Colorado Springs IDPA

[GlockMathews]

Still have a match scheduled for this weekend in the springs right?

[Hoser]

Yes. Game on Sunday.

No news is good news.

[Slapps74]

Awesome! I will be wearing a grey Reloading Zone shirt and hopefully walking around with another board member (zero theory). Leaving Thornton @ 5:30 am if someone needs to hitch a ride. This is my first event so I'm not sure if I need to bring food, drink etc. if some one knows please let me know.

Thanks

[Slapps74]

Didn't shoot that good but man was that fun. Thanks again Josh.

[ZERO THEORY]

Didn't shoot that good but man was that fun. Thanks again Josh.

Good seeing you there, man! Glad you came down.

[Slapps74]

So we are GTG for Sunday?

[Hoser]

Yes. No news is always good news.

[DenverGP]

Thanks to the FRIDPA group for an excellent match down in the springs today. They were a little short-handed and had a lot of first-time shooters, but did a great job keeping things running. 6 stages, so lots of shooting. Was only my 2nd IDPA, and my son's first IDPA match, and we both really enjoyed ourselves.

One of the safety officer for our squad was on top of his game, and saved a shooter from a squib load on some commercial "re-man" ammo. The shooter was already into his tap-rack-bang drill when the SO called stop. Sure enough a bullet was stuck about 1/2 way down the barrel.

[DAL357]

On a personal level, I learned a very valuable lesson at the match: ALWAYS chamber check every last reload before using them in a match. I had several that would not chamber; you'd think I'd know better after shooting thousands of my own reloads for years. Thank goodness I'm not too old to learn.

[DenverGP]

I spot check a few rounds each batch for pistol calibers, but not every one... what would cause some to chamber while others didn't?

For my AR rounds I do use a case gauge on every round after sizing and after they are completed.