Dicktater_Pete
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On 6/20/2022 at 10:31 AM, xd1977 said:
First, a bit of background in the hopes that maybe someone who has been in a similar situation may have some advice:
I gave up my first major hobby of drag racing and began competitive shooting in USPSA, IDPA and 3G since 2009. Since that time, I've achieved 3 gun master classes in both USPSA and IDPA (had to give up 3 gun due to the expense), but gave up the IDPA as well way back when it was decided to completely change up the rule book. So here's the dilemma. I'm at the point where my performance on the range is not what it use to be. I'm now chasing my GM cards in USPSA and I guess it could be called a rut. Age and aging eyesight are playing a part in this for starters, but this has be corrected and I'm still hitting the pistol drills, gym and cardio pretty hard 4 to 5 days a week. I'm still very fit at 46 years and the performances in practice are without question on point with the M/GM class. I have family, work and many other responsibilities like most everyone else; but lately, it's becoming harder and harder to prioritize the hobby/sport that I love and balance it with everything else. I can attribute being an RO for 12 years and being on the timer or score pad most of the match lately is playing a huge part in my performance declining a lot! Seems hardly anyone else wants to take part and help in RO'ing or scoring. Most claim they don't know how or they aren't an RO. It's a piss poor excuse if you ask me because no one is willing to try and learn. It was so bad at one of our local matches a couple weeks ago during 100 degree weather. No one was willing to help and hardly anyone was pasting. I gave a warning after 3 stages and when it happened again, I just put the timer down during the 4th stage and said.."I'm done", and I left. It left me exhausted and demoralized to the point I almost didn't want to go back. It deeply concerns me that other shooters aren't willing to step up and help because it NEVER use to be this way at our local clubs. It's almost to the point where I want to give up the RO certification, but if I do, I become part of the problem. Me transferring my training to the match is almost impossible and is only displaying every once and awhile instead of constantly now during my runs. My motivation is in the toilet because of this too. I've spoken with the MD's about folks helping us out. It's been addressed, but still falls on deaf ears when brought to other competitors attention. These local matches are very important to me because they in themselves are training tools for me as for the major matches I attend, so it irks me when this happens, which has been a regular occurrence recently. It's easy to just say "hand the stuff off", but sometimes it's not as simple as that. Different things come into play like get squaded with new or rookie shooters, shooting order, older folks who can't run nearly as fast as the competitor and being able to keep their eyes on the gun. Even having junior shooters on the squad plays in as a big factor for me, because I surely will not allow someone who isn't a certified RO to run our kids through a stage. This is coming from me as a parent and a RO.
I have had to step away from the range for injuries and family issues for months at a time (a year was the longest, I think), but I was always hungry to get back out there on the trigger every single time. I'm worried that if I take a break from it this time, the hunger for shooting sports won't be there anymore. Any input would be appreciated....
Sort of seems you're letting the bureaucratic managerial end of the business carry matches over from an enjoyable sport/hobby to a tedious chore. Sometimes you just have to take care of yourself if it's not your baby. Take a step back awhile, get more into enjoying it, then do some r/o or whatever once you're in the groove. It's not supposed to be a job.
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On 4/21/2021 at 12:27 AM, 38super said:
Lose their score sheet
Now that is a pro move. Unless they scored poorly. Then photocopy it and give everyone a copy
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On 10/13/2015 at 11:08 PM, valerko said:
I've must be lucky. I never ran into dickhead at any shooting event. Lol
Tell me your next event, I'll be there in my competition tutu. Shooting low scores of course.
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On 10/13/2015 at 2:39 PM, FTDMFR said:
How do you guys deal with someone on your squad talking trash, not in a screwing around kind of way, but with genuine malice, trying to screw up your shooting? Like saying s#!t to you as you LAMR. Assuming you're stuck on a squad with them.
My current approach is to ignore them and shoot how I shoot, but sometimes I do let it affect my performance.
I've considered going full-on a_-hole mode and throwing it back x10, which would probably be fun, but it might also affect my performance.
What do you guys do?
Never go full hooah!
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On 8/19/2020 at 12:19 AM, matteekay said:
We were kicking this topic around the other day and it seemed like there were quite a few opinions on it. When you're shooting a match that's more than one day, do you check scores in the evening? Or between stages if scores post immediately?
Personally, I avoid Practiscore like the plague. I'm not a good enough shooter to ratchet up my runs if I'm chasing someone (well, without a high probably of disaster), so I'd rather just shoot my game and hope for the best. Other people I know take the stance that they'd prefer to know if they're in striking distance of leading (or are currently leading) so they can adjust accordingly. Obviously it gets a little complicated with USPSA's points-based scoring and even time-down when you're not shooting the same stages as your competition.
Thoughts?
I shoot matches infrequently. Mostly for something to do. Long as I don't shoot myself in the foot, the score isn't any concern to my hobbled old self. I'm a consumate casual.
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On 4/17/2022 at 3:21 PM, ShredderTactical said:
The book "With Winning in Mind" by Lanny Bassham is a great read and recommended reading by many top shooters and others who perform at top levels in their field. I haven't read "Attainment" by Troy Bassham yet, but I probably should. Troy is Lanny's son and is a Senior Master Instructor in the family business at Mental Management Systems. Lanny and Troy have been teaching mental management techniques for many years, focused on helping others attain the highest levels of performance. Their customer base has included PGA players, Miss America finalists, Miss USA winners, World and Olympic champions, Fortune 500 companies, The United States Secret Service, The US Navy SEALS, The United States Army and Marine Corps Marksmanship Units, and Olympic Teams worldwide.
Miss America finalists? Pageantry is the 1980s version of YouTube celebrities. Just have to do the ceremonial wave and hope for world peace.
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I have to say, I never equated course strategy with dog training, but I can understand your thought process on it.
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On 2/9/2023 at 9:46 AM, lawboy said:
I saw this at a local match. Shooter reports to start location which is facing up range and requires a turn -- Fluffy's Revenge 2. Shooter waits for the make ready. RO does not give it. Shooter says to RO I am waiting for the make ready so I can practice my turn. RO says, you can practice your turn before I give the make ready. Shooter faces up range, then turns and draws his pistol to air gun the stage. He does this twice. No make ready was given. Nobody said anything, including me. Shooter finishes his air gunning, RO gives make ready, shooter shoots the classifier. The poor shooter had DQed with, in my opinion, the unwitting help of the RO. I don't believe either of them were aware. I was no on the tablet.
Was the RO's name Tim Donaghy by any chance?
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You up in the Panhandle?
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Were there 126 other Jarheads signed up?
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So you're a post Garcia then?
(It's a Sako thing)
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Happy to have you cat caller
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Try some Kierkegaard
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David Byrne
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David Byrne-
Bringing down the house. He's such a cnt.
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Make some contacts and friends, they'll see you through hard times.
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When in doubt, undertake the difficult option
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Live was never intended to be fair. Get over it.
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I'd take a uspsa patch if they're setting about.
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From personal observation, children will only queue in on something for 20-30 minutes without wandering off. Unless it's a video game. Their engagement is tied to their interest and enjoyment of such. They like to be talked with instead of talked at. Some aren't terribly fond of the sound and even the felt blast, though a 22lr is minimal in both. Most anything working with children is an exercise in patience. More fatherly and less Full Metal Jacket boot camp style. They learn at their own pace.
Most children will need several iterations to develop consistent sight alignment and trigger squeeze. Some really don't seem to understand the breathing aspect. They get anxious or excited by a new place and experience. A farm field is a better environment than the know creek invasion of Normandy effect.
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I'm no grandmaster, not by several miles. I think you'll (hopefully) come to enjoy the competitions and camaraderie. There will be people at competitions to observe and speak with, some may be willing to give you some hands on advice from their years in the sport.
Try to have some fun with it before getting wallowed in every piece of kit and tinkering with springs. It's a long road and a lot of years of practice to the top. CZ makes pretty well sorted out equipment for the consumer market.
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How much 9mm do I keep on hand?
All that exists - what I am able to steal.
Life goals
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2 hours ago, MikeBurgess said:
the double stack 1911 based pistol world is more standardized than just about any other. look at 9mm service pistols, there are gun companies that have half a dozen non compatible magazines just in their own product lines.
That's a very fair point. The mass producers all want to make money on 40$ rebadged mecgars.
Until recently, 2011's were primarily known for competition use. Nowhere near the volume, but surely a profitable product nonetheless.
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Sig has had a lot of unhappy people terming themselves beta testers on different sig products over the past several years. P938, p320, p365, all sorts of issues. I had the opportunity to handle and shoot a rack of 20-30 p320 pistols awhile back with 124 grain ball. Much crap as I give Glock, the p320s would wish to arrive at the Glock's accuracy and reliability.
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I'm Pete; a FNG. Been reading in the forums off and on for ~10 years now.
Ice cream trucks....
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I got mission barbecue to cater a lunch at work one time. Weren't half bad at all.