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I saw that coming and yet I still laughed my butt off!

I have a 9 - 13 but I will get a 6 - 9 eventually. My .02 is get the 6 - 9.

That seeing thing does help alot. Many more matches to l k forward to now. Congragulations!

+1 I got involved in the sport after I already bought a HK USP 40. Since then I have made it work but would like to upgrade when I can. There is a lot to be said about shooting for fun, we often talk about winning but through numerous types of mind sets we forget that there is only one "winner". The unknown victories are the time spent with fellow shooters doing something we enjoy.

Sorry to hear you have lost such a good, your reconciliation is a good thing. Phil

it is that "simple"...

"We will only be here another hour." That is some good objectivity there.

It is that mentallity that makes me say to my wife, "We should move to Texas."

Congrats, what a great state to shoot in. Enjoy it!

Mine is called Mike Marone.

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your children.

I ordered my JP 2 weeks ago and I did purchase the JP Heat Sink too. However, like the behind the curve guy I can be sometims, I am wondering if it is a wise investment. How much does it wiegh? Does it truely yield a tighter group over repeditive firing? Ya know that kind of stuff. In short what are the pros and cons?

On a plus note I have found out that there is a nice club with in a hours drive of where I plan on moving. So, once we get to Nebraska and buy a house, I atleast know that there will be an outlet for my shooting. Things are looking up. It might be time to start saving for an STI and a 650 after all...

My condolences to his family and friends, as well as the OBCATS community.

Great information guys, look forward to shooting with you soon. Phil

Are there any USPSA matches within a two hour drive of the Omaha area? I will be moving out there in August and I am hoping to hear that there is a strong IPSC community there (althought my gut tells me there is not, I hope I am wrong)? IPSC rifle? 3-gun? Thanks, Phil

I still have not fired a shot since September of 07! The wife and I are planning a big move out West at the end of the summer, I don't have much free money laying around or time for that matter (work/school). I still feel an urge to be involved in shooting, but I feel like my desire to compete is gone. I feel that because of the finacial/family obligation, I know I will NOT be competitive in any way, shape or form because of my lack of ability to obtain ammo for practice. Dry firing will yield some results, but hearing the gun go "click" over and over just to compete with live ammo in half a dozen matches over the summer is not worth it in my opinion. My free money was spent wisely (I feel) on a JP and ACOG. Again, really nice race car and I can't afford the gas to put in the tank. I feel like perhaps I should be spending my free time and "free money" on building my inventory. XL650, SVI Limited Gun (and as many mags as I can afford), holster, spotting scope, oh wait I have the pistol and the rifle now I need a shotgun for 3-gun. So, after that $8,000-$10,000 -- and much forgivness from my wife -- then finally I can enjoy shooting with a purpose? Shooting without a purpose just seems like a waste of money. A man without much time or money it would seem and a slight conundrum, Phil

I have not fired a gun in three months, life just gets in the way sometimes. Sadly it will still probably be another month. Ut oh, I have an itch Phil

Went to the range tonight and was going to work on weak hand and strong hand shooting but I had some mild/moderate joint pain from work today. I did some strong hand only shooting and then some free style, just wasn't in it since my training plan fell through. 60 rds later I packed up went to dunkin donouts for comfort food and then went home. Better luck next time, Phil

Glad to have you here, I am sure you will learn a lot and have fun along the way. Phil

+1 and I would suggest dry firing as much as you can to that way when you are with your friends you will have a better opportunity to flow.

Take care ET1 while you are out there re-read Benos book. Phil

I dry fired today for 45 minutes and was happy about the whole practice. Drill #1 from SA's book is down to a 1.5 second base line which is an improvement; as well I worked on drawing strong hand only and drawing and transitioning to weak hand only and that went well too. Concluded with 50 mag reloads and that went well but not perfect. Probably over my down time this weekend I will work on printing out a large spread sheet to hang in my dryfire area. This will help me to further structure my drills. I have had some trouble sticking to the drills in SA's book so I figure if I have a summury printed out and posted right next to where I typically start my draw then I will be able to stream line the process. Hopefuly I will be able to commit to myself and begin getting some dry fire practice in before work during the week. I leave the house at 0630, so I will need to get up earlier by a long shot but it will be worth it (if I want it bad enough). I have begun to read Pharoh Bender's range diary and have really begun to admire and respect the amount of effort he has put forward in his development as a shooter. It is reassuring to know that all of this can pay off with the right dedication and the right goals. Goals...This brings me to a subject I really need to develope. While taking some time to think about yesterdays match I realized that I did not care much about how I did compared to others. In other words yesterdays local match just felt like an opportunity to gage myself and my progress. I shot Little Big Match in Cortland NY last season with a friend and that has been the closest I have came to shooting a big match. I have not had any desire to shoot any large matches ever, that is until yesterday. I do know that if I were to go to a big match I would want to be competetive in what ever class and division I was shooting in. I need to take some time to sit down and think about setting some goals for myself. I do shoot limited with an HK USP 40 - not a competetive gun in limited, however it is the only IPSC ready gun I own and I very much do enjoy shooting limited. Getting my self a STI/SVI will take some time, savings and some understanding on my wifes behalf. I know that I need to update my equipment but like I said at the beginning of this journal, I am not currently capable of out performing my current gun. I hope to have goals listed by the end of the weekend (but probably sooner knowing me) and to have a shooting related mission statement in my personal message section of my member profile. Phil

If practical shooting never existed I would probably get into the long range rifle of some sort

It has been worth reading your posts from 9 months ago and to see the progress. I has given me some encouragment and enforcement to know that if you put in the time and effert (everytime) it will pay off. Thanks, Phil Threw the qoute in there just because I liked it