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Welcome to the Guns
and Ammo Buzz podcast.
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We have Jim Tarr, again,
handgun editor of Guns
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and Ammo Magazine, and Jesse
Harrison who's a world champion
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shooter, but also a
personality with Taurus.
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And we are here to talk
a little bit about today,
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the new TX nine pistol,
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which we saw introduced at Shot Show.
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It's on the cover of Guns
and Ammos February issue.
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Hey, looks pretty good up there.
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It's a beautiful cover and
it was reviewed by Jim Tar.
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Yeah.
So Jim,
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tell us a little bit about
your experience real quick
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with the TX nine then
let's get into Jesse.
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Well, I think it got a
lot of people's attention
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because it was styled like the TX 22,
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which was a huge hit for Taurus.
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And that was one of those
surprises that, you know,
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you hear about Taurus as new
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and it was so much
better than you expected.
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And half the price, yeah.
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Of the, the competition.
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It was, I, I think I'm one of
the few people that managed
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to get one of them to jam
and it's only, it was only
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because we were filming at gun site. Oh,
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Of course.
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And in, in the High desert.
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And we got all the sand
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and grit in the magazines,
which have plastic bodies.
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And then we found, you know,
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it's weird if you
disassemble the magazines
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and dump all the gravel
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and grit out of it, then the
gun seems to run just fine.
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Well one of the reasons why
the TX 22 was so popular,
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not just 'cause it was reliable, is
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because the styling, the
ergonomics were great
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and they carried that
over into the TX nine.
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Now internally completely different.
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Just a standard St Striker
fired nine millimeter,
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but ergonomics are great.
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Re reliability is great.
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So the TX nine was great
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and Taurus is planning
on it for, to be the,
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the new flagship of their handgun line.
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Yeah, and I mean you guys
did the, what was it, the,
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the 10,000 round burn down or
something like that? It was,
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It was crazy.
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Caleb, - Caleb and Matt did
the 10,000 round challenge,
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which I'm kind of glad I
didn't have to do that one.
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Well, I mean, I think we've
all been involved in torture
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tests of guns and honestly the thing
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that gets tortured the most
is the people shooting them.
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It's, and,
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and it just, it survived
with flying colors
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and you probably have a lot more time
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behind the design than
either one of us do.
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And I'm curious if they
brought you in early on
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for advice on ergonomics
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or you shot the, the, the heck out of it
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and then had some suggestions.
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What was your, what was your
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involvement in the backend on that?
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So they brought Caleb, Caleb Giddings,
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and myself in on it pretty early,
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probably the earliest I've
been brought in on a firearm
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since I've been at Taurus.
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So I was really excited about that.
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And they had some of the prototypes
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brought into the US so we
went down to the factory
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and we were able to go in
and test fire everything.
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And they wanted our like
brutal, honest feedback
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and we gave it to 'em.
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And honestly there, there
wasn't horrible feedback.
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I was really impressed with
the gun from the get go.
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We just had some things
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that would help polish
it out a little better.
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Things that would make
it more user friendly
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for our market here in the us.
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So I was truly impressed with the firearm,
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all three platforms, the full
size compact and subcompacts.
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The biggest thing I think that Caleb
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and I both harped on was the trigger.
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They have to get the trigger right.
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We got some in that felt great.
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And then we got some in
that were a little subpar
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and it was hit or miss
out of the whole bunch.
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So unknowingly, Caleb
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and I both picked the exact
same serial number firearm
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and said, this is the trigger, you have
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to make them all the same.
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And when we both looked, we're like,
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oh, well that's the one I picked.
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So it, it was good
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that we were when you were
on the same page with that.
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But I think with feedback
from Caleb and I,
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but then just our
engineers anyway in Brazil
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and here in the US they
really worked hard on this.
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I like to tell people this
is, this is the love child
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of the TX 22 and the GX four.
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We took everything that
everyone loved of both
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and made a full size centier. So
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When you were looking at
the triggers, what were you
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and Caleb looking for?
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The feel one, the,
the feel and the weight.
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You know, we, it has to
be at a certain poundage
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for liability reasons obviously,
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but there was,
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I prefer a crisp clean break.
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I don't want any mush. I
don't want a lot of takeup.
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And some people might say, oh,
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it's a striker fire gun,
you're gonna have that.
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No, ours does not.
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This is probably the least amount
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of takeup you can feel on a striker fire
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trigger in my opinion.
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But I wanted, as soon as
the striker was released,
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I wanted no more fall.
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I wanted the trigger to stop
and hit a wall and break
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and have like a nice solid break instead
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of just continuing to pull through.
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And I think that's what Caleb
was looking for as well.
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'cause that's what we found
in one specific trigger.
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And we said they all have to
be modeled after this one.
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So, and some of the others might
have had a little more mush
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or spongy feel to 'em just how strike
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or fire triggers can be.
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But I think they've done a really good job
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with taking the one that
we found that we both loved
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and put that throughout
the entire product line.
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So
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How are they able to replicate that
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and do you feel like they
are replicating it now
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that they're in full production?
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How they replicate it? I don't know.
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That's, that's the magic that
happens behind the curtain.
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I don't get to see Oz. Right.
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But I think they are every,
everyone I felt that's come off
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for production that we've had at Shot show
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and then that, you know, we've received
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and sent out to, you know, some
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of our writers, things like that.
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They all have had. Sure.
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The triggers that, that I
think are what is needed.
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And Jim, I look back at your report,
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I noticed you tested ours.
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They averaged five pounds, 12 ounces.
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What was your impression?
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Well, I first got hands on these guns.
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Caleb I think sent us some product,
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not quite production samples.
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Yeah. Pre-production samples
when we, when we were filming
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for guns and ammo TV at gun site.
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And we were told
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that this is basically how
the guns are going to be.
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However, these triggers weren't
quite what they, that the,
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what the finished product was going to be,
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which you guys were
aiming for about a five
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and a half pound trigger
bowl, if I remember correctly.
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And the, the,
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the breaks on these
triggers were, were decent.
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What both Rich Nance and
I who writes for guns
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and ammo, we were both shooting them.
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And we found that the, the,
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these not quite production
triggers had inconsistent takeup.
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The break was fine,
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but the, the, the takeup was inconsistent
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and it was throwing us off
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until we learned just
to muscle through it.
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And then when I got in
production samples to review
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for the magazine, they had
cleaned up that, that takeup
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and the, the break on
all of them was as crisp
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as striker fired guns get.
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I mean, nothing's gonna be a 1911,
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but that's the perfection
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that everything should strive toward.
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And and weight was right
around five and a half, five
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and three quarter pounds for all of them.
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Which is, and again, you could,
you could make it lighter,
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but for a gun that you're also advertising
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and promoting toward law enforcement
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and military contracts,
You don't want it lighter.
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You can't, you, you don't want it lighter
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because you're going to be
giving it to raw recruits
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that have the minimal required training.
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Yeah. And a little, an
extra pound here or there.
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It provides an a added
component of safety.
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Yeah. - While still making
the gun have a good enough
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trigger that if you know what
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you're doing, you can shoot it. Well
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I, I wanna continue on a little
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bit about the trigger here.
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When you press, it's got of
course that center safety lever
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that has to be pressed before
the trigger can be actuated.
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But when it hits that wall,
it's almost a vertical 90
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and it's got a almost flat face to it.
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What are your guys'
thoughts about the trend
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that's been flat face triggers, you know,
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versus a traditional arch trigger?
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I've always shot a flat
face trigger in my 19 elevens.
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I prefer it.
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And I don't know why, it's just
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completely personal preference.
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I just, I like a flat face trigger.
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But I will say with the
triggers in these TX nines,
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because it is minimal takeup
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and you have what, in my
opinion is a better feel
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of a trigger, you're,
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it doesn't feel like it's a
five and a half pound trigger.
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Like if you go pick up
any competing firearm
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that has additional take up
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and a different trigger shoe,
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in my opinion it, it feels heavier.
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So I that's,
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I know it's just personal
preference for me, but
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Jesse, are you able to run
this trigger quickly now I've
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got some footage of you shooting
the TX 22 and it launched
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and I slow mode it so I
could analyze how you do it.
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Do you consider yourself
a slap happy trigger type
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of presser
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or do you like to skillfully
manipulate it rear word
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and let it have a surprise break?
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What's - Your thoughts about
the whole press experience
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and how does the TX nine work for you?
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So the TX nine runs great for me.
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I received it
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last year towards the end of the year.
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It was almost the end
of my shooting season.
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And then I've been in my off season,
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but I'm getting ready to
get back out on the range.
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So I actually don't have as many rounds
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through it as I would like.
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But I did make sure to take
it out as soon as I got it,
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ran a couple hundred through it.
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And I love the way it feels.
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It's like you were
mentioning earlier, James,
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the ergonomics are, they
fit great in the hand.
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Plus with the interchangeable
backstraps you can decide
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which fit is best for you.
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I have a bigger hand than most.
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So I like the larger backstrap so
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that it fills my hand out more.
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But I like it so much that I'm actually,
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actually I can't talk today,
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I'm gonna take it into
competition this 2026 season.
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I'll shoot my first match
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with it at the still challenge nationals
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and then depending on how I feel
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and how fast I can shoot it
to talk to your point Eric,
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I'll take it into U-S-P-S-A
either under production
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or carry optics, I'm not sure which yet.
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That's gonna be more of
a a me determination.
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If I feel like I can be competitive enough
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with it in carry optics, then
I would most definitely love
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to run it in that division.
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But that's a tough division
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because I'm not just going up
against polymer frame striker
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fire guns, I'm going up against, you know,
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CZs and things like that.
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So it's just gonna
depend on my, how I feel,
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my confidence behind it. So,
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And how does this
platform accept the optics?
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Do you like the mounting systems?
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You know, and, and Jim,
did you experience it,
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did you evaluate it with
a, a variety of optics
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to make sure footprints are
pretty readily accessible
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to other brands and such?
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If I remember correctly,
it uses the Toro
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opti optics system, which has
replaceable adapter plates,
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which are Taurus has
been using for a while.
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So they're readily available
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and allow you to use any of the,
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the major footprints that are out there.
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So that's, that's no problem.
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And that's, that's the thing
now everybody needs a pistol
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that is optics ready
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and if you're not offering
that, you're gonna lose sales.
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Even if they never end up putting a a a
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dot on their gun at all.
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They want the option. Yeah.
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Does it position the
optic high over the boar
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or do you feel like compared
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to other pistols it's
it's pretty relatable
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or even low to the boar? It
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Was, it was pretty darn low.
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Yeah. There's only, you
know, you can only go so far
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before you start getting
in the way of the Stryker
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and springs and, and
extractor and stuff like that.
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But it's pretty low.
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I don't think you can
quite use the iron sites
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through the window of most
optics because they're not tall
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but it's, it's very competitive
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with all the other designs on the market.
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The other thing with
it is the mounting plates
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that he mentioned for the Toro,
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those are thin themselves
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and then the screws go
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through the optic the plate
into the slide itself.
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So it's not a plate attached to the slide
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and then the scope attached to the plate.
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So it's minimal material
between optic and slide
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and that helps get that site
down lower to the slide.
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Do they function as ceiling
plates as well then for
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No,
Those do, considering those optics,
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Those do not.
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Okay. The, it comes with
a cap that you can remove
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or you know, put on if you don't wanna
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have an optic on it. So
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We've had a really good time
shooting these on the range.
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Walk me through your experience so far.
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All guns all the time.
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A pistol's only as good as the
trigger. This has a good one.
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You can't learn everything you need
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to know at the gun counter
with one rack of the slide
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or one pull of an unloaded firearm.
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You gotta do the slap. You're
interested in firearms.
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Don't miss this one. Guns
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and ammo TV watch now on outdoor
channel sportsman channel
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or my outdoor tv.
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Now Jesse, I know you're 19 elevens,
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you've had a personal gunsmith
that is tuned up those things
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to help you win your steel challenges,
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your U-S-P-S-A handgun
championships, the Bianchi.
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Does a pistol like this
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before you go into competition with it,
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does it get the same
treatment to it or, I wish
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because of the production
category I is it,
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is it pretty much box stock
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Right now?
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It's box stock O obviously
I'll put an optic on one
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'cause I'll shoot carry
optics at still challenge.
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But depending, I truly want to,
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I say I wish it had
that kind of treatment,
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but I truly wanna shoot this gun as close
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to factory as possible.
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One to just put to rest the fact
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that Jesse hasn't shot a stock gun.
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I have, I cut my teeth on stock guns
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and I moved on to 19
elevens because we all do.
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Yeah. But,
But I,
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this is the first gun from Taurus.
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This is our best gun in my opinion
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and I want to take it out.
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Yeah. And I want to prove that with it.
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So I'm gonna keep it as stock as possible.
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The only thing that I might
look at doing is add a magwell
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and possibly polish up some
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of the internals for the trigger.
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And that's simply just to,
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if I can get it just a slight
bit lighter like Jim was
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saying, then I might, but it
just, it depends on if I can
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do that and still keep all of
the safety functions reliable.
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So the last thing I wanna do is get inside
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and start polishing
things and have something
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that's not safe to take
out onto the range.
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And if I can't do that
then I'll be shooting
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it completely stock.
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So are you describing potentially a,
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a new variation in the future?
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I mean you've got full-size
compact subcompact
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configurations is the TX nine, do you know
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behind the scenes if there
are already looking at a
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competition version of it,
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I can neither confirm or deny.
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Oh, I, I can, I can If you,
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if you look in the owner's manual,
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it mentions a five inch long slide version
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in the owner's manual.
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The, yeah so I,
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I have no idea about when they
might be introducing that.
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But it is mentioned.
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It is, it is mentioned in there as well
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as I think if I remember correctly,
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manual safety is at some point
being an option on the guns
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if I'm not misremembering.
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But just
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because I, I think you know,
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they only wanna print one owner's manual.
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So it's like here here's the things
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that we maybe plan on doing down the road.
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We're we gonna put it all
out there that'll way we
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Make it we're covered.
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No, I think we're always
trying to evolve the product
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and keep it continuously growing
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and what the consumers want.
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So we're already looking at things
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that could be a possibility.
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So I won't say what
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but there are, there are evolutions,
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Well one of my favorite
features about this gun are the
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steel magazines and you've
got sort of a, a double
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to single tapered, you know,
towards the feeding part,
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helping the rounds go into
the chamber a little smooth
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and you've got capacity
range from 13 to 17 rounds.
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So quite a broad one.
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And knowing Taurus too, I
could see something with a 20
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prefix to it in its future.
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I'd love to see one of those as well.
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So yeah and also thank
Taurus for including
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there was a mag loader
in the one I I looked at.
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Oh that's pretty helpful.
Those things are a lifesaver.
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I can't go to the range without it.
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If I do I'm like okay,
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it's a short practice
when my mag runs out.
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Right. Alright Jesse, well
hey I asked you on here too
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because I'd like to offer
the people listening
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to this podcast some tips and shooting.
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Oh yeah. Did you have any time
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to offer us a little
bit of takeaway maybe?
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Absolutely.
I'd like to beat Jim
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at steel shooting sometimes.
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How can I transition target
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so I'm not missing them sweeping past
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my target a little bit. Can you help
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Me out?
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Yes. So one thing you can
work on if you're wanting
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to work on your target transitions.
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So a lot of people have a
tendency when they're say you're
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transitioning from left to right.
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Obviously we look at our first
target, we break the shot,
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then we're gonna look to our
next target, move the gun,
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your eyes go first, the gun follows.
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But a lot of people will
go from target focus
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to target focus and I'm
speaking in whole targets,
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whether it's a 10 inch still
play but still challenge
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or it's a full size
U-S-P-S-A cardboard target.
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You're looking at the whole target
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and what you need to focus on is
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that leading edge coming in.
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So if you've shot target on the left
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and you're transitioning to the right,
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look at the nine o'clock
position of that target
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that you're coming into to the right.
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That way by the time everything
you know from eyes to brain
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to you know, okay I gotta stop the gun,
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you're not overshooting it.
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Also make sure that I
like to use my lower body
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to help control my upper body.
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So if I'm not using my lower half at all
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and I'm just like
muscling through the gun,
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then yes I'm gonna over
index swing past my target.
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So kind of use your lower body.
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I say it kind of works as a turret
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to help control your upper body movement.
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That way you're not muscling
all the way from your target
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transitions and over
indexing when you're trying
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to be precise and stop dead center.
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At what point do your
sight come into your vision
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and when are you ready
to press that trigger?
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So from the draw you're wanting to find
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that site picture as soon
as possible obviously.
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And I, when I teach the draw,
I tell people, you know,
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you need to come straight up and then out
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and that's so that you pick up
that site picture right away.
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If it's iron sites, obviously I can see
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that site picture a lot faster
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because you have a visual
reference already there.
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If it's a red dot, it's usually
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probably about two thirds
before full extension
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and presentation to target.
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Once I'm already like engaged on a stage,
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I should see my site picture
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unless I'm transitioning,
you know, from one target
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to the next, it'll be coming
into play once I have eyes on
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that target and I'm swinging in.
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But for iron sites I feel like
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unless I break the gun down
to move, you can always kind
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of see your sight picture and
that's a little bit easier.
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But I feel like everyone
is moving towards a red dot
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and that's a great question for people
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that are also just learning.
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When you're presenting on
the draw, you are looking for
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that red.as fast as possible.
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That way you're ready to
shoot however many hundredths
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or tenths of a second faster.
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And then when you're
transitioning, you're,
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you don't wanna keep your eyes on the.you,
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like I said earlier, you're gonna look
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with your eyes then move the gun.
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But it should come into
frame, you know, very quickly
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and as soon as you see
it, start working on
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that reaction time of as
soon as I see my red dot
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start focusing and
pinpointing where you want it
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to be on target as opposed to
looking at a target as a whole
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and then just seeing a red
dot flash across your target.
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Jim, you got anything for her?
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Oh no, honestly, I, I'm don't,
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I've never moved my feet or
moved my finger very fast.
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So I had to figure out how
to save time everywhere else
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and dry fire and whatever.
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And the target transition
thing, the trying
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to stop on the leading
edge of the target, that's
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how you do it because when you try
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to stop on the leading edge,
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by the time you actually are stopped,
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you're in the center of the target.
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Yeah. That, that's is, that's
the the fastest way to do it.
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You don't end up over swinging.
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And I I,
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and it's not something that
you, that comes naturally,
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you have to force yourself to do it.
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Like, like a lot of
stuff like learning how
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to shoot on the move and,
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and other things that
just is not come naturally
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and is a degradable skill
that you have to practice.
504
00:22:53.080 --> 00:22:55.060
Absolutely. Very perishable.
505
00:22:55.060 --> 00:22:57.250
And like you said, it's, it's not natural
506
00:22:57.250 --> 00:22:58.960
to be precise and fast.
507
00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:00.610
Those two things are oil and water
508
00:23:00.610 --> 00:23:03.220
and they, it's very
hard to get them to mix.
509
00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:08.440
So like for instill challenge,
if you're shooting smoke
510
00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:10.630
and hope, a lot of
people have the tendency
511
00:23:10.630 --> 00:23:12.700
to like shoot in between the targets.
512
00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:14.965
And when I say a lot of
people, I've done that myself,
513
00:23:14.965 --> 00:23:18.130
I'm like myself, I'm on, it's an 1824
514
00:23:18.130 --> 00:23:20.320
and I just shot in
between every single one.
515
00:23:21.340 --> 00:23:25.510
But that's a perfect example
of a stage where you have
516
00:23:25.510 --> 00:23:27.760
to be accurate, you have to be fast.
517
00:23:27.760 --> 00:23:29.830
This is a sub two second stage,
518
00:23:29.830 --> 00:23:33.160
but it's so easy to overing these targets.
519
00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:35.290
So when I shoot still challenge smoke
520
00:23:35.290 --> 00:23:39.970
and hope from the start,
I'm looking at six o'clock
521
00:23:39.970 --> 00:23:42.040
of the first gong 18 by 24
522
00:23:42.040 --> 00:23:45.830
and then as I go left to
right I'm going nine o'clock,
523
00:23:45.830 --> 00:23:47.360
nine o'clock, nine o'clock.
524
00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:50.240
And then when I swing into
the stop plate I'm looking at
525
00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:51.320
three o'clock on the plate.
526
00:23:52.550 --> 00:23:53.810
So that's just like a visual,
527
00:23:53.810 --> 00:23:55.400
it gives you a visual representation
528
00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:58.070
of what that looks like.
529
00:23:58.070 --> 00:23:59.300
Well you know, it's funny,
530
00:23:59.300 --> 00:24:00.350
you're like how can I miss that?
531
00:24:00.350 --> 00:24:02.000
It's an 18 by 24 inch plate.
532
00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:04.430
I think, you know, 30
years of competition,
533
00:24:04.430 --> 00:24:09.380
I think I've missed full-size
poppers more than I have many
534
00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:13.040
poppers because your brain is
like, well I can't miss that.
535
00:24:13.040 --> 00:24:14.810
It's so big and shoot faster and you
536
00:24:14.810 --> 00:24:17.390
and you're, you're
thinking of something else
537
00:24:17.390 --> 00:24:19.400
and you're not actually aiming
at the full-size popper.
538
00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:21.920
Whereas with the mini
poppers, you know, you have
539
00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:24.770
to aim at them and it's,
and it's a mental thing
540
00:24:24.770 --> 00:24:26.755
and it's focus, which
is so much of the game.
541
00:24:26.755 --> 00:24:28.385
Oh absolutely you need get mind. Right?
542
00:24:28.385 --> 00:24:30.005
Yep. That's 95% of it.
543
00:24:31.010 --> 00:24:35.180
So with the TX 22, especially
given it's a rim fire,
544
00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:38.660
it shoots very flat is,
545
00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:41.120
and I've noticed too
sometimes I can be trying
546
00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:44.330
to press the trigger so fast that I end up
547
00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:47.030
putting too much trigger input in there
548
00:24:47.030 --> 00:24:49.970
and I'm, you know, sending
my rounds a little bit south.
549
00:24:49.970 --> 00:24:53.360
Do you have any advice on
how you can balance the speed
550
00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:56.885
and accuracy with a pistol
like the TX 22 for example?
551
00:24:56.885 --> 00:24:58.640
I don't know about the TX nine yet.
552
00:24:58.640 --> 00:25:01.790
I haven't run that, you know,
in a competitive environment.
553
00:25:01.790 --> 00:25:05.210
But how you balance, you know, speed
554
00:25:05.210 --> 00:25:08.810
and precision with, with
a pistol that allows you
555
00:25:08.810 --> 00:25:11.995
to have such a flat,
you know, site picture.
556
00:25:11.995 --> 00:25:13.355
That's a great question as well.
557
00:25:14.690 --> 00:25:18.800
So for 22 you, that's one of the things
558
00:25:18.800 --> 00:25:22.160
that's tough is there's no recoil
559
00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:25.940
and if your trigger is heavier than
560
00:25:26.990 --> 00:25:28.070
the reaction
561
00:25:28.070 --> 00:25:29.450
and the force you're getting back, then
562
00:25:30.830 --> 00:25:33.950
you're gonna have like
an opposite reaction.
563
00:25:33.950 --> 00:25:38.210
So with this one, 'cause
I shoot my TX 22 stock
564
00:25:38.210 --> 00:25:40.910
and it took me a little
bit to get used to,
565
00:25:40.910 --> 00:25:43.070
'cause it does have a little
bit longer trigger pull.
566
00:25:43.070 --> 00:25:45.200
It's not like the TX nine.
567
00:25:46.850 --> 00:25:50.810
So it took me some time
to get used to, to have
568
00:25:50.810 --> 00:25:53.210
that full trigger pull.
569
00:25:53.210 --> 00:25:56.510
But at speed when I was
first starting, I did a lot
570
00:25:56.510 --> 00:25:58.430
of short strokes on my, on my trigger.
571
00:25:58.430 --> 00:26:01.130
Unfortunately, I'm like,
why isn't it going off?
572
00:26:02.630 --> 00:26:04.430
So it just took repetitions,
573
00:26:04.430 --> 00:26:06.140
it took time on the range getting used
574
00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:08.270
to this platform of a firearm.
575
00:26:08.270 --> 00:26:10.370
And once I did, I absolutely love it.
576
00:26:10.370 --> 00:26:14.750
I I don't mind shooting it
stock. It's a great trigger.
577
00:26:14.750 --> 00:26:18.440
It's different than, you
know, my 19 elevens obviously,
578
00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:21.320
but every trigger is,
and it's different than
579
00:26:21.320 --> 00:26:25.190
what you're gonna see
out of, you know, some
580
00:26:25.190 --> 00:26:27.350
of the higher end 20 twos that you can get
581
00:26:27.350 --> 00:26:29.900
that have like minimal trigger movement.
582
00:26:31.310 --> 00:26:34.670
But this one's in everyone
else's price range
583
00:26:34.670 --> 00:26:37.400
and it's reliable, which
that's like the name
584
00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:39.770
of the game when it comes to REM fire.
585
00:26:39.770 --> 00:26:41.450
But I would say
586
00:26:41.450 --> 00:26:43.890
what I tell people when they're
saying I wanna go faster,
587
00:26:43.890 --> 00:26:46.680
I wanna go faster, you can't shoot faster
588
00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:48.030
than what you can see.
589
00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:51.810
And if I go to the range
590
00:26:51.810 --> 00:26:54.390
and say I wanna shoot like
Casey, I wanna shoot as fast
591
00:26:54.390 --> 00:26:56.250
as he can, that's when I shoot in
592
00:26:56.250 --> 00:26:57.870
between every single
target on still challenge,
593
00:26:58.740 --> 00:27:02.010
I won't hit anything because
I can't see that fast.
594
00:27:02.010 --> 00:27:04.470
Yeah. So your eyes are your speedometer,
595
00:27:04.470 --> 00:27:08.940
you can work on drills that
will help speed those things up.
596
00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:13.800
But I learned to shoot precision
first speed will follow
597
00:27:13.800 --> 00:27:16.200
and that also comes from the repetitions
598
00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:17.700
and the muscle memory, things like that.
599
00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:21.870
So if you're wanting to like
intentionally increase speed,
600
00:27:21.870 --> 00:27:24.270
then I would get a timer set part-time,
601
00:27:24.270 --> 00:27:27.090
whatever drill it is you're
wanting to increase your speed.
602
00:27:27.090 --> 00:27:30.600
If it's your draw, figure
out what your baseline is,
603
00:27:30.600 --> 00:27:32.280
what you can do consistently.
604
00:27:32.280 --> 00:27:35.070
Do five draws in a row,
take your average time,
605
00:27:35.070 --> 00:27:36.780
set part-time.
606
00:27:36.780 --> 00:27:39.900
If you're beating that, drop
it by a 10th of a second.
607
00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:42.330
Once you beat that, drop it another 10th.
608
00:27:42.330 --> 00:27:45.510
And at this point when
you're pushing the envelope
609
00:27:45.510 --> 00:27:48.990
and truly trying to
610
00:27:48.990 --> 00:27:52.020
get faster in this sense,
yes you're gonna have
611
00:27:52.020 --> 00:27:53.310
to forget about your accuracy
612
00:27:53.310 --> 00:27:57.810
because you need to feel what
it feels like to actually go
613
00:27:57.810 --> 00:27:59.130
that fast to get the gun out
614
00:27:59.130 --> 00:28:01.435
of the holster at a certain speed.
615
00:28:01.435 --> 00:28:03.270
You, you can't worry
about where your target,
616
00:28:03.270 --> 00:28:04.440
where you're gonna hit on target.
617
00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:06.930
Once you know what that feels like
618
00:28:06.930 --> 00:28:10.500
and you can get to that point,
you know, multiple times,
619
00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:12.120
then you can say, okay now I need
620
00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:14.340
to dial it back and I
need to see my sight.
621
00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:18.000
So I'm still going to physically
put that effort in for
622
00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:20.760
that speed, but I now need
to see the site picture.
623
00:28:20.760 --> 00:28:23.160
And as you start combining
those components,
624
00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:27.510
you will then bring your
precision up to your speed
625
00:28:27.510 --> 00:28:30.210
and your speed where you want it to be.
626
00:28:30.210 --> 00:28:32.580
It's a, a very delicate balance though
627
00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:33.580
Jesse.
628
00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:34.770
So you talked a lot about practice.
629
00:28:34.770 --> 00:28:36.960
Of course TAUs, TX nine falls in
630
00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:39.300
that economical category of a firearm.
631
00:28:39.300 --> 00:28:43.110
The person who might be interested
in purchasing it probably
632
00:28:43.110 --> 00:28:44.940
views ammunition as a commodity.
633
00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:48.060
So if you've only got one box of 50 rounds
634
00:28:48.060 --> 00:28:50.970
and a TX nine, how are you gonna go out
635
00:28:50.970 --> 00:28:52.680
and practice with that box of ammo?
636
00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:56.940
If I've only got one box
of ammo, that is a sad day.
637
00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:58.080
But if,
638
00:29:00.330 --> 00:29:02.310
but I'm gonna ask all my
friends for their ammo.
639
00:29:02.310 --> 00:29:04.530
No, if I have, if I only have 50 rounds,
640
00:29:04.530 --> 00:29:06.120
I'm gonna go to the range.
641
00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:08.310
I'm gonna pick the bay
that has a plate rack
642
00:29:08.310 --> 00:29:12.815
and I'm going to work on
plate rack drills and Casey
643
00:29:12.815 --> 00:29:15.780
and I do this all the time,
especially now having a baby,
644
00:29:15.780 --> 00:29:18.630
our time is very limited
when we go to the range.
645
00:29:18.630 --> 00:29:21.810
So we will go and set up on a plate rack
646
00:29:21.810 --> 00:29:26.340
and we do this drill where if it's my turn
647
00:29:26.340 --> 00:29:28.620
to go first I draw and shoot a plate.
648
00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:31.830
He can't do anything until I've shot
649
00:29:31.830 --> 00:29:33.900
and that's his cue to fire.
650
00:29:35.250 --> 00:29:36.600
You can do that from the draw,
651
00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:39.390
you can do it on just on presentation.
652
00:29:39.390 --> 00:29:42.010
And that helps if you're
experiencing any type of like,
653
00:29:42.010 --> 00:29:43.810
you know, target panic, things like that.
654
00:29:46.030 --> 00:29:48.010
That's one thing that we like to do.
655
00:29:48.010 --> 00:29:52.330
Or simply just drawing and
shooting one plate at a time,
656
00:29:52.330 --> 00:29:55.870
but put it at distance,
make it hard, we'll back up
657
00:29:55.870 --> 00:29:58.180
to 25, 30 yards and draw
658
00:29:58.180 --> 00:30:00.790
and shoot one plate at a
time and then guess what?
659
00:30:00.790 --> 00:30:02.110
We're gonna do it strong hand
660
00:30:02.110 --> 00:30:04.180
and then we're gonna do it weekend.
661
00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:07.240
So if I've only got 50 rounds,
I'm gonna be running plate,
662
00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:09.910
plate rack drills like that strong hand,
663
00:30:09.910 --> 00:30:12.820
weak hand freestyle, I'm
gonna push back at distance.
664
00:30:12.820 --> 00:30:13.960
I'm not gonna go out
665
00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:18.430
and burn through my 50 rounds,
seven yards from my plate.
666
00:30:18.430 --> 00:30:22.150
I'm going to get zero information
667
00:30:22.150 --> 00:30:26.800
and not a quality of training
668
00:30:26.800 --> 00:30:30.850
that would be helpful for
anything I'm working towards.
669
00:30:30.850 --> 00:30:33.190
Yes, sometimes I will go
burn the plate rock down,
670
00:30:33.190 --> 00:30:35.080
but that's just, if I'm
trying to capture content
671
00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:37.660
for Instagram, if I'm going
672
00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:41.410
and I'm trying to have a good
quality training session,
673
00:30:41.410 --> 00:30:44.080
speed is not gonna be
that much of a factor.
674
00:30:44.080 --> 00:30:46.720
I'm not gonna be doing bullseye,
675
00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:48.850
but I'm gonna be more concerned
676
00:30:48.850 --> 00:30:53.620
of focusing on seeing my
site on target, seeing it
677
00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:56.680
where I want it on target,
not just anywhere on a plate
678
00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:58.810
but a specific spot on the plate.
679
00:30:58.810 --> 00:31:00.670
And then I'm really gonna be focusing on
680
00:31:00.670 --> 00:31:04.600
what I'm feeling right here
with my trigger finger.
681
00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:06.040
One thing that Casey
682
00:31:06.040 --> 00:31:08.050
and I talk about when we
teach is there's multiple ways
683
00:31:08.050 --> 00:31:09.820
to call a shot visually audibly.
684
00:31:09.820 --> 00:31:11.530
And then right here with
your trigger finger,
685
00:31:11.530 --> 00:31:12.970
this is the most important right here.
686
00:31:12.970 --> 00:31:15.340
So I'm gonna be focusing
on what's happening here.
687
00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:18.940
I want to be able to
know where that shot went
688
00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:21.790
and what happened without even seeing
689
00:31:21.790 --> 00:31:23.050
where it hit on the plate
690
00:31:23.050 --> 00:31:24.640
or if it didn't hit the
plate where it went.
691
00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:27.340
You know, I need to be able
to call everything based on
692
00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:28.780
what happens right here.
693
00:31:28.780 --> 00:31:31.450
So that's what I'm gonna do.
694
00:31:31.450 --> 00:31:33.580
I'm going to break it down,
695
00:31:33.580 --> 00:31:35.920
do basic training on a plate rack
696
00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:38.350
and I'm gonna push it
back to further distances
697
00:31:38.350 --> 00:31:39.940
to challenge myself and then also do
698
00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:41.290
some left and right-handed shooting.
699
00:31:41.290 --> 00:31:42.730
That was very long-winded. I'm sorry
700
00:31:45.520 --> 00:31:47.140
James, Jamie, you got anything?
701
00:31:48.790 --> 00:31:51.160
Well we, we brought her
on 'cause she's the expert.
702
00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:54.640
I will say though that for the,
703
00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:58.420
the first 15, 20 years of
my shooting experience,
704
00:31:58.420 --> 00:32:00.220
I had very little money for ammo.
705
00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:04.480
So 95% of my practice was dry fire.
706
00:32:05.410 --> 00:32:06.490
You can do it at home.
707
00:32:06.490 --> 00:32:08.920
I got a timer with set with part-times.
708
00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:10.540
A lot of people hate dry firing. Yeah.
709
00:32:10.540 --> 00:32:14.080
'cause it's monotonous or or boring.
710
00:32:14.080 --> 00:32:18.730
But I liked it because I could,
it's free challenge myself.
711
00:32:19.570 --> 00:32:22.750
Try to try to go it's free and
you can do it at home. Yeah.
712
00:32:22.750 --> 00:32:24.490
Whenever, it doesn't matter if there,
713
00:32:24.490 --> 00:32:25.720
if it's a hundred degrees
714
00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.860
or zero degrees outside
715
00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:28.630
with three feet of snow, you can do it.
716
00:32:28.630 --> 00:32:33.220
It doesn't cost any money. And
you could challenge yourself.
717
00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:35.290
And that's, and you can do
718
00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:39.440
so many things with with dry faring
719
00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:42.920
and not just doing one
thing, not just doing a draw,
720
00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:44.120
but you can practice your reload,
721
00:32:44.120 --> 00:32:45.890
you can engage multiple targets.
722
00:32:45.890 --> 00:32:49.550
From the center of my kitchen
to my mantle is 10 yards.
723
00:32:49.550 --> 00:32:52.430
I hung up paper plates
to simulate plate racks.
724
00:32:52.430 --> 00:32:56.720
I hung up U-S-P-S-A targets
and practiced my L pte.
725
00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:59.030
I practiced everything.
726
00:32:59.030 --> 00:33:02.450
And except for you can't, you know,
727
00:33:02.450 --> 00:33:05.570
there's no actual recoil
because the gun's not going off.
728
00:33:05.570 --> 00:33:07.370
And then you do practice
729
00:33:07.370 --> 00:33:09.200
that when you actually go to the range.
730
00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:12.320
But you can practice so much
stuff just without spending any
731
00:33:12.320 --> 00:33:15.775
money at all at home and,
732
00:33:15.775 --> 00:33:19.400
and figure out ways to get
huge benefits from that
733
00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:20.540
that are rewarding.
734
00:33:20.540 --> 00:33:23.420
And you'll notice a huge difference.
735
00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:25.070
I was gonna dry firing also.
736
00:33:26.330 --> 00:33:28.580
One doesn't replace the other if,
737
00:33:28.580 --> 00:33:30.830
if you can only do one
yes life go live fire.
738
00:33:30.830 --> 00:33:33.710
But if you, everyone can go dry fire
739
00:33:33.710 --> 00:33:35.750
and it's actually going to reveal things
740
00:33:35.750 --> 00:33:37.310
that you're not gonna
be able to see at the
741
00:33:37.310 --> 00:33:38.420
range with life fire.
742
00:33:39.470 --> 00:33:42.260
Because as you mentioned,
you don't have that recoil.
743
00:33:42.260 --> 00:33:45.260
So that's the recoil
covers up your flinch dry
744
00:33:45.260 --> 00:33:47.390
fire, you're gonna see everything.
745
00:33:47.390 --> 00:33:49.520
You're gonna see that dot go whoop,
746
00:33:49.520 --> 00:33:52.520
you're gonna see the gun dip,
you're gonna see everything.
747
00:33:52.520 --> 00:33:55.040
Whereas you can't see that at the range
748
00:33:55.040 --> 00:33:57.020
unless you set up a camera
and record yourself.
749
00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:59.570
So dry fire is extremely important.
750
00:33:59.570 --> 00:34:02.960
And just a quick note to,
I used to think it was
751
00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:04.250
so boring too, I hated it.
752
00:34:04.250 --> 00:34:06.620
But my dad instilled in
me, you have to dry fire.
753
00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:10.010
So I dry fire. They have so many cool
754
00:34:12.080 --> 00:34:14.000
kits out there now that you can use
755
00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:15.650
to make it a little more entertaining.
756
00:34:15.650 --> 00:34:18.830
Like the the mantis kit
where you're actually,
757
00:34:18.830 --> 00:34:21.710
you're gonna have a laser
cartridge, you can see
758
00:34:21.710 --> 00:34:24.290
what you're aiming at and
it interacts with your phone
759
00:34:24.290 --> 00:34:25.940
and the app and there's games
760
00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:28.130
and there's a bunch of
other brands out there
761
00:34:28.130 --> 00:34:31.370
and they also have virtual
system, virtual reality system.
762
00:34:31.370 --> 00:34:35.510
Like there's so many things
out there to make dry firing,
763
00:34:35.510 --> 00:34:38.060
entertaining because it's so important.
764
00:34:39.080 --> 00:34:41.210
And that's okay. I'll
get off my soapbox now.
765
00:34:42.770 --> 00:34:45.380
Alright. Hey, thank you for joining us
766
00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:50.380
and giving us advice and
discussing the new TX nine with us.
767
00:34:50.750 --> 00:34:52.160
I, I'm loving it.
768
00:34:52.160 --> 00:34:54.560
You know, the TX 22 was Guns n Ammos
769
00:34:54.560 --> 00:34:56.450
2019 Handgun of the Year.
770
00:34:56.450 --> 00:34:58.760
I think the TX nine is a strong contender
771
00:34:58.760 --> 00:35:00.290
for the award this year.
772
00:35:00.290 --> 00:35:03.110
I encourage everybody to go
out there and give it a shot.
773
00:35:03.110 --> 00:35:06.770
It's economical, supportable,
it keeps in line with
774
00:35:06.770 --> 00:35:10.550
what Taurus is doing lately,
making reliable, durable guns.
775
00:35:10.550 --> 00:35:12.800
And Jim, thank you again for your input
776
00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:14.450
as well in keeping it lively.
777
00:35:14.450 --> 00:35:16.670
We'll see you next time
on Guns and Animals Buzz.