So proud of myself I'm bragging on the Internet

[The Wiry Irishman]

I got into bullseye pistol about four and a half years ago, and since then I've been working on the NRA Aggregate Pistol qualifications.

Today, I got the last qualifying aggregate I needed for the final level, Distinguished Expert. I went out with a bang, too. I bested my personal best for slow fire by 2, getting an 89, tied my personal best timed fire at 97, and came up one short of my personal best rapid fire at another 97. All that together beat my personal best aggregate by a full ten points. I know that's small potatoes compared to most of the people posting in Competition Shooting, but this has been a long time goal and it pleases me to no end that I managed to go out in style.

Now that that's out of the way, it's time to sort out some bad blood in the Purdue Rifle/Pistol Club - I'm going to get some more practice with the free pistol and see if I can beat our rifle team with it.

 

[Ian]

NICE!! Congratulations!

Don't sell yourself short - making DE is a hell of a feat. Keep it up! (and stick it to the rifle guys, too... )

 

[saltydog452]

If the DCM is still awarding the Gold, please post a photo of yours.

salty

 

[cdrt]

saltydog452

This is an NRA certification for Junior shooters, not the CMP (used to be DCM) Leg match award (now called Excellence in Competition). The NRA has a run down on it at their website under the Junior's section.

 

[deadasslast2004]

way to go

I am sure this will boost your confidence in future contests

 

[bdutton]

Nice Job!

Its a very short list. Be proud and loud!

#1384

 

[SoCalShooter]

Great work what kind of pistol are you using?

 

[The Wiry Irishman]

Great work what kind of pistol are you using?

Pardini SP

 

[Dirtypacman]

Congrats!!!

 

[earplug]

I know how hard it was, to do what you have done.
I have been working to break 90 in slow fire, best has been a 86 during a match.
I'll even buy drinks when I do it!

 

[cavman]

Good work! All the best.

 

[JoeSlomo]

GET SOME!!!!!!!

WTG brutha!!!

 

[The Wiry Irishman]

When I went into practice on Monday, they had a (flattering) ceremony to give me my patch and certificate, and another surprise - I guess Distinguished Expert comes with a medal, too!

Patch, Medal, and Certificate:

And the targets that got it for me:

Slow

Timed

Rapid

 

[DaveBeal]

Congratulations, Irishman! What distance were you shooting?

I just finished up Expert last night, shooting at 75 feet, but it looks like Distinguished will take much longer. I think my best aggregate so far is in the low 260s.

BTW, somebody has a calculation on the web showing that 75 feet is easier than 50, because the scoring rings are more than 50% bigger in diameter. Is there a reason why the sizes of the scoring rings aren't strictly proportional to distance?

 

[The Wiry Irishman]

Congratulations, Irishman! What distance were you shooting?

Thank you! I'm shooting at 50 feet, because that's what distance our indoor range is.

I practice bullseye at 25 yards (75 feet) with my 1911 because the indoor range is .22 only, and the outdoor ranges I have access to are 25 yards at the shortest.

BTW, somebody has a calculation on the web showing that 75 feet is easier than 50, because the scoring rings are more than 50% bigger in diameter. Is there a reason why the sizes of the scoring rings aren't strictly proportional to distance?

If fifty percent larger at 75 feet than at 50, the rings are proportional to distance.

Fifty percent of fifty feet is 25 feet, so 75 feet is fifty percent longer than 50 feet.

 

[DaveBeal]

Here's the web page I was referring to. His point is that when measured in minute-of-angle, the scoring rings on a 75 foot target have a greater diameter than the corresponding rings on a 50 foot target.

Does anyone know whether there's a good reason for this?

 

[The Wiry Irishman]

That's interesting - my brain's too burned out from 8 straight hours of KBE programming to process it properly. I'll have to check it out later.

 

[JimPGov]

Well Done

Well Done! Now It's Time To Start On Your Revolver Legs.

 

[retgarr]

Nope, I'm gonna go ahead and say you won't beat the rifle team...ever.

 

[lonegunman]

You should drive over to Ohio in July and enjoy a week at Camp Perry. They have the Nationals there. There are several matches at the nationals for juniors and you can win a ton of good stuff in the junior classification.

You can shoot the SAFS and pick up some cheap leg points too.