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two shoes
05-23-2011, 10:23
So the mud on my cleats has finally dried.
While it was a little muddy, I had a great time AND didn't get DQ'd. I was handed some pretty valuable nuggets of info from a couple of decent shooters that really helped out. How to pick up a gun from a table... I got to witness it done wrong 2x, and a guy next to me explained what happened and how to avoid having the mag drop out after the first shot.
Making a mag change properly (not holding gun too far away) and a couple of others.
I only had one bad (really bad) stage and that was 5. I need to get intimate with the steel. I figured out that I was pushing my shots (left) It was so bad that I was aiming at one plate and the one two to the left went down. [Eek3]
I made sure to thank the RO's after each stage. (another nugget). I had an RO ask if I was a newer shooter (lol) He said I had great muzzle control and safe handling skills. This was awesome to hear.
The Sunday shoot off was pretty fun too. Didn't make it out of the first round, but it was close. The time of my reload to target engagement was just to slow. I have a few things to work on and won just about my entry fee back in giveaways. Jerry did an AMAZING job at running the match and the prizes were incredible and numerous.
Thanks to all!
I think I had the honor of meeting you on Saturday!
What you witnessed this past weekend is typical RM300 weather. This year Jerry moved the date of the match a few weekends from when it was typically held in the hopes of escaping the rain but, once again the skies blesses us with a monsoon. Good times nonetheless! [Beer]
You got the mud off already?!! Wow, you work fast. I'm still getting mud out of everything & I retained all my mags rather than drop them in the soup. Glad you had a good time, it seemed everyone else did as well despite the afternoon shower that made the mud much more fun. I heard Hannau won the event and the shootoff....couldn't have happened to a better person.
I heard Hannau won the event and the shootoff....couldn't have happened to a better person.
You should have been there to watch it. The shoot-off between Hannu and Glenn was epic. Blink and you missed it!!
two shoes
05-23-2011, 17:03
I think I had the honor of meeting you on Saturday!
What you witnessed this past weekend is typical RM300 weather. This year Jerry moved the date of the match a few weekends from when it was typically held in the hopes of escaping the rain but, once again the skies blesses us with a monsoon. Good times nonetheless! [Beer]
Thank you for the words of encouragement! A lot of what I have heard so far has been what I was doing wrong, it is encouraging to hear of the things I am doing right! The honor of meeting you was all mine!
I'll take mud, I'd do it again and day (with more mags for stage 5) [Beer]
Thanks again!
SA Friday
05-23-2011, 17:10
Thank you for the words of encouragement! A lot of what I have heard so far has been what I was doing wrong, it is encouraging to hear of the things I am doing right! The honor of meeting you was all mine!
I'll take mud, I'd do it again and day (with more mags for stage 5) [Beer]
Thanks again!
Trust me, if they didn't think you were worth telling what you can address to shoot better, they wouldn't say anything at all. Take that free advise and run [Tooth]
two shoes
05-23-2011, 18:29
Trust me, if they didn't think you were worth telling what you can address to shoot better, they wouldn't say anything at all. Take that free advise and run [Tooth]
Roger that! I had a couple of people very willing to help me out. One of the master (or GM) shooters heard us newbies talking. He was extremely helpful the entire time, not overbearing. He'd ask how I was thinking about shooting a stage and give me just 1 or 2 ideas on how to make it more efficient, not 12 things...
Even though it was free advice, it was all good. Stuff that I could use immediately... They put it in simple terms for me and I came away with some great info.
I have to remember not to smile so much to keep the mud out of my teeth... I had a really good time.
I have to remember not to smile so much to keep the mud out of my teeth...
Not possible. Who doesn't smile while shooting (or shooting at in my case) 40+ targets in under a minute and no chance keeping the mud out of anything during the 300...
two shoes
05-23-2011, 19:50
Not possible. Who doesn't smile while shooting (or shooting at in my case) 40+ targets in under a minute and no chance keeping the mud out of anything during the 300...
Agreed.... shooting at... I wish I could have thrown my trail of empty mags at the last few targets I didn't have bullets for...
Agreed.... shooting at... I wish I could have thrown my trail of empty mags at the last few targets I didn't have bullets for...
At least you didn't have guys picking up and loading dropped mags while you were still shooting the stage your first year!
two shoes
05-23-2011, 22:11
At least you didn't have guys picking up and loading dropped mags while you were still shooting the stage your first year!
2 more mags and I would have knocked down those last 8 targets... [Beer]
DocMedic
05-24-2011, 10:11
Heres a video of me shooting the match, great match :)
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Heres a video of me shooting the match, great match
Man that mud looks miserable, but the shooting looked fun. Those rows of poppers was very cool.
Throwing your fresh mag in the mud. Is that a new technique?
Heres a video of me shooting the match, great match :)
Your run on Stage 5 more than made up for the little hiccup on Stage 1. You shot a solid match.
Hoser> I know it's hard to believe but, the amount of mud that you saw on Doc's video is nothing compared with how bad it was the following day. I had a few folks of the stage I was RO'ing (Stage 3) that "lost" mags in the mud.
I was careful not to trample anyone's mags but there were a few casualties. It happened to those who would drop the mag and stepped on them as they made their way to their next shooting position. It was painful to watch!
DocMedic
05-24-2011, 11:41
On the First stage we started, I was worried about losing a mag, so I ended up doing mag retention. I watch the vid afterwards and realize how much time was lost because of it, so I gritted down the next few stages and just hope I can find all my mags afterwards.
I just retained all mags until things dried up more that afternoon. The buckets of water weren't that much cleaner the the mud on the ground.
DocMedic> That jam you had on stage one looked like it was no fun at all..... [Bang]
DocMedic
05-24-2011, 14:35
DocMedic> That jam you had on stage one looked like it was no fun at all..... [Bang]
That was my last stage too. The moment I dropped the magazine in the mud was the moment I knew I lost about 50% of the match points on that 300+ point stage :). I really needed that mag to finish the stage, so I had to do what I had to do and pick it up. I was actually amazed that the mag still fed rounds and let me still fire, but since it was caked with mud, it wouldn't eject when I hit the mag release. So I ended up locking the pistol slide back took two fingers and drove the mag out from the top side.[LOL]
quickdraw
05-24-2011, 14:36
Heres a video of me shooting the match, great match :)
That's a good looking RO you had on the first stage in your video :D
CO-Exprs
05-24-2011, 16:18
Well, you did about as well as you could under the muddy circumstances. You're better than most on steel and it really came through on those popper arrays. Not sure I could have shot it any better, and to tell the truth kinda glad I sat out the mud fest. Now if they had thrown in a few bikini girls as a side show, It'd been worth the drive.
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