miller_man

The hardest part about dry fire practice is making/keeping it interesting. Trust me, I know - I love dry fire practice, do it 3-5 nights a week for over a year+ now, but it is hard to keep it entertaining. Really seeing the results in live fire is the only thing that keeps me devoted to dry fire.   Getting a shot timer really makes things a lot more entertaining.   This is useful    http://personaldefensetraining.com/dryfire-drills/   I use it a lot too.

Well, its a Taurus so it'll prob be great  :shake:

Woo Hoo! Just got the ok from the lovely wife.   I'm there! I still have my score sheets from the drills in April in a drawer, lol. Actually use one of the tests regularly in my dry fire practice.

Well, pretty good time to start some indoor shooting matches - shooting outdoors in the winter can be a little taxing in certain weather. Hopefully I'll be able to making it out sometime.

Three box limit is law? :rofl:  Don't know how I would have responded to that - what a maroon.   Just another reason, on the long list of reasons, why I avoid Wally worlds as much as possible.   Ordering my ammo online is just too easy.

Yes sir- Cant wait! Going to be a little chilly  - gonna have to remember my man card . It is getting into that time of year.

It is a REALLY nice range, the folks are very friendly and helpful. Really like that they have 25 yd distance. Haven't really scoped the gun counter for prices but I'm sure they are quite competitive.   Having a membership at a range is a really good thing to get in some regular shooting practice. I had a membership for going on 2 years at a place back in chattanooga. It is easily worth it if you go and shoot regularly - which spending some real money kinda of encourages you to do so.   But once I got out to real competition/training ranges where you can draw/move/shoot ect., the square range really lost it's appeal. But hope you get the best out of it - stay safe and practice often.

I do believe glock calls it a "slide lock lever", not a slide release.   Using it as a slide release is WAY faster though, and most competent Glock shooters I've ever seen or been around use it this way.   I feel being able to use it or especially an extended one, as a slide release is a practicing/training issue - I used to not be good with it. Worked with it, trained hard - now its second nature, and that was coming off a CZ - which has a slide release prob close to 1/2" wide.

Just saw it on the news. Really sucks, hope they didn't get much. I haven't been in there yet, but I have a storage unit right by there and have driven past it several times.   Really good reason for gun shops to have those concrete barrier poles in front of the store front - crash wall robberies are fairly common for gun shops from what I've seen. Couldn't imagine those costing too much.

And not be a felon.

Bought a used LCP that had some feed issues, called them up, told them it was used, they said send it in. They replaced the barrel and it's been great ever since. I had to ship it on my dime ($10 at my local range) but no expense other than that. Very good CS experience for me.   From all I've heard and read most reputable firearm co.'s are pretty good on customer service.

Bullhide leather belts are my go to for EDC belts, I've used a couple for the last few years - super sturdy and a good price for a high quality gun belt.   I've had a wilderness belt, and still have a S.E.O. duty instructors style belt with a heavy duty buckle - but those are a pain to put on and take off quickly.   I've found I'm too used to the simplicity of a leather belt for my everyday belt.

I've got 2 sets of ameriglo Pro I-dots on my G19's, they have a little tritium dot in the center of the rear - really good setup. I like the wide rear notch (although maybe a tad too wide for some longer distance stuff), very fast and easy to acquire front notch with the big yellow/orange ring around the tritium vial. The rear dot is hardly noticeable (except in low light when it glows) and the front orange/yellow ring on the front draws your eyes very well to the front sight. I've found the rear tritium dot is nice to have for a reference point for front/rear alignment in low light.   But the rear dot isn't a deal breaker for me. I'd prefer it if I can get it, but I could make do without it. I'd like to try some of amirglo's other setups (with the goal of finding a little tighter rear notch/front sight width) and a lot of them don't have the rear tritium dot,

Woo hoo!! Was able to get free from work on Sunday - will see you guys out there.   Ya, this will be the first cool weekend, won't get much better weather.

I did a LOT of reading before I jumped into the gen 4's. Yes, it seems all (ok almost all) the issues were with the 19 + 17, in regards to all the things Cruel hand luke delved into. But from most the reading and reports I saw, Glock did get it worked out and all the gen 4's are good to go now. All my Glocks now are gen 4's.   I have a 19 that had updated parts installed by a previous owner, I have 3,800 rounds through it with no issues (that were not operator induced). Another 19 that has or came with the updated parts, with around 300 flawless rounds through it. And a 34 with 400 trouble free rounds.

Its not something I'm worried about, I agree with peace, if you just got involved in a SD shooting, your gun being registered to you will be pretty far down on the things to worry about.   I've slowly gotten to where most my firearms are "off book" - including the two I carry daily.

Not an issue I've ever heard of, I see no reason why it would be of concern. Are you worried about the frame holding up to the weight/pressure?   Did a 14 hour drive down to Fla a few months ago, G19 carried IWB sitting in a car the whole way (well maybe reclined back a few times for a few of those hours).

I had a lot of problems trying to shoot with both eyes open at first too. I have left eye dominance and am right handed.   After practice, it got better. Once I learned to draw the pistol and push it out under my left eye, it got even easier - set up the strong eye to pick up the sights first.   After over a year of pretty religious dry fire practice several times every week, its second nature and now feels weird to close one eye.

Anybody on the fence - take this class!, it is fantastic.     Will be waiting for CRG2 to follow.

I don't really pick out carry guns or dress for them. Its either the LCR in the pocket - usually for work, or the G19 for all other times.   I haven't dropped my rig or gun (yet) but I do put the holster and gun on as one.   One thing though, if you had to choose, wouldn't it be better to drop a holstered gun, over a gun by itself?

I first wanted and carried a DA/SA gun, well besides the little DAO 380 pocket gun I carried as well.   When I got serious about practicing and training I quickly found and decided I wanted the same trigger pull every time. Went striker fired and never went back.   But I do think shooting a SA handgun is about as sweet as it gets, and that includes a SA/DA.

Awesome, will be heading out there on saturday.   If anyone would be interested, I'd love to catch a ride. Would throw someone $10-15 gas money, I live out off 40 west in bellevue, so it's pretty much on the way out from nashville.

    I knew both my carry guns weight unloaded, but thanks to your info I now know the loaded weight. Although I carry Federal115gr Hi-shok in my 19.   G19 =33oz LCR=17oz

  Lol, ya my wife heard about it on his show too (myself as well) and asked about it.       18 pounds?? Good gosh.

I moved from Chattanooga in April, and the last time I was at prentice cooper was probably last September or so. I didn't frequent too often because of the scary things I heard, saw and then experienced, and it did get really busy sometimes - but was hit or miss though, sometimes it would be packed, other times just a small gathering.   It is a cool place that is fun and best of all free but not too sure if I'd go back now for safety's sake. They should really charge like $5-10 per person per day and have a range officer to watch things. It is the only free place I knew of in Chattanooga.   They had redone the shooting bays, at least on the pistol side. With nice wooden table tops/dividers for each bay, and had the rules posted at each bay (A VERY GOOD MOVE). The pistol bays are at 3 different ranges, just depends on which target wall you get in front of. 1 at prob 5-7 yards, 1 at prob 10, and the other at maybe 15-20 yards tops. There are about 4 bays for each target wall I think. Usually where I shot just depended on what was open, or opened up. The rifle ranges are at 100 and 50 yards if I remember correctly, and there's lots of bays for each.   You can get on their?/some website and find out a little more info, which is a good idea before you load up and head there because they'll close it off to public some weekends for hunting and other events.