Printable View
Does anyone know if Clear Creek is going to have another classifier before the state match? I missed the May shoot because my wife, son, and I are all sick. Doh. What a miserable few days.
But, I'd like to get classified before the state match. Anyone know?
I do not know the answer to that but...
I attended this May's classifier...
And I think I received a qualification of two steps below Novice...
I hung my head and walked away.....
:oops:
Not sure about Clear Creek. I am assuming they will try to run the classifier at least one more time.
Pueblo *WILL* be running it monthly.
Pistol P P You did fine for your first classifier. Now you know a few items to practice on the next time you are at the range. Remember the things I told you. See ya next month.
wfwsorge said:
It is people like you that make me want to come back! Thank you for the encouraging words!Quote:
Pistol P P You did fine for your first classifier. Now you know a few items to practice on the next time you are at the range. Remember the things I told you. See ya next month.
PPP
Does anybody know when the results will be posted - I was hoping I've finally made it into SharpShooter?
Did I miss [pun intended] something? No posting of scores yet. Are they trying to find a class lower that Novice...
just for me?????
WORM......... :oops:
Wonder when the post will come...
:mrgreen:
Mick is having issues getting them uploaded to www.fridpa.com.
PM me with your email address and I will email them to you.
Damn!!!! Last time I missed SS by 2 seconds. I was off by more than that this time. I'm going the wrong way. Must be the new glasses - couldn't be me. [roll]
They're right, take your time and shoot for accuracy. My points down put me over the line.
OK fellas - for those of us that have never shot a qualifier, can you share your experiences with us?
In what areas were you pleased with your performance and what areas are you going to work on?
First thing to do is get over your fear of the unknown. The Classifier is described completely in the IDPA rule book. Read it and visualize going through it until you are confident you know what each stage and string requires. Stage 3 doesn't lend itself to dry fire but stage 1 and 2 do. As always, safety is paramount. Double check your firearm is unloaded and you have a safe area. Read the stage and string directions and practice the draw, acquiring the sight picture and getting the shot off. The first stage has several strings that require one-handed shooting with either the strong hand or the weak and this is something that we don't practice very often.
The second thing to practice, and this is my problem, is to not worry about shooting fast. You want to shoot accurately. The second and third stage are especially important to have a good sight picture and hit accurately. It's real easy to miss completely at stage 3 and each miss is 5 points down or 2.5 seconds. Get over the urge to fire fast and concentrate on the sight picture and getting the shot off cleanly.
In my case I had two misses at stage 3 - that's 5 seconds added to my total time just for those two shots. A couple other shots in the 0 or -1 category and I would have made SS. The last time I mentioned I only missed SS by two seconds I also had a miss at stage 3 and those 2.5 seconds were the difference between Marksman and SharpShooter.
The other thing to consider about the classifier is that it's not the end of the world not making a higher classification - I'm just hung up on it for ego reasons. We should all be striving for accurate hits, not speed. The speed comes naturally with practice if you concentrate on getting hits first.
Ray
Etrenal Novice........
:oops:
Sure would like to know the results of the May 12 classifer!!
Could anyone post or pm me with them?
Thanks
TerryG
A25461
The results were emailed out right after the match and our webmaster is still fighting with the site...
PM me with your email address and I will get them emailed out this afternoon and also get you added to the results email address list.
Terry, the results went out to you via email a few minutes ago. Let me know if they dont show.
Interesting aside. I was shooting my P220ST .45 when I only missed SS by 2 seconds. Last time I was shooting my P226 9mm when I was worse by over ten seconds.
Conclusion - I was practicing more with the .45 than I've had the chance to do with the P226. :mrgreen:
Now that this site is moving, www.fridpa.com should be updated here in a few days.
I would guess by mid to late this week, at the latest.
www.fridpa.com has been updated with all the latest and greatest news.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Freeman
And, dont forget that there will be a match tomorrow in Clear Creek.