My first tournament!

[- J -]

Hey THR,

I competed in my first tournament last Sunday. The discipline is a local reduced version of IPSC in which all stages are Virginia, and only 14 rounds are fired per stage (two magazines, 7 rounds each), with stock guns. This activity, called "TEA" (Tiro en Acción, or "Shooting in Action"), was developed here in Argentina after the financial crisis we suffered a few years ago kicked a lot of people out of IPSC due to its costs.

Now, it's acting as an affordable, entry level dynamic shooting activity mostly for newbies like myself who are forced to shoot on a budget.

But enough talking! I'll leave you with the videos of the four stages shot on Sunday. If anyone has an opinion or would like to criticize, correct, or suggest something, I'll be more than grateful. Please try not to puke on your computer, I only started doing this a couple of weeks ago!


Stage 1 (fall plate, fall!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Suw4mKomXs
Stage 2 (I forgot to shoot a round into the very last target :( ): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b8G8rSF7RY
Stage 3 (my gun is in a box?): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xakk5u1NCsU
Stage 4 (don't forget to grab the stick): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i4E48WQofI

We were little less than twenty shooters, and I came home with a little medal in 8th place!

http://spd.fotologs.net/photo/45/8/46/jjj_j/1191246785_f.jpg


Here's a difficult excercise for you guys: SPOT THE FIRST TIMER:

http://img128.imagevenue.com/loc215/th_96373_TEA-SF_122_215lo.jpg (http://img128.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc215&image=96373_TEA-SF_122_215lo.jpg)

Cheers,

Julian

[creekerdoug]

Thanks for giving us a look at how people shoot in your country. I enjoyed the video. I've seen a lot new shooters have much more trouble than you seemed to have. Enjoy your new hobby and shoot safe.

Doug

[PH/CIB]

Is that a Walther P88? I have one it is one very accurate handgun!

[czhen]

Welcome aboard to THR. Nice match over all. Tell us more about Bersa in 9 mm.

CZhen
FL

[- J -]

Thanks for your comments guys!

CZhen, I'm no guru but I vouch for the Bersa in 9mm. It shoots any kind of ammunition you feed it, and it can go for long periods and lots of rounds with no cleaning or maintenance and you won't notice a glitch. I have a long way to go in the field of pistol marksmanship, but I did see many people accomplish excellent groupings, tight double taps, etc with stock Bersas both in shooting lanes as well in dynamic shooting. You can check this video of IPSC with a Bersa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8LPxu-tkIY

And all the ones I saw were from our local market, Bersa exports the best quality of their production to the US.


Take care!

[Blackfork]

Way to go! I think competitive shooting really increases understanding and competence with firearms in ways that non-competitors really never understand. Thanks for posting this.

[- J -]

Way to go! I think competitive shooting really increases understanding and competence with firearms in ways that non-competitors really never understand. Thanks for posting this.

Thanks! I agree 100%, that's why I started to compete. I took a two-level defensive handgun course and when we were done I asked the instructor "so, how do I go about training all this stuff now? I don't want to lose this practice". His reply was "sport shooting, it'll keep you sharp and you'll improve your skills even if you don't do it to climb the rankings".

He himself, a cop and police firearms instructor, started practical shooting to hone his skills... and he ended up winning several national and international championships.

[richardschennberg]

A couple notes on USPSA:
Although many USPSA clubs recognize all 6 divisions at every monthly match, you don't have to! If you want to keep costs down, you could have only Revolver, Single-Stack, and Production. You can choose classifiers that have 14 or fewer rounds (most do already), and design your other stages that way as well.
Richard
Schennberg.com (http://www.schennberg.com)