Video Review Thread

[Shootingrn]

I've never recorded myself doing any shooting so this was kind of interesting...

I've been shooting my 92fs a lot lately and this was my first real range day with my new G17 Gen 4.

Holster is a Zulu Bravo AIWB and JMCK AIWB mag pouch. AE 124 range ammo.

Target at 7 Yards and B-8, all rounds were in the black. The last shot was 1.47. The others in 1.5-6ish.

One thing I noticed is I am quite a bit upright. I wonder if getting a bit more aggressive in my starting position would be advantageous for recoil etc. Maybe a bit too oversold with clearing my t-shirt but I used to get caught up a lot and have made it a point to make sure to get it it of the way. I'm trying to be quicker to the gun and I could make up a lot of time picking up my sights better. I tend to look for the perfect sight picture...

Please offer critique and thoughts and thanks!

[Peally]

I won't comment on Shootingrn's stuff since I know absolutely nothing about AIWB draws, but they look pretty smooth to me.

In an effort to keep the thread rolling and prove to everyone that I actually do shoot when I'm not on the internet being an asshole, here's a dry fire session from last night filmed with my potato laptop. Draw par times were .7 per Stoeger's drill, and I was barely even hitting that if at all. After I launched the first few mags across the room doing reloads I took the par beep away and just focused on not being a tard the rest of the session. Also: remember to buy Flexbars everyone, they're even more fun than a Slinky.

[Mr_White]

So just looking at these two Bill Drills, you have hits to the 8-ring/8" circle at 2.89 seconds and 9-ring/5.25" circle at 5.37 seconds? IF no conditions present that demand tighter shooting, I really prefer the overall time and hits of that 2.89 run.

[Mr_White]

I won't comment on Shootingrn's stuff since I know absolutely nothing about AIWB draws, but they look pretty smooth to me.

In an effort to keep the thread rolling and prove to everyone that I actually do shoot when I'm not on the internet being an asshole, here's a dry fire session from last night filmed with my potato laptop. Draw par times were .7 per Stoeger's drill, and I was barely even hitting that if at all. After I launched the first few mags across the room doing reloads I took the par beep away and just focused on not being a tard the rest of the session. Also: remember to buy Flexbars everyone, they're even more fun than a Slinky.

I like your photorealistic shirt!

You have obviously been working on Ben's program so don't expect me to have anything useful to tell you. Especially about reloads.

That's the same face I make when I shake my Flexbar at people too.

[Peally]

I know painfully well what I screwed up, it was a pretty brutal session. Glad I took video though, I very rarely do and it shows off a few issues where I'm unnecessarily moving (possible head dips on draws, leaning too far on reloads, etc).

For anyone that gets frustrated in dry fire: when I have time I may go through and make a fuck-up compilation. What you're experiencing happens to everyone at all levels.

[Shootingrn]

Your reloads are fast....I just really started to get to know Ben S. aside from general knowledge but I can see his style of reload in your execution.

Is the flexbar reference directed at the therapy piece for grip strength?

Which book are you working off of?

Thanks

[Peally]

Don't worry, I fuck plenty of them up too. Failing reloads really ruins gains from other drills so I work on them a lot. I'm probably not the one to ask for advice. Gabe, Les, and a whole lot of other shooters here are far better than I and hold sexier sounding classifications.

I use the flexbar on Gabe's old PF recommendation to combat tennis elbow and stretch before and after dry/live fire. Without it I wouldn't be shooting, and as a bonus it's a gigantic embarrassing green dildo thing that's fun to flop around. Works great for me and my sissy computer hands.

I typically grab drills and par times from Stoeger's line of books (he has one for live fire, dry fire, and fundamentals) on top of whatever drills I think up or find on this site. Just need to cater your practice to specifically nail whatever you're working on. His par times are typically master/grandmaster oriented, so they may need to be tweaked as needed depending on your goals.

YMMV, I'm a crappy teacher so take it for what it's worth

[Mr_White]

I set up a fragment of a USPSA-type stage and shot it a bunch of times, trying to alter something every repetition or two, changing the start position, addressing it differently or from a different direction, adding or deleting a reload, or moving a barrier. There was enough going on that I can see there is lots of inefficiency and choppiness. But it was good and felt very productive. Need to do a lot more of this, plus drills to sharpen the subparts. The video shows eight runs - I probably did about twice that altogether. Comments welcome as always!

[JAD]

So just looking at these two Bill Drills, you have hits to the 8-ring/8" circle at 2.89 seconds and 9-ring/5.25" circle at 5.37 seconds? IF no conditions present that demand tighter shooting, I really prefer the overall time and hits of that 2.89 run.

Yes. Actually they were all in the 10. There were conditions present that demanded tighter shooting.

[hiro]

I won't comment on Shootingrn's stuff since I know absolutely nothing about AIWB draws, but they look pretty smooth to me.
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Peally

I'm guessing this is a gamer thing, don't shoot me...

When drawing, your support hand goes to your strong side hip to speed things up right? So the pistol is following pretty much a straight line from holster to firing position?

If not, do you have video of your draw from the side?