Sharp as a Marble - Next month, we should hold USPSA in my house

Next month, we should hold USPSA in my house

A friend of mine lent me his SIRT Training Pistol over the holidays (poor soul wants it back too, and I’ve been both sick and on the opposite side of the county for the past few weeks) and I’ve realized I’m really, really missing something in my shooting.

You see, I can draw the SIRT from my side, aim at a point no bigger than a credit card anywhere I want, and put the green dot right on it. Repeatedly. And quickly too. Want me to move between 5 different targets? No problem. <10 yards and I can point shoot with perfection, above that I can use the sight and nail the spot over and over.

One, the SIRT is a Glock based pistol shape, which isn’t what I shoot. If they had an M&P shape, I’d hop on that in a heartbeat. Two, while the trigger is tunable, it’s not my trigger, which is an APEX. Still, it’s dry fire practice and I’m amazed at how quickly I was able to really improve my initial aim.

Now why the $#&(* can I not do that when I’m shooting USPSA?

I do wonder if the lack of recoil is an issue. I know the gun isn’t going to jump when I pull the trigger and that might have a lot to do with why I stay on target. I’ve never really considered myself recoil sensitive, especially in competition where I honestly don’t realize it’s happening. But if I shot as well with my M&P as I do with that SIRT, I’d be an A-Class shooter in no time.

I almost want to buy one, if it only came in an M&P flavor I would. However, it’s great for dry fire without having to rack your slide each time which to me makes DF practice extremely tiring and honestly, not as effective as I think it should be since racking after each pull isn’t a natural motion.

Comments

PhilaBOR says:

on 1/21/2013 at 9:12 AM

+1. If they made an M&P SIRT with an Apex trigger, I'd seriously consider buying it. As it is, I don't think training my reflexes on the Glock grip angle is a good idea.

Chris says:

on 1/21/2013 at 9:18 AM

At SHOT they said mid year for the M&P version. I shoot a P226, but the SIRT (for me) is just for training eyes, transitions, etc. so it works.

Robb Allen says:

on 1/21/2013 at 9:30 AM

Speaking of the person who I borrowed it from ;) Thanks Chris!

The one thing that's a bit tricky is trying to both pick up the sight AND see the green dot. I found myself focusing on the target to make sure I was hitting it at times.

Ron Larimer says:

on 1/21/2013 at 9:59 AM

When you decide to get one, I sell them through the store and I think that tuning for a heavy crappy trigger is a good thing, because if you use it, you can use your great Apex trigger (which I also sell).

As for setting the lasers, raise the dots to sit just above the front sight so that you can see them when focusing on the front sight. If you are looking at the target instead you are doing yourself a disservice.

aczarnowski says:

on 1/21/2013 at 10:21 AM

Last class I took they made the great point that if you can see the laser dot you could very well be doing it wrong - training yourself to look over your sights to get the confirmation.

Ron's suggestion is a good one.

Robb Allen says:

on 1/21/2013 at 10:26 AM

Yeah, I would like one of those LaserMax targets that register where you hit.

Unfortunately, I'd need several of them to practice moving between targets.

Laughingdog says:

on 1/21/2013 at 12:16 PM

Robb, it's either grip angle or you're still dropping too many IQ points at the buzzer since you don't get to do many matches. Though I'm banking on the former being the bigger problem.

Most of my shooting is with my G34 and G35. When I would switch to my 1911, it slows me way down because the grip that works instinctively when I draw my Glocks ends up with the front sight WAY too high when I draw the 1911. I have to retrain the hell out of myself if I want to switch to CDP/Single Stack, so I just don't do those for the time being.

Zach C. says:

on 1/21/2013 at 4:26 PM

Rob try putting some masking tape or a rubber band in the ejection port. When the gun is slightly out of battery you can work your trigger in practice. It helps a bunch for transitions and stuff where the click is less important than the manipulation of the trigger. I have a SIRT and as a Glock shooter I still will use my competition gun/holster to practice.

Good luck in your uspsa practice,
Zach C.

Panamared says:

on 1/23/2013 at 11:10 AM

If your problem is recoil the only solution I have ever heard of that works, is to go back to a 22, wish they would make a conversion kit.

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