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Hate to break it to you, but I just typed your HF into the ohio calculator and it said 81.3620%. That's still an A score, nice job. The HHF on this one is only about 1.3% lower than the HHF on El Pres, and in Production this classifier is a lot harder.

Congrats, John! Now that you've done it once, I'm sure you can do it again. It was nice shooting with you earlier, keep it up and you'll make A class in no time

Thanks guys, just noticed this thread not long ago. I got to shoot a special classifier match consisting of 6 stages, and as hot as it was I'm glad it wasn't a bigger match. I have a few bad cuts on my hands that made it even harder to shoot well, but I still did pretty decent on a couple stages. I got a rain jacket, some cake, some money and I will be getting some more bullets so I can still shoot and win ! Happy birthday, all! :cheers:

To add to what the others have said, on the first drill you could've started movement out of the box while shooting the first target. You can practice this in dry-fire by just drawing on a target and starting movement before pulling the trigger and still keeping your sight picture. When doing the load during the make ready, I would suggest loading the mag at eye level, that way you're practicing what you should be doing during the match.

Nice shooting, looked very smooth. Concerning the above post, I saw four things that could use improvement, and one thing that might've shaved time. On the fourth video it looked like you could've shaved a lot of time if you stepped further back so you could minimize the amount of positions from the ports and not have to pull the gun in between targets. On the fifth video, it looked like you might could've shot the last position a little further back and then shot down low, you'd shave time by not going as far and not having to get back up but you'd have to run backward a bit from the end. Still, it's only a few extra steps. On the sixth video it looked like you could've been a little more aggressive getting up from the bed, but other than that it looked very smooth and fast. It also looked like you could've started exiting positions a little bit sooner by starting movement while firing the last shot from each position.

I agree with what Timmy said. It might help to have the left hand go down and then back up at the same time during the draw, that way your right hand will naturally go faster and it will meet your left hand sooner when you are acquiring your grip. By acquiring your grip closer to your body, you could shave more time off by firing the first shot before full extension on close targets, and you'll have more time to get a sight picture on the longer ones. You should be doing your reloads at eye level, and you shouldn't bring the gun back so far to reload either, only a few inches or so. Try tilting the gun less to reload and see if it works better for you, just tilt it enough to barely see the magwell. It could just be me but it looks like most of the time your followthrough is too short, after breaking the trigger make an effort to hold the gun on target just a split second after the break and call the shot by watching the sights right then to be sure you aren't jerking the trigger or moving the gun right when you pull the trigger. I would recommend using a timer, and setting a par time for doing draws and reloads. Don't rush the par time, pick one where you can do your drills smoothly and accurately and then speed it up without losing those.

Usually not. Production or Revolver?

Nicely done, Chris! Congrats.

Congrats! Winning C-Class at a big match is pretty impressive, now for the B-Class win . You should definitely be proud. I plan on working and shooting the SC sectional and Area 6 matches, hopefully I can see you guys then or even sooner at a local match.

Congrats! That was a fast one Tod, it wasn't long ago that you had just made B-class production! You've been shooting exceptionally well lately, you deserve it. I look forward to working and shooting against all you production shooters at the SC Sectional and Area 6 matches.

I'm fine now except that my tongue still hurts on both the left and right sides, which makes eating and drinking a rather painful experience, and my legs and shoulders are sore from setting up the match on Friday and Saturday until about 2 o clock. Fortunately my tongue has healed a lot since earlier this morning, but it might take a while to heal completely. It might take a day or two for eating and drinking to become enjoyable again. I think what triggered the seizure (my first btw) was a combination of sleep deprivation from about 30 minutes of sleep the night before, dehydration (should have drank a little more water and gatorade), muscle fatigue, possibly a little too much sodium, and the fact that I was a little bummed out that I had a bad gun jam in the middle of the rifle stage in the cowboy town which I zeroed and most likely would've blown my chances of finishing well in B class right there even if I had finished shooting the match (I try to not let stages bum me out but a zero is hard to get over in a big match). I stopped shooting after that because I felt really tired, but the first two stages I shot (both rifle) I did pretty good considering how tired I was. Larry's stages are by far the highest quality and the best stages that I have ever shot, I think they even beat most if not all of the Nationals stages. I think you'd be very hard-pressed to find better stages anywhere in the world considering his limitations in both space available and number of props, and this applies to all of his matches, indoor and outdoor. Thanks Larry for all the good stages and everyone else who was involved in putting together the match, and thanks for your post 11.43mm!

My bad, the Georgia State 3-Gun Match is on the first Sunday of September and the Area 6 3-Gun Match is on the first weekend of November. The State Match is going to be a 3-gun, not a multi-gun match.

Larry Turner notified me that the GA State 3-Gun Match will be held in the first Sunday of November. The date was just finalized last week by Cindy Noyes.