Anschutz

Shot my first Steel Challenge match yesterday at the Ben Lomond Gun Club out in Ramah, CO. It's a great facility and I plan to join when I move back to Colorado. They are unaffiliated but the only changes to the match was Pendulum was replaced by a plate rack and you only shot 3 strings (Best 2 count). I was shooting my Glock 17 and my new 627 Pro. I took the revolver by default but I could have done better. My first shot on the first stage was the first round through the gun outside of the factory. There were strings that were on the heels of my Glock but others that misses and reloads on the clock killed my time and ended over 50 seconds behind the Glock. Still not bad for my first time shooting the gun. I did much better with the Glock. I took second Production by .07 seconds and had two stage wins (Smoke and Hope and Speed Option) for Production. Overall I had a great time and will definitely be shooting more of this. I need to get more moon clips so I don't have to reload them after every stage and rely on speed strips for my initial loading and I need to get a better holster than what was available in Colorado Springs (Nylon "universal" type) for the revolver but a quick look at Amazon has plenty with Prime shipping so I'll have it here before the next match. Now to clean the guns and reload the ammo.

I promote to Captain in December and got the go ahead from my household financier to get a promotion/Christmas gun and have settled on the 627 as well. I haven't shot USPSA in a while due to time constraints and the fact I've shot High Power all year. I like the fact that it will run anything from 38SC to 357. I like the flexibility that gives and moonclips allow faster reloads and I can remove 357s, slip a few 38s in, shoot a grouse and put the 357s back in quickly and without fumbling around. Not what many on this forum would be using this gun for but I would also like to compete with it as well as use it in the woods.

I'll have to look at my notes but I load all to the hornady book. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

I load for everything I shoot. I actually just like loading. It's a little meditation time for me. I use CFE 223 and 55 gr berrys bullets for close and 75 gr hornady hpbt for long stuff (same as my high power load). I'm at about 165/k on close range ammo 25/100 on long range. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

I'm pretty new to 3-Gun and haven't shot a match yet but I am not new to rifle shooting. To go off of Patrick Kelley's post, once you learn your "wobbles" and how it affects your hits (i.e. Shot break v. shot impact), you can then call hits/misses much better. Learning to call your shots is something that takes time but once it is learned you will be more confident in transitioning from shot to shot without watching the plate fall or counting holes in paper. Another comment I have is about magnification, use the minimum magnification you must to call your hits when you break the shot. Magnification magnifies not only the target but also, anywhere other than a bench, the imperfections in your hold/position. For example, you come to a 8" plate rack at 60 yards mid stage, you may have a wobble area of 2 feet. When you turn the magnification from say 3x to 6x you have now doubled the perceived velocity of your wobble, your heartbeat is magnified, and your brain perceives that you have less time to execute the shot even though your wobble is moving the same speed as on 3x and the target is 8". As always, the most important thing is practice.

I'm pretty new to reloading but for my 9mm I only load WIN, R-P, FC, and Blazer. I also dont load anything marked +P. I know it probably doesn't make a difference but it gives me trade fodder.

Yeah, that's exactly how it goes.

Wow. I had not seen or heard of this until now. I'm glad this video and the surrounding evidence points to the assailant as a complete ***hat. I have a Tagua leather holster and like it because of the comfort it provides but it does lack in retention. My G17 fits tightly inside and I have no fear of it coming out unless someone wants it out like in this scenario. I think in that situation once the gun was out of both of our hands it would be time to fight. I know he was restrained but there's not much harm in trying and you're already being assaulted so... I'm hoping that somehow finding my way into the combatives class that just so happened to have Army football players and an Army boxer has prepared me at least a little bit. I still wish I had not been in their weight class but even though I knew I was likely to lose you still have to at least wait it out and try to capitalize on their mistake. I know it's a low thing to do but he left one arm free and his manhood was exposed...

I was shooting this stage and reloaded after shooting the far right array (12rds) I then moved down the lane and shot the right target the array of three and for some reason I reloaded after 8 shots. I don't know if my brain was in production mode or what but I dropped the mag and as it was falling away I was like WTF (What's this for) but was already in the reload step so I just ran with it. Unfortunately one of the round in that magazine failed to return to battery but would also not eject either so my stage was done with 1 FTE and I had to eat a mike on the target I was engaging. I'm pretty new but what I learned from this is: If you start something (reload) finish it. The time it would have taken me to try reset the magazine before it fell is not much faster than reaching for the mag on the belt and completing the reload. I'm unclassified so I need hits more than I need that 2-3 seconds.

I thought about the 34 but I was trying to keep it to a carry/compete gun. I know the 17 isn't the best of either world but it is a good middle ground and under a jacket the 17 stays hidden pretty well.

I'd just go in with confidence in the training you have done. I know a guy on AMU who was deployed for a year and was only able to dry fire came back and got a medal place at a World match. This was rifle but still the same concept.

I leave for Transportation BOLC next week.

Hey guys, I'm Anschutz (Zach) from GA. I started the whole USPSA thing shooting fun matches about a year ago when I was home from school. I graduated and had 60 days of military leave so I have been shooting two fun matches a week. I consider myself new to USPSA but not new to shooting competition. I shot international smallbore and air rifle for 8 years through college. I may shoot some prone matches and am building a DCM gun to go for the President's 100 but I'm pretty hooked on this new run and gun competition rather than standing still and trying to put 60 shots through the same hole. I started with my carry gun, a Sig C3 commander 1911, but was I knew it was not a long term gun for me. I graduated from West Point in December and bought a Glock 17, Hornady AP Press, decided I'd jump in and join USPSA and everything. I started in production but then was like "When will I carry 10 rounds in this gun?" so now I'm shooting limited even though the competition is a little tougher with my production gun. I've been enjoying the forum so I decided to join and this seems to be the competitive pistol forum.

Did no one realize that this thread was started in 2013? It's good for others to see but OP probably either got his loading right or quit loading by now.