cody6477

My first match I managed not to get DQ'd, and I did hit most of the targets, but my buddy took video and the whole thing looked like slow motion. Shoot...shoot...step...step...step...shoot...shoot etc. TBH I'm not that much faster now...

This ^^. Learned that as a marathoner - don't eat anything, drink anything, or wear anything you haven't used in training. No new thumb rests, springs, mag holders, or other gear. Any modifications to your gear should be done enough ahead of time that you've tested them. And all the other stuff too. Especially getting there ahead of time to walk the stages. You may get to see staff shoot as well and see some approaches to the stages. Diagrams can be misleading, and sometimes the stages get changed. And shoot like you know how to shoot. You're more likely to have a good time and less likely to make mistakes if you don't act like you have to shoot like the cool kids. One more thing - drop your mag before you rack the slide on unload and show clear. That error got me to Dairy Queen early on in my first major.

Well, I went open pretty soon after setting up a CO rig with a Springfield Armory XDM5.25, and have not used the CO gun in a match since then.

Use the arrows. The FF3 shows "up" to be counterclockwise.

Recently bumped everything up to 8 because just having too much trouble in strong sunlight.

Reading through all these, I keep thinking about the meaning of "make ready." Essentially, you're not supposed to do anything that "makes ready" until the RO tells you to. So no manipulation of anything to make the gun ready.

Been using CCI small pistol magnum (550) in Akai 9mm major without any issues.

All the cool kids were shooting open. And I got a helluva bonus at the end of last year.

Only $3K

It's the same logic as getting penalized on Virginia stages for extra shots (taken at the line) and extra hits (scored on the target.

I'm pretty slow too, but I like the game and being an RO gives me a chance to contribute and be more involved.

Golf with guns, literally...

Here's a non-safety-related opportunity to get DQ'd question - Go to safe area to take gun out of case. As you start to take it out, you realize there is a snap-cap in the gun that did not get removed after dry fire practice. Let's assume you didn't pop the snap-cap out racking the slide. But you know it's there. What do you do? I assume you leave gun in case and go find an RO to take you to a bay, unload and show clear, and move on from there. Sound right?

Yes USPSA and Yes comp. Powder I think is AA7. Why? Damned if I know. I'll see him Sunday, I think, and I'll ask some more questions.

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