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By: Justin Buist » Blog Archive » Speed

Justin Buist » Blog Archive » Speed — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:42:37 +0000

[...] Caleb has some tips on shooting fast in competition. [...]

By: Joe Huffman

Joe Huffman — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:35:00 +0000

No kidding on the LDA’s. And it’s possible to get the gun to lock up requiring the slide to be racked if you don’t fully reset too.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:56:59 +0000

LDA’s have the same problem.

By: Tam

Tam — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:56:18 +0000

(PS: Miculek’s method becomes more imperative with a gun that gets all malf’ed up if you don’t let it reset fully. If you’re looking for good splits with a Smith, removing your finger from the trigger is a positive way to ensure full trigger reset at speed.)

By: Tam

Tam — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:51:32 +0000

Shoot better, not faster.

False dichotomy.

By: Xavier

Xavier — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:47:58 +0000

Good stuff Caleb!

By: cjr

cjr — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:54:31 +0000

“Pinning vs. Slapping” is sort of like “9mm vs. .45″ for people who actually shoot. For myself, I pin the trigger 90% of the time. Anything past about five yards, slapping the trigger leads to C’s and D’s.

I’ve shot with some guys who always slap the trigger, and they’re very good. Best thing you can do is try both ways.

I’m not surprised that many people have problems feeling the reset on the M&P – that gun is infamous for having a weak, vague reset. Fortunately, it’s pretty easy to fix with a little judicious stoning.

By: Joe Huffman

Joe Huffman — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:09:55 +0000

The primary advice I give students wanting to shoot fast is a little different (in a complementary way not opposite). When you practice you should practice for a given level of accuracy at some distance. Such as the A-zone at 15 feet or some such thing. You need to have the skills to hit that level of accuracy with every shot if you take enough time. You do that. You empty a magazine or 10 shots (half a magazine, right?) into the target hitting every single time. Then you start shooting a little faster with the next magazine. And a little faster with the next. Continue until you are hitting the A-zone (or whatever) 90% of the time. If you get too many misses you slow down a little. If you are getting 100% you speed up. You keep just on the edge of going too fast to get your hits.

It will also be a great idea to use a shot timer and measure your improvement.

The basics of it is that if you practice in a way that you maintain accuracy the speed will increase with practice. But if you just shoot fast the accuracy will not come later.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:52:55 +0000

UJ – HA! Figures I’d make that typo.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:39:38 +0000

Massad Ayoob wrote an interesting article about your second point (see below). He compares riding the reset and trigger slap.

Another way to think about shooting faster is to “see” more (kinda the enos way). Basically your shooting speed is determined by how fast you see the “focus type” required to make the shot.

Mass article
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_12_54/ai_n30956051