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JTH:

--- Quote from: abbafandr on April 04, 2016, 09:15:38 PM ---Well, another month gone!  How's it going ?

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Ok, I don't have to be the ONLY one who can respond here!

This last month did not go well, in terms of practice.

In my defense, if you are so sick that you can't stand up without wobbling, you probably shouldn't be holding a gun.

That being said, I still had five days in which I didn't get any practice at all, which is significantly NOT meeting my goal for myself.

Hopefully this coming month will be better, and I'll do a better job.

Taking a look at the last three months....

If I consider each color a "gun event," (which makes sense, as each color was a different gun handling session, even if there were two colors in one day) then I had:
32 events in 31 days in January
33 events in 29 days in February
27 events in 31 days in March

In the 91 days in the first three months of 2016, I've done at least Drill Zero 48 times, longer dry practice 22 times, gotten to the range for live fire practice 15 times, and shot 7 days in competition.

Why the heck am I not BETTER??  [sigh] 

Actually, looking at the last couple of competitions I've done, a couple of things jump out in terms of "needed practice" so I'm changing my version of Drill Zero a bit in terms of eye focus requirements.  (Starting with a near focus, taking a step as I transition my eyes to a far small target, then back to a near focus on the front sight as I work the trigger on that far small target.)  Still freestyle/SHO/WHO, still 10 reps each, but working eye focus a bit differently.

I note that I HAVE seen a significant improvement in my SHO and WHO shooting skills, and they have come in handy in a couple of competitions---noticeably so.

For my live fire practice, I'm also going to be starting almost every practice with 50 rounds on the Dot Torture target.  If I clean it twice in a row (on two consecutive live fire practice days) I'll move it out another yard.  I'll start at three yards, and go from there.  I'll stay at the same distance until I clean it twice in a row.  (This is going to be discussed in a different thread.)

I've been doing about 5:1 ratio of competition gun:carry gun with respect to my dry practice.  The difference doesn't seem to be any big deal other than I can transition the G17 faster than the G34 (at least it feels faster).  Of course, there is a reason that my competition gun and carry gun have the same frame, sights, and trigger...  :)

This month, the goal is more live fire, and getting back to dry practice every day.  One thing that will help is that with better weather, I can take 150 rounds to the range after work, run Dot Torture, then spend another 30 minutes with the other 100 rounds working on a specific skill or two.  In other words, I don't have to wait for a weekend day or something to run a long practice, I'll just run to the range for a quick hour on one or two skills, but do it more often.  Twice a week would be nice, but at least once a week.  (Hopefully still getting in an extended practice at least once or twice this month.)

Ok, how about someone ELSE post how they are doing here!!

(Note that my record includes a couple of day in April, but my written stats don't.  I CAN count.  Really!)

abbafandr:
Maybe it's down to us 2 :laugh:

Dan W:
JUST TESTING THE NEW VIDEO AUTO EMBED MOD

JTH:
Originally in this thread, these people said they were giving it a try:

Lorimor
tstuart34
abbafandr
HuskerXDM

...so how's it going?

And that isn't a "put up or shut up" it is instead a "how is it working out?  is the report format helping track/motivate your practice?"

Did you start strong but fade off?  Only get in practice once every three weeks?

Here's the thing, though:  Whatever you did or did not do earlier in the year doesn't change that you can start NOW.  Or restart NOW. 

Practice makes a difference.  Folks who are just reading this thread for the first time---try it out!  Get the report and start today.

Drill Zero takes less than three minutes and you just need an empty-and-cleared gun and a safe direction...you can do this!

Lorimor:
I had a long dry spell.  :(  I was fighting a vicious cold and lost interest for awhile.  Plus, I was getting too good. 



I have been finding that switching platforms, i.e., Glock vs 1911, I get screwed up, particularly when I push speed.  After working with the Glock, the 1911 sights are too low and suddenly, the 1911 trigger is SUDDEN!  No crunch, crunch grind sproink BOOM!  :)  And after working with the 1911, the Glock sights are waaaayyyy up there. 

So, there's that.  :) 

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