627PCFan
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So I finally got off my butt and shot my 1st IDPA round today. I was running my 1911 with standard 7 round mags and it was not a fun experience and I have a couple of questions. 1. for you 1911 guys, when your getting the COF explained, do you notice that its set up for high cap guns? I felt like all 3 stages were more oriented for guns with mags over 8 rounds? How do you handle this? 2nd question, on the last stage, I had to reload mags and walked away from the firing line RO while he explained the COF (we were shooting very fast and I only had 4 mags with me). He instructed the rear RO (Just there for overall supervision to instruct me on the COF.) The rear RO told me: mag 1, 6 rounds-slide lock reload, then mag 2 strong hand only with 7 rounds----reload with retention and mag 3 seven rounds support hand only. I walked up shot the string and the forward RO gave me 3 penalties. 2 for shooting 7 rounds on the last 2 mags. I was not told to shoot 6. I was told only to load 7 rounds in the mag, of which I shot and I explained that however the firing line RO didnt want to hear it. The other penalty was for dropping the mag which I picked up(more lost time) Should I have been assessed those penalties for the extra rounds?
My 1st run was perfect, no errors or misses.
2nd run I had to reload 3x because of my mag capacity so I tried to really rock and roll and it cost me. (this is why I asked question 1)
3rd wasnt bad on target but the time further killed me.
My 1st run was perfect, no errors or misses.
2nd run I had to reload 3x because of my mag capacity so I tried to really rock and roll and it cost me. (this is why I asked question 1)
3rd wasnt bad on target but the time further killed me.
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