Willie Lowman
New member
I was taking a carbine class a two years ago. At one point we were shooting the 1-2-3-4-5 drill weak handed from behind cover. The instructor pointed out to me that when I would finish the drill, I would step out from behind cover to peer at the targets. I had gotten in the habit of looking at my targets to try to see if all my shots had gone in the A zone after I had run a course of fire.
In his book No Second Place Winner, Jordan mentions a cop that was killed with empty brass in his pockets. He had apparently gotten in the habit of putting his empties in his pockets before reloading his revolver.
I took a friend to his first IPSC shoot last year. Until then he was a back yard target shooter. He would shoot one magazine, close the slide on an empty chamber and go reload his magazine. He was in such a habit of doing that he would close the slide on an empty chamber before reloading his pistol while he was in the middle of the course of fire. I pointed that out to him after the match and he became flustered. "I just like shooting that way!" he told me.
Practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Are there any bad habits you out there in TFL land have observed or heaven forbid, found yourself getting into?
In his book No Second Place Winner, Jordan mentions a cop that was killed with empty brass in his pockets. He had apparently gotten in the habit of putting his empties in his pockets before reloading his revolver.
I took a friend to his first IPSC shoot last year. Until then he was a back yard target shooter. He would shoot one magazine, close the slide on an empty chamber and go reload his magazine. He was in such a habit of doing that he would close the slide on an empty chamber before reloading his pistol while he was in the middle of the course of fire. I pointed that out to him after the match and he became flustered. "I just like shooting that way!" he told me.
Practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Are there any bad habits you out there in TFL land have observed or heaven forbid, found yourself getting into?