What did you shoot last weekend?

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This is about the time of year the competition forum dries up and blows away for the year as folks go hunting and/or go indoors because it's cold on their cute little toesies.... :rolleyes:

So anyway, last weekend it was beautiful at least in the SE and midatlantic. What did you compete in? How did you do? Did you learn something? Good things, bad things you did?

I shot a monthly USPSA match at Sir Walter Gun Club Creedmoor, NC. www.sirwaltergunclub.com. I was running my G34 in Production. I had hung production up for awhile but am now back hot and heavy. I won my class only because there were four folks there and only one was real competition. If this gets too tough I'll move to revolver where the competition is less fierce.
As for learning, I learned(maybe) to stick to me pre plan. Part A was okay, I planned to win my class. Part B was to use the day to practice visual patience and work on better hits as the self improvement objective. So anyway, hoseritis is a tough bug to kick.
As to bad, I missed three things I was aiming at and two that I ran right by and never saw in the walk through, while shooting, not until targets were being scored. Well with 2M 1 FTE it was still one of my better stages and in the top ten overall, I guess everyone blows up big courses.
As for good, I guess the classifier. 7th of 39 only one of the 8 dot guns beat me. Score will be too high for my class, will be disallowed. In other news my 25yd practice I do every range visit continues to pay off, I can pull up and drill far plates with confidence as a result, makes me so happy I can't possibly get bad hits on paper right....? See Hoseritis.

Next match is my home club the weekend before turkeyday unless I can hit some I Don't Practice Anymore in between. ;)
 
Shot in an IDPA indoor match... My G17 this time. It was fun and worth the time. Didn't do too bad in ESP. Though about 2 guns in one match, next time....
 
Beautiful weather in Central and West Texas.

Spent the weekend chasing those danged fast Blue Quail.

Shot the Citori, and the Browning Humpback.
 
Navy joe, there are a couple IDPA matches in Oxford, which is down the road from Creedmoor. I think there is one next weekend, on Sunday. It's held at the Range.
 
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Didn't get to shoot. Plumbed the basement bathroom. I now have a flush toilet downstairs. :)

Not as fun as shooting of course.
 
Learned more then I wanted to.

Saturday:

1) I chronographed some .45 ACP out of my S&W 945 for Sunday's IDPA shoot. I learned I need more powder to make a 165 PF. Increased load by 0.3 grains and loaded 200 rounds.

2) I shot my TC Penn. Hunter for the 1st time in 7-10 years. I'm thinking about hunting with it this year. I learned I need a lot more work before muzzleloader season opens.

Sunday:

1) I drove 143 miles (one way) to shoot IDPA in Maine. We shot in a cold intermittent rain, but had a good time. I learned I need to bring rain gear and a hat to shoots. I also learned I really need to work on shooting from cover.


Respectfully,

jkelly
 
I didn't shoot a match, but I did test fire a new (to me) custom Clint Fowler pre-ban M1A. Double lugged, McMillan stock and barrel, welded gas system, lapped sights, tuned trigger, EVERYTHING. Shot a 94 on a 10 shot string on a 600 yard target...I really don't feel comfortable with the rifle yet, so I'm sure it will shoot better.
 
IDPA Saturday at Prado in Chino, CA, also the classifier afterwards - FINALLY made Marksman :D beating last month's score by 30 points (even with two procedurals; I have a hard time NOT double tapping targets. :uhoh: :rolleyes: )

No shooting Sunday - finally got the security screen doors installed. Don't need the security so much but the dogs won't be able to push/claw/chew their way through these :scrutiny:

And Steel Madness at Raahauge's in Norco CA was cancelled so's the SASS dudes could show off their duds (and shoot, too, I guess, but I remain convinced the outfits are the real reason for Cowboy Action. :evil: :D )

Sorry, just sour grapes - Cowboy would probably be a blast but I can't afford all the new guns (OR the clothes :neener: )
 
Folks in Arizona and SoCal that can shoot 4 matches a week really annoy me. ;) Mebbe I should move to Az.

Steve, what's up with the M-1A, I thought everyone serious had stopped competing with them? You just want to be different? Sounds good since that's the only gun I have to start HP with.
 
While everyone else is going forwards, I am going backwards. My focus in 2004 is to become a Distinguished Rifleman and possibly pick up my High Master card, both with the AR. Once I do those two things, I will "regress" to the M1A and "do it again" in my head. IOW, I want to beat the non-distinguished leg winners with an M1A (I won't take their points because I'll be Distinguished) and I want to average at least a Master score, if not a High Master score. I can shoot Master scores now with an M1A, but I would probably not be completely consistent. I'd like to get that up to High Master.

All part of being a rifleman.
 
I won my class only because there were four folks there and only one was real competition. If this gets too tough I'll move to revolver where the competition is less fierce.
Click to expand...

So are you saying you and one other guy are sandbaggers and revolver shooters suck?
 
Ankeny,

:D No, you got to have talent to sandbag. I'm just saying that there is one guy who used to wax me regularly in Lim-10 when I started and now it's payback time. We're both C class and in my case the classifiers haven't caught up to me yet, prolly because I tried to shoot M class times on a few, resulting in...complete blow-ups. I shot one classifier match and grenaded every classifier there. One still came back as 60% with a miss on it so I know I was going way too fast. The other guys were D class.

The revolver thing was a joke, I want to shoot the class but the lack of competition is a turn-off. Same guy always wins first and last. Without a good shooter around it is hard for me to improve. Still, the 625 at the local shop calls... Somebody come shoot revolver with me! Heck I started looking for ICORE clubs and there are none near me.

Steve, sounds cool. I'm sure you'll prove it's all Indian and no arrow to being successful. I look forward to seeing your pet loads so I can shamelessly duplicate.
 
Navy joe:

I posted tongue in cheek. I knew what you meant. My post was supposed to be humorous, but the Internet is so freaking literal, lol. As for your observation about revolvers, I couldn't agree more. I shot a revolver regularly last summer and I do pretty well. The lack of interest in the division makes it almost impossible for me to get fired up over the wheelgun. That's a shame too because revolver is the division that I shoot the best.
 
tcd
IDPA Saturday at Prado in Chino, CA, also the classifier afterwards - FINALLY made Marksman


Congrats. Feels good to nail a good score. Work has kept me away from the range hope to get in some shooting before year end. I only know of one IDPA classifier being held in San Diego thru year end and hope to make it (American Shooting Center).
 
I shot one round of 5 Stand followed by 100 sporting clays targets. The next two Sunday's I'll shoot local club IPSC followed by a 3-Gun Tactical Match Thanksgiving weekend. Haven't planned the first Sunday in December yet.
 
Shot in our IDPA classifier on Sunday with fellow THR'er'er jkelly.

- Gabe
 
Richard - you should try to make it to Prado. We have a classifier in the afternoon EVERY 1st Saturday after the match. And the matches are a blast: EIGHT stages every 1st and 3rd Saturday, and they'll be bringing back the 2 stage shotgun side matches in January.

Oh, and there'll be a Low Light/ No Light night match on 11/22; signups at 4:30PM.
 
Modest fellow this guy GRD

"Shot in our IDPA classifier on Sunday with fellow THR'er'er jkelly.

- Gabe"




Modest fellow, this guy GRD, he beat me by a lot while he was ROing the shoot. I'll get him next year, or the one after that. :)


jkelly
 
I shot at http://www.midtnshooters.com/ IDPA, they just got a new range. Was a blast. They had the first shotgun-pistol side match and I learned I like shotgun side matchs.
Picked up a couple -3's on some longer shots and came in 2nd again. Somebody not anyone here made all the shots long:banghead:
But I redeemed myself and had a smooth run on the side match and came out on top.
 
Navy joe, Your right I was in AZ for business and shot 5 matchs in a week. Took 600 rounds with me and ran out
:what:
 
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