Hello fellow shooters!

[FastAsleep]

My name is Owen and I found BoomerShooter while googling because I wasn't happy with lack of info for CCW and training skills on OkShooter.com. I was also tired of the childish thread hijacking that goes on there. I have a Glock 27 and 30sf that I CC.

 

[jtischauser]

Very cool! Glad to see google is doing it's job and Im even more excited that you joined us here on BS.

Do you shoot competitions or do you shoot/train for self defense or both? Judging by the firearms you listed your probably more on the Defensive carry side if the fence?

 

[FastAsleep]

Very cool! Glad to see google is doing it's job and Im even more excited that you joined us here on BS.

Do you shoot competitions or do you shoot/train for self defense or both? Judging by the firearms you listed your probably more on the Defensive carry side if the fence?

I've been a long gun enthusiast for years but never competed. I recently got my concealed carry license and decided to take an advanced class. That class is where I caught the bug to improve my skills to their greatest. Who knows...if I can get my draw to first shot down under a second I might compete a little. That may take a while since I don't appendix carry due to a donut condition I have.

 

[jtischauser]

I wouldn't let the draw stop you from competing. My average draw from a competition holster is about 1.2-1.4 seconds and I'd consider my draw to be pretty fast. I can pull a .6-.7 draw into the berm messing around which I guess could come in hand if I had to defend my life.

The beauty of the match is that its not just a quick draw contest. The action shooting sports let us practice drawing to close targets and testing that reaction time and you also get to draw to far targets which test reaction time and the ability to get a fast sight picture and perform perfect trigger control. Some guys move fast and shoot slow. Some guys move fast, shoot fast, and can't hit anything. Done guys shoot fast and move slow. We all have or strengths and weaknesses. It's those weaknesses that keep me practicing and coming to the matches to see if i have improved.

I hear guys all the time give excuses for not competing because they don't think they will be fast enough or accurate enough and don't want to embarrass themselves. Let me tell you it's not a good excuse at all! I have introduced at least a dozen shooters to action shooting. All of them stink at one thing and kick ass at another. Most start out at the bottom pf the results page after the first match too. All of them get drastically better and climb up to about 50-60% after the first match after the nerves calm down. Then the guys that practice finish in the top 25-30% after 2-3 months.

You would be amazed how many of my buddies I've brought to the match that are great shooters at the range or kick my but shooting trap or skeet then they try to shoot the gun in a match that they plan to use to protect their family and they can't remember where the safety is or how to get a mag in or out of their gun. That stress of the match ain't nothing compared to a bad guy coming through your door.

Anyhow, enough rambling by me on why you should come have fun and shoot with us. Hope we see you out there. If we don't hopefully we can learn something from each other here on the forum.

 

[shootingbuff]

I've been a long gun enthusiast for years but never competed. I recently got my concealed carry license and decided to take an advanced class. That class is where I caught the bug to improve my skills to their greatest. Who knows...if I can get my draw to first shot down under a second I might compete a little. That may take a while since I don't appendix carry due to a donut condition I have.

Main thing is safety. To do that you have to have a secure grip of the pistol. I have seen a few who scoop the pistol out of the holster and watch it go sailing down range. A "proper" firing grip on the pistol will assist in safety and assist in recovery between shots.

If I were to practice two things they would be 1: proper firing grip and 2: transitions. Then I would work on moving into and out of firing positions as the 3rd. Of course one always have to know the manual of arms to include clearing stoppages of any firearm they are shooting.

BTW one should be more concerned with the first accurate shot on target then the draw; because distance will be a factor. Your draw speed should be consistent at all distances; it is the time it takes to align your sights and press the trigger for an accurate shot that is the variable you should strife to lower at all ranges.

Not having a 1 second draw is way over the top as a reason not to compete - there is so much more that goes on in a match and a draw may or may not be part of a stage and if it is, it is only done once unless shooting strings.

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