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Josh, Sean, Dave and Tayler talk about what its like to teach classes, recent class controversies and the club in Bridgeville, DE sees USPSA return where Dave wins High Overall and Josh smokes some dot shooters. It did not in fact END TODAY 

Josh, Tom, Sean, Tayler and Dave talk about their experience at a local match and have a thorough discussion on the rules application at local matches and various other mildly related shooting topics. 

On this weeks episode, Josh, Tom, Tayler and Dave unpack the 2025 SC Section Championship, our run in with a cheater and using VR for training. Tayler catches flak for range pick up ammo and Josh will never, ever mount a dot. 

Josh and Tom take on life's most asked question, "Who am I?" and "Why do I shoot Deltas?" Also, USPSA is under a lawsuit and Josh shoots way too much. 

On this weeks episode, we meet Sean, our B class bestie. We go over the USPSA lawsuit, York Practical Shooters March match and deep dive into shot calling and training. 

Welcoming Tayler, a USPSA A class shooter to the podcast, as well as unpacking why we do what we do and how we plan to do it better. Josh, Tom, Dave and Tayler dive into what makes us compete and how we plan to take on the 2025 season. 

Double Tap Dynamics presents 1 Grandmaster, 1 Master and an A-Class Shooter and their crazy ideas on practical shooting. Josh and Dave talk about the US Extreme Open and Tom keeps us grounded in reality. 

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Dave is crowned the Delmarva Sectional Carry Optics Champion! Josh also shot the match. Josh, Tayler and Tom talk about the mental game and training for the future. 

Tom, Josh, Dave, Sean and Tayler talk about local matches, and what we get from them. Tom is going through a rut and Josh has been there, done that. 

Carol talks about her recent experience with a Steve Anderson class.

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What does it mean to be a complete shooter? Tom, Josh, Dave and Sean tackle this question and touch on WS muzzle policies, Tom has an idea on tournaments for the future and Double Tap Shooting Academy is hosting a class! 

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Josh, Tom, Dave and Tayler talk about this weekends matches, rules pertaining to DQs and 2025 Factory Gun Nationals. 

A match staff review of the Salisbury Summer Classic and the team is divided on rules and divisions. 

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Josh, Tom, Tayler and Dave tackle their individual shooting challenges and how we plan to address them for the rest of the season. We discuss York, New Holland and the lessons learned over the weekend. 

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Brought to you by Athena Precision and The Double Tap Shooting Academy! On this weeks episode, Josh, Dave and Tayler talk about the nuances of sponsorships, the A3D podcast on Sigs P320 problems and what our plans are going into Area 8 this year. 

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Josh, Dave, Tayler and Tom talk about Toms recent Mid-Atlantic performance, how the range conditions impacted the match and how Tom and Dave's dry fire differs from Josh. 

Josh, Dave, Tom and Sean talk about the new draft Code of Conduct and how it might be an issue but also an asset. 

Josh, Dave, Tom and Tayler talk about the Galactic Pistol Alliance and the York Practical Shooting match. We dive into stage planning mindsets and what makes a good stage versus a bad stage. Or is there even such a thing? 

Josh, Dave, Tayler and Tom talk about a recent run in with defensive shooters and how differently they viewed shooting. They also go over all their gear, and new, big plans for the Double Tap Shooting Academy 

Josh, Dave and Tom tackle this weeks locals, putting the N in ND and talking about IPSC Nationals 

The crew talks about their Area 8 experience and some fun and exciting rules calls and steel calibration arbitrations 

What is Performance shooting? And what does it take to be a performance instructor? Tom dives into lessons from a recent match and Josh and Dave talk about the instructor world and integrity in marketing 

Josh, Tom and Dave talk about their experience with the new 25-Series USPSA Classifiers as well as revisiting some old ideas about shooting on the move and how we plan to apply lessons learned at our next major

The Double Tap crew talks about the recent Western PA Sectional recap and results. Josh has a tense run in with a range official and discusses the boundary between professional expectations and volunteer staff. 

Josh, Tom and Dave sit down with the founder of Team Blacksmith, Mike Blackson to talk practical shooting teams, skill development and the next steps for him and his team. 

The gang talks about Josh's recent win in Kansas at the CZ Free State, Dave's new grip technique and the outlooks for the Western PA Sectional this weekend. 

Josh, Dave and Tom talk about their experience at the 2025 US IPSC National Championship in Marengo, Ohio. They go over Hit Factor math, stage planning and the match organization as well as some off topic work on....Pokemon? 

The crew takes on local match culture, stage planning and the division within USPSA at its core. 

The crew talks about the classification system, our training and prep and what our plans are for the end of the season

Josh, Dave and Tayler talk about the Galactic Pistol Alliance, the SIG P320 and how important training partners and instructors are to skill development. We also look a bit into the future with IPSC Nationals SHO and WHO stages. 

The crew talks about the recent World Shoot updates and rehash the differences between irons and optics and how new shooters should learn the skills. 

Tom, Josh and Dave break down the USPSA lawsuit, a recent classifier match and transitioning the gun. 

Sean, Tom and Dave take talk about Sean's A-Class promotion, Josh's PDP is gone to a fellow DTSA team Tommy K and L10 is the new hotness. 

The crew talks about their 2025 season, lessons learned and what they look forward to the most in 2026

Josh, Dave, Tayler and Tom talk about Dave's recent win at the Maryland State Championship as well as the inaugural class of the DTSA Science of Competition curriculum. We go over a few recent events and Tom shares insight to his new training methodology. 

Josh and Tom talk about World Shoot, a little bit of MD State and a recent local match. Dave will be back later this week to talk about his second major match win of the year. 

Josh, Tom and Dave talk about how they decide what to practice. How to prevent paper GMs and the current DTSA topic, Walther VS CZ. 

Josh, Dave and Tom talk about why they train and what pushes them to keep going when it feels like they aren't getting any better. 

Josh, Dave and Tom tackle practical shootings hottest question. Do I need my sights? 

Josh talks into the void about sponsorships in shooting and the idea of buying new gear to improve. 

Josh, Dave and Tom take on match results and how we read them for our own improvement. We discourage shooters from What-Ifing themselves to greatness. We also cover the Bridgeville, DE local match and Instagram drama. 

Josh, Tom and Dave talk about the USPSA classification system, how it impacts instructors and how match fees seem to keep going up. 

Josh, Dave and Tom tackle Racegun Nationals, recent local matches and the question on everyone minds.....how did I miss that target???

Galactic Pistol Alliance co-founder, Chuck Limpert, talks about founding a new pistol sport, competing with IDPA and answers our questions on where we can find GPA. 

Josh, Tom, Dave and Tommy K talk about Tommy K's road to A class and the recent GTC match. With the US Extreme Open on the horizon, we talk divisions and what our plans are. 

Josh, Dave, Tom, Tommy K and Sean talk about the US Extreme Open and lessons learned. 

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Josh, Dave, Tom and Sean talk about the Area 8 registration fiasco and how we are looking forward to the 2026 US Extreme Open. 

Dave and Josh talk with Dan about the LE side of practical shooting and what its like to blend professional firearms use with exceptional standards of skill