1st USPSA Match with my new SP-01

[BrieH43]

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

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!

[Stuart]

looks great..keep it up and you'll be on top soon.

[armoredman]

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!

[BrieH43]

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!

[armoredman]

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!

[BrieH43]

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)

[BrieH43]

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

[armoredman]

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. 

[Stuart]

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.

[armoredman]

Definately, shooting and reloading are two great sides of the same hobby!

[BrieH43]

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!

[armoredman]

Have fun!   
   I'll be working....

[BrieH43]

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.

[armoredman]

12 more years until retirement!

[BrieH43]

Too many for us to even think of counting!