Tag Archives: Shooting Technique

Episode 79 – Practical Shooting Inteview with Steve Zopfi USPSA Master class shooter.

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Analyzing practical shooting down to every detail is what Steven Zopfi and I attempt to do here. He’s been a longtime shooter (18 years) and is an IPSC Master Class shooter. He also has listened to this show for quite some time and has some real good insights on how to shoot effectively. You will really enjoy this interview and especially if you are involved in the shooting sports like IDPA, USPSA.

Highlights:

  • Seeing what you need to see.
  • Shooting with both eyes open?
  • The one year Glock 19 experiment.
  • Transitioning from Glocks to 1911’s and back and forth.
  • Trigger control
  • Transitioning.
  • Brian Enos’ Forum.
  • A story about when Steve shot against Rob Leatham.
  • Tangfolio’s new production division pistol.
  • Trigger jobs.
  • The subconscious level of practical shooting.
  • How competition shooting applies to self defense.
  • Dry fire practicing.
  • Working a flashlight while shooting.
  • Syringe method.

Tune in again later this week, I will recap my experience at Suarez International’s Close Range Gunfighing Class. Remember the Freedom Raffle, time is running out! Join the Gun Rights Radio Forum and check out my newest YouTube Video.

Episode 78 – Low Light IDPA Match

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Shot a Low Light IDPA match last Thursday. James and I talk about it and hope to encourage you to train in low light. Get a good flashlight and learn how to use it or a rail mounted light on your gun! A skill you definitely need to practice.

Highlights:

  • What we learned and observed at the match.
  • Why I need a better flashlight!
  • Techniques used by good shooters with flashlights.
  • Are night sights effective for low light situations?
  • Get a rail mounted light for your home defense gun.
  • Lots of good listener feedback.
  • More on why guns jam.

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Episode 77 – Sights are like training wheels…become a more complete shooter.

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Randy Harris, a.k.a. Cruel Hand Luke, is an instructor at Suarez International. In my opinion they are one of the best firearms training schools you can attend. I will take their Close Range Gunfighting Class this month. This show is based on an excellent article Randy wrote for Warrior Talk News (Gabe Suarez). I put my own flavor on it and relate some personal experience as I take you through the combination of point shooting and sighted shooting of a defensive handgun.

Highlights:

  • Point Shooting vs. Sighted Shooting.
  • Distance determines your sight use.
  • What if the target picture is bigger than your gun?
  • Imprinting your drawstroke into your muscle memory.
  • Be aware of your surroundings and run the gun in your peripheral vision.
  • Freedom Raffle update.
  • I carry a gun because…

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Episode 71- Brains and Bullets.

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Training your mind will help you be more effective to defend yourself with your bullets.  This is another episode on mindset. The fighting mindset and according to Gabe Suarez, the silly things gun schools teach that could get you killed.

Highlights:

  • 4 key points to maintain safety for you and your family.
  • The Bullet Proof Mind. (Lt. Col. Dave Grossman)
  • Selecting holsters suitable for defense rather than gun games.
  • Thy myth of the “one caliber” solution.
  • Excessive focus on long range handgun shooting.
  • Sighted shooting vs. Point Shooting.
  • Elaborate target systems.
  • Ignoring Combatives.
  • Lack of training like you would fight.
  • Freedom Raffle.
  • Negative criticism regarding Episode 70.

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Episode 68 – Shoot Him To The Ground.

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“Shoot him to the ground” is probably what most civilians will be concerned about when defending themselves with a handgun.  Tune in for information from Matthew Temkin on vertical indexing and an actual 911 call.  I also expand and add to the subject from the Personal Armament Podcast regarding defensive accuracy. I’ll put in my 2 cents.

Highlights:

  • News from Utah regarding gun rights.
  • Listener feedback.
  • Shoot Him to The Ground Defensive accuracy skills.
  • How to stop your aggressor quickly.
  • Freedom Raffle.
  • Inherent Accuracy, Combat Accuracy, Defensive Accuracy.
  • We haven’t won the gun rights battle yet.
  • Acceptable penetration for defensive ammo.
  • Carrying your gun when working for a non gun friendly employer.

P.S.  Don’t forget to join me at the Gun Rights Radio Forum and also at Today’s Survival Show.

Episode 65 – M&P’s, 1911’s, Gun Control and Bad Habits from IDPA/IPSC Shooting

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Bad shooting habits from competition shooting is a common problem.  You know I’m a big fan of the shooting sports but there are some bad habits people sometimes develop that can get you killed.  Also, some good listener feedback was sent to me while I was on vacation about gun control, The Appalachian Trail Guide, a new pistol league, Smith and Wesson M&P’s, accurized 1911’s and more.

Resource:

Warrior Talk Thread

Episode 64 – The Texas State IDPA Match

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The Texas State IDPA match was last Saturday June 12th.  Tune in and I’ll talk about the events leading up to it…my plan…and the results!  I also discuss some of the stages, their difficulty, the challenges and the push to become a better shooter.  It’s was a lot of fun. I achieved a couple goals and fell short on a couple.  More to work on….

Below are the 2 holsters I purchased at the match.  Greg Garrett from Comp-Tac is a superb guy and runs a great business.  I’m glad I got to meet him.

This is the Minotaur Neutral Cant I will use to appendix carry my G19.

The Gladiator I’ll use to OWB carry my G19.

Bob Mayne

Handgun World Show

Episode 58 – Shooting techniques seldom practiced.

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Shooting techniques seldom practiced.  I realize it was only yesterday when I posted the last show, but this was fresh on my mind today and I wanted to communicate it.  I read an excellent post the other day and thought I would put my own touch on it.   In this show I talk about shooting skills I rarely see practiced at a range.  Self defense is not just standing there and plinking away at your targets at the range from 7 yards away.  It’s about shooting in unconventional positions and in various weather and lighting conditions.  Tune in.

Highlights:

  • Low light shooting.
  • Shots from strange positions.
  • Close range shooting.
  • Practicing your draw.
  • Strong hand shooting.
  • Weak hand shooting.

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Episode 54 – Steel Plate Shooting, Man on Man IDPA Match

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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

Episode 46 – Combat XS Big Dot Sights and Point Shooting opinions

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The XS handgun sight system does take a bit of time to get used to because it does not present  classic “square post in a square notch” sight picture offered by other sights. To line up XS sights, the shooter needs to place the large front dot in the center of the shallow V rear notch. When this is done correctly, the large white dot will sit on top of a white line in the center of the notch. XS calls this “dotting the ‘i.'”   Whichever visual representation you wish to use does not matter as long as the job gets done.

The 24/7 sight has the advantage of having a white front dot with a green tritium dot in the middle, and the rear white line has a green line in the center. I find the combination of the black, white and green sight easier to acquire than a plain white sight. At close range (15 yards and in) the front dot goes on top of where you want to shoot. At farther distances, rounds will hit at the top of the sight dot.

In this episode I will discuss more on XS Big Dot Sights and let you hear from some shooting experts about these sights and about point shooting vs using your sights.

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Thanks for listening, don’t forget to check out my YouTube Videos.

Bob Mayne

Handgun World Show

Episode 45 – Become a process oriented shooter, techniques for dry fire practice, M&P Review

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Becoming a process oriented shooter is typically what the top shooters in this sport train themselves to become based on an excellent article by Bruce Gray (www.grayguns.com)  In this episode I will cover dry fire techniques, the 3 categories of good handgun marksmanship, and I do a brief review and share some thoughts about the Smith and Wesson M&P line of fine pistols!

Highlights:

  • The 3 key’s to good handgun marksmanship.
  • Trigger control.
  • How to cure “shooter’s flinch.”
  • Selling guns with cars. (audio soundbite)
  • Performance anxiety.
  • Shooter’s wobble.
  • Visualize and sight picture and target in your mind.
  • 2 weeks of dry fire practice for success!
  • Shooting reactively vs. shooting proactively.
  • Review of the Smith and Wesson M&P line of pistols.

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Thanks for listening to the show.

Resources:

Bruce Gray (www.Grayguns.com) on shooting technique