Weld county Sunday 1/17

[arizonachef]

Looking forward to going up to shoot at Weld this Sunday. Will be my first time there.

[SA Friday]

Here are some Vids of me shooting this match.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1fSx1LjxVA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eBP8XjXakY

Charlie was the camera man. Charlie came in 2nd overall. I came in 4th.

[Irving]

That second stage looks really fun. Nice shooting!

[SA Friday]

Here are a couple more. The classifier and stage 4. I didn't get stage 5 recorded.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpR5_YueqWc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OChwnlVQpYo

[Irving]

I actually already watched those and subscribed to your channel or whatever. I'm really impressed with the quick shooting (because I assume that they are all on target). Those stages look challenging and a bit intimidating. What is the average round count for a match up there? Also, is it Virginia count?

[SA Friday]

All were on target for the most part. I had one miss on stage 4, and had an obvious miss on stage 3 at the steel that I made up. None of the stages at the Weld match were Virginia count. They were all Comstock stages. There are three types of scoring in USPSA; Comstock, Virginia Count, and Fixed Time, and you can have mutliple types of scoring in one match. Scoring is based on the stage, not the match. Comstock is the normal type of stage and make up shots are not penalized. Virginia Count stages are usually the classifier stage or a Standard type stage. Virgina Count, extra shots and extra hits are both penalized. Standards have multiple strings of shooting on the same stage. Fixed Time stages also have multiple strings of shooting, but you have a par time; i.e. shoot the targets with so many round in x amount of time. Any shots past the allotted time is penalized. Any stage with steel targets in it has to be comstock scoring.

Average local club matches have a round count around 100 to 130, and 5 or 6 stages. There are usually 2 large stages (27-32 rounds), 2 medium stages (19-26 rounds), and one or two small stages (6 to 18 rounds). That seems to be a really good mix for a club match.

It looks intimidating, but if you go to a match and watch, you see all the different levels of shooters at the match. We've had a lot of new shooters lately, and all the clubs in this section do really good at mentoring the new shooters. We put new shooters with experienced shooters to help them through the match, answer questions, critique them through their shooting so they are safe and progress in their skills. Every shooter was a new shooter at one time and we all remember what we went through to get better.

It's funny, you can see which ones are going to be back to shoot again and which ones are not. Ultimately, it boils down to attitude. The new shooters that come back enjoyed the shooting, could care less where they finished in the standings, and just want to become a better shooter. The new shooters that finish the match and are disappointed because they had unrealistic preconceived ideas of where they would finish in the standings don't come back. USPSA shooting takes pistol shooting to a whole new level that many have never seen before. I had no idea anyone could shoot that fast and that accurate when I started. I had to accept that there was a higher level of shooting I never conceived before after watching a match. Once I did that and readjusted my idea of what was considered a good pistol shooter was, I was hooked.

Shooters are categorized into classes of shooters based on the division of pistol they are shooting. The classes ensure equally skilled shooters are competing against each other, and not shooters of higher skill. The Classes are from lowest to highest; D, C, B, A, Master, Grand Master. Divisions are based on the gun and equipment the shooter is using. A B-class USPSA shooter will flat out embarrass 99% of the LE, military, and shooting instructors out there.

I have yet to find anything else more fun with my close on.