xd + double taps= fun fun

[possum]

Well i decided today that on the way out to the range that I was gonna focus on practicing from the 25 yd line which is something that I do to little, I normally focus on 15yds and closer. I first started off by shooting from the bench, i was very impresseed and did pretty good, the rds were hitting a little low, so i adjusted fire and shot and was right on, and the groups were really tight! well then came the fun part, I moved the target, which was a full size military m9 shilouette, up to the 15yd line. i was thinking well i think i will do some double tap drills or controlled pairs whatever they are being called these days. These are something that I don't practice very much but will be a lot more in the future. I loaded up 4 rd mags and bam bam..bam bam and after a little bit of practice I was putting all four rds in about 5 sec or less in a 2" circle. I was pretty excited and with a little more practice maybe I'll get better! By far the most fun i have had at the range in a long while!

 

[JMag]

They're faster for me with a Glock...shorter reset and such.

 

[WarMachine]

The longer reset of the XD doesn't seem to pose much of a problem for Steve Anderson

http://www.andersonshooting.com/prodvids.htm

I still don't understand how the pros are able to keep the gun so flat in their shooting...

 

[Chris Rhines]

The pros mostly have a very similar grip - cant your weak hand downwards, which locks the wrist, and bend your elbows a little to absorb the recoil.

Easier to do than it is to explain, and it does work.

- Chris

 

[eerw]

The longer reset of the XD doesn't seem to pose much of a problem for Steve Anderson

http://www.andersonshooting.com/prodvids.htm

I still don't understand how the pros are able to keep the gun so flat in their shooting...

The gun really is not that flat..it just returns quicker...by using a good stance, grip and index...you can shoot, see the sights, lift, return and be ready again..with practice it is quite doable to get your first shot off from a holster in less than a second..with a second shot about a .12 to .15 behind.

 

[tater_salad]

Double taps are two shots fired in succession without regaining sight alignment/sight picture in between. Controlled pairs are just that, controlled, and you do take that split second to regain your sight alignment/sight picture on the target before firing the second round. FWIW

 

[possum]

I was taking no time in between to re align the sights, so you could say that it was double taps, but my only problem with that is that in the military they taught us that doubke tap was two to the cheast and one to the head, that is why I said

double tap drills or controlled pairs whatever they are being called these days.

I agree with you tater salad though, i call them double taps too; the army has some wierd ways about doing things!

 

[GregGry]

two to the cheast and one to the head,

Well if they were all fired rapidly, wouldn't that be a triple tap?

 

[tater_salad]

two to the chest, one to the head is what we called a 'failure drill' or 'failure to stop drill.' they also called double taps, 'hammer-pairs.' i wonder if someone really does get paid to think all these things up?

 

[Harven]

pretty cool to see that Anderson grab a mag from his belt and jam it in the gun in .05 seconds

 

[WarMachine]

I always thought of a 'failure' drill as the same thing as a 'malfunction' drill. I guess I always associated 'failure' with a failure to fire.

 

[Phaetos]

Doesn't say what model XD he was using. I wish I had that kind of flat approach when shooting. That is just awesome.