April Shoot

[Sticks]

I got stuck working.

So how was it?

[Irving]

It was fantastic!l

Two of the stage had moving targets on them. First time I've ever shot moving targets and I did pretty well.

Also, on stage 2, you were in a bank that was being robbed, and one of the guys dropped his gun, so you have to pick it up and clear the stage with his gun. So Mick, put up his 1911 for everyone to use. They provided the ammo. It was great! I've never even shot a 1911 before. It was really cool to have to shoot a stage with some strange gun. I shot pretty well with his gun as well.

Besides that, I arrived late, and they still let me shoot, so I sneaked an extra $5 in with my payment. I can't imagine how much money it cost them to provide a whole ammo box full of .45 acp for the 60 shooters to shoot that 1911.

It was the most fun IDPA I've done yet!

Oh yeah, and there was a SBS Saiga 12 there as well. Pretty cool.

[Irving]

Oh yeah, and there was a guy there with a helmet cam. Looks like he already posted up the video. Here is the entire shoot that you missed.

[ronaldrwl]

Very nice, thanks for the video. Looks like fun.

[Irving]

Sure, I just found it. I asked the guy if he posts them, and he said to just type "fridpa" into youtube. There are a bunch of other ones on there as well. Also some videos from the Loveland gun club that he shoots at.

[Bongo Boy]

About 80 shooters total with about 25 new shooters. Stages were a lot of fun and the weather held--with a bit of gusty air coming in later in the match. My squad experienced some frustration with the double swinger and had to restart several shooters after it malfunctioned or got tripped by the wind-blown popper.

The stages mostly offered a little bit more than average shooting, I think, and as always, were creative and had some challenges.

Thanks for posting up the video--that's always fun.

[Irving]

Which stage did you start on Bongo? I was in the group that started in the bay closest to the storage house. I don't know if that is Bay 1 or Bay 4. I think Bay 1.

So at the Classifier last month, I placed 19th out of 26 shooters. This month I placed 15th out of 44 shooters. I think I did much better this month.

[Sticks]

Thanks for the replies and vid. Much better than the day I had.

[MelloYello]

I want to give a shout out to the guys at FRIDPA for putting on a great match!!!! BIG THANKS is in order for providing the 1911 and ammo for Stage 2, that was awesome.



It has been a while since my last visit to IDPA, November 2008 was my last match and everyone there as always was friendly and helpful. I just renewed my national membership and hope to see you guys again in the summer months.

Thanks,
Shaun

[RobertB]

Which stage did you start on Bongo? I was in the group that started in the bay closest to the storage house. I don't know if that is Bay 1 or Bay 4. I think Bay 1.

So at the Classifier last month, I placed 19th out of 26 shooters. This month I placed 15th out of 44 shooters. I think I did much better this month.

That's Bay 1. We shot with Gene and Tom. We should have CO-AR15.com nametags or something. You never know who you're standing next to.

I was wondering how much his cam cost, but didn't get around to asking. I'm trying to get videoed myself (from the side or so) so I can see better what I am screwing up, because after those 20-40 seconds I start getting forgetful. It's out of my "workflow" though, and I only got 1 of 4 stages. Luckily, it was the one where I ejected my guide rod. I doubt I'll forget to loctite it now.