Post by caryc on Jul 11, 2009 11:42:05 GMT -5
Chutch,
Didn't mean to put a damper on the fun side of it. Of course if it wasn't fun nobody would do it in the first place. But the simple phrase "fast draw" seems to indicate speed and if you didn't care about it, why time it at all?
I just don't get that lawman ready thing. You seemed to indicate that this made everyone equal. In regular fast draw you can hold your hand anyway you want as long as you're not touching the gun. I don't see how this could give anyone an advantage over another.
Since you're shooting wax, I don't see where the safety thing is a factor either. Is that lawman ready thing applicable to all CFDA or just certain chapters or clubs?
When the fast draw thing first started, they used a sensor in the holster that would start the timer when the gun was pulled out. Of course one could get incredible times that way.
With the advancement of electronics came the better timers. Todays timers include reaction time. This is when you see a light come on telling you to draw and your brain tells you to draw and fire. For those that may not know, they have a light at the target that starts the timer.
There is a "get set" light that blinks to tell the shooter to get ready. The next light that comes on tells the shooter to go. But this light after the "get set" light is on a random timer. It will come on anywhere from one to five seconds after the "get set" light so no one can "anticipate" when to draw.
So the timer starts at the random "draw" light and stops at the sound of the shot. They will also time multiple shots of you're shooting a two targets.
There are also timers that have a sensor pressing against the balloon targets. These timers stop when the balloon breaks and the sensor is no longer pressing against the balloon.
Then for silhouette targets and shooting wax there are sensors that stop the timer when the wax bullet hits the metal silhouette.
As far as the fun factor and your BBQ pictures.....I could almost smell that cooking just looking at those pictures. Anyone not having a good time there must have been already dead or well on the way to it.
At any event whether it be WFDA or CFDA the fun factor has to be the first priority.
Didn't mean to put a damper on the fun side of it. Of course if it wasn't fun nobody would do it in the first place. But the simple phrase "fast draw" seems to indicate speed and if you didn't care about it, why time it at all?
I just don't get that lawman ready thing. You seemed to indicate that this made everyone equal. In regular fast draw you can hold your hand anyway you want as long as you're not touching the gun. I don't see how this could give anyone an advantage over another.
Since you're shooting wax, I don't see where the safety thing is a factor either. Is that lawman ready thing applicable to all CFDA or just certain chapters or clubs?
When the fast draw thing first started, they used a sensor in the holster that would start the timer when the gun was pulled out. Of course one could get incredible times that way.
With the advancement of electronics came the better timers. Todays timers include reaction time. This is when you see a light come on telling you to draw and your brain tells you to draw and fire. For those that may not know, they have a light at the target that starts the timer.
There is a "get set" light that blinks to tell the shooter to get ready. The next light that comes on tells the shooter to go. But this light after the "get set" light is on a random timer. It will come on anywhere from one to five seconds after the "get set" light so no one can "anticipate" when to draw.
So the timer starts at the random "draw" light and stops at the sound of the shot. They will also time multiple shots of you're shooting a two targets.
There are also timers that have a sensor pressing against the balloon targets. These timers stop when the balloon breaks and the sensor is no longer pressing against the balloon.
Then for silhouette targets and shooting wax there are sensors that stop the timer when the wax bullet hits the metal silhouette.
As far as the fun factor and your BBQ pictures.....I could almost smell that cooking just looking at those pictures. Anyone not having a good time there must have been already dead or well on the way to it.
At any event whether it be WFDA or CFDA the fun factor has to be the first priority.
