Rifter Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 This weekend, I finally attended my first match. It was a Steel fun shoot, using IPSC rules, except for the scoring. Things went pretty well, up until I reached the last stage. So, on this stage, you are seated on a toilet (yes, a chair with a toilet hole in it), and your gun is in the magazine rack next to you. At the buzzer, you reach over, grab the pistol, and engage 6 targes in front of you. They range from about 10-15 yards away. From there, you have a choice Out about 30 or so yards away, were another 6 metal targets. You could either stand, and engage them, or run up to a fault line, about 10 yards away from those targets. So, there is the stage, pretty simple and straight forward. I take up my position. The buzzer sounds. I reach over, grab the pistol, and am able to drop the targets pretty quickly. I leap off of the pot, turn and run tword the other side. Now, at this point, let me expain something. I am around 350lbs so I have that funnel shaped body. While my belt is ok at holding my pants up, it does have some limitations. Well, the added weight of a holster and 2 loaded mags ads extra drag that is not conductive to keep the britches in place. I have the horrible vision of my pants falling in front of all these shooters. I could feel the right side sliding down quickly, so I reach down to grab it. As I get my little finger into the belt loop and start pulling, I realize my pistol is aiming down, and getting dangerously close to breaking 180 degrees. The one thing I fear worse than mooning a squad of spectators, is getting a DQ, so I come to an abrupt halt, and bring my pistol up. To the shock (and amusement) of the crowd behind me, I engage the final targets exposing my backside to God and squad behind. Even with that distraction, I think I missed twice out of 6 targets, and had a respectable time. The second string went a LOT better, though, I scored worse. Go figure. It was a great day, and I had a lot of fun... Grabing some suspenders for next time, though. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipscron2000 Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberkid Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 I miss Rhino so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Stoeger Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 what happened to Ol rhino anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberkid Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Lotsa stuff happened to Rhino. Mostly a lot more practice and he is startin to kick some ass that is long overdue. Rifter, do a search for "The day the pants failed" and you will understand what I mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rifter Posted May 10, 2005 Author Share Posted May 10, 2005 I guess I had 2 advantages here. 1) This was the last course of the day. 2) My pants just fell to half mast, and didn't rupture. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cking Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 See there is a reason mom told you to wear clean underwear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rifter Posted May 10, 2005 Author Share Posted May 10, 2005 See there is a reason mom told you to wear clean underwear! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ha! After the match, I told my mom about it, and said that she would be happy, since I had clean underwear on. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folsoml Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 What would you expect on a stage that starts sitting on a toilet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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