The Shooting Thomcat

DotW 19: SHO and WHO

Before I discuss the DotW, one quick aside:
Someone posted about this: Iron Cross: Super Dave Harrington Style: http://www.eeul.com/mb/2010/07/iron-cross-eiserne-kreuz-super-dave-harrington-style/ ---looks like fun. May have to try that, just to see. I like the idea of forcing people to shoot from non-standard positions, with the feet locked into place. I'm not sure when I'll have a chance to get to this, since it is freezing outside and the DotW is 100 rounds, plus I need to work on my distance accuracy and three FAST drills...but I'm keeping it in mind for when the weather gets better. (Hmm, this just gave me an idea for a USPSA stage...)

The DotW is 25 strings (each) of single hand draw-and-two-shots-on-a-3x5-card. 25 strings of SHO, 25 strings of WHO. No time limit, but it isn't supposed to be draw, then set up for bullseye shooting. Not running fast, but working to get good hits in a reasonable time. I'm hoping I can get out today for this, though it is REALLY cold out. (I'll probably try to record my times, just for the sake of my curiosity.) A number of people shot the WHO part from the low ready, but I may try it from the draw---because I need practice on my WHO draw. (This is NOT the same as drawing with the strong hand and moving it to the weak hand---this is actually drawing with the weak hand only, which is significantly different.)

I adjusted the rear sight on my G17 last night, and part of today's work will be seeing if I did it right, so that'll take time, too.

I'm planning on starting the practice with 3 FAST drills, cold. I'll post results of that afterward.

[sigh] I really need work on my SHO and WHO, so this'll be good for me. Whether or not I'm going to like it is another story...


ETA: Went out and practiced. The 25 yards bench check was very bad (all off to the right, and like an idiot I didn't bring my sight tool), the FAST drills were plagued with light primer strikes, and the SHO and WHO stuff went all right, but I yanked several. NOT a good practice session. Hoping to get back out later to fix the sights.