lionking has hosted many different types of rimfire/centerfire pistol and rifle contests.
To me, it creates "Put up or shut up" challenges to THR members and provides a fun outlet for those who have actually competed in bullseye/action pistol/high power/long-range matches how much they have retained or deteriorated.
lionking's contests have pushed me to do something I would never had considered, competing with a subcompact pistol like Shield M&P 9mm for 15 yard slow fire. Even though the contest was slow fire, I pushed myself to do relatively fast fire shooting and was surprised at the results. I did better than I anticipated and now have a greater confidence in the Shield for defensive shooting.
50 yard rimfire with 10/22 and ARs further confirmed my suspicion. ARs shooting 22LR with CMMG conversion sucks at 50 yards compared to 10/22. That challenge did surprise me with the average consistent accuracy performance from CCI Blazer, Aguila and subsequently Armscor ammunition.
I missed out on 15 yard rimfire slow fire contest as my progressive glasses prescription was found to be fuzzy but now with new glasses, plan to participate in 25 yard popular LEO pistols.
I am a proponent of fast point shooting and posed such contest to lionking with no reply. SharpDog's 5 rounds in 5 seconds is essentially point shooting territory and would love to participate if the rules were tweaked a bit as I believe fast rapid fire shooting is testing of skill more than quality of hardware and how light the trigger is.
I have often told people who bragged about their expensive safe queen pistols to take it to a match and see how it performs in "real world" shooting. I took one such dare from my defensive shooting instructor and shot USPSA with factory stock Glock 22 to "improve" my defensive shooting. I also push my pistols to the point of failure like not cleaning until it won't feed or cycle reliably, then clean them so I know what to expect from my pistols.
Whether I do well or not, I like participating in these contests and posting "actual" targets as it is a real life confirmation to me as to where my actual shooting skills are.
And there will always be somebody better shooting than you. BUT, we are not really "competing" with others rather competing with our past best groups/fastest times -
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