Start position: Concealed
Starting distance: 3 yards
Distance of farthest hits under par time: 7 yards
Anything you noticed: 5 seconds is longer than you think
Start position: Concealed
Starting distance: 3 yards
Distance of farthest hits under par time: 9 yards
Anything you noticed: I made good hits at 11 yards but was over time at 5.94
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Mike
I shot this from my duty holster, a Safariland 6360. Pistol was a Sig 226. Stock but for a FO front sight. I shot it right after the Pistol NOW! DotW. It was cold as balls.
10 yards 2.86 clean.
15 yards 4.69 clean. Numb fingered the draw.
20 yards 3.78. 2 misses both about half an inch below the card edge. WTF is up with this horizontal card crap anyway!
I shot a couple more iterations at the 20 b/c that pissed me off.
3.66 20 yards clean.
4.42 20 yards clean.
Smokin!
“Remember, being healthy is basically just dying as slowly as possible,” Ricky Gervais
Thanks bud. I really didn't have a good grasp of where the wheels would fall off on this one. In hindsight, 5 seconds feels like quite a good chunk of time. Then again, like all par time stuff, if one's working speed fits within the constraints of the par, it doesn't seem that hard. If it doesn't, it smacks of impossible and requires "pushing and trying". And we all know how well that usually turns out. Reminds me of Roger's in that respect.
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Originally Posted by taadski
Yeah I warmed up a little for this one to get the feel of 5 seconds. When I tried to take all 5 it felt less comfortable than just shooting to the sights comfortably which was more like 3.5.
Last edited by JHC; 11-24-2015 at 01:18 PM.
“Remember, being healthy is basically just dying as slowly as possible,” Ricky Gervais
First try:
Start holstered, open carry.
Starting distance 5 yards
Distance of farthest hits under par time: 9 yards
Times: 3.56, 3.69, 3.77, 5.04
2nd try:
Holstered open carry
start 5 yards
Farthest hits: 11 yards, missed both shots at 13 yards.
Times: 2.85, 2.87, 3.46, 3.60, 3.87.
Things I noticed. I planned ahead as to how long it would take me to draw, get a sight picture and fire the first shot and reacquire the sights and fire the second shot. There should be time. I like drive the dot sights. The horizontal card is better because I can see the sides of the card.At 13 yards, I yanked the trigger. I knew it was a miss.
Start position: low ready
Starting distance: 5 yards
Distance of farthest hits under par time: 7 yards
Missed 1 on my first attempt at 7, so ran it again without issue twice. Went 0 for 2 at 9 yd, so just ran it a few more times at 7 yards to get some reps in.
Anything I noticed:
Wheels fall off at 9 yards
Need to work on faster pressout and take more time aligning
Need to be able to press faster without anticipation creeping in
Need to also video myself to see how much muzzle flip there is in recoil, but doing drills just looking at the sight in recoil is helping.
I've found that on a difficult target, that if I do a fast draw and press out, it leaves me more time to aim.
Just my unsolicited two cents, but:
Less muzzle flip is better than more muzzle flip.
But, the exact amount of muzzle flip, at least in the kinds of guns and calibers we are talking about, is dwarfed in importance by the consistency of the muzzle returning to the point of aim.
The biggest thing to be after here is for the front sight to lift and return consistently to the point of aim, and for you to see and be aware of it while it's doing so.
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Thanks, and those are a great points. Saw a Miculek video with slow mo comparison on locked vs unlocked wrists and that dip below the centerline he said is what causes the dispersion in follow up shots and makes for slower shooting to boot. I was going to take a video to see how little upward recoil there was but your point about returning without dipping below is something I'll keep in mind.
