Videos tagged with USPSA

This video demonstrates a dynamic pistol drill focusing on common errors encountered by shooters. Instruction highlights the importance of avoiding a 'slow start,' executing timely reloads, and patiently acquiring the red dot sight to prevent misses. The drill utilizes an EDC Glock 19 in an indoor range setting, emphasizing practical application for everyday carry scenarios.

This video showcases advanced USPSA shooting techniques, including rapid target engagement with a red dot sight and efficient magazine reloads. The shooter, Alyssa Seymour, demonstrates proficiency in stage movement and maintaining accuracy under pressure. The performance metrics highlight a strong hit factor, indicating effective strategy and execution in a competitive environment.

Yoki Sturrup, a competitive shooter, recommends five handguns he owns for competition: Glock 34 Gen 5 MOS, Glock 17L, CZ SP-01 Shadow, Sig Sauer P320 X-Five Legion, and Staccato P Duo. He highlights their strengths for various disciplines like IDPA, USPSA, and Steel Challenge, emphasizing reliability, ergonomics, and performance features. The video serves as a personal recommendation guide for those seeking a competition-ready firearm.

Instruction from Ben Stoeger, a recognized expert in practical shooting, details ideal training volumes and effective practice methodologies. Stoeger emphasizes focused repetition on a limited number of drills per session to maximize learning and skill development, even when ammo is scarce. He also recommends specific training resources for shooters looking to improve.

This video challenges the perceived divide between competitive and tactical shooting, arguing that both disciplines share the core goal of accurate and fast target engagement. Instruction from an experienced shooter emphasizes that principles learned in competitive shooting, such as precise aiming and speed, are directly transferable to tactical situations. The key takeaway is to integrate marksmanship and tactical training, avoiding pigeonholing one's practice to a single application.

Joel Park, an experienced firearms instructor, addresses a listener's concern about developing bad habits while learning pistol shooting. He emphasizes that some bad habits are inevitable and part of the learning process. Park advises against over-analysis and encourages consistent practice, suggesting that formal training is most beneficial when hitting plateaus or needing assessment. He advocates for a holistic approach to training, incorporating complex drills to identify weaknesses and highlights the importance of foundational gun handling before attending classes.

This video demonstrates advanced handgun shooting techniques for USPSA competition, specifically addressing the challenge of extreme sun glare. The shooter, Alyssa Seymour, highlights how stage briefs may not always cover environmental factors like intense sun, requiring competitors to adapt their strategy on the fly. The footage showcases rapid target engagement and efficient magazine reloads under difficult visual conditions, underscoring the need for adaptability and proficient firearm manipulation in competitive shooting.

This video showcases advanced USPSA practice focusing on Appendix Inside the Waistband (AIWB) carry and a 'gamer rig' setup. The instructor, demonstrating high proficiency, practices rapid reloads with the Billy Barton Flash Mag system and engages steel targets. The session also includes long-range pistol accuracy drills and reviews of specialized gear like Cloak & Dagger target pasters and Advent Innovative steel poppers.

This review highlights the extensive modifications performed by CZ Customs on a CZ 75 SP-01 Accu Shadow. The upgrades include a short reset trigger system, custom grip panels, extended magazines, a stainless steel barrel bushing, and an optics cut. These enhancements contribute to a "flat and fast shooting" performance, making the firearm exceptionally beautiful and functional.

This video demonstrates a dynamic pistol shooting scenario at the North Texas Race Gun 2026 event, showcasing rapid target engagement and movement. The shooter utilizes a red dot equipped pistol and a competition setup, highlighting efficient transitions between targets and a tactical reload. The footage provides a first-person perspective of a competitive shooting stage, emphasizing speed and accuracy.

This guide, informed by an experienced firearms instructor, details the advantages of 2011-style pistols for competition, emphasizing durability, speed, and accuracy. It specifically addresses the optimal 9mm ammunition choice for competitive shooting, recommending 124-grain projectiles as the best balance for recoil and accuracy, crucial for disciplines like USPSA and bullseye shooting.

Instruction from Joel Park, a seasoned firearms instructor and competitor, addresses building speed in USPSA. He emphasizes that speed and accuracy are not mutually exclusive, debunking the myth that increased speed must lead to more C-zone hits. Park details common time-wasting habits during stationary shooting, movement, and target transitions, offering practical techniques to improve efficiency. The integrated approach of dry fire for habit building and live fire for testing and refinement is highlighted as crucial for continuous improvement.