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We are only two days away now. We have almost 100 shooters with more coming in daily. Here is an updated sponsor list: Hope to see everyone this weekend. Lorrie

I can't thank everyone who helped out with this match enough. From my perspective, it was a HUGE success. There are too many people to thank to name them but if you were out there helping or shooting (or both ), THANK YOU ALL!!! Lorrie

I will mark you down for working Sunday. Can you send me an email address to me via PM so I make sure you get on the email list for RO details? Thanks, Lorrie

I would just say, we can probably get the "Princess" visor for anyone who is brave enough to be grouped with us Ladies. Lorrie

It was interesting to watch, but I find I do want to see more of the women shoot. This would be a general request for all the matches shown on TV. I am guessing the general populus watching the show is male, but if more of the women were shown shooting, might it not interest these men's wives? Or maybe get more men to have their wives shoot? Lorrie

I find I either do rather well with 5 or 6 shots to clear it or a full magazine (10 rounds). A large part of it is mental. If you get to it and think "I can't do it", you will confirm your thoughts. Lorrie

Wow - sounds like fun!!! I wish I could join you all, but alas, not enough time, money, or vacation. Lorrie

My husband and I have been shooting in the rain lately. And it can be downright miserable. But, many times, it rains off and on so it is not so bad. Lately, we would not get to shoot much if we stayed home. I had to get a really good rain jacket for these matches. My original jacket did not fit over all my equipment. Staying dry is the key. We also bought a big golf umbrella which has special wind flaps to keep it from turning upside down in a big wind. This came in handy for the score keeper so he did not have to use the plastic bad method of keeping the score sheets dry. At one of our club matches, we are able to bring the stages closer to the overhang so that at least those not shooting and doing RO duties can stand out of the rain. When we are shooting in the rain, we are reminded often of "Difficult Conditions". Major matches will not cancel due to rain so it is good to have some practice of shooting in all sort of conditions. If you find you have a hard time shooting a stage due to the rain, being cold, and wet you will find that other people have the same problem. I have to remind myself - at least it is not snowing. :-) Lorrie P.S. I would MUCH rather shoot in the sun.

I was not interested in IPSC when my husband wanted to try it. But, after the first match, I was hooked. I had a huge smile on my face and my husband was so proud. It sounds like she had a VERY tough match as her first and she stuck it out. Congratulations Ingrid. I am so glad to hear we have a new woman shooter in our midst. There is a special bond between the women in this sport. Where are you guys located? Welcome Ingrid, Lorrie

I walk through the stage during walk through and if I make a mistake, I back up and go forward again the right way. Then, I go through it again the right way. I mentally stop and tell myself what was wrong. Sometimes, if dry firing the poppers incorrectly (or equiv), I will stop there and start the string over again. I try to never continue through the stage if I know I have started to mentally program a mistake. I look at the stages during the overall walk through (if there is one) but don't make my final plan until the walk through while about to shoot that stage. Lorrie

We plan to be at the match. We might try to come to practice Saturday as well, not sure yet. I loved all the practice at camp and already miss the easily accessible range. As for kicking butt, hopefully I will make Lisa, Julie, Kay, and Judy proud and remember everything they taught me. Doubt i will kick butt, but hopefully at least raise my percentage of total. I need all the practice I can get for Golden Bullet. Any way we can get the Texas Star set up for practice or the match? I know it was there last match but I missed it. I got to do it at camp, but Ira did not and I could use some more practice time with it. Get to be friends with it. See you this weekend. Lorrie

I can not thank Kay, Julie, Lisa, and Judy enough for this awesome experience. I learned so much and am SO jazzed about shooting now. I enjoyed the sport before, but can't stop thinking about it..... too bad I have to work. :-( I went to camp with some good fundamentals but picked up what I was missing to get me to move forward in skill. I was always somewhat scared of shooting fast but found out what was causing some of my problems: loose grip (kinda figured that one), slapping the trigger,....). These women instructors are great at seeing the small nuances of what you are doing (without the help of slow motion on a video camera). And they are truly an inspiration. The other invaluable experience camp gave me was to meet other women in the sport and to hear their experiences and know I was not alone as a woman shooter. Everyone wanted to learn and get better. We spent three days doing drills and I could see the improvement in EVERYONE. The novice shooters were even shooting faster than I had been shooting before I got there. Women shooters are very special. We want to see the best from each other and cheer each other on. The hoots and hollers during the match were great. I really want to get to some of these bigger matches to see everyone again. I can't wait to get to another camp and meet more women and continue the learning. Good luck to all the women at camp (Trish, Denise, Tory, Debbie, Marcie, Ann, Elaine, Barbara, Sharon, Ronda, Beth, Cindy, Cindy, Nancy, Nancy, Melissa, and Stephanie) Thanks again Kay, Julie, Lisa, and Judy. Lorrie

I took a tactical defense class late 2004. We followed the 4 step approach with the first step putting your weak hand on your chest and grabbing the gun. It worked well for me until I got the new SV and race holster. Now, I need to learn to reduce the steps. I was putting my hand on my belt during my draw for awhile. I am not sure if I put my hand on my chest that high normally now. During dry fire I try to put it there. Maybe I need to go back to grabbing near my belt. Lorrie

Thanks for the advice. I have gotten faster at shooting now that I have an SV instead of a Sig 220 (which had lots of problems). But, I still do some things like I did with the Sig (draw straight up to clear the holster). Draw: Previously, I was drawing and then hunching down to shoot. Ira pointed it out and I have been working on it. Hopefully that is permanently fixed but I still need to pay attention to it. Reload: I used to cant the gun more to do the reloads with the Sig but for some reason have changed to try to not move the gun so much -- apparently not working. I am attending Ladies Camp the first week of April so I am sure I will get more advice on ways to make the reloads better there as well. Keep the advice coming, Lorrie

I want to thank everyone for their advice. I had several very knowledgeable people I shoot with check my reloads. They all felt the primers were seated deep enough - in some cases, too deep. Last Sunday, even factory ammo started to give me the same problem. I had several people checking out different things that could cause this problem to happen. In the end, we replaced the firing pin with a new one that was milled differently as well as shortened the firing pin spring. I have now shot over 300 practice loads, all from my 650, with no problems. What a relief. I can't thank Steve enough for his help. I can now get down to business learning to shoot my new SV and loading to my hearts content. Lorrie