Practice Thread

Did live fire at 50yds to verify sights add did a few draw to 2 shots but I just can't pick up my sights at an indoor range that well. I switch over to 25yds and did about 100rds of draw to 2 shots. I was pretty happy. I did about 200 rds of Bill drills both from relaxed and surrender. I also did about 200 rds of mixed draw to strong hand only and draw to support hand and draw to strong hand, then switch to support hand only. Pretty happy with my progress for an old fat guy.
 
All while consciously keeping both eyes open. Really needing to get back to a cadence rythm when shooting.

50 random hand positions draw, 2 shots per partial, all A's in 3.5 sec. Hard, but doable. Not there yet constanly.

Then 25 bill drills on plain target with a 1.6 par time. All As. Hard. All in the grip and fast draw.

Then 25 random draws and one shot per "steel".
 

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200 rounds livefire at 20 yards...tuxedo hardcover on all targets. Very good practice session.
 
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Got to the range and put in some work on plate racks and partials.
 
Monday I worked on unloaded starts, its really been killing me lately. After about 50 of 400 rounds the front fiber fell out. One thing I found very interesting about it is that I could overlay the front sight with a round gong I had, and could see my low left tendencies. Then soon after that it became really annoying
 
Found out dryfire grip is a real thing. Focusing on weak hand grip pressure. Apparently I've gotten lazy and causing second shot to go left.
 
Wolffy;n101617 said:
Found out dryfire grip is a real thing. Focusing on weak hand grip pressure. Apparently I've gotten lazy and causing second shot to go left.
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You just named a demon of mine!!!
​​​​​​thanks!

​​​​​​somewhat related, I have begun to always "doublepress" during dryfire. Hammer falls and its always followed by another trigger press.
trigger is obviously not reset, but it keeps me hyper aware of that dot staying on target during trigger press.

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Slacker;n101624 said:
You just named a demon of mine!!!
​​​​​​thanks!

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Can't take credit for it. Saw it on one of the hundreds of dryfire videos if watched. Funny cause I remember her mentioning it and I thought "that's not a problem for me." I was wrong.
 
Grip pressure. Focusing on keeping the grip pressure constant.
 
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Travis B said:
Live fire practice of Four Aces for about 100 rounds. Fastest I could push is about 3.5 seconds. Here's a run- https://instagram.com/p/BQ9ef03gXtY/
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You should be able to save some time by aiming less. A 7 yard wide open target doesn't need much of a sight picture.

Bring the target in to 3 yards and practice drawing and firing two shots, with the goal to have the draw under a second. (The second shot is just there to keep you honest and not let you rip a lucky but probably unsafe fast one.)

Once you can do that a few times in a row all alphas, back up a yard. Repeat until you're at 7 yards.
 
Well thanks to @FatboyFlash my dry fire will now mostly be a draw followed by 2-5yd sprints to various shooting positions all over the basement.
Establishing par times for different "courses" will suck. Not crashing into something and waking the wife will put a little mental pressure on.
I knew I was slow, geologically, but hearing it from someone else might be the motivation I need, hopefully I can turn it into match performance.
 
Beef15 said:
Well thanks to @FatboyFlash my dry fire will now mostly be a draw followed by 2-5yd sprints to various shooting positions all over the basement.
Establishing par times for different "courses" will suck. Not crashing into something and waking the wife will put a little mental pressure on.
I knew I was slow, geologically, but hearing it from someone else might be the motivation I need, hopefully I can turn it into match performance.
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You just need to commit to running as fast as you can between shooting positions. Come in low, plant your foot, and start acquiring the target after that foot is planted. Your gun handling is great and your accuracy is great. Push yourself to shoot faster. Go beyond what you can do actually do.
 
I started out with draws, just to reaffirm my grip and sight picture. I moved on to draw, two shots at two targets and then mag change. From there, I did draws to 2 targets, EXPLODE from that position, mag change within a step and a half and book it to the next position. It was embarrassing at first but started to reel it in. Then I reloaded 250 rounds for Saturday. To top it off I hit the weights for 30 minutes.
 
Matty and I been working on the Drummond way of movement. It's so simple it feels natural. And its faster. The timer is proving it.
 
Some movement drills today.
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Super slow motion draw stroke.
Courtesy of @NKD.
Great tool to diagnose wasted movement.
This is my steel challenge draw stance.
If I plan movement, I often stand with a more Ninja like stance.
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I was lazy. I just worked on my draw and static mag changes. I did hit the gym for about 30 minutes. Worked mostly on legs. I think I may work out tomorrow and then stop until after SC.
 
300rd practice session yesterday morning. Shot some dots, tried to decide if it was better to draw to steel or draw to paper on an array, and then did some 20y plate racks.
 
Beef15 said:
What sort of time should one strive for from the holster?
My range has one, I don't shoot it often enough to have established any sort of goal.
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I honestly don't know what a good time would be. I was just striving to hit them all on the first shot, wasn't really pushing speed on it.
 
Slacker said:


Soopa slow motion, draw, one shot, reload, one shot. Fun drill that showed me where to focus my dryfire attention.
Max Michel, eat your heart out.
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I love using these slomo vids. Shows a lot of nuances.
 
Following Ben Stoeger's hardcore dryfire schedule. an hour a night on movements, starts and entering positions, exiting. Then after I eat or just catch my breath, I do draws to freestyle. strong hand and weak. Followed by reloads for 30 minutes

Have come to terms that my old ass needs a track coach. For some reason I have become a heel striker when running. My left heel hates me by now
 
Mike Overlay said:
Following Ben Stoeger's hardcore dryfire schedule. an hour a night on movements, starts and entering positions, exiting. Then after I eat or just catch my breath, I do draws to freestyle. strong hand and weak. Followed by reloads for 30 minutes

Have come to terms that my old ass needs a track coach. For some reason I have become a heel striker when running. My left heel hates me by now
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Woah.
 
Watched a few more tennis videos. Trying to exploded from any position. Trying my damnedest to snap to the next target without floating past or coming up short. This part is kicking my butt.
 
I'm working on shooting into position and changing focus from target to front sight.

Starting on target: two shots at 20yds, mag change, two shots at 10 yards coming into position, two shots at another 10 yard target, then transition to mini popper at 10yds. 3 second par time. Repeat approx 25x.
 
Mike Overlay said:
Watched a few more tennis videos. Trying to exploded from any position. Trying my damnedest to snap to the next target without floating past or coming up short. This part is kicking my butt.
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Tennis, that's actually really interesting. I wouldn't have thought about that.
 
Drill day for a first competition coworker. Spent about 2 hrs and 300 rds working on range commands, reloads, moving, ect.

Hes shooting a Sig 226, can you tell he was in the Navy?
 
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