J, throw my mag carrier in your bag please.
J, throw my mag carrier in your bag please.
Already did brother! Thanks for the reminder anyways!
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Originally Posted by Irving
Throw my mag carrier in your bag too. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by J
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Will do. I think my dog chewed yours up and I "salvaged" it from the back yard... But it's all yours now. I definitely don't want it any more. May require *some* cleaning and assembly.
I just emailed Kris. Berms 1-5 were dry for walking, but not driving when I got there this morning. The road between the wire and the berms has new dirt on it removed from the berms, so it is really soft. Please keep the cars off the berms and the berm road so they don't get all torn up again.
I just got back and it was getting hammered, so it might be a sloppy one going out.
Arrrgh. So we have to hand haul everything out. I hope we have a much better than normal showing of setup volunteers or this will suck royal.
Got all my stuff packed up and ready to go. Even remembered the ammo. [Coffee]
Hope I don't have to test out the four wheel drive on my new truck.
I've got a holster that I am bringing along that I can't use. It was supposed to fit a Sig 226/228 but it doesn't. At all. It really looks like it's made for a 1911. If anyone there is interested and it fits your gun I'll sell it cheap.
Here's a link. But, like I mentioned, it doesn't fit the Sig.
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/425...ex-suede-black
It takes 2 people maybe half an hour to set up the classifier. The parking lot is good, so carrying the stuff 50 yards or so should not be bad.Quote:
Arrrgh. So we have to hand haul everything out. I hope we have a much better than normal showing of setup volunteers or this will suck royal.
I'll be there for setup.
Thanks. That was totally my experience the last two times we had a dozen people setting it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkCO
I will be there early to drink Ovaltine with the Meadowlarks.
Mornings on the prairie are :cool: .
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Shot the best I ever have today, by a wide margin, and still missed Sharp Shooter by 10 seconds. I don't know how you guys do it. Anyway, match was well run and I'm glad everything went without a hitch (rain/wind).
Now that I have Saturdays off, I really need to try and start getting into some matches (I've never participated).
This was the first match (of any type) I have shot in over fifteen years. Pretty disappointed in my performance. Oh, well. Still had fun. Looking forward to the results to see how I did.
Nice to finally meet you a Ray.
Irving, it is easy...shoot a lot of -0s...really fast. The first classifier I shot, it was kind of important to me, and I did not do well, shot SS. The second time, I did not care and shot Master. Caring has something to do with the mental. It keeps us from performing the fundamentals the way we are used to because we are amped up and we short out our own internal circuitry.
Ray, glad you had fun. That is what it is really all about anyway.
Man that sounds familiar. When I did EIB as a dumb young PVT I bolo'd out on grenades. When I did it a month before ETSing, completely not caring,, I got true blue.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkCO
Anyways yeah, good times today! I had fun, glad others did as well.
I wish I had taken a picture of my near zero target at 20 yards, on the weak side. 9 out of 10 in the zero ring, and the 10th shot dropped completely off the target. Talk about a face palm. Anyway, that target had a better group than the one I shot off a bag while I was testing the load.
Likewise. [Beer]Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
I'm sure a quick search would yield results, but how many rounds do ya'll go through during a match?
90 on the classifier, and most matches are around that count.
Depends on the match. And how much you miss. If you hit satisfactory (to you) with every shot the minimum round count is all you will need. If you miss some, you can choose to take the miss or re-engage the target on most stages.
Minimum round count is usually around 80-90 or so. Maybe 100 on a really high round match, but that is quite rare. I think we've had a couple matches with minimum round count down near 70 too. The max you can shoot on most normal matches (assuming not shooting 1911 or revolver) is 31 rounds per stage and 5 stages. So 155 rounds MAX for a normal match. Revolvers and 1911s have a max even lower. Every once in a blue moon there might be an issue that makes you re-shoot a stage, so add another possible 31 rounds MAX to that count. This is very rare but you should be prepared for it.
On typical match days, I usually end up shooting 90-100 rounds per match, and on a really bad day might go through 115.
Sounds doable to me. The next two months are spoken for, but I may have to try and make the August match.Quote:
Originally Posted by J
You definitely should! If you do, let me know and if you want you can be on the squad I RSO. I give out penalties like candy on Halloween, but only to Spleify. He starts each stage with 3 penalties and works his way up from there! But you are safe.
I'm a firm believer that 100 rounds at an IDPA match are better practical training/practice than 500-1000 rounds at a static range.
What the hell? You got me right out of the gate. Some minor thing about me stopping to engage a target when I was supposed to be on the move.Quote:
Originally Posted by J
[Coffee]
Yeah but you got only one. Any you earned it by not following the COF. Spliefy got like 26 or something, most for being ugly or looking funny at any given moment.
Awesome! I will definitely let you know.Quote:
Originally Posted by J
I'm thinking the same thing as far as training is concerned, especially since I can't even get 500-1000 rounds static lol. Seems the most I get anymore is quarterly quals.
Quarterly quals... I take it you are .mil or LEO? If so, in IDPA you have the option to either shoot with gear that meets IDPA rules requirements, or in your full duty rig... whichever you prefer. Note that full duty rig includes all gear that you would wear on duty... holster, cuffs, mags, carriers, OC spray, etc all on during competition.
LEO, I should have looked into IDPA a long time ago, seems it could do me some good. Like those 15 minute circuit workouts that really kick your butt lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by J
For sure.
Most duty gear doesn't meet the IDPA requirements... e.g. is wasn't designed for concealment. But you get the option to either run concealable gear or your full duty rig. I'm guessing you would prefer to do the latter to get better training for possible on the job scenarios, but the choice is yours.
ETA: I'm not trying to say that IDPA will train you for the crap you might run into on duty... but could be a possible piece to the puzzle for better training for such scenarios with your duty equipment. Hope it didn't sound like I was trying to equate what we do with the risks you take on in your job. For that I am grateful that you put yourself on the line for all of us.
There are some officers that are serious about shooting who I've seen show up and kick ass. I personally think every LEO should occasionally compete, time allowing.
The Air Force shooting team showed up to shoot a few matches ago. A few of them did very well.
Fun group in Squad 1. Shot my best score by 7 seconds, but didn't get the class bump it would have earned me last year. Dang new rulebook.
Fun day, unfortunately I shot my worst match EVER. I dont know what was wrong with me today. I did shoot a different gun that I am used to, but I can not blame my bad shooting on that, I'll just blame it on J instead
Yeah. Hard to come back from 26 penalties.
Your not kidding..Quote:
Originally Posted by J
I improved over last year but not as well as I expected.
Even when shot well the classifier points out the drills I need to be practicing.
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Dude, you were Keelpng score. How did you have a bad day? :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by spleify
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You make MM?Quote:
Originally Posted by buffalobo
Yea, but still about 10 seconds slower than I trying for.
Thanks for invite to hang out and shoot after match. Was very cool.
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Yeah. Quiet guns are fun. [AR15]