davsco
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squadded with, hell i shot a classifier side by side with him. as we walked up to the line i told him i was going to make him look REALLY good and he just laughed.
IDPA Practice?
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squadded with, hell i shot a classifier side by side with him. as we walked up to the line i told him i was going to make him look REALLY good and he just laughed.
Racinready300ex
Active Member
- Jun 3, 2009
- 381
I use the pocket pro one, and put a couple layers of tape over the speaker for dry fire. Typically it ends up staying on for live fire too, because lazy
To revisit this topic:
How does everyone set up practice for a match. I'm lucky I have the ability to set up a course of fire or just put targets randomly around etc but I need to have drills to focus on when I go to practice. I find I set up about 4 targets and just start shooting and practicing mag changes.
Anyone recommend a curriculum to follow over say a course of 10 practice sessions?
How does everyone set up practice for a match. I'm lucky I have the ability to set up a course of fire or just put targets randomly around etc but I need to have drills to focus on when I go to practice. I find I set up about 4 targets and just start shooting and practicing mag changes.
Anyone recommend a curriculum to follow over say a course of 10 practice sessions?
davsco
Ultimate Member
my practice is just doing lotsa matches... set up the old classifier, it really covers all the basics.
Check out Ben Stoeger's "Skills and Drills Reloaded"
Thank you. Just what I was looking for.
Racinready300ex
Active Member
- Jun 3, 2009
- 381
What BigT said, Ben's books are a great source of information.
The big thing is you need to know what you're working on and the find a drill to get you there. The hard part is the self diagnosis really, a plus is when you're new everything needs a lot of work. If you go to the range with out a plan it's easy to end up just shooting. Then you shoot a lot of ammo and don't really make any gains.
What do you have trouble with? Reloads? Do 4 aces in dry fire until your arm falls off. Then do some in live fire to see where you're at. Then go back to dry fire with what you learned and repeat. Get that standing load working, and start adding movement to your dry fire routine. If I'm working reloads hard, I stop when I can't lift my arms. Doesn't really take long to get to that point either.
Need to work on transitions? Try something like the Blake drill. 3 targets, 2 shots each (repeat at distances from 5 to 15 yards). Keep your splits and transitions the same. How far apart can you get the targets and keep the transitions the same? Dry fire this until your arms fall off.
See a trend?
Another note, make sure you grip the shit out of it with your support hand during dry fire. I think most guys don't grip their gun hard enough.
The big thing is you need to know what you're working on and the find a drill to get you there. The hard part is the self diagnosis really, a plus is when you're new everything needs a lot of work. If you go to the range with out a plan it's easy to end up just shooting. Then you shoot a lot of ammo and don't really make any gains.
What do you have trouble with? Reloads? Do 4 aces in dry fire until your arm falls off. Then do some in live fire to see where you're at. Then go back to dry fire with what you learned and repeat. Get that standing load working, and start adding movement to your dry fire routine. If I'm working reloads hard, I stop when I can't lift my arms. Doesn't really take long to get to that point either.
Need to work on transitions? Try something like the Blake drill. 3 targets, 2 shots each (repeat at distances from 5 to 15 yards). Keep your splits and transitions the same. How far apart can you get the targets and keep the transitions the same? Dry fire this until your arms fall off.
See a trend?
Another note, make sure you grip the shit out of it with your support hand during dry fire. I think most guys don't grip their gun hard enough.
jimbobborg
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He ROd the 3-gun squad I was in back in 2010. On one of the stages, he managed to shoot his muzzle brake down range because he forgot to tighten it up the night before
Someone ended up finding it when we went downrange to reset the stage. He's still human, too.Users who are viewing this thread
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