What have you "Mastered" this year?

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Or rather what pistol-related thing did you learn to *do* this year?

It's interesting, as gunnies, we get instant feedback when we buy something new, Be it a new polished 1911 (It's so shiny!!!) or a SD9 (Grock Knock off! Horrible trigger!!!) but we almost never get any feedback on what skills we've learned, regardless if we have spent hours on the range practicing, or ruined a set of snap-caps dry-practicing, etc.

Guns come and go, and are transient. The "it" thing this year is lame and obsolete next year. Skills, if maintained are forever, weigh nothing and can be passed to others, without losing it yourself!

Training and practice are hard to come by, for both time and money reasons, shouldn't we celebrate what we've chosen to spent our time and money on? :D

By way of example, here's mine:

I learned, and drilled to shoot-to-reset at speed. Which I learned makes the transition from Double to Single action easier, Makes me like Glocks a little more, and HiPowers a little less. Coming from a double-action revolver background, it's a little different animal, letting the trigger reset as opposed to letting the trigger reset you.

It's a small skill, but I can repeat it on command reliably.

What did skills did you master this year?
 
Humm, good year for skills for me.

I got my BB done back in spring. I started off near the bottom of the pack on my first couple matches as to be expected. Practiced a bit of live fire and a sh!t ton of of laser training ie drawing gun and DA first shot as well as mag changes. I practiced 30-60min (30min on the days when I was all thumbs and called it quits) average 5x a week on dry fire skills and started noticing my draw and fire times were getting faster and mag changes were quicker/smoother with much less fumbling and by my 4th match, I'd moved up from being near the bottom to the middle to top 1/3 of the pack.

I wouldn't call it "mastered" but I'm still learning and striving to improve but I'm probably worse off now, now that I haven't touched a gun in over 3mts due to living in a totally pro left wing island. So left wing, they don't even allow Hawaiian slings or killing any invasive lionfish you come across! :p

Gnome75 said:
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Are you master of YOUR domain? :)
 
Learned how to shoot my striker pistols much better. Been spoiled with 1911's, BHP's and their excellent single action triggers.
 
Through a lot of practice (about 700 rounds at this point), I can now put 10 out of 10 on a 6" square target at 20 yards with my Norinco NZ85B and I can get 5/10 .45s from my Norinco 1911 in six inches as well with less than 100 rounds through it!

When I got the NZ a few months ago, I could get about 5 out of 10 on a 16 x 16 target!

No substitute for practice! (rarely is it ever the gun).

Now, I need to do better with my old .38 S & W Webley Enfield.
 
Haven't mastered anything,lol, but I have seen a vast improvement this year. Started IDPA and Speed Steel this year, lots of practice at what needed work saw some progress through the ranks as the season went on. We filmed every run this year, it was fantastic to sit and review everything and identify where we were dropping points. Gave me things to work on every week and it paid off, I actually broke into the top 10 at the last IDPA, so a good year overall. My target acquisition has improved, my double taps are getting better and I'm dropping way less points on the longer range targets so I'm pretty happy with my progress.
 
Well although I started a year ago shooting pistol I have not shot much of it. Warm months are spent fishing withing occasional shooting. Have got my grip comfortable and am now shooting much more accurate....also training myself to hold trigger after shot and then let trigger reset slowly. Find Pistol much harder than rifle and shotgun but getting the hang of it. Really want to work on slowing down and not gripping too tight. Want to get my BB and slowly get into IPSC....so mastered nothing but goals to work on.
 
I’ve improved on quite a few things this year. I don’t feel like I’ve Mastered any of them, but as a student of pistol shooting, I think that’s good thing.

Stuff I have improved on this year:

1) shooting into and out of position
2) shooting on the move
3) gripping the gun harder
4) calling my shots
5) managing match pressure
6) managing match nutrition
7) staying in “match mode” and not rushing, trying or hurrying.
8) reloads
9) turn and draws
10) seeing faster
11) celebrating my wins and processing the negatives, instead of focusing on them.

I made A this year in IPSC Production, my goal is to make Master next year. I have so damn much to work on!
 
Clobbersauras said:
I’ve improved on quite a few things this year. I don’t feel like I’ve Mastered any of them, but as a student of pistol shooting, I think that’s good thing.

Stuff I have improved on this year:

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I made A this year in IPSC Production, my goal is to make Master next year. I have so damn much to work on!
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Congrats on seeing results from your hard work, and I wish you well next year!

Like you, I consider myself a student. Nothing is mastered, but I have seen progress this year. I started IPSC this spring with a match % at about 50%, and finished the year about 80%. Good growth that I'm very happy with, but I have an intense drive to keep learning. I recently set new PBs for many drills recently, and now the winter is about refining the training plan and focusing even more on the mental game than I have done in the past. It's far more important than many people realize it is. Glad to see it on your list. :cheers:
 
Nicely done all, congratulations on your successes!

...and yeah, "Mastered" is definitely the wrong word for the thought I was trying to convey, I guess something along the lines of "Acceptable level of competence" woul dhave a been better, but takes a really long time to type. :D
 
I was ticked off that work would not give me time off for hunting so I quit my full time job to work freelance. I mastered myself and am enjoying life a lot more. I work in the emergency room but couldn't stand the hospital where I was working (overworking and treated like crap) so I learned that it's just not worth it you can make $ in a pleasant environment too.
 
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