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Aim Fast Hit Fast Review - Pittsburg, KS March 24-25
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<blockquote data-quote="Lomshek" data-source="post: 1757406" data-attributes="member: 9239"><p>My experience&#8230;</p><p></p><p>Personally I was pushed hard and learned a lot. I’ve been shooting USPSA for almost 10 years and am just scraping the B level. I had no illusions of being the best shooter in class but was amazed at how much I learned!</p><p></p><p>Just a few of the many things I changed or improved significantly with Todd’s lessons; grip & stance were the biggies followed by a much improved draw. I have a long way to go but the press out method noticeably sped up my accurate first shot time from the draw which was especially noticed on the low probability targets. Todd noticed I was "taking my time" on the draw and encouraged me to be more aggressive. With his pushing I took significant time off my draw (~1/2 second).</p><p></p><p>I went from a 12+ second FAST on day one (counting miss penalties) to 7.04 clean at the end of day two. I keep thinking of ways I could have done something faster to get under 7 (advanced score) but the reality is that was everything I had to give at that time.</p><p></p><p>I’m gonna drill the fundamentals until my hair hurts because I saw and felt in one weekend how much I improved when I did what Todd was teaching.</p><p></p><p>Here’s my change in form between day one and day two. I’ve felt pretty solid in form and technique the last few years but under Todd’s patient tutelage I saw a huge difference in accuracy, control and recovery.</p><p></p><p>Day one</p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i190.photobucket.com_albums_z67_bonecreekgunclub_AFHF_20Class_100_3916.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Day two</p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i190.photobucket.com_albums_z67_bonecreekgunclub_AFHF_20Class_100_3949.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Guns used.</p><p>My original plan was to use an M&P 9 FS but that gun got returned to me just two days before the class after its second trip to S&W for lousy accuracy (8+ inches at 25 yards) and poor QC (unfinished chamber & muzzle crown on the first replacement barrel). Having no desire to make my primary shooter a gun I hadn’t shot much with such a questionable history made me put the M&P in benchwarmer status.</p><p></p><p> I shot my old reliable Ruger P94 90% of the time from either a CTAC IWB at 3:30 or a Safariland Custom Fit OWB at 3:00 both under an untucked shirt. For those not familiar the P94’s controls mimic the M9. Even when the M&P is proven I will keep the Ruger as a back-up. The older Rugers are just on the ergo side of a 2x4 but are proverbial brick **** houses.</p><p></p><p>I spent a little time shooting a Kel-Tec PF9 to see how I did with it on some drills. The PF9 was a challenge; I felt like I shot it pretty well but still struggled with the trigger & tiny grip. Mini-poppers at 15 yards were easy enough but hits on low probability targets (3x5’s and such) were maybe 50% which is not enough for me to carry it. The gun was hitting at least 4 inches high at 7 yards so if I carry it I’ll get that fixed. So far I’ve run about 500 rounds through the gun including using it for a 180 round USPSA match and a couple hundred rounds in this class. A couple failures to feed due to the mag not pushing the round up fast enough are my diagnosis. I’ll see if I can isolate it down to a single magazine but my initial impression is the mag springs (new) are still on the weak side.</p><p></p><p>The Ruger had one failure to extract on day one. That evening I detail stripped the slide, cleaned out the FP channel & extractor groove and re-tensioned the extractor. I went a little overboard on extractor tension which caused a few failures to return to battery early on day two. After a hundred rounds or so that went away. I plan to replace both the firing pin and extractor as they are the originals and have well over 50,000 rounds through the gun. </p><p></p><p>Out of almost 1000 rounds fired I had a less than 5% light strike issue with the Ruger & Kel-Tec. The ammo I loaded for this class had Remington small rifle primers which in spite of passing my limited testing ahead of class were just too hard for 100% ignition. The M&P striker failed to ignite a single primer when I tried it so no love there. My experiment was looking for a hotter flash to get a more complete powder burn (fewer unburned kernels) with a bonus (if it worked) of only having to stock a single small primer instead of rifle and handgun.</p><p></p><p>The DA/SA manual safety Ruger was not a problem for me and the slide mounted safety did not add .001 of a second to my draw. Years of practice working the safety have made that an instinctive part of the draw/ready motion. I’m very comfortable with my accuracy on the first DA shot and am able to make fast headshots with no problem (as long as I use my sights).</p><p></p><p>One area I did have trouble was modifying my draw motion to the press out method. In the past I brought the gun up to chin level and pushed it out at a slight upward angle so I could get a sight picture as the gun is coming on target always waiting to pull the trigger until my arms were at extension.</p><p></p><p>My DA trigger method is one fast, continuous stroke from start to finish with no staging or milking. Trying to slow that down and work the trigger as I did the press out in slow motion was excruciatingly difficult for me and I don’t feel like I am even close to getting that down. I totally understand the need for a slow motion “by the numbers” (so to speak) practice to master the press out but as I have read many times it is not something that is mastered over a weekend.</p><p></p><p>It will take a while but I am going to put some serious work into incorporating what I learned at this class. If you ever get a chance Todd is a great instructor and can help anyone take their shooting up to the next level.</p><p></p><p>I really don’t think Todd did anything wrong. He was able to keep the pace moving fast enough that the better shooters were challenged and still kept the slower shooters moving and on task. My one wish was that we had spent more time on additional diagnostic drills. I felt like doing the ones we did and seeing how others did them helped me break through some performance ceilings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lomshek, post: 1757406, member: 9239"] My experience… Personally I was pushed hard and learned a lot. I’ve been shooting USPSA for almost 10 years and am just scraping the B level. I had no illusions of being the best shooter in class but was amazed at how much I learned! Just a few of the many things I changed or improved significantly with Todd’s lessons; grip & stance were the biggies followed by a much improved draw. I have a long way to go but the press out method noticeably sped up my accurate first shot time from the draw which was especially noticed on the low probability targets. Todd noticed I was "taking my time" on the draw and encouraged me to be more aggressive. With his pushing I took significant time off my draw (~1/2 second). I went from a 12+ second FAST on day one (counting miss penalties) to 7.04 clean at the end of day two. I keep thinking of ways I could have done something faster to get under 7 (advanced score) but the reality is that was everything I had to give at that time. I’m gonna drill the fundamentals until my hair hurts because I saw and felt in one weekend how much I improved when I did what Todd was teaching. Here’s my change in form between day one and day two. I’ve felt pretty solid in form and technique the last few years but under Todd’s patient tutelage I saw a huge difference in accuracy, control and recovery. Day one [img]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i190.photobucket.com_albums_z67_bonecreekgunclub_AFHF_20Class_100_3916.jpg[/img] Day two [img]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i190.photobucket.com_albums_z67_bonecreekgunclub_AFHF_20Class_100_3949.jpg[/img] Guns used. My original plan was to use an M&P 9 FS but that gun got returned to me just two days before the class after its second trip to S&W for lousy accuracy (8+ inches at 25 yards) and poor QC (unfinished chamber & muzzle crown on the first replacement barrel). Having no desire to make my primary shooter a gun I hadn’t shot much with such a questionable history made me put the M&P in benchwarmer status. I shot my old reliable Ruger P94 90% of the time from either a CTAC IWB at 3:30 or a Safariland Custom Fit OWB at 3:00 both under an untucked shirt. For those not familiar the P94’s controls mimic the M9. Even when the M&P is proven I will keep the Ruger as a back-up. The older Rugers are just on the ergo side of a 2x4 but are proverbial brick **** houses. I spent a little time shooting a Kel-Tec PF9 to see how I did with it on some drills. The PF9 was a challenge; I felt like I shot it pretty well but still struggled with the trigger & tiny grip. Mini-poppers at 15 yards were easy enough but hits on low probability targets (3x5’s and such) were maybe 50% which is not enough for me to carry it. The gun was hitting at least 4 inches high at 7 yards so if I carry it I’ll get that fixed. So far I’ve run about 500 rounds through the gun including using it for a 180 round USPSA match and a couple hundred rounds in this class. A couple failures to feed due to the mag not pushing the round up fast enough are my diagnosis. I’ll see if I can isolate it down to a single magazine but my initial impression is the mag springs (new) are still on the weak side. The Ruger had one failure to extract on day one. That evening I detail stripped the slide, cleaned out the FP channel & extractor groove and re-tensioned the extractor. I went a little overboard on extractor tension which caused a few failures to return to battery early on day two. After a hundred rounds or so that went away. I plan to replace both the firing pin and extractor as they are the originals and have well over 50,000 rounds through the gun. Out of almost 1000 rounds fired I had a less than 5% light strike issue with the Ruger & Kel-Tec. The ammo I loaded for this class had Remington small rifle primers which in spite of passing my limited testing ahead of class were just too hard for 100% ignition. The M&P striker failed to ignite a single primer when I tried it so no love there. My experiment was looking for a hotter flash to get a more complete powder burn (fewer unburned kernels) with a bonus (if it worked) of only having to stock a single small primer instead of rifle and handgun. The DA/SA manual safety Ruger was not a problem for me and the slide mounted safety did not add .001 of a second to my draw. Years of practice working the safety have made that an instinctive part of the draw/ready motion. I’m very comfortable with my accuracy on the first DA shot and am able to make fast headshots with no problem (as long as I use my sights). One area I did have trouble was modifying my draw motion to the press out method. In the past I brought the gun up to chin level and pushed it out at a slight upward angle so I could get a sight picture as the gun is coming on target always waiting to pull the trigger until my arms were at extension. My DA trigger method is one fast, continuous stroke from start to finish with no staging or milking. Trying to slow that down and work the trigger as I did the press out in slow motion was excruciatingly difficult for me and I don’t feel like I am even close to getting that down. I totally understand the need for a slow motion “by the numbers” (so to speak) practice to master the press out but as I have read many times it is not something that is mastered over a weekend. It will take a while but I am going to put some serious work into incorporating what I learned at this class. If you ever get a chance Todd is a great instructor and can help anyone take their shooting up to the next level. I really don’t think Todd did anything wrong. He was able to keep the pace moving fast enough that the better shooters were challenged and still kept the slower shooters moving and on task. My one wish was that we had spent more time on additional diagnostic drills. I felt like doing the ones we did and seeing how others did them helped me break through some performance ceilings. [/QUOTE]
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