It seems like sub second reloads are pretty much a performance baseline of USPSA competitors from my podcast listening. Are these same numbers doable from IDPA style gear and slide lock reloads as well or is that a game specific thing?
I'm trying to avoid the easy route of blaming my slow reloads on the lack of magwell or canted off-set mag pouches but sub second reloads might as well be the sound barrier for me.
In dryfire I'm reloading from a sight picture at slide lock to the click of the trigger back on the A zone trying to beat the par timer. For about half the reps I turn off the timer and try to just be fast and smooth. Reintroducing the timer shows me that what I was thinking was fast without the timer was degrading more to a 2.0 time though. Out of 10 reloads with the par timer a typical breakdown would be
1.5 (1 time if the stars align. I never manage one any faster than this.)
1.6 (2-3 times)
1.7 (3-4 times)
2.0 (normally at least two of these as I flub something, hit the edge of the magwell, or fail to properly look the mag in)
I can tell I'm leaving a couple tenths on the table with the weak hand retrieval speed. Maybe 2 tenths again on a slow down and mag insertion. Even if I collect all of that time though I'm still not even close. I've worked some Burkett reload reps in to try to shave down my weak hand path times. Mainly it seems to mess up my rhythm when I go back to full reloads. I'm assuming that mainly means that my strong hand movement isn't commensurately speeding up with its job on the mag release and/or my coordination between the two is still trash.
So, is this a matter of more reps? Letting time do its thing over a couple of years? An unrealistic goal with gear? Or slow hands with no coffee?
I'm working out of JMCK v3 single mag pouches hung off an AresAegis belt using Magpull Pmags, and a Glock 19.4 with factory extended mag release button, and extended slide release lever (both came stock) I've done the whole Armoral my mags, mag pouch interiors and stock magwell thing. Doing 300-500 dryfire slide lock reloads per week with dummy rounds in the mags. What should an aspiring IDPA guy be looking for if I wanted to eventually hang with the local heat skill wise in club competitions?