New Shooter this Sat.

[J]

Whelp.... I finally found the time to break away from work this weekend, so I'll be shooting my first FRIDPA match Saturday.

Everyone get ready to feel better about yourselves, because there will be one more person there that you will be beating! [Coffee]

Super excited, and ready to learn/improve. See you all there.

[pickenup]

Darn, I was going to shoot that match, but the wife is taking the car to Cheyenne Saturday.

Have fun.

[Sticks]

Darn, I was going to shoot that match, but the wife is taking the car to Cheyenne Saturday.

Have fun.

So hitch a ride with someone. I'd take you, but I am having to work.

Start a new thread, looking for a ride up there.

[rustycrusty]

Yes... Post a Craigslist add-

"Armed stranger looking for ride to dumont co."


See you there Jayock- dont worry about scores. Nobody makes it look like the movies

[Gravy Sandwich]

Glad you can make it, Jayock. There are lots of new shooters at every match, so you'll have plenty of company. The stages are fun, and usually test a few seldom practiced skills that have a funny way of finding their way into your training routine after the match. I'll be there kicking my own ass, as usual.

[Woodchuck]

Jayock,

Glad you can make this Saturday's match. I will be there, have not missed this year. I still have not knowingly meet anyone from this forum at the match, although a few seem to know me.

Be safe and good shooting,

Dean

PS As a new shooter, don't forget to show up at 8:00 for the mandatory safety talk.

[C.hud]

Last match was my first and i had a blast i will be out there tommorow.

[madmike283]

Well, how was your first match experience? Good day, weather was nice! I liked the stages this month, way more use of Tac Sequence and shooting from retention than in the past. Good mix of close and longer range shots. Texas Star was fun, quite the challenge for a lot of shooters. Good match!

[pickenup]

Well, how was your first match experience?
^^^ What he said.

[J]

Had a great time. Took 1 procedural in each of my first three stages (4,1,2). But finally had them dern rules figured out by my last stage.

Actually did quite well at the Texas star. Average on some other places, and a few dumb mistakes or misses. I bet if only compared to other SSP, unclassified/novice shooters there, I was somewhere in the middle of the pack.

[Not_A_Llama]

Glad you had a good time.

Amazingly well-run match, especially considering the size of the crowd that showed up.

Thanks, SOs and MD.

[Irving]

I screwed the pooch on the Texas Star. The long ranges made this one difficult for me.

[O2HeN2]

I was one of the runners going by the range in the morning. Had a short conversation with a woman who was "saddling up" from her trunk getting ready to head in, verifying it was in fact an IDPA match.

LOTS more people than the first (and perhaps only) IPDA match I shot in 1996 or 1997 at Watkins, I think... (it was right after IDPA was founded).

O2

[KestrelBike]

OK, I just emailed info at fridpa wanting to sign up! Hoping to go to the Sept 9th match. This will be my first IDPA, or any actual shooting "match". Been thinking about this for awhile, definitely looking forward to it.

[KestrelBike]

I had a lot of fun!! The Texas Star is a harsh mistress. There were quite a few people today and everybody was nice & friendly, and happy to answer all my novice questions. The hardest part was definitely showing up in the first place. The wait times between shooting were long due to all the participants, but the stage designs were fun and challenging. Will definitely try to go in October!

HUGE thanks to the Safety Officers for keeping a safe and fun match today. Very accommodating and patient with the new shooters, of which there were a boatload myself included.

[cysoto]

I hadn't been to an IDPA match in a very long while. It was amazing to see how many participants they had on Sunday! With so many shooters, waiting for your turn to shoot may take a bit of time but, I tried to stay busy brassing and tapping and that made the time go by quicker.

I shot with Squad 3 and had a great time chatting with some new found friends. Everyone was really accommodating and had a wonderfully welcoming attitude. This was a great group of folks to shoot with!

Shooting a revolver is a humbling experience (especially when having to engage the Texas Star on my very first stage). In fact, this was my first time ever shooting a revolver in a match which made it even more fun.

Good times and great folks; I look forward to shooting this match again in the future!

[madmike283]

It was nice to see you out there Cy, and a pleasure shooting with you again.

The stage designers always have a little something up their sleeve, and this month proved that again. Everyone had to be on their toes, that's for sure.

Special thanks to the RO (sorry I don't know his name) that loaned his Kahr AND AMMO! for everyone to shoot the BUG/Stage 4. That was very generous!

[cysoto]

Likewise MadMike! I will see you this weekend at the Mile High Showdown.

[pickenup]

I heard some people didn't make it past the Texas Star. [Muaha]

[madmike283]

We had two that I recall for sure in our squad that let it get the best of them. :(

[KestrelBike]

We had two that I recall for sure in our squad that let it get the best of them. :(

Squad4 seemed to enjoy the star!

[Gravy Sandwich]

The Texas Star went really well for me, then things went horribly wrong. I borrowed a buddy's Shield to shoot for the first time in the BUG stage. It shot great, but spending five seconds learning how to disengage the manual safety in the heat of competition didn't help much. Then there was a ten second wardrobe malfunction on the easiest stage of the match. Drat.

Tom was the main SO of our crew, and I really like his style. Very fair, reasonable and knowledgeable of the rules. Great match.

[J]

I heard some people didn't make it past the Texas Star. [Muaha]

I got past it, but ended up at least one round short for the stage since I wasted too many shots on the star. Had to take an FTN on the last target, no shots available to take at it, doh! That thing bested me this month. I think I went at it a bit over confident because I surprised myself and did pretty dang well on it last month.