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Questions and Answers for week ending:
April 9th, 2004
| Submitted By: |
G. Elliott |
| Category: |
Shooting Mechanics |
| Question: |
I noticed in the pictures of you and others on your website that you do
not wrap the index finger of your weak hand around the trigger guard.
Why not? |
| Rob's Quick Response: |
It doesn't seem to help anything. |
| Rob's Complete Answer: |
Only a few top shooters now put their finger on the front of the trigger
guard. The reason is, it's hard to keep it on the trigger guard
during recoil. As the muzzle flips, it levers that surface in a
sheering manner away from your finger. Your hand is stationary and
the gun moves away from it. It also moves your hand further away
from the lowest part of the grip. It puts my hand in an
uncomfortable position. I did this when I first started shooting,
as I saw others doing it. I quit placing my finger there when I
realized there was no benefit. RL |
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| Submitted By: |
Rico Santos of Antipolo City, The
Philippines |
| Category: |
Equipment |
| Question: |
Would it be advisable to change my front sight into a
fiber optic sight? |
| Rob's Quick Response: |
I highly recommend the fiber optic sight. |
| Rob's Complete Answer: |
Interestingly enough, I have been using the fiber optic
sights on everything for the last couple of years.
Last night, at Rio Salado's Tuesday night steel match, I
shot a 1911 .45 with traditional black sights. This is
the first time I have tried this in a while and I wanted
to see what the difference was. Put simply, I missed
the fiber optic insert greatly! I'm used to being able to see the
sight moving around during recoil, as the fiber optic insert
is hard to miss. With the black sights, I didn't
actually shoot any less accurately, but I was
constantly trying to locate the sight, instead of knowing
where it was all the time. RL |
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| Submitted By: |
Ray Ishii of Kahului, Hawaii |
| Category: |
Guns |
| Question: |
For a limited class gun, besides magazine
capacity, what advantage does a .40 have over a .45? |
| Rob's Quick Response: |
The greater ability to tune the feel of the recoil
cycle of your gun. |
| Rob's Complete Answer: |
Aside from changing the feel, in my opinion, none.
When loaded to the same power factors, they may feel different, but the
recoil and controllability is indistinguishable for me.
Technically, you can change the feel of a gun by using different weight
bullets, but this is simply personal preference. Were it not for
magazine capacity, I wouldn't even own a .40. RL |
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| Submitted By: |
J. Ivester of South Carolina |
| Category: |
Training and Practice |
| Question: |
If a shooter wants to improve and retain his skills, would it be
better to shoot 600 rounds per week for ten weeks (3 sessions a week), or
space those 6000 rounds out over a longer period of time (like 8 months). I'm really concerned with which would retain the same level of skill
once you cut back on practice sessions. Some of us have to limit our
shooting because of time and money, and I'm trying to get the most for
my dollar. |
| Rob's Quick Response: |
Decide what's important and prepare for that.
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| Rob's Complete Answer: |
The real question here is what are you getting ready for? If
you had 6,000 rounds to shoot in a year, and your interest was to
maintain a steady skill level over the course of the year, it would be
much better to spread it out evenly.
If, however, you're like me and you want to be better come the
Nationals than you are off-season, you would take those 6,000 rounds,
divide them by 500-round sessions (12) and schedule those 12
practice sessions as frequently as possible previous to the match.
If you have more than one event you're preparing for, you split the
rounds that you have available among those events.
This won't work for everybody, as most people don't have unlimited
ammunition. The trick is to get the most out of what you do have.
RL |
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| Submitted By: |
Fred Corbett of Coos Bay,
Oregon |
| Category: |
Training and Practice |
| Question: |
Recently, someone who claims to know, told me that you always do a
reload with retention, literally grabbing the magazine out of the well and
securing it on your person. Is this so? As I've not had the chance to
see you in action, I can't answer this for myself. It would seem that
helping pull the mag out, rather than waiting for gravity to do it's
thing, would be quicker, but I'm not sure that I go for the retention
business. Would you please describe your usual reload technique? I'm
certain that all out here in cyber-land would like to know. |
| Rob's Quick Response: |
Gravity is quicker than I am. |
| Rob's Complete Answer: |
I can't go into all the details of reloading here. I can tell
you that I only do retention / tactical reloads during IDPA or when not
on the clock.
If your equipment is right, the mag should not need help out of the gun.
It should be out of the mag well by the time you can get a new magazine
from your pouch to the gun. RL |
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| Submitted By: |
Glenn Edmonds of Hillsille, Virginia |
| Category: |
Equipment |
| Question: |
What type and/or brand name .45 magazines do you use?
I have a
Springfield 1911-A1. I use military type standard seven round mags. These do well for casual shooting. I have not had any problems with
them, but I'm thinking of purchasing brand name magazines. Any advice
will be greatly appreciated. |
| Rob's Quick Response: |
Wilson 8 and 10 round magazines are the best! |
| Rob's Complete Answer: |
While the 7-round GI-style magazines work very well, I have had the
best luck with Wilson 8 and 10 rounders! Other 8-rounders may be
okay, I have had problems with many and can only recommend the Wilson's
unconditionally. In 10 rounders, the Wilson magazine is the only
game in town. There are others in the works, but none are ready.
RL |
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