Sun, 29 March 2020
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Sun, 22 March 2020
Due to the Cornoavirus, the editors have taken the week off.With the Coronavirus in full effect the guys couldn’t shoot a match. So Kenny went camping to scout out some new locations for some plants he’s trying to grow. Not sure what that’s all about but he said Big Clouds would understand.. Join us tonight as we discuss the week not in guns, and the ensuing panic of having to deal with family members. A.J. Ellis Anyone wanna trade a fresh Glock 31 round mag for a factory mag for a CZ Shadow 2? As for the show, what are your favorite target stand systems for range day? Nate Osborne Steve mentioned he got a bidet last week, but did he get a dozen of them to accommodate all of his many bathrooms, or is the whole family just using a single restroom facility now? Michael Pyne I've heard you mention that the USPSA Associate membership is gone. But I renewed mine about a week ago. The renewal defaulted to the $40/year option. But if you clicked on the "other options" (or something like that) you could select the $25 option. Thanks for doing the show. Dutch Brogoitti With Nationals bumped do you think A1 will also? Chris Potts I’m so happy that we are making “big cloud” jokes again. Sebastian Muñoz Can Robert Wyatt talk about how to setup a backyard range? My backyard is 60'bwide x 30' deep, neighbors on all sides. Thanks Thomas Everett Hudson Since Defensive ammo is so hard to find right now, and my shipment just came in; How deep of a hole should I drill into my Gallant Bullets to make Hollow Points? Dustin Taylor Has Steve bought enough Natty Light to survive his quarantine? Richard Ingram Where to practice if your local range is closed? GallantBullets PEWPRO10 for 10% off your first order
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Sun, 15 March 2020
The guys got together and shot a match despite the impending corona virus outbreak. They also shot berettas with optics and comps in production. Cause apparently USPSA is allowing anything these days. It was interesting. Join us tonight as we discuss the match, and our pending demise from the corona virus.
Richard Clare I would like a response from the CEO of PARA cast on what they are doing in response to this virus please. Also. I'm having issues bringing stuff I do in live fried n dry fire practice into a match. I seem to resort to my same usual speed at a match vs practice. Marshall Kear Is it a blessing or a curse that the virus doesn’t cause zombies? The lack of required head shots does simplify the toilet paper retrieval A.J. Ellis What are you all looking forward to most about the impending apocalypse? Nate Osborne Is there a compelling reason the be a USPSA member if you don't have plans to shoot major matches during the year? I care less and less about having a letter by my name, and am not really being convinced that a membership is worth it. Mark Miller I know you guys talked about it last week, but I wasn't able to ask til this week. What about the reason for the weight increase in CO being able to get 2011's into the mix in the future. With all the big manufacturers building the 9mm with slide mounted optics. All it will take is, one more rule change for that to happen (single action), essentially pushing polymer guns out of the mix. Sebastian Muñoz Given the shortage of toilet paper, are you guys still eating Jack in the Box tacos after matches? David Bartlett The symptoms of COVID19 range from a mild cold to death. Should zombie films feature a similar range of outcomes, starting with many of the infected merely wanting to lick other people? Nate Osborne With the quarantine, are we going to see an influx of GMs who dry fired for 8 hours a day while stuck in their houses?
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Sun, 8 March 2020
Kenny shot a Beretta and now has the Coronavirus. Robert meanwhile spent the week trying to figure out how to bolt an extra three pounds on his shadow since USPSA created the new division “L10 without a Magwell” Join us tonight as we discuss how much we love when governing bodies Frak up the divisions with arbitrary rule changes because they’re too lazy to enforce the existing ones. Rob Chavous When did USPSA remove the $25 associate member option? Stealth dues increase? Brady Kraft I have purchased a “wanna be a gunfighter starter kit”. Glock 34, comp tac holster and a shit ton of mags. 1) can you expand on the belt options for my starter kit. Inner and outer belt setups etc. This is foreign to a rifle guy. Even though I have a budget gun, not necessarily looking for budget belt. 2) I added the dawson sight upgrade to my starter kit per y’alls recommendation. I quit being a wuss and installed them myself. Can you walk me through sight in techniques you use to get them aligned properly. 3) Focusing a lot on grip. Right handed shooter. When I look at grip techniques, most of what I see has the left hand palm making contact with pistol. I am am struggling to get this right. My palm overlaps my right hand. I am thinking about this correctly? What am I missing? Jared Spearman What features/criteria make a shot timer a good one? What timers meet these criteria? Kenny Platt What do you think the effect would have been of USPSA eliminating the weight limits all together in CO/Prod vs enacting such a high one? My read on it, to get you guys started, is that had they completely erased the weight limits all together, people would have likely not felt the need to change their guns much at all, but now that there’s a golden number that you can achieve, many people (myself not included) feel like there’s a race to 58.5oz going on. K.C. Hutchinson Is it better to take your Charlie and deltas and move on or take that third shot to try and get a second alpha? ---- GallantBullets PEWPRO10 for 10% off your first order Dominate Defense PARA10 for 10% off
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Sun, 1 March 2020
Daniel Garibay If you had to concealed carry only one gun for the rest of your life, what would it be? Derk Hopkins For USPSA/IDPA where do you site in you pistols? For defense? Thomas Everett Hudson Red Dots, large or small for competition? Advantages/disadvantages of each? I’d love to hear your opinions. P.S. Love the show. I look forward to it each week. It really is like sitting in with a good group of friends and listening to them talk $hit. Keep up the good work. Matthew Engman I’ve trained a handful of times in the last year... what should I work on first? Max Bloemendaal Steve, how much has the 5th Generation of Glock enhanced "Perfection"? Solid update, or minor upgrade? Jacob Franklin Did we get another new IDPA rule book this year?!? Gabriel Johnson When you are reloading, where should the gun be? Chest height a foot away? Shoulder height foot and a half away? Where should the gun be pointing (if facing downrange)? I dropped 5 mags on 3 of the 4 stages yesterday, you do the math. Still came in fourth though. A.J. Ellis I've always just used the factory sights on my handguns and it looks like I may need to zero one or two of them. How does one go about adjusting factory fixed sights for windage for best results? Or do I really need to just get adjustable sights if I want to mess with them? ---- GallantBullets PEWPRO10 for 10% off your first order Dominate Defense PARA10 for 10% off |
Sun, 16 February 2020
Steve, Robert, and Kenny shot a match while Tommy changed his press over to 9mm and threw his single stack away. Join us tonight as we talk about politics, cheap alcohol, and also some spicy shooting related gossip. And we answer your questions.
K.C. Hutchinson What parts do you recommend to have on hand for single stack Walter Phelps Who would you go to if you needed a holster made for a slightly obscure pistol? Steve Jaworski What would you recommend to engage targets faster when rolling into a new position? On video, I’m getting where I need to be with the gun up just fine. After that, refining the sight picture and pulling the trigger is painfully slow. What’s the deal? Andrew Fisher Have any of you guys had tendonitis and how did you remain competitive? Mark Brandau What is the last training breakthrough you feel you've had, and when was it? Brian Prusse What drills can help with recoil management? I shot a match this weekend and worked on nothing but speed and had a lot more penalties because of it. I don’t want to slow down to get me hits I want to control the recoil better.
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Sun, 9 February 2020
Between shooting in standing water and long checkout lines, the guys shot a match. It was epic.
Nate Osborne If Alex Coco Wendt and Tom H Nelson can't get the squad in front of them to tape and reset, what operant conditioning methods should you use on them? Derk Hopkins If a pistol you have been wanting is going to be available soon. Would you purchase as soon as it becomes available or would you wait to touch and feel it and listen to the reviews? Justice-Cynthia Coker What detergents or chemicals do you use when cleaning guns and brass in an ultrasonic cleaner? Peter Wiktorski Since Virginia keeps pushing for the big igloo to pop off, what preferred camo? Kryptek or Hawaiian shirt and shorts? Jacob Franklin Next gun purchase? What will it be? Klay Grover How about you four shoot a match in production with hi-points. Kevin Izatt Value powders? Been using tightgroup. Worth looking at something else? Max Bloemendaal What Area matches would you like to shoot but haven't?
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Sun, 2 February 2020
We went out and shot a match then recorded a show early because Kenny wanted to watch the Super Foosball game: Levi: New to the podcast and loving it! Thanks guys! Question: I've just started shooting competitions and would like your advice to a new shooter for his first season: realistic expectations and where to concentrate to improve the fastest (I'm shooting limited)? Sidenote: I already had the realization after a couple episodes of the paracast that my first ever match I was squaded with THE Mr. Tom Nelson. I could not scroll back through episodes fast enough to hear his match breakdown and "colorful" description of me and the other first time shooters that day. Let's just say, I was not disappointed. :-) David "The Humble Marksman" Blanton: Question for the show if I don’t see the post go out in time - what makes a level 2 match special (within reason)? What is the minimum expectation and what would take it to the next level from a shooters experience? Daniel Lutz Have you played with the difference between 124 and 147gr ammo in production. What pros and cons did you decide on. I have been loading 147gr heads for 2 years now and keep wondering if I want to try 124gr. I know there will not be a world of difference but seeking opinions. Mark Miller Going to put on a 8-9 stage pro am match later this year, any thoughts on pro am, do you like shooting it, any suggestions. We are using 15/mag. Keep up the good work Jeremy Curnutte Not sure if it’s too late for a show question, but just bought a 1050 with a mark 7 off armslist. Any must haves that I need to get? Max Bloemendaal What stage-styles, equipment and rules would you combine to make a shooting Superbowl? With the result being the best overall shooter in the world? John B. Holbrook Now for a legitimate question. Since we’re in the off-season, I think it’s been a while since each of you has talked about your EDC, to include your CCW choices/options. GallantBullets PEWPRO10 for 10% off your first order DominateDefense PARA10 for 10% off
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Sun, 19 January 2020
Apparently Kenny wants to watch the foosball game. So we’re recording a show early. David Blanton Why do we have to deal with winter getting in the way of shooting? Peter Wiktorski What "new things" are you hoping to see come out at SHOT that hasn't been announced yet? Tyrel Kelsey Can you discuss your approaches to tracking swingers, and how/if you practice it in dry fire Marshall Kear Revo’s and the roaring 20’s. Will there be a resurgence of wheel guns in competition? Buddy Wats Why are gun influencers attending SHOT instead of going to VA and showing support for the 2A in a real way? GallantBullets PEWPRO10 for 10% off your first order Dominate Defense PARA10 for 10% off |
Sun, 12 January 2020
Some of the guys shot a match. It wasn't Robert. Kepler Kramer Anyone tried the hundred round .223 case gauge? https://www.toothandnailarmory.com/product/TN056.html (I know Tom and Steve are too cheap to buy one, but maybe Robert picked one up?) Steve Jaworski Let’s say you were thinking of retiring to Utah from back East. What part of the habitable zone would you recommend for a combination of competition shooting, quality of life, cost, etc? Chris Potts I heard Tommy talking about working about with a kettle bell. I was thinking about giving this a try. Are there any thing that I should watch out for so that I don’t end up with “birthing” hips? Derk Hopkins Any movies I should watch since I can not dry fire? Peter Wiktorski When are you going to go out and buy a Sig P229 in 357SIG? Scott Pigg Ok. how about another USPSA divisions chat? Drop lim10, production, and carry optics. Start a super stock division. An unmodified marked parts gun. (obviously this would have to involve manufacturers) Steel and polymer versions optional. Winners will have their guns checked for tampering. Giving folks back the just buy it and shoot it confidence. 10 rounds 9mm only. Start a MODIFIED division. this division is pretty much any gun from the stock division but you can modify it to current production rules. 15 rounds. 4lb triggers and tested before match and winners checked again. Third new division is MOD OPTICS. same as modified but with optics. The idea is modeled after car racing divisions. worked well to get companies interested in making faster better and safer cars. Its only a recent idea so don't think I am married to it. Please feel free to call me an idiot. Good to hear the UPS man still lives. and robert sorry for your loss brother. GallantBullets PEWPRO10 for 10% off your first order Dominate Defense PARA10 for 10% off |
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