dirtypool40 Posted November 18, 2007 Author Share Posted November 18, 2007 LOL, soon. Right now I am plum tuckered out. @nd day of the class and had a blast, lots of movement, shoot offs, par time and partials. Didn't shoot much but demo'd timing and trapping a swinger with the 6" and so far I like how it moves. more to come... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 more to come... SLACKER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 (edited) more to come... SLACKER Don't make me use the "mom is going in for surgery so we had Thanksgiving in addition to teaching a calss this weekend" excuse..... cuz I'll do it!!!! There will be several cameras down at Mom's, and I'll post new pics, and range diary entries once I'm there. Edited November 19, 2007 by dirtypool40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 Got out for a little practice "class" with some buds today, had a blast and my "spiel" really feels likes it's coming together. didn't really shoot much, maybe 100 rounds worth of demo-ing, and lots of dry fire / movement drills with the new gun. So far I am liking the 6", still noticing tighter hits and not really seeing a difference in times. More to come as I actually get to practice this coming week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted December 1, 2007 Author Share Posted December 1, 2007 (edited) Had my first match with the new 6" gun. Titusville is probably the best local match in FL, and today was no exception. Jeff Degracia shot Limited today and was right on my ass all day, he shot a solid, clean match. I had one solid stage, and was able to squeak out the Limited win with it, but a lazy missed reload and MIKE on the classifier (our last stage) cost me the match over the open guys. Those Open guys were not that safe from "Tiro" and I, finishing less than 5 measly points out in front. I need some more time with it, but so far I like what I am seeing with the 6" gun. Edited December 2, 2007 by dirtypool40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbadaboom Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 And looked sexy doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AA-Wolf Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Just squeaked out taking you with my Open rod... Someone's been practicing. Good job. Gun looked very cool too. Now let's get them coated!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted December 2, 2007 Author Share Posted December 2, 2007 (edited) Thanks Mike, actually I am sans practice and match since the sex-shunal. That was just the joy of getting out with the boys. You and Greg are getting rrrrrrrrrrright there ain't cha? M or GM card in the near future for you both. As to coating, if IF I get the freakin' tubes this week, the coating order goes off the next. I can't really get fired up about practicing until I get it back so I know it's not going anywhere. I want some uninterrupted practice time with it, and it'll be gone a month getting that sexy coating. PM me how many you have ready to go. I have 4. we only have to make 10. Today I went and shot IDPA, on the 10th anniversary of my first match ever, at the club I started at. My gun didn't get back in time, so I ended up scrounging gun, gear and ammo last minute, with predictable results. Edited December 2, 2007 by dirtypool40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted December 4, 2007 Author Share Posted December 4, 2007 guess what arrived today? The gun I was supposed to shoot yesterday. Story of my life, huh? Anyway, I have a "photo shoot" tomorrow and hope to have a website up within a week. Keep your fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 Just a note for the diary. weighed in @ 206# and 17.5% body fat according to one of those little steering wheel type gadgets. Let's see if changing up the workout and diet can pair those #'s down some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 Sexy 6" is off getting IONBONDED, so I went back to the 5". First match in a couple of weeks. I had a lot of fun but what a roller coaster . I won Limited by 12% and missed the overall win by 22 points. All of that was on one stage where I edged a popper, had a malf and then lost calibration. The oddities just kept coming, my gun started tripling. My fault for putzing around with things. and I swear, I seen a lot o stuff in my life, but that........ was......... AWESOME!!!! The targets were only 7-12y away so the hits were all there. I felt like ROBO COP!!!! Let's see, next stage I loaded my pinky into the gun. Sure, we're all done that, but I've never it that hard. So hard in fact my nail is several shades of black and green and I have a blood blister on the tip of my finger. Yoooooooooooooooowwww!!!! It throbbed the rest of the day (still is) and my hand was numb enough I missed the reload on the next stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted December 29, 2007 Author Share Posted December 29, 2007 Light Practice today at Tico with PaulW and "Hacksaw" Jim Collier. These guys are just coming back to manly, I mean Limited, but they can shoot!! Watch out. Here they come!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted December 31, 2007 Author Share Posted December 31, 2007 (edited) IDPA yesterday. I was HOA shooting another slip slidin' roller coaster match. Great bunch of guys though, my squad, and I learn a little more each time. I'm also setting up stages and think I'll make a couple of IDPA matches my regular routine, especially once I get my black light rail SV back from IONBOND. Good relaxed practice with PaulW today. We shot the partials, and lots of work on plates. It's great to have PaulW in Limited, and I look forward to getting stronger trying to keep up as he finds his top gear with iron sights. My draw was rough most of the day and it cost me on "crazy plates". I dropped six freakin' plates, including 3 going in @ 25y and 2 comin' out at 25y. But first practice back, what did I expect. Then we started at 10 and kept backing up, 5y at a time, adding a second for every five yards. I went clean back to 25, dropped one (first shot AGAIN) there, then clean at 30 and dropped one (first shot AGAIN!!!) at 35. We ended with some speed runs @ 10, and while I've never been a world beater at steel runs, I did put up some 2.5x's and matched my best of 2.49. Again, draw was a 1/10th off so it cost me some serious good times (for me). I also ran some alternating, crazy plate style and had several runs down around 2.55-2.65 but nothing clean. Ended the day with a 1.19 draw to a plate @ 25y which is solid for me. So, clearly more work is needed to make that consistent. All in all, I am getting fired up about shooting again, and this was a good first step. Edited January 1, 2008 by dirtypool40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 Good, relaxed practice with ZHunter today. It was FREEZING and windy. Yowch!!! Started kinda rough but we got some good work in. Shootin Bianchi plates near to far I dropped 6 SIX!!!! on the two 25y runs. Then we started again @ 10y and went one run at each distance, backing all the way up to 35y and adding a second to the par for every 5y. (30y par is 10, 35y par is 11). I went clean all the way back to 30, then dropped 1 and went clean at 35. I'll take it! Jay and I ended the day horsing around with a new game, a modification of a "pick up plates" drill the Burner had us doing at his class. Jay was calling it "Tennis Plates", and I like it. Back up from the plates. We could only get to 35y so that's where we shot from. (50 is better still!!) Shooter #1 gets one round at the first plate. If he hits it, shooter #2 shoots at the next plate. There's no score until someone misses their plate. If it's shooter #1's plate and he misses, #2 get's a chance to score. Like an "advantage" in tennis. The pressure ebbs and flows. On your plates the pressure is not to give an opening, on his, be ready to snatch a point. You have to be far enough back that it's a tough shot, I'd say at least 25-30y, I got this idea from shooting plates in a group from 50y at the "Burner's". Grab a partner and try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I loved that game, great test and fun as well!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 BTW, DP shot my 6" gun, I guess I get no love, not a mention!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRe Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 BTW, DP shot my 6" gun, I guess I get no love, not a mention!! Of course not. Its not his 6" gun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 BTW, DP shot my 6" gun, I guess I get no love, not a mention!! Of course not. Its not his 6" gun... Ok, not my tastes visually, but mechanically that thing has a top flight pedigree. I didn't shoot but 10-15 rounds, but it was nice. Jay shot a HELLUVA match today at Titusville. I on the other hand, started the year off with a stinker. HUGE local match, lot of good shooters including Shannon and Jeff Degracia, plus PaulW on iron sights. I dug a nasty hole for myself on the first stage, then shot two decent stages and then BURIED my match with two mikes, a missed reloads and four extra shots. I finished with a very conservative run on the classifier, but the damage had been done, and it's was yooogly. Time to get back to practice and take things seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 I hate it that I am currently down here in Sarasota, FL but could not make this match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 I hate it that I am currently down here in Sarasota, FL but could not make this match. I sill maintain that Titusville is the best local match in FL, and this one was AWESOME. Stages were grrrrrrrrrreat. They always do a good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 I can't tell you how much I regret not getting any pictures of the FL section match back in Nov. I was so focused on my shooting that I didnt even bring my camera. Those were some great stages & props. Where's your spinning wheel of doom NOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 To tell you the truth, yesterdays match had the feel of a state match!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramas Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 (edited) Zhunter and Dirtypool40 how you did your match? Edited January 6, 2008 by Ramas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 Zhunter and Dirtypool40 how you did your match? We shot in different divisions. ZHunter show very well, as well as I have seen him shoot. He won his division (Single Stack) and is well on his way to a Master classification. I shot poorly on three of five stage, and finished about 20% a normal / solid match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAB33 Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Great match! Got to witness some great shooting, that run on stage 3 was as good as it gets DP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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