I got to meet Julie Goloski and Dave Sevigny today (http://www.juliegoloski.com/ http://www.sevignyperformance.com/main.htm). They're a couple of the Glock professional shooting team members. They were both genuinely nice folks.
Not being a Glock person and not following the professional shooting competitions I had no idea who they were. Once I was told and the "Ohhhhh" part was over (you'da thought the black polos with the Glock logos would have been a dead giveaway to any idiot, but I'm a special kind of idiot) I had a chance to chat off and on with Julie over the next hour. Nice person. Very helpful. Tolerant of silly questions. David was a little more intense, but cool. He demonstrated the speed at which he could "fire" and change mags and get back on target (a little under 1.5 seconds to less than 2) for a group of us. Again, nice folks, but amazing athletes.
Before any of you think that being on a professional shooting team would be a dream job consider this - Julie said they did 20 competitions a year. Such competetions usually lasted from Friday to Sunday. Then they did another 10-15 distributor/dealer events a year. Those also tended to be Fri, Sat, Sun. Then theres 3 big trade shows and training for LE departments. Averaged out to being away from home 35 to 40 weeks a year. Then there's the personal training that has to be squeezed in so that they can maintain their standing to keep up this type schedule.
Not being a Glock person and not following the professional shooting competitions I had no idea who they were. Once I was told and the "Ohhhhh" part was over (you'da thought the black polos with the Glock logos would have been a dead giveaway to any idiot, but I'm a special kind of idiot) I had a chance to chat off and on with Julie over the next hour. Nice person. Very helpful. Tolerant of silly questions. David was a little more intense, but cool. He demonstrated the speed at which he could "fire" and change mags and get back on target (a little under 1.5 seconds to less than 2) for a group of us. Again, nice folks, but amazing athletes.
Before any of you think that being on a professional shooting team would be a dream job consider this - Julie said they did 20 competitions a year. Such competetions usually lasted from Friday to Sunday. Then they did another 10-15 distributor/dealer events a year. Those also tended to be Fri, Sat, Sun. Then theres 3 big trade shows and training for LE departments. Averaged out to being away from home 35 to 40 weeks a year. Then there's the personal training that has to be squeezed in so that they can maintain their standing to keep up this type schedule.
