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Range Journal 11.27.17

(And there was brief excursion earlier this month I didn’t catalog (11/1), round count was around 130 total (120 G.34 #1 10 G.34 #2) Did a 7yd DT, some timed drills and I think some FASTs. Shot while fasted and after doing combatives training.

Now, onto 11/27. I decided to go the range today after getting tired of being sick and holed up at home. I felt good enough to go out and get some fresh air and that was the biggest “mission” of today.

I shot the 92G-BT exclusively save for 16 rounds with G.34 #2 (for a control). 164 rounds of 9mm total.

But I did start off shooting 24 rounds through my AR pistol, zeroing for 100m. Despite my user error and fatigue, it should be zeroed with M855. Obviously will re confirm next opportunity.

Once the pistol got zeroed, I set up a 5 yd DT and proceeded to shoot it 45/50. Not bad for a gun I hadn’t handled in nearly three months and while sick today. There were two routine misses on #3 and #6, and the serious misses were 3 shots on #8 (surprise surprise).

After shooting DT, I set up the 26662 drill at 5 yds and ran it under time. Holy hell the stress! I like it though. I shot approximately 40 rounds with the Beretta but I only managed to write down my clean scores. In order of them being shot they were: 5.00; 5.51; 6.18; 6.45; 5.43 (obviously the time to beat is 5.00s at 5 yds). For science’s sake, I ran 3 instances of this drill with my carry piece, the G.34 #2. Times were 5.85-2; 5.46-1; 5.73-2). I didnt sweat the misses as I was trying to gauge speed, and on the last one I threw that one away by not using the sights. The times and accuracy overall make me consider that I shot a Beretta 92 and a Glock 34 pretty much the same. This indicates to me something which I kind of know already: Pressing the trigger itself is not where I need more work, it is in my draw and in my sight picture. Good thing these can be solved with dry-fire.

The last part of my shooting involved a 6″ circle for an ad-hoc Bill Drill. First one was shot 4.40 clean at 5 yds. I moved the target back to 7 after that.

1. 4.85 clean

2. 6.27 clean 

3. 4.78 -1

I did two FASTs before packing up:

1. 7.23 (missed first shot)

2. 7.08 (clean).

Due to my involvement in BJJ, I haven’t been dry-firing as much, and it shows. I am still content with my basic accuracy however.

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Range Journal 10.10.17

Rounds fired: 156 9mm 

4 FAST drills. Fastest was 5.88; 6.04 clean(new PR). The other two were not of consequence. 

One failed bill drill. Missed the last shot because I only fired 5 times. All other shots good. Time was 5.20.

5 yd DT, didn’t score as sights on G.34 #2 were off. Fairly good shooting though.

7 yd DT with G.34 #1. Oh this kept me on my toes, induced stress like when this drill was new and challenging to me. I think from here on out, I will shoot a 7 yd DT. 42/50. I know of two fliers completely my fault. I need to learn how to remain focused. There is no reason why these should be difficult shots.

10 rounds from holster to index card at 7yd. Slow, tired. Got nothing under 2 s.

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Range Journal 10.6.17

Rounds fired: 165 9mm 

DT 5 yd G.19 

DT 5 yd G.34 #2 (124gr Lawman)

DT 5 yd G.34 #2 (115gr PMC Bronze)

15 or so rounds fired at 10 yds to verify accuracy. 

Major issue I had were sights being off, I think I fixed it at LSA today (10/10). I need to shoot a 25 yd slow fire to confirm.

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Range Journal 9.24.17

Guns: G4G.34

Rounds: 78 9x19 

Drills:

5 yd DT

10 reps draw and shoot index card @ 7 yds

3x Bill Drill (18 x total)

Shot a near perfect DT yesterday. I missed shot #12 on circle #6. I’m not sure why, I remember drawing, I remember having the correct sight picture and actuating the trigger, only to see the round land 2 o clock high. Ironically, I went on to shoot one of the best DT WHO on #8 of all times.

Drew on the index card @ 7 yds 10 times. Missed 4 shots. Trying to stay under 2.seconds. This is a good one to work on dry-fire.

Shot my first BD of the day at 3.17 clean. The next two were not clean. It was too dark to see anything given the time of day.

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Range Journal 9.6.17

Note: Buddy Ran 100 rounds through G.34 in July when I let him borrow. He also ran 26 rounds through 92G-BT on 9/6. I ran 50 rounds through 92G-BT on 9/1.

Rounds fired: 76 through 92G-BT, 144 through G.34

Drills 9/6:

Dot Torture, 5yds with Beretta 92G-BT (45/50) and G.34 (48/50)

DTs were pretty routine, the one with the Beretta was sloppy. As usual, most of the errors were on #8. I keep shooting low with the 92G-BT. I can’t figure out if that’s because of the sight on it or if it’s something I am doing.

Gabe White Standards: I seem to be improving some. I upped my PR on one of the Bill Drills, so I’m getting there. My new BD is 3.48

GWS scores:

1

1. 4.36 (-.25) = 4.11

2. 3.06 (-.25) = 2.81

3. 3.34 (-.25) = 3.09

4. 5.43 (-.25) = 5.18 

2

1. 3.46 -1 c zone (0)

2. 3.18 -1 c zone (0)

3. 3.05 -1 miss + (2)

4. 4.23 -1 c zone (0)

Best 4 of 8:

1.  3.46

2.  2.81

3.  3.09

4.  4.23

*DARK PIN*

Round 2:

3

1. 3.31 -1 c zone (0)

2. 2.81 (-.25) = 2.56

3. 2.48 (-.25) = 2.23

4. 3.91 (-.25) =3.66

4

1. 3.48 (-.25) = 3.23

2. 2.83 -1 c zone (0)

3. 2.53 (-.25) = 2.28

4. 4.58 -1 b zone (0)

Best 4 of 8

1. 3.23

2. 2.56

3. 2.23

4. 3.66

DARK PIN BUT WITH SOME LIGHT PIN TENDENCIES 

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I technically failed all my FASTs, but the splits have improved markedly. 

1. 6.87

2. 6.92

3. 6.15* (unfortunately I would have shot it clean but I missed the index card)

4. 5.60 (once again some near misses.  :( )

ALL TIMED SHOOTING DONE FROM CONCEALMENT

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Range Journal 8.22.17

Rounds fired 98 thru 92G-BT only

I shot one near perfect 5yd DT with the sole misses being on #8 due to the fact I hadn’t practiced with it in a long time. I was happy with this target overall.

I spent the rest of this session practicing WHO and some SHO shooting. I’m shooting fairly solidly with my SHO, and I see that shooting the 92 in WHO is not unlike the G.19 or G.34 which makes it easier for me.

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Range Journal 8.21.17

Shit, it has been a while.

Rounds fired 150 9mm total.

100 thru 92G-BT

50 thru M9 

I shot two DT @ 5yds with my 92G-BT. First score was barely a 46. The second was a 44 (including two straight up accidental shots). One the one hand, it has been more than a month since I’ve shot. On the other hand, just because I cleaned 50/50 once doesn’t mean shit. I’m still gonna stick to 5 yds. This is the easiest hardest drill ever. 

I did the Gabe White standards series of drills today for pure practice. I did three passes.

1.

1. Bill Drill 4.57 with one hit in C zone 

2. Mozambique 3.54 clean

3. 2 to Index Card 4.60 clean

4. 2x Mozambique 4.71 -1 shot I forgot to load into mag

2.

BD 6.06 clean

MZBQ 3.54 clean

2 CNS 3.95 clean

2xMZBQ 5.73 -1 missing to CNS

3.

BD 5.34 clean

MZBQ 3.99 clean

2 CNS 3.84 -1 miss

2xMZBQ 6.05 clean

It needs work. Overall I think that the trigger system or kind of gun is irrelevant to my shooting. Next time I’ll go ahead and shoot this with my G.34.

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Range Journal 7.18.17

Rounds:

103 9mm thru Gen4G.34

70 .223 thru AR pistol

Drills:

5 yd DT G.34

SHO/WHO @ 5 yd G.34

26662 G.34

18x4 Drill, AR pistol 

Pretty routine training session. The heat and humidity and sweat were annoying. The DT wasnt the best because I had too much stuff on my mind. Afterward I shot some WHO/SHO at 5 yds, and I think I am ‘getting’ this gun. On WHO it seems to shoot better with the  thumb wrapped down.

My new time to beat at 7yd 26662 is 8.45s clean! I don’t shoot these enough but I am getting better. Now I could be faster.

The 18x4 was sure interesting with a stock AR pistol....Oh how much I have to learn! Despite the sweat and humidity and dusk conditions, the shoot ability was still spot on. That’s saying something!

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Range Journal 7.13.17

Rounds:

[155 total 9mm] 

50 thru 92G-BT

50 thru Gen4G.19

55 thru Gen4G.34

[78 total 7.62x39]

Drills:

DT 5yd 92G-BT 41/50? It was hard to count bullet hole misses

DT 5yd Gen4G.19 46/50

FAST test (4 cycles, and two failed attempts) Gen4G.34

Garcia Dots 3 yds (only 2/6 shot) Gen4G.34

Bill Drill (2 cycles) Gen4G.34

18x4 drill (2 partial cycles, 4 complete ones) AK

The Beretta dot torture sucked balls today. Yet I also managed to shoot some of the best 5 yd groups I’ve ever shot on a few of the circles. I’m not gonna sweat it too much due to the fact that I haven’t shot TDAs since last year and this is literally the second box of ammo through this gun. Gun seems to shoot slightly low for me, with a center hold sight picture, it’s probably me. Mentally, I need to let go of the fact that it’s been worked over slick by the factory. I need to shoot it like I shoot my stock M-9.

The G.19 DT was pretty routine. I was feeling some shooting stress due to not performing that well with the Beretta, and I was super aware of the humidity and heat. There was one sloppy miss on #1 that there’s no excuse for. I also had a few close calls. Surprisingly I cleaned #5. On #8, there were two shots I missed because I tried a different way to hold the gun which didn’t work out. The other miss was a routine miss. I still have full confidence in my shooting overall with Glock 19s.

Ran 4 cycles of FAST test with my G.34 

First run: 8.90 clean

2: 7.92 -1 

3. Failed 

4. Failed

5. 8.86 -1

6. 7.83 clean just barely (grease ring on index card)

My cover garment was partially responsible for my fumbles. I actually ended up loading a part of the shirt into the magwell a few times. I had to re-arrange everything and move the shot timer out of the way. Oh well, that’s what happens when you’re not that fat any more. Out of convenience, I used a 6″ circle instead of an 8″ circle per standard protocol.

Garcia dots G.34 from concealment

1. 5.18 3/6

2. 5.12 2/6

3. Failed 3/0 

Bill Drill G.34

1. 4.39 -1 

2. 4.08 -2

Literally nothing to write home about. I always seem to have these flyers on the hard right. Grumble grumble. I’m still not sure if that’s user error (because I noticed these same flyers with the G.19 too), but for the time being, I don’t feel the need to tweak the rear sight on the G.34. At best I might just drift it a hair so it’s perfectly centered. I ought to do some 25 yd shooting with it next time I go.

18x4 drill with AK. 

I was trying out this new, neat drill today. I’m gonna keep shooting it with any carbine. 

You’re supposed to shoot 18 rounds (divided among three mags, via speed reloads) in 18.0s or less, at a C zone or better @ 18 yds. This is a pass or fail, (but as usual, I still mark my misses)

I didn’t even shoot the first two runs to completion.

1. 14.66, only 9 good hits. FAIL

2. 13.77 only 11 good hits.

3. 22.94 17/18 

4. 21.77 17/18

5.  21.72 16/18

So I didn’t pass it, but I also hardly shoot any long guns. My biggest waste of time was fumbling the AK speed reloads, in all honesty. I could have also been a little more proactive about movement (eg reloading while moving to the next position). I like this drill because its simple enough, so I will keep at it. I also don’t have to walk too far to set it up, LOL. I need to remember to aim a little higher too. The AK definitely makes it a little more challenging. I wonder how it goes with a 5.56 AR with an Aimpoint or something.

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Range Journal 7.12.15

Rounds: 50 thru Gen4G.34

Drills: 5 yd DT

I finally broke 50/50 @ 5 yds, although just barely with this new G.34. I really like this handgun overall as it lets me focus on shooting itself.

I will be more impressed once I shot 50/50 clean with my stock G.19 honestly. The G.34 does make it a little easier TBH.

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50/50 on #DotTorture for the first time at 5yds. #igmilitia #Glock34 #GatsAndStuff #LongSlideAsFuck #lonestararmory #glock19 #9mm #Glock19AIWBCult #glock34gen4 #glock34masterrace (at Lone Star Armory, LLC)

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Range Journal 7.10.17

Rounds fired: 

92G-BT: 50 

G4G.34: 103

G3G.19: 5

Started off this range session shooting G.34 for the first time. Official score is 46/50. Throughout the entire session, the gun was shooting center of right. Had this not been an issue, I’d have scored a 49/50. No real complaints, but I did have a very weird failure to feed after the 3rd round on #8. I’m not concerned about it, but I marked the magazine.

I grabbed my shot timer and proceeded to shoot 30 rounds of FAST step 1. Average time was around 2.1 s overall. The G.34 really helps you out on this.

I shot a 10 yd 5 shot group at a 2″ circle for accuracy. Gun grouped decently but shot off the right. It was a problem.

I shot three bill drills. Was it not for a flyer that went off to the right, I’d have a new personal record.

First run 3.88, missed one.

2nd 3.66, missed four. My fault on this one.

3rd, 3.42, missed one. Could have broken my PR, argh! Yes, off to the right.

I took my G.19 and shot one 5 yd 5 shot group, and this group was not off to the right whatsoever. I shot this the exact same way as I shot the G.34. 

Beretta DT. Well I haven’t shot a TDA in ages, since last December to be exact. I didnt technically do well, but this gun has so much frigging potential it’s not even funny. I think if I hadn’t waited until the very end to shoot this DT, I could have done a little better. Shooting fatigue was setting in, and the humidity did not help. Most of the misses were still super clean and consistent. 

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Note 6.29.17

Acquisition, G4G.34 starting round count 413 rounds.

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Range Journal 6.24.17

Rounds fired: 65 9mm (50 5yd DT, 6 92G-SD pot shots, 9 Gen4G.19 pot shots); 36 rnds of 7.62x51 thru LMT #2

Got to shoot and help zero Mr. Omberg’s LX-10. That was a lot of fun, especially since I’ve now methodically (as opposed to KY windage) have zeroed glass. It was really nice to get the dead ringer at 500 yds clean.

I figured out that the iron sights on my LMT #2 are spot on with 147gr NATO spec ammo (at least with these Prvi rounds). Putting the setting on 4 got me hits at 400, and on 5 at 500. Base zero is still at 100 and I am fine with that. Still getting COM hits 0-300. I also let PHLster shoot the rifle a bit.

Hadn’t shot DT @ 5 in nearly a month. Shot 47/50 but I would have liked to see some tighter groups. Oh well, #1 and #2 are always the hardest for me, especially when starting after a long break.

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TCinVA On The American Handgun

“The US has always been a handgun intensive culture due to our general need for a ready means of personal defense carried on our person. It's played a prominent role even in military legend. Sammuel Whitimore fired his musket, then with a dueling pistol in each hand he plugged two more Redcoats before drawing his saber and going to work. The Texas Rangers gave obstreperous natives a rather nasty surprise when they pulled Patterson Colts. Alvin York drew his Colt 1911 and put down 6 Germans charging him. Even in modern times we have the iconic image of Sgt. Major Kasal being carried out of a house with his cocked M9 in hand after he had fought off insurgents and shielded one of his Marines from a grenade blast with his own body. Then there's Mike Day who was hit 27 times, knocking his rifle out of his hands...so he drew his pistol and killed the remaining insurgents despite the withering fire. The US military tends to use the pistol as a practical weapon more than most other militaries in the world. It's also the primary defensive arm for police officers and citizens alike. So naturally there's a lot of interest and investment in the handgun here that you just don't see in many other nations.“

--TCinVA 28 June 17

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Controlled Cheating 6.18.17

(This is a diet related post)

Yesterday, for the first time in 18 weeks exactly, I deliberately ate a small amount of non-keto food (I’m sorry that I didn’t and still do not have the balls to do a full cheat day; not only do I not believe in cheat days, I really am afraid of the consequences, short and long term. This is in part why I felt comfortable to eat a small amount of food yesterday). Look, I know it wasn’t enough to get me in trouble, I don’t think so honestly. 

*This happened at a close-friend’s birthday party*

Here is what I noticed:

1) Sugar still tastes good. It never stopped tasting good apparently--see, after not eating for 18 weeks, I thought I’d lose the taste for it. But I was wrong I think this is why it’s easy to get sucked into a sugar-laden lifestyle. You have some and it tastes pleasant and you really don’t feel “bad” so to speak. Ultimately, I loathe to admit that I enjoyed eating the food I had in this controlled cheat. Oh shit it tasted good. It included: small homemade apricot turnover, small piece of ‘sopapilla cheesecake’, and one bite of homemade refried beans with a small piece of a flour tortilla. 

I also drank some alcohol but not enough or in any frequency to alter my state of being. I had one Dos-Equis beer (which I won’t count as cheating because I was still under at my net carb per diem when I had this), and 2-3 shots of bourbon that I was sipping from.

2) I’ve been feeling gassy and bloated all day. I’ve been farting all day. My body doesn’t like this stuff any more. I bet it could have been worse had I eaten more of any of these or just eaten with a typical macro ratio.

3) While the sweet taste was good and I ‘technically’ enjoyed it at that moment in time, it did nothing else for me. This means I managed to slay the mental demon tied to the overconsumption of sugar that I personally suffered from. 

I knew right then and there while tasting that sweetness that I wouldn’t break down the next morning and crave some more desserts or anything else. My mind is impervious to such temptations, and I believe that this is due to my dedication to going cold turkey and avoiding diet-friendly things that mimic “the old ways of eating.” The way I see it, how do you really get rid of the shackles if what you’re eating is just like what you used to eat in every way but one? The problem here isn’t the actual carbs (I mean it’s one of them) but the problem is how and what we think about eating.

In conclusion, eating a small amount of bad food got me bloated and farting all day, which means it’s not worth cheating. Also why cheat when you’ve killed the bad mental connection? It’s pointless now.

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