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Steel plate shooting offers good marksmanship practice, speed and accuracy practice and helps you practice drawing from your holster. Last Saturday I participated in a Man on Man Steel Plate match at my local IDPA club. You can watch one string on YouTube by clicking here. Also check out my entire YouTube Channel. Let me say, this was not only a lot of fun, but a great time with some fellow shooters. It builds friendships as well as provides a good time! Tune in and I’ll tell you all about it.
Bob Mayne
Handgun World Show
I shot my first Steel Challenge at the local club and hadn’t ever shot steel before. I really liked that I had to really focus on marksmanship and trigger control (as opposed to the spray and pray I do at IDPA 🙂 to hit a small plate downranged.
I look forward to downloading and listening to this one too.
Thanks,
A new listener
Another great podcast Bob. Listening to you talk about ‘slow down to win’ reminded me of portion out of ‘The Book Of Two Guns’ by Tiger McKee. Towards the end he has a section titled SPEED. Here is what he had to say…
“When most people began training they attempt to do everything as fast as possible. Instructors stress the need for speed, and obviously we want to stop our attackers as soon as possible. The problem is that if we go too fast we will make mistakes. We should only operate at the speed we can guarantee the results. This applies to movement, shooting, manipulations… For example most people shoot too fast to make good hits. They fire fast because they are scared, they are in a reactive mode, and shooting makes them feel good. Shooting 7 shots, and maybe hitting the target takes loner than slowing down, focusing on the sights and trigger work, and making 2 good hits on the threat. Once the fight begins you must remain calm and regulate your actions. Evaluate the situation, create a plan of response, and implement without delay. If you simply react, throw the weapon up and jerk the trigger, slinging shots towards the general area of the threat, you are wasting time. The time you have in a fight is precious, don’t waste it! Use your time wisely to obtain the greatest return.”
AGAIN that is Tiger McKee’s words from his book “The Book Of Two Guns” and I thought it went well with what you were saying.
Thanks again,
Dale
Wow, that’s very well said. I like it. I’m gonna get that book. Thanks Dale.