Shooter Grrl Posted October 2, 2001 Share Posted October 2, 2001 I've heard rumblings of the IDPA Nationals coming up soon. Can someone tell me when they are, where they are, who the top contenders are and any other good stuff you know about this event? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted October 2, 2001 Share Posted October 2, 2001 It's this week at John Shaw's range just south of Memphis in Mississippi. Safety Officers will probably shoot tomorrow (Wed). The rest of the shooters will shoot the entire match on Thursday or else split and shoot half on Fri and half on Sat. My wife & I will shoot on Fri afternoon & Sat morning. She shoots Stock Service Pistol Expert. I am Stock Service Revolver Master. Rumors are several of the top IPSC shooters will be there. I heard Rob Leatham, Todd Jarrett and some others. Of course I expect Ernie Langdon will be there. It will be interesting to see. I have been to all of the IDPA Nationals and the courses of fire just keep getting better. I can give a report after we get back. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Schwab Posted October 2, 2001 Share Posted October 2, 2001 Bill, SSR-Master...very impressive!! And I thought Dave Jackson was quick with a revolver <he's shooting on the high side of SSR, almost a Master> Please let us know how it goes, and if you can let us know the top shooters for each category. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted October 2, 2001 Share Posted October 2, 2001 Dave Jackson IS quick with a revolver. He is part of my main competition. Him and a few others like Alex Zimmermann. I use a Model 10 with speedloaders. I have to shoot real fast to make up for the slow reloads. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted October 2, 2001 Share Posted October 2, 2001 I'm not sure I'm in the same league as Zimmermann. Now I better go practice. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooter Grrl Posted October 2, 2001 Share Posted October 2, 2001 It's a BILL drill :-) Couldn't resist that guys. Both Bills, thanks for the info - and GOOD LUCK! Please do let us know all the good gossip when you return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted September 9, 2002 Author Share Posted September 9, 2002 I was wondering what day TGO was shooting the IDPA Nationals? Thanks Bkeeler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Moore Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 for those of you attending the idpa national event may want to bring your rain gear. it looks like hurricane lili will be dumping some rain this weekend. anybody form the forum heading to mississippi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 Hopefully all will be ok with the flight tomarrow. I'm really looking forward to this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Moore Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 good luck jake. say hi to dave for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 Good luck Jake, BILL & Sue! (who else is going?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vluc Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 Shoot well, make Team Ancient proud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 Thanks Tom, I'll make sure to tell him Bart says hi too:). I'll try and tear it up guys, but against competition like this, it's not gonna be easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Yankee Posted October 4, 2002 Share Posted October 4, 2002 Howdy, Finished the match today, {Thursday} weather was great. Hopefully the storm will pass through here tonight. Stages were well designed and kudos to the SO's running them. George ESP/ EX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1b Posted October 5, 2002 Share Posted October 5, 2002 Anybody know what's happening at the match??? JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Moneypenny Posted October 6, 2002 Share Posted October 6, 2002 Anybody know where a person wishing they were there could get results? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Moore Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 i found some results here but i don't know where the rest of them are. http://www.tacticalshooting.com/phpBB/view...forum=6&281 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1b Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 Looking at that site TGO wins again - The man has had an incredible year!!! JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 Gentlemen and Ladies, Just got back from the match. It was a great match, ran very smoothly and very fun, my props to everyone that had a part in making it happen, especially those who chased the rain away. Unfortulantly, this was the worst I've ever done in a match. On the very first stage, something happened to where I did not even see a target, ergo, I did not even shoot at a target. That hurt a bit and threw off my chi for the rest of the day. On the stages I didn't blow, I did pretty good, but on the stages I did blow, I bombed them like it was my job. Well, I guess there's always next year:). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Moore Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 jake, you must read brians book. it was probably match nerves because i know you can shoot better than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Moneypenny Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 Experience young one experience! i still sometimes choke at major matches, the winners do 2 things different, they make less mistakes, and they recover from the ones they make better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullseyekp Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 Jake, Don't feel bad, that was definitely the worst major match I have ever shot; I finished about a second ahead of you. I had a procedural, a no-shoot and a miss on Stage 15 and bad mojo followed me to the Standards where I dropped way more points (all low and to the left) than I did on all the other stages combined!! But alas, there's always next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 It was a good match. TGO shot a 169.xx, Scott Warren shot a 170.xx. There was only a .3 difference in their scores and Dave Sevigny shot a 170.xx with a .03 difference between Scott & Dave. Close. Alex Zimmerman shot a 199.xx and I had a 228.xx for second SSR. Sue was 4th Lady. This was a thinking match. Many stages had a different number of rounds required on targets in the same stage. For instance: 2-2-2 in a room, 5 on one target backing to cover then 1 more on that target from cover & 2 on the last target from the other side of cover. Then the next stage right beside it in the same bay had you shoot 5 body and one mandatory head shot while retreating from a target before finishing the remaining targets in the scenerio with 2 shots each. Several stages required 3 shots per target and it was easy to forget and only do the usual double tap. Or for the more experienced the controlled pair. You had to be able to think and shoot at the same time. The weather was beautiful. We thought LILI would mess things up. As it turned out the rain etc came through on Thursday night and by Friday morning is was sunny again. Of course GoreTex boots were pretty handy. I guess the prone stage was a little splashy for a while. The SO's were all friendly and fair. The stages were well designed. IDPA wants the Nationals stages to be designed to let shooters take them home and easily set them up at local clubs. Because of that the props are not as elaborate as USPSA shooters are used to seeing at big matches. It takes some thought to be able to design stages that are a challange to all. We had fun. Bill Nesbitt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 BILL, Way to go. Congratulate Sue as well! "This was a thinking match. Many stages had a different number of rounds required on targets in the same stage." ...that is where the match experience comes in to play. (Edited by Flexmoney at 10:56 am on Oct. 7, 2002) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 Tom, I have read Brian's book, what I should be doing right now is re-reading it:). I think match nerves had a bit of an effect on me, because that was my first match at the national level. Looking back on it though, I realize now that I was in no way prepared to shoot this match. Obviously I didn't expect to come there and win, the main reson I wanted to shoot this was for experience, but there's no excuse for shooting like I did. bullseyekp, I know your pain. Looking at the carbon copies of my scores, if I wouldn't have made all the mistakes I did, I think I could have finished around 180-185. It's horrible knowing you can do better and watching your match go right down the drain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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