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ARCHIVES => CZF ARCHIVES II => Lady's Lounge => Topic started by: BrieH43 on November 22, 2009, 09:07:58 PM
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Gun- CZ75 SP-01 with 15lb main spring and 11lb recoil spring, using factory 9mm ammo.
Match started at 9am...Weather was nice and sunny, a little cool, and thankfully, no wind!! (stupid Cali desert)
I took my time and really paid attention to my sights today, and surprise surprise, i hit a lot of alphas! I think on the day I had 3 mikes, and 0 no shoots (my goal was 0 mikes and 0 no shoots, 1 out of 2 ain't bad.)
A lot of the stages focused on movement, which I really enjoyed. I had two failure to feeds on the classifier (mini-mart), and it slowed me down horribly. We shot that stage 4th, and before that, I had NO problems with the gun.
The next stage I had another failure to feed, but still managed to do alright with it. It was a fun color-coordinated stage which I sucked at towards the beginning, and kicked it's butt at the end. Lots of pepper poppers.
Last part of Stage 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMkToXKYAH4)
Overall I felt good about the gun, and I had a great time. The standings weren't as good as I'd hoped, but hey, I've only been shooting for a month, and I have a cold!
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looks great..keep it up and you'll be on top soon.
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Good job! I do miss shooting matches, we have none out here. Not that I was any GOOD at them! Did you figure out what the FTFs were caused by? Was it Winchester White Box ammo? Ramp polished? Please post more pics/video, love to watch it!
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Sadly hubby and I ended up doing a lot of the scoring and RO'ing so we didn't get but 1 video each. So that sucked.
I was using Fiocchi ammunition, which was nice to shoot. I'm guessing the FTF was caused by mags that I didn't clean very well...
I had a lot of fun, and felt like I improved compared to the last match I shot. So now I'm excited for the next match!
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Back in the day when I worked at a gun shop, we had occaisional issues with Fiocchi brown box ammo, but not usually in CZs, with rounds not being quite in spec. That was 8 years ago, though.
Hopefully you'll have an even better run next time!
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For the most part though, it shot really well.
I think our next match is a week from Saturday up in Bakersfield. At least, I hope it is, if I have the cash flow to make it up there. (stupid economy)
I'll probably grab some more ammo tomorrow. (We're gonna get reloading stuff when tax season comes around)
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Results are up....overall I placed 15 out of 17....doesn't sound good. But I am still improving. Not bad for my 3rd match.
2nd out of 3 in Production....
http://uspsa2.org/match_results/match_disp.php?match=20091122&club=SPL (http://uspsa2.org/match_results/match_disp.php?match=20091122&club=SPL)
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You didn't place at the bottom, and you had fun, all good. Go rock thier world next time!
PS, in all the time I shot at that range, I only won once. ;D
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You did great.
you made it through a match safely and you aren't at the bottom. Production is tough in the overall with the minor scoring, do don't use that as a marker of performance yet. Keep at it and you will find yourself climbing up the results soon.
Making lots of ammo on a press will definitely help too.
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Definately, shooting and reloading are two great sides of the same hobby!
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My percentages went up from last time so i consider it a win.
Definitely gonna get reloading equipment when tax time comes around.
Shooting the .22 steel match on Sunday with a friend's .22 (the gun I used in my very first match!). Should be interesting!
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Have fun! ;D
I'll be working.... :-\
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blegh. work.
Well after the steel match, I probably won't be able to shoot til the local Sage match December 20th...so we'll see what happens.
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12 more years until retirement! ;D
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Too many for us to even think of counting!
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So here's an update. Shot my 2nd USPSA match with my CZ today...I put the factory recoil spring in for this match, and I had absolutely no problems other than my tendency to flinch and freaking rush. way too many no shoots and mikes for my liking.
Still had a good time.
No problems with the gun, no ftf's or fte's. Good solid match, 135-140 rounds.
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Sweet! 8)
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would've been sweeter had I not gotten in a hurry and got all those mikes and no shoots!! :-\
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No worries, you get better every time. :)
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Yeah....It was a good match...lots of good stages with a lot of movement.
My goal for the next match is less mikes and no shoots.
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Thats a nice job you did at the match. Armoredman my husband loves to re-load. Keeps him busy during his off hours. I am sorry I didn't get here sooner to comment. You did do a great job. Enjoy the forum.
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Results are up and I didn't come in last! I came in 3rd to last LOL.
But still, My goal for the next match is to have 0 no shoots and maybe 2 mikes.
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See? You got better already! 8)
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Good Job!
Keep it up. You have a good goal.
Keep posting your progress and keep shooting and having fun.
Progress can come fast and slow so don't get discouraged if you have a bad stage or bad day.
I too hate NS and Misses. I ran a stage last week of 26 for 26 A's and went from 12.9% to 52.9% over the last 6 months.
GOOD Shooting!
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Wow that's awesome!
I compared my results of this match to the results of the last match. Compared to who won production in both matches (same guy, he got me into CZ's but was shooting a glock both times).
November I shot
Points Stg %
1 470.0000 100.00% <--him
2 191.7486 40.80% <--me
December I shot:
Points Stg %
1 685.0000 100.00% <---him
3 327.3719 47.79% <---me
Lots more rounds in the December match.
I'll tell you guys somethin, I was SO discouraged going into the last two stages...heck, I even came in last place on the stage I built. (ha ha, epic fail on my part)...but the last two stages, those were my best stages, despite a mike on each stage...they were good challenging stages, one being a classifier (which according to the classifier calculator I'm a REALLY low D.). I wish I would've recorded going through them though.
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you are doing great. keep at it and the improvement will come. do you get the opportunities to practice?
keep having fun, I can remember when I first started. lots of misses and no-shoots, but over the years..I have improved.
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I dont get a whole lot of chance to live fire practice, but I try to dry fire a few times a week, work on my draw and the like as well.
I need to get my hands on Brian Enos' book.
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that is a great resource.
several other too. Steve Anderson, Saul Kirsch have great books.
also check out Ben Stoeger's website ( benstoeger.com ) lots of great drills and dryfire stuff.
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I'm hoping I score big on Christmas and am able to get my hands on some of those things. But I want to get the rest of my mags, my pouches and my belt first.
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Hi Brie,
I finally created an account here after lurking forever. You are doing great. Next match is 17 Jan. Thinking about going to livefire practice tomorrow... wanna come? O0
I have some books that I can loan you (just not my son's autographed benos book, he treats that thing jealously like a holy relic)... Steve Anderson and Saul Kirsch, plus the Burkett and 3GM videos. Just gotta find em in the smoking crater that is our kitchen remodel. Gimme a call.
Kindest Regards,
Caesar
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Welcome, sir! 8)
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Thank you kindly, Armoredman. Glad to be here... this is a great forum!
Brie just hit the ground running in USPSA with that SP-01 of hers. Another friend, an action shooter from back in the day, just got an an SP-01 for Production Division and is getting back into competing. CZ fever is contagious!
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Hail Caesar!
Didn't see the message about livefire practice til today...epic fail on my part. My bad.
Hopefully if the stars align both me and that 1911 guy that I live with will be there on the 17th.
No rush on those books, take care of gettin all that debris put back together! The kitchen looks fantastic!
I think I'm still planning on setting up a stage too...gotta call that son of yours. :D
Have to drag mr 1911 too. (like I said, hopefully!!)
Is your buddy who got the SP-01 gonna be shooting that match too?
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Hail Brie!
Hope to see you at Sage match on 17th. Be sure to drag your hubby along. I just shot with Hal Friday but forgot to remind him about the Sage match. Will talk to him at work.
We try to shoot every weekend, out-of-town matches if we can afford it or livefire practice otherwise. Call us if you want to go.
I know you are trying to learn how to set up stages... as a starting point I recommend you go online and find stage diagrams from major matches (nationals, area matches, sectionals) and classifiers to get ideas. Check these links:
Major Matches (http://www.uspsa.org/dw/majorMatches.php)
Classifier Diagrams (http://www.uspsa.org/classifiers/index.html)
and of course you have to know the rules:
USPSA Rules (http://www.uspsa.org/rules)
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Thanks Caesar! You know i'd love nothing more than to shoot every weekend...hopefully sometime soon I have the money so that we can afford to shoot at least twice a month.
Did you guys go to that Prado match?
Thanks for the links!
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Didn't make Prado unfortunately... trying to conserve $$$ for some major matches later this year.
On the plus side we did shoot Friday with Hal. Box to box drills, el pres, 6-reload-6, all the normal stuff. Also shot my precision rifle and rang the gongs for fun. As we were wrapping up, some of our friends in the Higway Patrol came over and invited us to join their night training session later that evening. We ran home, swapped our race gear for tactical gear and headed back to the range.
NOTE: I am not a tactcool ninja or anything. Just a middle-aged fat guy former Marine and his gun-gamer son. Back to the story...
We practiced identifying and engaging threats, target discrimination, open and obstructed movement... all in a low-light/no-light environment. Nick used the CZ SP-01 for some of it, but also demo'd the stages with the STI open gun for some of the cops who had never seen one. Pretty dang cool.
At the saloon structure, they pulled a patrol cars down to the front and had the lightbars running... put some flares at certain points around the structure, and had threats spread out everywhere. JB (trainer) had us do scenarios from routine house clearing, stacked entry, and officer down. Everyone ran through it a few times and got critiqued. Learned lots and look forward to doing that again.
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He's a tactcool ninja. It's true.
That night training session sounded cool as hell!!
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Sheesh, wish we had accessories like that back when I was running IDPA style matches at my indoor range - our cars were cardboard cutouts. That would be awesome, but I'd be terrified someone would put a bullet in the squad car - hard to explain...
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Another match over....CZ ran flawlessly except for one mag not dropping free. (grr.)
Results will be bad as all the problems were mine!! Grr for rushing through and not finding the freakin front sight enough.
Will do better again next time.
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Cool match. Good job to you and your hubby for designing and building your first USPSA stage. Can't wait to see the results to see which Hardwick won! ;D
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Thanks Caesar!
We'll rock out again soon.
Looking forward to seeing which Hardwick reigns supreme!
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Well the results are in... Eric took 4 of 6 stages, you took 2 of 6. Still, a great showing from both of you. Congrats on hanging in there on some tough stages!
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I can live with two out of 6...and there was another stage he barely beat me on...I think it was the saloon.
Next match I will do better.
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Way to go! 8)
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Here are the results overall, combined divisions
Place Name USPSA Class Division PF Lady Mil Law For Age Points Stg %
1 Tilley, Gary TY30717 M Open Major N N N N Senior 579.6310 100.00%
2 Dunn, Bennie IV A45520 A Open Major N N N N 535.4556 92.38%
3 Wilsted, Brad A23533 A Open Major N N N N 514.5298 88.77%
4 Dunn, Bennie III A34748 B Open Major N N N N 495.5662 85.50%
5 Santiago, Nick A57820 U Production Minor N N N N Junior 442.7122 76.38%
6 Benson, David A58511 U Open Major N N N N Junior 429.9117 74.17%
7 Frey, Katie FY24096 B Open Major Y N N N 419.9303 72.45%
8 Frey, Ron FY19335 B Open Major N N N N Super Senior 391.9208 67.62%
9 Santiago, Caesar A57782 C Production Minor N N N N 329.5468 56.85%
10 Hopkins, Elvy TY48773 C Open Major N N N N Super Senior 280.0950 48.32%
11 Bailey, Bill Pen D Production Minor N N N N Super Senior 263.1955 45.41%
12 Rowan, Nick A59772 D Limited Major N N N N Super Senior 242.6642 41.87%
13 Lane, Larry A37189 C Limited Major N N N N Super Senior 175.7777 30.33%
14 Delaney, Bill U Limited Major N N N N 174.1092 30.04%
15 Hardwick, Eric U Single Stack Major N N N N 159.0680 27.44%
16 Newbury, Faith A65666 U Open Major Y N N N 157.3119 27.14%
17 Starnes, Rob U Production Minor N N N N 141.5264 24.42%
18 Hardwick, Brianne U Production Minor Y N N N 126.0787 21.75%
19 Weston, Maria U Limited 10 Major Y N N N 87.6958 15.13%
Here are the results for Production Division -
Place Name USPSA Class Division PF Lady Mil Law For Age Points Stg %
1 Santiago, Nick A57820 U Production Minor N N N N Junior 601.5369 100.00%
2 Santiago, Caesar A57782 C Production Minor N N N N 454.9166 75.63%
3 Bailey, Bill Pen D Production Minor N N N N Super Senior 364.7504 60.64%
4 Starnes, Rob U Production Minor N N N N 202.2349 33.62%
5 Hardwick, Brianne U Production Minor Y N N N 176.5479 29.35%
Printed: 01/18/2010 3:00 PM
Here are the results for Single Stack Division:
Place Name USPSA Class Division PF Lady Mil Law For Age Points Stg %
1 Hardwick, Eric U Single Stack Major N N N N 630.0000 100.00%
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Now that she has genuine CZ accessories, she will quickly climb the stats! It's great training and grand fun. I never placed very high in IDPA, either.
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The stages were good and challenging, including the stage that Mr Hardwick set up.
I threw a few mikes, and maybe one or two no shoots...if any.
My EPIC FAIL of the day was failure to engage two targets on HIS freaking stage! (I panicked on the texas star. The last piece was moving and instead of engaging the two targets I spent the rest of my ammo trying to hit the stupid thing.)
Anyways, the point of this post is to say that I know the problems I had in the match, I rushed through, occasionally didn't make a plan for a couple stages, and occasionally stopped looking to my front sight.
I'm a work in progress. lol.
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Don't forget, there are two objects to this exercise - train, and have fun, sounds like you're having a blast - pun intended. :)
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I had an FTE on that stage too. It happens to everyone sometime so don't kick yourself!
Suggestions:
- Next time you have a star at the last position, consider shooting everything else first and saving the star for last.
- In Brian's book, he defines awareness as observation without thought or judjment. Be "aware" of your shooting. To be aware you cannot be judgmental. Just learn and move on.
- Don't tell yourself anything negative. If you have to tell yourself anything, tell yourself that you are a master of awareness.
- Read that book I gave you by Lanny Bassham.
My EPIC FAIL of the day was failure to engage two targets on HIS freaking stage! (I panicked on the texas star. The last piece was moving and instead of engaging the two targets I spent the rest of my ammo trying to hit the stupid thing.)
Anyways, the point of this post is to say that I know the problems I had in the match, I rushed through, occasionally didn't make a plan for a couple stages, and occasionally stopped looking to my front sight.
I'm a work in progress. lol.
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Yeah, I had that plan for doing the star last, I just need to get better at sticking to my plan.
I'm liking the book so far.
I'm gettin better, this was just a small speed bump. Back to the fast track to greatness! (lol)
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I'm gettin better, this was just a small speed bump. Back to the fast track to greatness! (lol)
Now you're talkin' Brie!
Next nearby matches are 5-Dogs on Saturday 6 Feb and SPL on Sunday 21 Feb. Let me know if you're interested.
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Might be interested in the 5 Dogs match if i can get some ammo together in time.
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Ok....match this weekend....I'm pretty much all set up with my rig...just waiting on my CR Speed Versa mag pouches. Got my mec-gar mags today!! (I am SOO happy about this because my dad said they told him they wouldn't get here til Monday!) Got my awesome CZ Range bag, my hat, my Angus shirt...I'm CZ pimped out...so to speak. I even got my USPSA membership number!!
Oh wait, I'm waiting on my awesome red grips too. Hopefully those will get here next week some time.
I'll probably be spending the vast majority of the afternoon and tomorrow practicing my draw off my new belt with my new holster.
As always, I will have a full report for you guys after the match Sunday!
I'm glad y'all are enjoying reading about my adventures into USPSA. I am having an absolute blast with it!
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Ok....match this weekend....I'm pretty much all set up with my rig...just waiting on my CR Speed Versa mag pouches. Got my mec-gar mags today!! (I am SOO happy about this because my dad said they told him they wouldn't get here til Monday!) Got my awesome CZ Range bag, my hat, my Angus shirt...I'm CZ pimped out...so to speak. I even got my USPSA membership number!!
Oh wait, I'm waiting on my awesome red grips too. Hopefully those will get here next week some time.
I'll probably be spending the vast majority of the afternoon and tomorrow practicing my draw off my new belt with my new holster.
As always, I will have a full report for you guys after the match Sunday!
I'm glad y'all are enjoying reading about my adventures into USPSA. I am having an absolute blast with it!
SWEET!!!..you are so ready to rock..
hey..curousity..what's your membership # ?
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Good Shooting this weekend!
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Stuart
My membership is A67434. just got it this week!
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Report for the day:
Conditions WIND WIND WIND. sustained 25-40mph with several gusts up to 60mph.
Gun ran awesome with the new mec-gar mags, aweosme CR speed belt and holster.
I feel good about the match, even with the mikes and no shoots. There was a stage that I could not hit the steal to save my life! Took forever!!
I had some pretty decent solid stages as well though...one in particular I feel I nailed, even though I could've been faster.
My classifier was fairly solid too I think....even with a mike.
Will let you guys know when the results are posted.
Good time was had by all, even with the wind!
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Stuart
My membership is A67434. just got it this week!
congratulations on joining USPSA.
cool to see the numbers getting so high.
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Nice job at this last match Brie :)
You had a couple rough stages but were solid overall. Really nice job on the screen house and the saloon. I think 7 stages was a heavy day of shooting, especially in the wind.
On another note, you sure looked cool. One of the newbs asked if you were sponsored by CZ. You looked like a pro (like a BOSS) with all your cool new gear and wearing your CZ colors!
Yep the wind was a challenge. But remember that we have a huge advantage BECAUSE we get to train in such awful weather. Other shooters who train only in nice conditions will be caught by surprise when bad weather catches them at a big match (for example, when hurricane Gustav hit USPSA Nationals at USSA in Tulsa).
I'll try to get your videos posted this week. Then we can relive the shenanigans on youtube all over again :D
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Only if you post the ones where I look like a boss....that Frey stage you can leave out. For realsies.
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Well done! Way to represent! :) 8)
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Got the results...2 bad stages, 2 good stages, 3 semi-decent stages.
But hey, I won production division!!!! (against a field of me. ;))
Here's the results for those of you guys interested.
http://uspsa2.org/match_results/match_disp.php?match=20100221&club=SPL (http://uspsa2.org/match_results/match_disp.php?match=20100221&club=SPL)
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Nice job on the qualifier. 15+%...you are on your way. Keep it up.
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Thanks! My qualifier would have been better had I not had that one mike. But by that point we had the bigger squad rushing us to finish, and the wind had just beaten us down by that point, so I probably wasn't as focused as I should have been.
the RO was like "Is the shooter ready" and I was like "No" but he went ahead and said "standby" anyways...but I guess I wasn't loud enough. bleep wind.
Oh well, 5 more classifiers and I'll have my level!
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Wind is tough... Oklahoman here...wind comes sweeping o'r the plain stuff.
Actually, you will be qualified after the first 4, and updated based on the best 4 of the latest 6 after that (USPSA site has the full qualifications rules on what is used/dropped, etc.)
See, you are closer than you thought. ;)
Good Shooting!
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Yeah the desert wind is a real treat out here!!
See I learned something new today! Thanks CSM!
Guess i should probably browse through that rulebook a little more lol.
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Shot the 5 Dogs Match at Bakersfield yesterday. Gun ran flawlessly, as always. I had a couple of good stages with no mikes.
I had my first last place unfortunately. Those stages were good and complicated. But my gun ran great, and some of the guys in my squad couldn't say the same.
My goal for the next match....accuracy, accuracy, accuracy.
Overall, a fun match with some good stages that I did alright on!
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Good deal! 8)
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Haven't been able to shoot that much...dont even get to shoot the local match because i don't have enough ammo, and with the hubby goin to Laughlin next weekend and me going to Vegas the weekend after, gotta save every penny.
So I'll probably go score the local match, see what kind of tips I can pick up.
For now I'm just practicing with dry fire. Practicing my draw and stance.
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And that is excellent practice too! Keep it up! 8)