Cold. I think it will be cold today. Yesterday stayed jacket weather all day. Even with the sun out, I was chilly in just a t shirt and an overshirt. At least it was sunny. I don’t need SAD on top of the chilly willy.
Spent the morning doing auction and domestic bliss. Spent the afternoon punching holes in paper. Not a bad day at all.
I will say that it took me some time to get my cordless hole puncher out of its secure storage. The keypad batteries died. And then somehow recharged enough that the code was reset to factory default. Once I guessed that, the solenoid had just one more “open” in it. Test and replace your batteries! If I’d needed it in a hurry, I couldn’t have gotten it. None of my accessible override keys worked either. I need to find that key.
I did spend a little time working on some different things at the range based on seeing some of the violence out there, thinking about actually deploying a gub to end a situation, and what the common wisdom has been. I like to start and end with a headshot at 20 yards, supported by leaning against a wall, and aimed.
In the past, I have just walked up, aimed, and fired to see what my quick, very fast aim, and shoot would get me. It’s kind of a ‘cold open’. After that I work on aimed fire, unsupported single hand, weak hand, mag swaps, transitioning, etc.
Back when I started learning, instinctive point and shoot was the new shiny thing. I still like it. If you have time, or it’s a technically difficult shot, by all means, aim, think about sights, where your thumbs are, elbows, etc. But I think you better be able to draw and fire and hit at least COM… because that’s what 90%+ needs to be.
I was working transitions too. Working with the 9 dot target, I went left to right, 5 shot groups, and then again with single shots. “Hurried” aiming. Working with the silhouette, I tried COM, head, single quick shots, repeat until mag swap… I do a lot of mag swapping, usually only loading 5 rounds per mag. It slows down the day, and stretches ammo while working a vital skill.
Every range day I try to do some ‘lift the gub and shoot’ work. I don’t worry about stance, or weight distribution, or grip, or posture. I think it’s a bit more realistic based on the videos I’ve watched of real gub uses. I even ended up shooting a mag while “teacupping”. Yeah, I’m old school.
Since I’m hitting what I want, I figure I’m doing ok. I wish I could get more training time in, but I figure if your technique won’t give you results if you don’t train much, it’s not going to be useful when you need it.
Yeah, I’m the opposite of an expert, and I’m describing the opposite of current fads. Don’t take my account here as advice, other than – find something that gives you results.
Considering how shaky and sore and tired I was yesterday, I’m very pleased with my performance.
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Today I’ll do the stuff I didn’t get to yesterday.
Train. Learn. Stack.
nick
Wise words, not just about gubs.
I tend to agree, and I have taught hundreds of people to shoot. There are certain basic techniques that everyone needs to learn and internalise, but after that, it is very much a matter of what works for you. It can’t be any other way, as you are the one who has got to do it.
Speaking of techniques, Mas Ayoob, on his “Facts and Firearms” YT channel has recently been uploading some really good information about handgun techniques, including things that today are a bit arcane, such as weak-side reloading a revolver.
He is giving away knowledge that he used to charge for, and others still do. Definitely not to be missed.
I regret to say that I suspect Mr Ayoob, who is getting on in years, has decided to share his know-how publicly while he still can. Great respect is due to him for doing so, and I hope his health permits him to keep it up for a long time. I would love to take some of his MAG courses… I never made it to Cooper Gunsite either, though I did write to the Colonel a couple of times.
Friday. Hooray! Good morning!!
BOL is now cosy and warm. W1 is content.
I must chase the boiler manufacturer about the disappearing time and date. I will also investigate putting the gas supply solenoid on a UPS to at least bridge over brief bobbles in the electricity supply, which are not infrequent in this rural area. I put a UPS on the corresponding valve at home, and it works very well. The setup here is a bit different, so I will first need to take the covers off and poke about with a Fluke.
New fancy sofas are being delivered today. The truck driver just called with an ETA. Looking forward to a comfy centre seat for listening to music on the big Teufel speakers!!! Watch out, neighbours.
Cue Phil Hartman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSoa1b-yBUY
Another part of the satire. The bras were padded on “The Next Generation”.
“Galaxy Quest” stops just short of being hard satire, however, since the creative people obviously loved “Star Trek” and were concerned about the franchise’s direction at the time.
“Voyager” is high art compared to what is on the air now.