JeremiahD

Thanks, and to you too!

3/8 Indoor static range (load development testing for a batch of 230grn projectiles I got a great deal on. (4.7grn bullseye and an oal of 1.200 seems the best compromise)) Took advantage of the opportunity to fire every.. single.. round.. sloooowly... focusing on sight alignment, breathing, trigger to make up for Mondays forgetfulness. PT- 3m run and upper body lift tonight. Lift to focus on high reps, low weight, opposing muscle groups. Will update post if anything changes.

PT Log Sunday 3/5 Mountain bike, 12 miles, MoMBA Fairborn, 1:20 Great day, good weather, trails slightly greasy. Many trees down after Fridays storm. Took a header over one and wedged my ankles under the frame. Good time.

Monday 3/6 Miamisburg Monday night, indoor Ran the match with the goal of no mikes/no NS, but slightly faster than the previous weeks match. (am trying to find an effective compromise between speed and my current ability) Did not worry about D shots for the time being, just hit the target and move on. got more wrapped up in speed the first string, then the layout on the third. met my goals on the first two but failed to concentrate on the sights properly on the third, earning me one M/NS combo. Lessons learned: don't shoot faster than you see the sights.

Friday 3/3, Indoor static range practice. Focused on sight alignment, presentation, and trigger pull primarily at 7, 14, 21 feet. two hand, strong hand, offhand equally loaded two rounds in each reload and performed very slow reloads (shoot two, reload, shoot two, reload, shoot three to slide lock) concentrating on each step of the process from presentation to slide lock. Finished with 15 rounds slow fire Felt tired, long day at work beforehand.

Opening post for the range log. Relatively new shooter overall (7 years), VERY new shooter to any action shooting USPSA/IDPA/3gun etc. As of this post, 10 weeks or so of "pre-season" USPSA indoor matches. Originally progressed from the static range to something more challenging to improve my own skills, but since trying the sport, I'm interested in becoming the best I can personally be. Since I'm standing on the dirt looking up, I can find no more appropriate analogy for this thread than my "ladder". Will be adding PT info here. My PT goals are to get my upper body joints back into shape and add muscle mass at that point with an eye to improving gun control and endurance. I have spent the last few years running, much to the detriment of my overall physical form.

Hi John, thanks for the heads up. I would certainly be interested.

Thanks for the compliment Shayne. Coming from you, that's a pretty big one. (by the way, thanks for the advice on my reloads tumbling a few weeks ago. I went home and pulled a few an found I had not flared the case enough and was shaving the projectile on one side/edge!) I'm definitely doing the classifier on the 19th! I wasn't sure if there was some sort of natural progression that I should go through before doing one... this is all new to me. I'm only about 15 minutes away from the club so I will be there on Saturday to help out. I assume as a non-member I'll still be able to get in the gate somehow?

Thanks! I'm looking forward to participating in both!

Excellent, thank you very much! I've also bookmarked the calendar for each of those clubs websites as well. I should be able to make at least 3 of those monthly no problem.

Yes, it does seem pretty laid back. I'm looking forward to the outdoor matches. Speaking of, I understand there's a classifier the third sunday of this month (19th) at Miamisburg. I was considering running it just for the experience. Any reason I shouldn't at this stage? How can I find local matches in our section? I can only find major matches on the USPSA website. I would like to see what I can fit on my calendar as early as possible! Thanks again!

Ive been participating in Miamisburg Sportsmans clubs monday shoot. Thank you for the offer, I have alot of reading up to do here but i will certainly ask for help at some point!

Greetings all, I'm very new to USPSA and am at the point where I know just enough to understand theres much, much more I don't know. I just started getting my feet wet at the end of December with some local club matches originally to expand my skills beyond punching paper at the static range. After 6 or 8 trips and learning something new each time about my limitations, its bit hard and I'm interested in taking this seriously. I'm at the point where I sent off for an associate membership for this year, and we will see where this take me. Glad to be here, I have alot to learn!