HighVelocity Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Waco, next saturday. Redemption awaits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RV man Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I really hate to see you not having fun in open. I have been having so much fun with my open gun that I don't want to shoot anything else. I can almost see the dot when the shot breaks sometimes. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Capizzo Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Good Derrick, Good. You really don't want to shoot Open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 The one thing I've learned about shooting Open is it's the opposite of what I thought it was going to be. I started shooting Open so I could focus on just the shooting. Only have to reload on stages with more than 29 rounds, and all I'd have to worry about is the shooting, not where the mag changes would be, no stage tactics to worry about other than the fastest way to run the dot on that stage.... Instead, I spent all of my time the last few months thinking about everything BUT the shooting. Will the ammo work? Will the mags feed? Are the stars in alignment? Did the Pope give his blessing today?? Gads, I just want to focus on the shooting, and Open was not letting me do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 Oki doki - vacation's over. Time to get back to work!! I haven't completely given up on Open. But that's going to be a battle for another year. The 2009 campaign will be fought in Limited Class. I've got a percent or two until I earn my M card in Limited to go along with the L10 M card, and breaking that 85% barrier is first on a list of goals for '09. First big match will be Double Tap; and I will be ready to rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RV man Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 That sounds like a perfect plan and I want to watch you get there. It leaves more cookies for me. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan W Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 psst...catfish - PRODUCTION, dude... You can't resit it forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 psst...catfish - PRODUCTION, dude... You can't resit it forever. thanks Chief!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike cyrwus Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 (edited) wish ya luck with limited, bro. Got me one of those fat guns too! Ill see you around the top 20 at DT! Edited December 24, 2008 by mike cyrwus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 Shot my first match in a few months that I could actually concentrate on just shooting, and not if the stars were in alignment! Had a fun, fun day at the range today shooting Limited. 2nd limited and 7th ovl out of about 35ish shooters. Rusty, and off by *that* much but it felt great to just pull the trigger and hit the target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Burtchell Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Good job, and more importantly I'm glad you had fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 Thanks Paul! It's really, really, really hard to complain about high 70s temps, bright blue sky and being with your friends at the first match of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 Shot an almost decent match Saturday at Greenville. Damn it was cold. Windy, overcast and generally not very comfy. I dressed properly for it and it wasn't completely terrible. 6 of 7 stages were shot pretty well, but flat gave up/quit on the classifer when my trigger finger just quit working. Instead of taking a little breath I just hosed. Lack of mental focus, which chaps me a bit but that's the way it is. The cold appeared to be affecting my mags too. Or maybe my grip. (STI 2011) I couldn't get a mag to drop free at any point at any stage of the match. They just wouldn't drop free. At home, in 70ish degree weather, they drop OK. At the range, in the 30s, not so much. It wasn't a case of me fat fingering the mag release because they did it even in the safe area when I went and made sure it wasn't me physically doing something wrong because I couldn't feel the button.... Odd. Anyone got any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revchuck Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Derrick - I doubt there's any contraction of the grip frame and/or expansion of the mag with a 40 degree temperature difference. Sounds like you got some crud stuck up in the grip frame somewhere...if you've been shooting a bunch, crud can build up in the trigger bow area, though it probably would've affected the trigger pull if it had. Also, if you dropped a mag in the mud and didn't clean it off well enough, it might have transferred the mud to the inside of the grip frame the next time you used that mag. Just guessing from long distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 Hey Chuck - checked all that - the gun was clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighVelocity Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Did you check to see that all the grip frame screws were tight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 yep. It's very, very odd. they work fine at room temp.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revchuck Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Sounds like it's a problem with the loose nut behind the grip safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseywales Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 yep. It's very, very odd.they work fine at room temp.... Yep, sounds like you need to just stick to indoor matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 Sounds like it's a problem with the loose nut behind the grip safety. NOW we may be on to something!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RV man Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 You are dealing with the bad karma that results from trying to escape the DARKSIDE!!! Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 aha! Another Sith Lord in training! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 Waco today. Fun match... Other than a lazy issue I had on the last target in the classifier, probably the best match I've shot since, oh.....September?! Had fun, got some trigger time and things are improving. Enjoyed another great day at the range!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RV man Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 It was really cool to see you have a great day and have fun. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 watched the vids. Gads do I have some work to do on movement. I shot the stage like I was shooting single stack. 8 reload 8; with a damn near perceptable pause in between arrays. THAT's gotta change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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