I know you’ve shot for a while and have shot a ton of match but was this the first match where you had to look up at targets? 😂. Looking good! See ya next weekend! 🤙🏽
@swordsmen6Ай бұрын
Nice job, Charlie! Congrats!
@BigPandaPerformanceАй бұрын
Thanks!!!
@BaddFrogg7775 ай бұрын
Excellent review on a beautiful quality target handgun. Atlas handguns have become way too expensive over the years. Time for me to go to the INFINITY 2011. Peace
@marshalltodd22415 ай бұрын
Like Austin Coil told John Force think how fast you would be if you lost 25lbs of that butt, being nice.
@BigPandaPerformance5 ай бұрын
Absolutely!!!..... But Bacon is so yummy!!!! :)
@marshalltodd22415 ай бұрын
Touche
@mikes99636 ай бұрын
The master blaster from Colorado, nice work Charlie!!!
@biker19586 ай бұрын
Nice shooting, which red dot are you using and dot size?
@BigPandaPerformance6 ай бұрын
I am using the FTP Alpha 3 Red Dot sight with a 12MOA dot size
@kennethdaguro1216 ай бұрын
Is that a 5” or 4.6” setup? Athena or titan? Always amazes me how flat your guns look when you shoot em..
@keithholcomb88086 ай бұрын
Amazing performance. You are really special. I'm glad I got to meet you and own your book.
@BigPandaPerformance6 ай бұрын
It was nice to meet you at the match!!!
@BenBlankenshipvo6 ай бұрын
You always make it look like you're shooting 22LR!!! You have amazing recoil control. I've always been impressed by that in your vids. Awesome match!
@BigPandaPerformance6 ай бұрын
Muzzle Flip is for Wimps 🤣
@mymainelogcabin6 ай бұрын
👍👍
@marionetoipsc7 ай бұрын
Excellent, now I understand how you can differentiate targets in an internship so well.
@pete-mz9vr7 ай бұрын
Good video. Takeaway is your method, but in a real match, 15 guys and 5 minutes to figure it out. Good luck!
@BigPandaPerformance7 ай бұрын
I am getting to the range early enough to give myself time to figure out these kind of stages. If you are attending matches in a manner where the first time you are seeing the stage is when your squad gets to it during the match then you are doing it wrong. You should already have a Strategy Defined and Programmed BEFORE the match even starts, much less when your squad gets to the stage during the match.
@pete-mz9vr7 ай бұрын
@@BigPandaPerformance you are correct. Thought about that after posting my remark.
@mikes99637 ай бұрын
Love the optimization on the last run 😂😂😂
@fotofavoloso2677 ай бұрын
We don’t often have the time for 40 dry fire runs at a match. The other problem I see is with shoot through s. ….. this type of stage using barrels is a bitch to score……I would like to see this done with walls instead of barrels
@BigPandaPerformance7 ай бұрын
I am getting to the range early enough to give myself time to figure out these kind of stages. If you are attending matches in a manner where the first time you are seeing the stage is when your squad gets to it during the match then you are doing it wrong. You should already have a Strategy Defined and Programmed BEFORE the match even starts, much less when your squad gets to the stage during the match.
@partydog17847 ай бұрын
👍
@oddsparrow85227 ай бұрын
Vow - impressed about you cadence 😅
@johnkoppi19607 ай бұрын
Love the last run!---- what about the hits????
@biker19587 ай бұрын
Lol you cheated!
@warrenrosen1327 ай бұрын
Thumbs down,is stronger so,why not,use,that grip ALL THE TIME?
@mymainelogcabin7 ай бұрын
These have always been a challenge for me. I like your method of approaching a stage like this. 👍👍
@granthmeek7 ай бұрын
QUESTION: when you say “dryfire”, is that a synonym for visualization? Or are you actually walking the stage 50+ times? Also, what would be your strategy for this kind of a stage at a club/Level 1 match when shooters have ~5 minutes to plan/walk through? Love the idea of writing down a target order! Thanks!
@BigPandaPerformance7 ай бұрын
Great Questions!!! When I state "Dry Fire" it can be either a physical rehearsal or a visualization rehearsal. For this stage my "Dry Fire" iterations were 50/50 Physical and Visualization reps. For your second question, my Strategy for figuring out these types of memory stages is no different with it being a Club or Major match. Basically put, I am getting to the range early enough to give myself time to figure out these kind of stages. If you are attending matches in a manner where the first time you are seeing the stage is when your squad gets to it during the match then you are doing it wrong. You should already have a Strategy Defined and Programmed BEFORE the match even starts, much less when your squad gets to the stage during the match.
@granthmeek7 ай бұрын
Extremely grateful for the thoughtful answer!
@swiftaudi7 ай бұрын
@@granthmeekIf you aren’t allowed to visualize for whatever reason or you only get a walk through once. The best method is the simplest one. Don’t over complicate it but rather take the path that flows most naturally. It’s going to be the least mentally challenging allowing you to focus on moving quickly and accurately. Stay with me here. Personally last year I focused a lot on the shortest path or least overall movement. This was part of my development, stage planning. I struggled with stages that had odd numbers off shots per target or stages where shots needed to be done out of order for timing purposes and memory stages. Multiple times I was told by various high level shooters not to over complicate these stages. Of course I’m naive and I think I can save time doing it the mentally challenging way and what happens is my shooting suffers and I end up with mental pauses that my brain struggles to move on from because I’m already focusing on my plan intently. Matches aren’t won on one stage but rather the consistency you perform on all stages. You want to get better and you are going in the right direction already, but what you consider as practice this is when you challenge yourself, competitions are really a matter of performing consistently and no one wins that while performing at 100% of there capabilities because no one can accurately perform at there best consistently.
@stani20077 ай бұрын
love the last resolution 🥰🥰🥰🥰
@hdickmann17 ай бұрын
In IPSC you have three minutes with fifteen people to figure out this memory shit. Everyone hates these stages
@BigPandaPerformance7 ай бұрын
That just means that IPSC Stages can't be this "Fun". But I do agree that if competitors are only allowed a 3 Minute walk through that wouldn't be enough time to figure out a memory stage like this.
@wernerdave7207 ай бұрын
That last way is the funhaver way!
@patriotfromthenoket61417 ай бұрын
I can’t think of a more miserable way to start 2024😂
@BigPandaPerformance7 ай бұрын
Just think, it can only get better from here!!!
@vmanshooting7 ай бұрын
I like your last stage plan the most
@BigPandaPerformance7 ай бұрын
Te last stage plan was fun. When is mindless hosing not fun?
@thermobollocks7 ай бұрын
That's almost as fun as figuring out my busted PCC.
@BigPandaPerformance7 ай бұрын
The fun thing about PCC's is that they are the gifts that keep on giving.
@henrycheng30638 ай бұрын
Internals look a lot like the staccato P
@BigPandaPerformance8 ай бұрын
I would hope so. Atlas and Staccato pistols are leveraging the same basic 2011 pistol design so yes, the internal parts are going to look very similar. The main difference between Atlas and Staccato is quality of parts and fitting precision. The Atlas pistols are on a completely higher level of quality than Staccato. This isn't intended as a knock on Staccato guns. It simply is what it is.
@landsafari10 ай бұрын
Banging in another division now. Good luck.
@wadefreeman874810 ай бұрын
Great job Carlie. Sorry I missed you again.
@rowdstar10 ай бұрын
Glad you did a LO conversion
@rcalhoun8610 ай бұрын
Good shooting Charlie! Glad to see you there.
@rcalhoun8611 ай бұрын
Good job Charlie!
@Seabass355_USPSA11 ай бұрын
Nice!!!
@johnlilley9363 Жыл бұрын
Do you know if the cracking area has been addressed on newer models?
@TheGentlemanGunner Жыл бұрын
Wait a minute… we’re there two reloads on some of these stages with big sticks?!?! 😅
@captainrevolver6998 Жыл бұрын
That Steel stage was about as unimaginative as you can get. A one-dimensional waste of ammo for the sake of nothing, and a huge pain in the ass to reset.
@jimsther7650 Жыл бұрын
Holy crap that was nice! GG! :D
@thermobollocks Жыл бұрын
Radio down @ 1:47
@derkhopkins Жыл бұрын
Great job Charlie 👏👏👏
@Iloveswabits Жыл бұрын
Wow that steel stage looked interesting
@vmanshooting Жыл бұрын
i need to try this
@eddielabrador Жыл бұрын
Which gun would you choose for the Limited Optic Division between the Titan RDS V2 and the Athena RDS V2?
@BigPandaPerformance Жыл бұрын
That is a great question. I haven't had a chance to shoot the Titan RDS V2 yet. But I have shot the Athena RDS V2 and that pistol is perfectly setup for 9 Minor with a slide mounted dot. Shooting the Athena feels like cheating. Hopefully one day I will get a chance to test out the Titan RDS to see how it compares to the Athena.
@eddielabrador Жыл бұрын
@@BigPandaPerformance First of all thank you for the reply. I already ordered the Titan, based on my experience there will be a superior muzzle velocity and less felt recoil however all I see is Athena’s reviews everywhere and hardly anything on the Titan which is odd to me…..the specs are very similar hopefully the quality and reliability are on par.
@johnnybbgunner2136 Жыл бұрын
Nice trick with that empty casing.😎🇺🇸
@JohnSmith-qy3nv Жыл бұрын
Charlie Perez, This is by far the best video I have watched on this topic! Thank you very much for uploading it. I have the following two questions though: 1) What caliber is the pistol you are shooting in this video? 2) How much grip strength, do you think, would be needed if this was a .44 magnum revolver? Thank you very much in advance for taking the time to answer my questions.
@BigPandaPerformance Жыл бұрын
1 - I am shooting 40 Caliber Major Power Factor ammo in this video. 2 - How much grip strength for a .44 magnum revolver? That is a great question which I don't know the answer to since I don't shoot that caliber or gun. That being said, having exceptional grip strength will never be a determent when shooting a pistol.
@JohnSmith-qy3nv Жыл бұрын
@@BigPandaPerformance, Thank you very much for taking the time to answer my questions. Again, best discussion on this topic on KZfaq I have ever encountered! However, what I do not understand (and I do not expect you to waste your precious time on a reply to this point) is why physicists cannot devise an experiment that would show an objective relation between recoil and grip strength, with robotic arms, for example; particularly given the amount of money that flows in the firearms industry.
@BigPandaPerformance Жыл бұрын
@@JohnSmith-qy3nv The challenge with using robotics to determine minimum grip strength per gun/caliber is that an artificial contraption will always be missing the "rubber band" flexible scenario that exists within a humans hands, wrists, forearms, elbows, etc. Basically all of the Bones, Joints, Tendons and Muscles will always have a certain amount of "Springy" give to them. That combined with replicating the exact same Pounds of force and Friction on the gun would be very complicated to replicate. You would basically need some kind of measurement method to determine a person's "Springiness" along with their grip strength and friction. Its much easier to tackle this situation from the opposite direction. Basically put, if you want to maximize your recoil management it requires optimizing your grip strength, mechanics in gripping the gun and friction against the gun. Training those items to your maximum ability will be rewarded. A good correlation example is looking at similar sports which exceptional Grip Strength is required. A professional Rock Climber for example. They are not limiting their Grip Strength training to "Good Enough". They are always working to improve their grip strength in both maximum pressure and endurance scenarios. Their training to maximize their grip strength NEVER stops. The same should hold true for competitive shooters. What I find more common than not with Shooters, is that they think gun or ammo tuning to reduce recoil is the primary solution to solving the recoil management challenge. That is part of the process, but its all founded upon building solid grip strength as a foundation. For whatever reason shooters avoid training their grip strength like the plague. I assume that is because Buying stuff to help manage the recoil is much easier than working at building their grip strength on a daily basis. There is no replacement for embracing the suck and training your grip strength regularly. The same time I spent typing this reply could have just as easily been invested in training my grip strength. Its all about making it a priority and putting in the commitment to do it.
@JohnSmith-qy3nv Жыл бұрын
@@BigPandaPerformance, Thank you very much for taking the time to comment on my point. I did not know that the function of the human tendons and connective tissues was so difficult to simulate. Maybe somebody will write a thesis on this one day.
@biker1958 Жыл бұрын
Nice, absolutely no recoil.
@vinhlam5435 Жыл бұрын
Congrats Charlie , thanks for putting up your runs for us to view.
@SnapD24 Жыл бұрын
Jesus. Guess you've been doing hard more all those years in Limited.