This is a little video from last Saturday. I was testing the Beretta 1301 Comp shotgun for a review in Frontsight magazine. It was great fun to shoot and ran like a scalded dog. Royce and I did some AR stuff that we do not normally get to do. Had a good time and got a little better.
Put snap caps in the magazine and you can insert a new mag and rack the slide. It does not have to atart from slide lock, but it can.I have been practicing reloads at home. Hold pistol up with both hands like I'm firing at a target, bring the gun into my workspace as I'm dropping the mag, grabbing a mag with my left hand, inserting it and back on target. Seems to be helping...however;
Because doing it at home doesn't have me going to slide lock, at the range today on several occasions, I went to slide lock, dropped the mag, inserted a new one and got back on target. It all went smoother and faster than in the past before I started practicing. Except I didn't cycle the slide.
The good news is that I see the value of dry fire. It really does work. And the lesson learned is to be careful what you practice.
Since it would be tough to create a reloading session with the gun in slide lock, what suggestions do you have that could help?
Mimic the movement of cycling the slide without actually doing so?
Just shoot USPSA and learn to reload on a loaded chamber?
Looking for input.
As far as my live fire today, I did the same drills but didn't try to hit the times the drills set. I was slower, but not much and my accuracy improved in all but the drill where I shot 2 strings of 6 rounds.
And I increased the distance on my failure to neutralize (Mozambique Drill) from 7 yards to 10. I didn't do as well. I use my Shield with irons for that drill.
Finished the session with some .22 shooting the plate rack.
Every. Damn. Day.We miss you Coach!