IDPA with my carry rig?
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Sam1911
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Well, I guess you can't play. 
Naah, you're young, right? Standing around for a few hours won't hurt you. I don't tend to remember to bring anything to sit on, myself, but that just means I pace for hours. Can't stand still.
Naah, you're young, right? Standing around for a few hours won't hurt you. I don't tend to remember to bring anything to sit on, myself, but that just means I pace for hours. Can't stand still.
Yeah that's what I was expecting to have to do, stand around and/or pace. Up until I decided to start doing competition shooting, I hadn't really considered any out-door activities that might need a chair.
Might be something to add to the list of what I need to get in the future, though.
Bullfrog, I don't need to bumble about with my first cigar after bumbling about with my first match
Sunscreen wasn't something I thought of. It's been cloudy here in the morning's lately, but I guess I should get some of that as well.
Might be something to add to the list of what I need to get in the future, though.
Bullfrog, I don't need to bumble about with my first cigar after bumbling about with my first match
Sunscreen wasn't something I thought of. It's been cloudy here in the morning's lately, but I guess I should get some of that as well.
A couple of recommendations from prior bad choices:
Spray-on sunscreen will give you better coverage of your face...don't forget the tops of your ears (unless you wear a floppy hat).
Folding chairs, with drink holders, are nice, but a pain to carry. REI has a nice 3-legged camp stool that works just as well and is smaller that a collapsible umbrella
Spray-on sunscreen will give you better coverage of your face...don't forget the tops of your ears (unless you wear a floppy hat).
Folding chairs, with drink holders, are nice, but a pain to carry. REI has a nice 3-legged camp stool that works just as well and is smaller that a collapsible umbrella
Make sure you bring enough water and Gatorade to stay hydrated too. Shooting in south Florida will sap you of energy just from standing in the heat.
I'd save the tobacco until after. Mellows me out too much and I lose my edge. Idk how those guys puff cigars and still shoot. Nicotine buzz is worse than a caffeine buzz.
I'd save the tobacco until after. Mellows me out too much and I lose my edge. Idk how those guys puff cigars and still shoot. Nicotine buzz is worse than a caffeine buzz.
Western Washington is a bit different than Southern Florida, but I will make sure to bring water and Powerade, as well as some powerbars (and maybe some peanut butter crackers).
Spray-on sunscreen is a good idea, but once again, this is Washington. I'll get it and put it in my range bag, but chances are I won't need it.
I'll have to take a look, but I won't have it for tomorrow.
Spray-on sunscreen is a good idea, but once again, this is Washington. I'll get it and put it in my range bag, but chances are I won't need it.
I'll have to take a look, but I won't have it for tomorrow.
Don't feel bad. I've known about it for half a year...and yet I've just put the full-size picnic chair in the back of the SUV for a Regional Match on Sunday.
Take along some hard candy. It replaces the salt you lose
Take along some hard candy. It replaces the salt you lose
Sam1911
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You go! I assume you're having a bit of fun?
I assume you're having a bit of fun?Blackstone
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Yes indeed, you want to be minimising your points down and time taken
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There is at least one IDPA club that has rules that forbid holsters that are "unsafe"per a non shooter, reholster shooting. No snaps, clips or other stuff to get in the way, unless it is "duty" gear. If you shove a "safe action" pistol in the holster with something in the trigger guard, it sends a bullet into you.
Not one of our guys but it made a new rule.
http://dfwscanner.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/shooting-anna/
Not one of our guys but it made a new rule.
http://dfwscanner.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/shooting-anna/
So...I may or may not have gotten the high score, but I did terrible. Apparently this was a qualifying month. I got something like 250 seconds or something like that...marksman in my division is in the 190s, so...yeah...
Reminds me of wrestling in Middle School when the lowest weight class was 78 or below and I weighed 63 pounds.
Anyway, the good:
1) I had fun! I think I'll have more fun next month
2) My SO had a warped sense of humor, but so do I, so it worked out. He liked one of the guns one of my squad members had, so his final instructions were "show clear, slide forward, hammer down, put it in my holster." And when it was his turn, instead of his name, he used Captain Delicious...that was strange...
3) Unrelated to the match, but I figured out where to take my M&P that I bubba'd.
The bad:
1) My score...mostly due to accuracy (I need to get to the range more). I wasn't fast, but I don't feel like I was slow, either.
2) I got one procedural, although I'm not sure enough of the rules, I'm not sure I deserved it. Stage was 3 targets, 2 shots each, reload from slide lock, and then hit the three targets again, 2 shots each. I had a misfire on the 2nd target, so I just did 2-2-1, then 3-2-2 (to get my second shot on the target) but the SO gave me a procedural for that.
3) I need new clothes! My jacket is apparently way too long, although it worked fine with an OWB holster.
Reminds me of wrestling in Middle School when the lowest weight class was 78 or below and I weighed 63 pounds.
Anyway, the good:
1) I had fun! I think I'll have more fun next month
2) My SO had a warped sense of humor, but so do I, so it worked out. He liked one of the guns one of my squad members had, so his final instructions were "show clear, slide forward, hammer down, put it in my holster." And when it was his turn, instead of his name, he used Captain Delicious...that was strange...
3) Unrelated to the match, but I figured out where to take my M&P that I bubba'd.
The bad:
1) My score...mostly due to accuracy (I need to get to the range more). I wasn't fast, but I don't feel like I was slow, either.
2) I got one procedural, although I'm not sure enough of the rules, I'm not sure I deserved it. Stage was 3 targets, 2 shots each, reload from slide lock, and then hit the three targets again, 2 shots each. I had a misfire on the 2nd target, so I just did 2-2-1, then 3-2-2 (to get my second shot on the target) but the SO gave me a procedural for that.
3) I need new clothes! My jacket is apparently way too long, although it worked fine with an OWB holster.
Ah, you shot the Classifier.
That is surprisingly hard to shoot well, because folks don't realize it is really a accuracy test as opposed to a speed course...most folks walk too fast during the shooting on the move portion. It is a good skills test as it covers everything except Shooting from Retention, shooting from Prone, and quarter turns.
There is also a part where a Tactical Mag Change is faster than a Mag change with retention...it's tricky
Glad you had a good time
That is surprisingly hard to shoot well, because folks don't realize it is really a accuracy test as opposed to a speed course...most folks walk too fast during the shooting on the move portion. It is a good skills test as it covers everything except Shooting from Retention, shooting from Prone, and quarter turns.
There is also a part where a Tactical Mag Change is faster than a Mag change with retention...it's tricky
Glad you had a good time
srtolly
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I started shooting USPSA this summer and will try to do IDPA next year as well. All the same advice came to me as well. I loved it and plan to keep doing it. I thought I could shoot pretty well but when you start adding in all the other stuff... I sucked wind. It got better and I've made new friends and had a lot of fun.
Sam1911
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Wow! Jumping right into the Classifier -- nice! Yeah, that standard match is surprisingly difficult to shoot well. All the speed stuff and run-n-gun that goes on in regular matches gets you thinking that fast is king. Then you show up at the classifier and I've seen guys who shoot decently in regular stages drop WELL in excess of 60 points in Stage 3 when they blaze away from 20 yards and then we can't find half their hits.
But even Stage 1 will get you. Sure, you can easily put 3 hits on a target in 2.5 sec. (Strings 1-3) No challenge. But make one of each string a required head shot, and go down 5 points for each miss or dropped shot...ouch.
But it's really a very good skills test. All these threads we have about trying to figure out how competent you are, or how proficient you should be? I consider the IDPA Classifier to be one of the broader and more universally known tests we can use.
Having said all that -- if you stick with it, you'll be amazed how fast you improve. And if you have the ability to come out to the club's practice nights and ask for a few pointers, you'll be leaps and bounds ahead of the skill you'll ever develop on your own.
But even Stage 1 will get you. Sure, you can easily put 3 hits on a target in 2.5 sec. (Strings 1-3) No challenge. But make one of each string a required head shot, and go down 5 points for each miss or dropped shot...ouch.
But it's really a very good skills test. All these threads we have about trying to figure out how competent you are, or how proficient you should be? I consider the IDPA Classifier to be one of the broader and more universally known tests we can use.
Having said all that -- if you stick with it, you'll be amazed how fast you improve. And if you have the ability to come out to the club's practice nights and ask for a few pointers, you'll be leaps and bounds ahead of the skill you'll ever develop on your own.
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