usually have a pretty crappy shooting stance when I am firing. I certainly need to work on that, as well as what you said about nailing down a position and standing there instead of just meandering. I was practicing some moving and shooting the other day.
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Posted: 4/20/2014 5:07:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryYou need to practice having your reload done and arriving into the positions with the gun up on target ready to shoot. Improving your reload times and then having your head up will help. You did a good job of it in the move and shoot video. You should increase your speed across arrays - you were slowing down too much on those partials. Indoor ranges are very limiting. |
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Posted: 4/20/2014 5:30:27 PM EDT
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They are... outdoor matches are finally here.
Of course the first one is today and I can't go due to it being easter. I'm trying to work on my reloads, I know they need to be faster ( and I shouldn't have waited until slide lock on those) |
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Posted: 4/20/2014 7:27:59 PM EDT
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They are... outdoor matches are finally here. Of course the first one is today and I can't go due to it being easter. I'm trying to work on my reloads, I know they need to be faster ( and I shouldn't have waited until slide lock on those) Very cool. You are doing well. Are you classified yet? |
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Posted: 4/21/2014 7:37:23 PM EDT
[#14]
Yes, just got classified as a C... 57%.
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Posted: 4/22/2014 11:21:03 AM EDT
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Keep practicing and enjoying the journey. We all started in your shoes. I came over to the dark side in 2008. I just got my M card last month. It's been a lot of fun.
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Posted: 4/22/2014 3:51:50 PM EDT
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Awesome...
I have been shooting pistols since 2004 and now feel like I've wasted about 9 years NOT doing this sooner. 
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Posted: 4/23/2014 8:20:03 AM EDT
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Awesome... I have been shooting pistols since 2004 and now feel like I've wasted about 9 years NOT doing this sooner. That is no joke. I hated on USPSA for a long time as an IDPA guy. Once I was dragged kicking and screaming to a USPSA match I realized how far you could go with that skill and it inspired me. Add healthy competition with a sprinkle of shit talking and I was hooked bad... |
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Posted: 4/29/2014 3:15:14 AM EDT
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OK I had another practice match tonight.
I had never shot with this moving no shoot in the middle.. it made it interesting. I ended up with a miss and two no shoots. The mike was a pass through of the moving no shoot, which I knew I had done it as soon as the shot was fired (I guess my shot calling is getting better if nothing else). FWIW, the hit would have been an A if it had not passed through the other target first 
The other no shoot would have been the last shot... you can't see it on the video but the final target was covered by a no shoot except the top 1/3 of the lower A zone. The last shot plugged the no shoot right in the middle of the head, and once I saw that I made up the shot. Probably cost me 2 seconds.... so hit factor of 5.0133... 283 points and 56.45 seconds.... take two seconds away, 54.45 seconds, take an A hit away (-5), add a miss (-10), would have given me 4.9219. I guess it was the right choice. Either way, I tried to work on not making so many adjustments like you guys suggested and I think I did do better at that (couldn't help it on the first run while shooting through the ports). Although I thought my last run felt really slow, it didn't seem too slow watching the video later on, except the reload I flubbed by dropping my magazine. I appreciate your replies!
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Posted: 5/4/2014 8:07:18 AM EDT
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Yesterday's match. Watching it I feel like I reloaded and moved really slow. I believe the classifier scores will be close to kicking me up to B class though.
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Posted: 5/15/2014 2:31:48 PM EDT
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Well... I moved up to B class
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Posted: 5/15/2014 10:49:34 PM EDT
[#21]
Corn grats!
Race ya to GM.
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Posted: 5/16/2014 10:04:22 PM EDT
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Well... I moved up to B class Congrats! I'm still a C, hopefully moving to a B after a couple more classifiers (I only have 4 on record and I COMPLETELY fucked one of them up... hitting no shoots and extra shots on a virginia count is bad? whodathunkit) pretty addicting game no? 
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Posted: 5/26/2014 8:02:07 AM EDT
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Here's how to ruin a good score...
I made a plan, executed it exactly how I wanted to. It was great... 24 A's, 6 C's, in a decent amount of time... until we looked at the movers. Three mikes, one delta, and two no shoots. Talk about a kick in the balls! I finished 15th out of 70 Production shooters, which does make me happy. 4th place out of the B class shooters.
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Posted: 5/31/2014 11:28:51 AM EDT
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Well... I moved up to B class congrats. i have been stuck at B for about a year. Most people say going from C to B is not really that hard, but B to A usually take a bit more effort. |
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Posted: 5/31/2014 12:17:35 PM EDT
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congrats. i have been stuck at B for about a year. Most people say going from C to B is not really that hard, but B to A usually take a bit more effort. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Well... I moved up to B class congrats. i have been stuck at B for about a year. Most people say going from C to B is not really that hard, but B to A usually take a bit more effort. We'll see... the first classifier I shot after moving up was 81%
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Posted: 7/22/2014 4:01:15 AM EDT
[#26]
Match from this weekend.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 8:24:44 PM EDT
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Well done.
 I need to get some good film next time I'm out. Shot a GM Limited classifier the other day. I'm not in a huge hurry to move up though!
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:20:42 PM EDT
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This one should take me to 73% and change. Knocking on "A" if I keep up the practice.
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Posted: 11/3/2014 12:14:17 PM EDT
[#29]
This should bump me to A class
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Posted: 11/3/2014 1:20:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryLol..I know the guy that ran you in the 5th stage of that outdoor one. Pat R. |
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Posted: 11/4/2014 10:14:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryWhich classifier was that? Very strange to see stages where you're required to shoot 4 rounds at each target.. We don't do that much around here. That's tough on Production! |
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Posted: 11/5/2014 1:43:22 AM EDT
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Classifier was 06-03 Can you Count?
The match was two 48 round stages, a 32 round, and 31 round stage for the last match of the year. Several of the normal production guys shot limited minor because of it, but I wanted to geat one more classifier in for Production (and I'm glad I did). |
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Posted: 11/5/2014 10:31:59 AM EDT
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Classifier was 06-03 Can you Count? The match was two 48 round stages, a 32 round, and 31 round stage for the last match of the year. Several of the normal production guys shot limited minor because of it, but I wanted to geat one more classifier in for Production (and I'm glad I did). Nice ... sounds like fun. Good shootin'. That classifier looks like a good one to move up on. |
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Posted: 11/5/2014 5:29:54 PM EDT
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The high hit factor is pretty high
I cant find s 100% Production run. |
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Posted: 11/5/2014 7:45:48 PM EDT
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AJE-We have a USPSA match this Sunday at Silver Creek....come'on down!
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Posted: 11/5/2014 8:37:37 PM EDT
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The high hit factor is pretty high
 http://youtu.be/ZeJI5J6Cig8
I cant find s 100% Production run. Holy shit that's sick. Those guys can really make those rigs scream. Looks like a 16 HF will be 96% on that one. Wow... 80 points in 5 seconds total. :O |
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Posted: 11/6/2014 4:31:29 PM EDT
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AJE-We have a USPSA match this Sunday at Silver Creek....come'on down! Do you go through the winter? I might have to come that way over the winter. |
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Posted: 11/6/2014 6:23:23 PM EDT
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Do you go through the winter? I might have to come that way over the winter. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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AJE-We have a USPSA match this Sunday at Silver Creek....come'on down! Do you go through the winter? I might have to come that way over the winter. Weather dependent. Last year with all the ice and snow, there was no way. By all accounts this winter is supposed to be like last. If it's not, and the termps are suitable, then we will. That is if the guys in the board that hates USPSA, Steel and IDPA get's reelected and tries again to shut us down. 
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Posted: 11/6/2014 9:53:46 PM EDT
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Screw those guys anyway
Just got the results in.. I took 1st in Production by 7%, beating two A class guys (one of which is a Limited Master). I'm happy happy happy. Now I have a few months to practice up for the Spring matches to start, I guess. |
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Posted: 11/13/2014 12:36:18 PM EDT
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Made A class... 77.46%
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Posted: 11/13/2014 1:08:38 PM EDT
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Congrats.
Now you can quit sandbagging.
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Posted: 11/13/2014 1:19:07 PM EDT
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Holy shit that's sick. Those guys can really make those rigs scream. Looks like a 16 HF will be 96% on that one. Wow... 80 points in 5 seconds total. :O Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The high hit factor is pretty high
http://youtu.be/ZeJI5J6Cig8
I cant find s 100% Production run. Holy shit that's sick. Those guys can really make those rigs scream. Looks like a 16 HF will be 96% on that one. Wow... 80 points in 5 seconds total. :O They adjusted something, because classifiercalc gave me a 77%, USPSA posted it as an 86%. |
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Posted: 12/16/2014 5:23:17 PM EDT
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Kicked some ass at our indoor league last night... this is the best I've ever shot, both with the quickest time and most points. Out of 72 rounds I only dropped two charlies.
The circles on the first array were supposed simulated steel plates, one hit on each for each string.
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