monicataliani

Had no idea! Thanks for the heads up! There are sooooooo many things I still need to learn.

It was awesome meeting you in person! Can't wait to shoot with you sometime!

Shot the Miamisburg match today. Here are the videos from a couple stages.

This was the second string from last Monday night.

Girls.... As I said repeatedly Monday night when you kept shaking your head and laughing at me....in case you hadn't noticed- I am sooooooooo totally a girl.

I practice with two Master class guys who shoot limited, which makes it even worse because they ZOOM through the strings and then I step up there and it's so tempting to go faster than I should because I just heard/saw them do it! But on the other hand it's nice to have people watching me to acclimate me to the pressure of an audience. That's why during competitions I started turning off my muffs and don't watch anyone else shoot until after I shoot. I would start focusing on the time other people would get on stages and then shoot terribly!

I totally get the impatient thing. Particularly when I am practicing with a timer, I get really frustrated and really have a hard time focusing on anything but time.

Good luck!!!! Thanks girl!

Pistol cleaned, bag packed, clothes and shoes on top of bag, I am ready for tomorrow! I also deviated from my usual dry fire. Instead of doing today's section I went through the book and selected drills from each section that seemed either most applicable or focused on a particularly weak skill of mine. I practiced about a half hour total.

Oh, it's on! One of these days I'll get him!

That is sweet of you to say but you are much more accurate, experienced, and consistent than I am. Just wait until we have a longer day with more stages, harder breakdowns, and trickier shots.

I had to work late this week so I didn't get to work out OR dry fire a whole lot... But tonight I had time so I crammed! I did the entire SA book.

I am just now starting to learn how to shoot while walking. I have only tried it a few times so far, but I excited to implement it as much as possible with the longer stages at full matches (as opposed to indoors at practice matches.)

Practice is Practice, good or bad learn from it, build on it, and get better! I wholeheartedly agree! I totally think that is why I am not upset that I didn't do as well as I had hoped!

Yeah right! You might be 100 pounds with all your gear on. One thing I noticed tonight was your grip. It is pretty good. Thanks on both comments!!!!!!!

Well Bob. Don't give me too much grief for beating me with my own gun! My stages were HORRIBLE tonight! There was an unloaded start and I failed to think about the fact I would be at lockback if I took 10 shots. So that was awesome because I was already moving and that is a bad thing when your plan is to shoot on the move. I also had to make up a shot on one string and hadn't accounted for makeups so my entire stage just fell apart. I am going to ignore all of this and look af the good things. I learned a lesson. I need to be conservative and not run to 10 rounds. I know why I did it, it save a ton of time if exectued properly, but I planned a stage breakdown that was above my ability level. With no backup plan. I also learned I can hit partially obstructed targets on the move. I was really proud that I shot and hit targets while walking that I would have never attempted. My gun also ran smoothly! Woooooooo hoooooooo!!!!!! I got it back from being fixed a half hour before shooting! I know I should probably be more bummed that I did so badly, but I had a lot of fun and it wasn't all bad. It is just practice afterall.

Did part 1 today. I am anxious to get my 9L back. I am really loving this full size a little too much. I need to go back to practicing with my regular gun! I have been rocking mag changes with it!!! I have no idea why they are so much easier unless it is that it is a smaller gun so it is easier for me to manipulate. (Keep in mind I am five foot three and a hundred pounds, so that tiny difference may really impact me.)

Besides, I am a production girl at heart. 40 minor baby!

Wow! I need to let people use my guns more often! Maybe you won't spend the entire match ripping on me! Bob, as I recall you told me to leave the c zone shot someone forgot to paste because it was the best shot I would get all night!

After dry firing my way through the entire SA book with an m&p 40 (while my 9L is away) I hate to say this, but I think I might like the 40 full size better. It just feels better to me. The balance seems more natural. And for whatever reason, the mag changes seem soooooo much easier. It is probably in my head, but it definitely is something I am going to think about. I may try it at the range tomorrow to see how some live fire goes. I am also going to reserve judgement until I get my 9L back and see how it feels.

Will yours be back for Monday?

Wecome! I am so excited to see another girl shooter on here! I can't wait to see how your season goes! Good luck!

I'm pretty sure I'm having separation anxiety from my mnp being gone and I dropped it off less than 12 hours ago! Can't wait to get it back! In the mean time I am going to dry fire with an mnp 40.