Wow, I haven’t seen that one. Truly bizarre — weird consistency and weird magnitude for what is clearly a device error.
I (sort of) believe in the small fails. Sometimes I know I’ve made a sloppy pull, sometimes I think I did it right but the machine disagrees. So it goes; I can’t be a perfect witness to my twitches and lapses.
But occasionally (guessing maybe as much as 5% of the time) I will get a run of low scores which just don’t seem to reflect how I feel about my shooting at the time. What can it be if not me? Seems like the gun could make weird movements and/or the MantisX device could misread the movements.
So I reset the device (hold button until the light flashes red/blue/purple) and let it recalibrate; I jiggle the trigger around; and I jiggle the magazine around (where I mount the device). Usually, thereafter I get scores which feel more like how I am actually shooting.
But I have no idea whether I am actually correcting something mechanical gone amiss, or if I’m just doing a superstition ritual like wearing my lucky sock to the big game — producing a more stable mind/body state. Clearly, @Alces_Americanus has a real thing going on.
Although, I’ve got to say, even with the device in seizure, shooting six points of variation is pretty uneven for Mr. Consistent — must have been unsettled upon hear that first score. Maybe, once you get to a certain level, MantisX introduces stressors to enhance your training for critical incidents.
Sure, but after a five-second pause — you bear down, force another 5 points out of the damn thing, and then just start knocking them off with a flat line on the new curve.
Just got my X3, right out of the box I messed around a little bit. I’m actually surprised, at least with this small dry fire sample set, that I seem to handle my Springfield better than my Kimber which is my EDC. I probably have twice the rounds through my 9MM that I do my .380.
Oh well practice practice practice.
I dislike the title of this challenge, but the drill itself is worthwhile. (I think it’s actually part of the FBI qualification test.) Anyway, today’s results:
I don’t know if the imagined captors in this scenario are dumb, arrogant, or both. Why would they leave my gun — disassembled or not — laying in front of me, and then apparently exit the room?
This and some of the other challenges are what prompted me to drift away from my daily Mantis use. I suppose in their defense, there are only so many exercises one could program into the system.
I look at the Daily Challenge and decide whether it seems interesting or relevant. Because a given exercise only comes up once in a long while, the Challenges seem more about entertainment than training. Occasionally pointing out a relevant manipulation infrequently practiced.
The regular routine with MantisX remains a regular rotation of skill building and maintenance — just like most live or dry fire practice. Carry on.
I usually shoot a bit better with gloves, but they cost me a little in time and dexterity. The most obvious explanation led me to move my grip insert up a size larger than “felt right”. To generally good effect.
Today, however, was something else. I was on fire — for about six shots. Then I apparently got too impressed with myself, and let my attention wander. But still…
Now I want a grip which fits like my gloves, but doesn’t slow me down. (In this untimed series, I felt steadier and actually broke shots quicker than a usual slow fire MantisX Benchmark — but gloves slow my draw to first shot.)
Maybe, once you get to a certain level, MantisX introduces stressors to enhance your training for critical incidents.
