I am itching to try USPSA, but this weekend is CINCHOME's birthday weekend, so it's a no-go (at least until I get her a rig for USPSA!)

I am itching to try USPSA, but this weekend is CINCHOME's birthday weekend, so it's a no-go (at least until I get her a rig for USPSA!)

 

OK, you got me. I'm familiar with SWMBO, I assume you are referring to your SO, but CINCHOME is a new one on me - care to enlighten?

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

 

PS: Sure you don't want to go? You're on my way.

Commander IN Chief HOME

Commander IN Chief HOME

 

I have one of those as well

Commander IN Chief HOME

 

Soooo....same thing as SWMBO

Yes but in a more of a military term

Is there gonna be NJGF squad?

I'm still on the fence. My GF's sister is in town visiting and her other sister is about ready to pop out a baby any day now... might be a crazy weekend.

I'm still on the fence. My GF's sister is in town visiting and her other sister is about ready to pop out a baby any day now... might be a crazy weekend.

 

Bring her to the range will bring this kid into the world right..

Im going to be trying this out for the first time tomorow. What do I need? Rounds? Gear?

Im going to be trying this out for the first time tomorow. What do I need? Rounds? Gear?

 

Holster (trigger must be covered), A minimum of three magazine (assuming 10 rd capacity - Maks said the largest stage is 28 rounds), better with 4 mags and mag pouches for same. Entry fee = $20

Cool, Just bought a Bianchi Belt and Serpa Holster for my Glock. Got 4 mag holders from 5.11 too... Thanks Atlantic Tactical!.....

 

 

How many rounds of ammo should i bring?

Well 28 round max on the stages, with that being known I would say 28 times 6 or 7 stages so I would go with 7, so that equals 196 rounds, probably less stages but Maks or one of the other who know will probably jump in with that answer soon.

 

On that note, that would be 4 boxes of ammo, me, I would bring 250 to 300, worst you can do is carry extra ammo around all day and bring it back home, a much better option that running out of ammo.

 

My motto is: You can't ever have too much ammo, unless you are going swimming..

Harry, that depends on where you are swimming!!

lol. sounds good.. excited for tomorrow

Come find me.. or tell at sign up nj gun forums squad. I will be wearing a Descent blue/white/grey ski jacket, and likely a black hat, either working on a stage, or at sign up.

 

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Bring her to the range will bring this kid into the world right..

 

She had the baby Friday afternoon. I'll be busy shuttling family around...

She had the baby Friday afternoon. I'll be busy shuttling family around...

 

Boy or Girl?

Did they name the baby Ruger (Boy) or Kimber (girl)?

had a good time..

Looks great Tony, I know you said it's 720 and not 1080 but from what I see here, unless you were playing them side by side I doubt you would notice the difference for what you have used it for.

Tony videos look great, very high quality picture and sound. Had a really good time shooting with you guys, i'll try and get the little bit of video I got, up sometime soon. Special thanks to Vlad G for helping us get the death jam free'd up on my M&P, also to Maks for helping me out with some shooting issues.

It was chilly in the morning but was actually not bad by 11. Enjoyed shooting with you all!

 

Till the next time.

 

Ryan

Definetly had a lot of fun shooting for the first time today. Met a lot of cool people. Will definetly do this again.!!!

I have the video part figured out, i just have to figure out editing.

Tony, watch that damn trigger finger. I see 4-5 reloads where your finger is clearly on the trigger, not to mention that jam clearance.

 

I'm not just being an a** here about this, it is a pretty critical thing. Get that finger out of the trigger guard and along the frame please, everyone wants to go home with the same number of holes they came in with.

 

Most obvious example is video 3 at 0:22.

Yes i know been working on that getting better.

Thats the nice thing about these vids we can teach ourselves, do the same with boat racing, watching over and over again to make corrections.

I agree, videos help with this, but I'm want to make sure everyone understands why I'm uptight about this. Finger on the trigger is the hardest safety infraction to catch during a match, and the easiest to commit and the easiest to get into a bad habit about. It is also the most dangerous. Not that you want to break any of them, but think about it .. If you break the 180 with the finger OFF the trigger you might go home for the day, but likely no one is hurt. If your finger is on the trigger you are a fraction of an inch from a dangerous situation, or maybe one elbow bump away, or one little slip in the mud away because your hands naturally contract at smallest unexpected event.

 

Full confession time here: after 8-9 years of shooting USPSA and never being DQ'ed I DQ'ed myself twice, in two consecutive matches for firing my gun during a reload. The first time I didn't believe it was me, I though there was something wrong with the gun. The second time I knew it was me. I went home and spent over a week practicing my reloads hours a day until I figured out exactly how I did it. The mechanics are not important and possibly specific to me and my gun, but the point is that I had developed a habit of moving my finger out of the trigger guard but NOT resting it on the trigger guard or frame. During odd angle reloads I would tense my hand too much, contract the muscles of my trigger finger and touch the trigger.

 

It is an incredibly hard habit to break once it really settles in. Take the next few matches and run every stage paying continuous attention to what your trigger finger is doing. I mean make everything else secondary, but safety. As a side effect I can almost guarantee you that you also shoot better (long discussion as of why, but odds are you will shoot better by focusing on a single shooting aspect, even it is one not obviously related to speed or accuracy).

 

I don't want to seem like I'm just trying to haze Tony, I'm addressing this to everyone, new or experienced, because I've learned the hard way how important of an issue this is.

The mechanics are not important and possibly specific to me and my gun, but the point is that I had developed a habit of moving my finger out of the trigger guard but NOT resting it on the trigger guard or frame. During odd angle reloads I would tense my hand too much, contract the muscles of my trigger finger and touch the trigger.

 

 

 

This is exactly what i am doing. reaching for the mag release button i have to reposition my strong hand.

That is when my finger goes array..will have a bunch of time soon to practice as the boating season comes to an end next 2 weeks.

Change the circumference of the grip. If you have to shift your grip that much the gun is to big. Replace the grip panels either with intermediate size ones (like the ErgoGrip ones which use the standard grip bushings but are thin) or slim line type grips which need low profile grip bushings. If you have an arched or wedge mainspring (I can't tell from the videos) go with a flat one.