I went to the Norco USPSA match this morning and DQ'd on the fourth stage of the day...
Stage 1 - Qualifier (?) - One shot on each target, reload, one shot on each target strong hand. I used two hands on shot 7/8. First USPSA stage EVER, I can live with that. Got 2 penalties. One of the old-timers got DQ'd, had a ND during the reload going over the berm
Stage 2 - Mix of paper and steel, nothing too complicated. Hit all the targets, no no-shoots, no mikes (spelling?) - Feeling pretty good and doing decently for my first time out.
Stage 3 - 32 steel targets, 3 mag reloads. Still feeling good, middle of the pack. Not the slowest, definitely not the fastest but getting a hang of everything
Stage 4 - Drew from the holster, ND about a foot and a half in front of me... Almost literally shot myself in the foot... I was too caught up with opening the door and trying to hit one of the spinning bonus targets. Should have slowed down and skipped the bonus!
Everybody was nice about it and told me not to get discouraged, told me to come back next week and that it happens to everyone like the regular on stage 1, etc. etc.It was a good/tough learning experience. Gotta keep that trigger finger off the trigger until I'm ready to engage the targets and to take my time!!!!! I'm still kicking myself. This was my first ND in my short 26 years of life and was a huge eye opener. Could have ended much worse.
Anyways, tell me about the time you DQ'd at your first USPSA match...