Live Fire Training, Feb 13, 2018
OK, I said I was going to take a break from Dot Torture, but I was feeling relaxed and alert on my weekly trip to the range this evening, and last week's poor performance was still sticking in my craw, so ... 45/50 at 4 yards. Much better! This would have been a clean target at 3 yards, as all 5 of the misses were just barely outside the circles.
02132018_DOT by
baldrage, on Flickr
Building on that, a very good walk-back drill. I was really seeing the sights well and focusing on a nice, smooth trigger pull:
5 yards - 5/5
10 yards - 5/5
15 yards - 4/5, 5/5
20 yards - 5/5, 5/5
25 yards - 3/5, 5/5
Don't usually post pics of this drill, but I feel that kind of shooting merits a picture:
02132018_WALKBACK by
baldrage, on Flickr
Last drill with the Kadet -- Bullseye target at 25 yards, 10 shots. 77/100 -- not Joe L territory, but personal best for me!
02132018_25BULLSEYE by
baldrage, on Flickr
Switching over to 9mm, Draw and shoot 1 at 5 yards, focus on breaking the shot as I bring the pistol up and extending out. Intent is help break my tendency to flinch on first DA shot. Good on my first five shots (top target), lousy on my next five (bottom target), great on my last five (bottom again):
02132018_DRAW1 by
baldrage, on Flickr
SHO/WHO at 7 yards -- 4/5 and 7/10 SHO (fair, not great), only 5/10 (poor) and and 8/10 (good) on WHO:
02132018_WHO-SHO by
baldrage, on Flickr
Transition drill, from holster, 7 yards, 6 second facing time, 2 shots on each target. 15/18 on my first run, and 12/18 on my second run. Impressed myself by hitting 6/6 on target #1 on my first run, as it is the first shot from DA that I usually flinch and shoot low. Maybe the draw-and-shot-1 drills are paying off ... Anyway, I am still shooting these type of drills on on rhythm rather than waiting the extra .1 second for a good sight picture. Also in too much of a hurry to transition to next target and not following through. Have to remember to slow this down next week, maybe a 7 second facing time.
02132018_TRANSITION by
baldrage, on Flickr
Finished up by testing some new bullets -- SNS 125 gr CN for 9mm, and RMR 165 gr RNFP for .40. SNS looks promising, will load up some more at 4.0 gr Win 231. The RMR were my first-ever .40 reloads, so not really testing for accuracy, just making sure I did everything right and they functioned. They went "bang" and I still have all of my fingers, so they functioned fine. Will load up some more of these and test for accuracy/recoil next week.