Inhuman reload....

I trained under Travis and Max Michel Jr. back in May. Two REALLY nice fellows....and amazing skill as shooters and instructors....
 
Awesome video. Travis was 3rd at the WS; 1.6% off Rob Leathams' score.

The technique he shows is exactly what every shooter should strive for.

The gun moves very little, his eyes focus on the magwell until the mag is confirmed starting it's path into the gun, then they go back to the target.

Tactically, this is good as he's able to keep his target in his perhipheral vision throughout the process.

Safety: the muzzle stays within the backstop at all times.

Economy of motion at it's best. He makes it look soooo simple, but we know that's not and how much practice he's done to get there.

I love watching the pros.
 
Freedom Ventures said:
Safety: the muzzle stays within the backstop at all times.

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:shock:

Maybe if the backstop is about 40 feet tall and he is 10 feet in front of it..........

Look again.........then get your protractor and calculator out

Remember SOHCAHTOA
 
stormbringer said:
Maybe if the backstop is about 40 feet tall and he is 10 feet in front of it..........

Look again.........then get your protractor and calculator out

Remember SOHCAHTOA
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Well, I won't argue with you - maybe - What's SOHCAHTOA?
 
Sine is Opposite over Hypotenuse

Cosine is Ajacent over Hypotenuse

Tangent is Opposite over Ajacent...........

SOHCAHTOA

That is how you remember the relationships between side length and angles in right angled triangles. I thought that everyone learned that in highschool????

In this case you would take the Tanget of the angle described by the gound ( adjacent and the barrel (hypotenuse) which I would estimate to be on the order of 50-55 degrees. The berm height is the Ajacent side of the triangle described.


You have every right to disagree with me.................just show your math.
points will be awarded for complete solutions!! :lol: :lol:

(quick edit because I HATE BEER!!!)
 
TT's reload is very impressive, but too many shooters put far too much emphasis on them, the newer ones more often. If you can't shoot a clean match then having a super fast reload is pointless. Sure it's easy and more fun to practice but we shoot more then we change mags, as long as you can consistantly be 2-2.5 sec from shot to shot you're fine. The stages where an insane reload are a big advantage are on standards which usually do not have a big effect on the overall scores unless you crash and burn since the point value is so small compared to a long course of fire.
 
At the end of a 32 round stage, that required 4 mag changes at about 1 second each faster than the guy doing it at 2.5, than I am on target faster, and am about 4 seconds faster at the end of the stage. I win. You get back in the game faster, you don't waste time. A 1.5 sec mag change split is fast by me, or just about anyone.
 
Most of the reloads in Canada are during movement so it's not really wasted time. That's not to say Travis won't be 4 seconds faster than me on a stage, but it won't be the reloads where he's gaining the time.
 
Maurice, I totally agree with what you are saying,but if you pull 2 mikes that 4 secs doesn't count for ####, ya get what I'm saying? The game is about who gets the most POINTS per second consistantly. A great reload will help your get the points faster but you need to be getting the points consistantly in the first place.
TT will get all of us on a field course just by his economy of motion alone, watching the big dawgs go out and play is something that everyone needs to see at least once.
 
Mag changes and shooting are seperate ingredients to the same desired end result, best hits + least amount of time= Good overall performance.
Jill gets the same points as jim, but Jill competes the stage 2 seconds faster, ...then Jills wins. :twisted:
An experienced shooter in NS told me that you do everything else as fast as you can, so you can slow down and shoot. :wink:
 
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