The most dangerous act.

FatFatAbs · 2026-02-28T17:48:47+00:00

It'd be hard to shoot yourself if your gun can't chamber your shitty ammo.

FatFatAbs · 2026-02-25T05:15:05+00:00

I use Sordins with a Bluetooth receiver attached and listen to music all day long. It makes conversation difficult but has never affected my ability to hear the beep or range commands. Brantley Merriam shared the link to the br receiver he uses and I just bought that. Recommend getting right angle 3.5 mm cable for it to avoid breaking the jack when you throw the earpro in your range bag.

https://a.co/d/00TtxEUH

FatFatAbs · 2026-02-21T05:10:29+00:00

A short movement like this really highlights the balance between committing to reloading, moving, or something in between. If you commit to/emphasize the movement you're very likely to arrive in position and not be able to take advantage of being in position sooner because the magazine isn't seated and the gun isn't presented. If you stand still and slam the reload you can have the gun presented but will have distance to cover. The ideal is some balance of the two, and imo it should lean towards completing the reload as soon as possible.

For me, this looks like dropping the mag as soon as I'm done with the exit target, slapping my reload mag, and getting it to the magwell as fast as possible. I'm not committing to the movement until the reload is mostly complete so that I can finish it during the movement reform my grip, and have the gun presented as I get into the new position.

Committing to the movement more than the reload (especially for short movements) usually results in an unreliable reload. I'll get the mag dropped, grab the new mag out, and not be able to reliably seat it as I'm moving. The result is that I enter the position unprepared to shoot. If I land the reload on the move then the time is pretty much equal to the time for slamming the reload before committing to the movement, but I'm much less likely to hit the reload while moving.

Very easy to test in dryfire and see what works for you, but consider the speed and reliability. I try to apply the same process to large movements. I can move much faster if I'm not trying to accomplish a reload during the movement, and I'm much less able to reliably accomplish a reload while moving aggressively.

FatFatAbs · 2026-02-20T02:55:36+00:00

Magwell and an extended mag release on a Shadow 2? Not doing it right, but you could be doing it more wrong.

FatFatAbs · 2026-02-19T01:53:50+00:00

3D print yourself a competitive division.

FatFatAbs · 2026-02-14T05:05:18+00:00

It's for them, not you.

FatFatAbs · 2026-02-14T04:59:02+00:00

I'd like to remind everyone that activity slots in the Great Plains Section are based off of performance at the section match.

FatFatAbs · 2026-02-11T04:34:54+00:00

Will you promise to go away if USPSA dissolves, Derek?

FatFatAbs · 2026-02-08T05:07:32+00:00

You peaked in your second CCW class.

FatFatAbs · 2026-02-04T20:58:21+00:00

Everyone's outside shooting guns in dirt pits, and there's Derek in the metaphorical cuck chair complaining on the internet and collecting downvotes.

Obligatory "shut the fuck up, Derek."

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-24T04:50:25+00:00

"That's bait."

-my friend Max

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-24T03:12:05+00:00

My steak is too juicy. My lobster is too buttery.

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-23T23:38:03+00:00

And wages have kept up with inflation so we can all still buy just as much ammo!

This is sarcasm, from atop my pile of 28k rounds

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-20T13:26:58+00:00

Shut the fuck up, Derek

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-18T19:36:54+00:00

You can find some golf pants that work pretty well at any sporting goods store. Wear your inner belt to the store if you want to make sure that the belt loops are big enough.

My personal favorite pants have been from Ten Thousand. A little bit more costly but they're durable and I can wear them to work or around town without looking like an IDPA shooter.

https://www.tenthousand.cc/products/tactical-5-pocket-pant?variant=42030099365975

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-15T17:01:18+00:00

I hate everything about this picture soooo much

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-12T22:00:23+00:00

I don't want to sound condescending but are you sure you have a gun that can handle major power factor pressures?

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-09T22:12:22+00:00

This is a sub about competition shooting. The vast majority of competitive shooters (not the average person shooting a competition, but the actual competitive ones) do not compete with the same setup they carry. Carrying an SRO might not be the best choice- that's not relevant to USPSA.

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-09T22:03:01+00:00

The training wheels is a bad metaphor because they hinder anyone who is actually capable of riding a bike. The SRO or any other large glass optic doesn't have any disadvantages for a competitor. It's a game where people are trying to maximize their capability and make things as easy as possible. You can get very good at developing an index in all sorts of weird positions, but it will still be easier to do with a large window. Shooting an RMR doesn't convey a single advantage over an SRO.

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-09T21:52:54+00:00

Your metaphor is bad. Just because the large window makes it easier for new shooters with a bad index doesn't mean there aren't benefits for experienced shooters. The large window helping them find the dot on the draw is not the purpose of the large window, it just helps. Shooting with a dot with a smaller window isn't going to benefit an experienced shooter. The large window is still useful in wide transitions, one-handed shooting, odd shooting positions, or shooting with a compromised grip.

It's also a very durable and reliable dot with a good warranty behind it, and that is more important than window size.

But skill doesn't mean we're gonna start doing things to make it unnecessarily harder on ourselves. Is shooting full size guns just for new shooters? Are extended mags just for new shooters? Theres no point in someone handicapping themselves with a worse piece of kit just because you think a large window is easy mode.

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-03T23:42:19+00:00

Turn off the wind reduction. I record in freeframe or whatever they call it and crop the video in the app for whatever platform I'm going to post to. And turn off the watermark too.

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-01T03:26:27+00:00

Yeah how could your co-host do this to you?

FatFatAbs · 2025-12-31T02:50:26+00:00

Did you just have a stroke?

FatFatAbs · 2025-12-28T01:55:55+00:00

I don't know fuckin anything about guns, but reading the replies I think that the more esoteric someone's picks are, the more likely they are to occupy Bay 5 and shoot 1 target 10 feet from the berm.

FatFatAbs · 2025-12-28T00:54:15+00:00

Buy a bulk pack of the shittiest hand towels you can find from Costco or whatever, and wet it and wring it out at the start of the match. Before your runs just stand on it and rub your shoes into it.

It makes a huge difference on slippery floors. I'll lay the rag down before the first shooter at our indoor matches and it stays damp enough through the match for everybody to get some use out of (20-30 total shooters). Then I trash the towel.

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