Hardball Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 Rule #1. Bring a gun that runs. Rule #2. Bring Magazines that work. Rule #3. Bring ammo that has been thoroughly inspected. Rule #4. Bring a clear mind, leave work at work. Rule #5. Keep in mind that if you aren't learning, you're doing it wrong. Rule #6. Your way isn't necessarily the right way, but what is comfortable to you. Rule #7. Ask questions to everyone. Rule #8. When the going gets tough, the tough bring a .45 (Just for kicks). Rule #9. Know yourself. Rule #10. Know your limitations and hide them well. Rule #11. Remember that, when you have forgotten Rule #1, it is time to become the fastest bolt action pistol shooter in the world. Rule #12. Remember that everyone on the range is your friend. Rule #13. Remember that Rule #12 only applies when you aren't shooting. Rule #14. Remember that politics don't matter when bullets fly. (Good rule in life as well.) Rule #15. You will do as well as you have prepared. Rule #16. Positive thinking can often overcome lack of confidence, but a lack of skill will always overcome everything else. Rule #17. Practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect. (Stole that one.) Rule #18. A relaxed mind is an open mind. Rule #19. An open mind is a channel to improvement. Rule # 20. It doesn't matter where you have placed, as long as you have improved on your prior performance.This means that you paid attention to Rule #5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtorre Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 and eat plenty of waffles before the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LChico Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 21. You are there to help the match run, just like everyone else - it is an all volunteer sport. 22. Check your scores. No one is trying to screw you out of points, but everyone can make an honest mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark K Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 expansion of rule #4: Where ever you are, be all there. Thinking about work at a match helps neither. Thinking about the last stage will not help this stage - as long as you learned from the last stage. Don't focus on your mistakes beyond using them as a tool for improvement. In your main, feast on your successes. Mark K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ty34984 Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 0.5 HAVE FUN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cas Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 "Win when you can, lose if you must, but always, always cheat!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinky Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Having fun really does count for a great deal. The positive attitude from 99.9% of participants is why I take it so seriously. Sounds like a dichotomy but if the sport sucked, so would the people who play it. It's always a pleasure to shoot a match with the really classy people our sport attracts. When the weather is crap, we ignore it. When guns give up, we share with the people we compete with. My .02. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWHaz Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 (edited) 21.Put sights on target,pull trigger,call shot and repeat. 22. plan you run,run your plan. Edited June 13, 2010 by TWHaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRev1911 Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 .23 Chrono your rounds before the match. I saw 2 guys shooting production not make minor at Area 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LT45 Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Don't let you buddies stellar run make you try to go faster than you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 When all else fails have some fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HICKMAN Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 (edited) When all else fails have some fun. amen! Shooting with good people always leads to fun Edited June 16, 2010 by HICKMAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Phil Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 24. Never, ever, let your 16 year old beat you. He'll tell everybody! 25. Shooting hostages costs lots of time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsydlooknin75 Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 #26. There are no hostages, they are collaborators and need to die as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris iliff Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 (edited) Times being what they are, I loaded 250 Winchester and 250 RP brass for the recent Indiana State match. I had a failure to extract and zeroed a 160 pt stage. That piece of brass was SB. I have no idea how it got in there, and it was the only one. But I do know that I'll be looking at each and every piece in the future for big matches. Rule # 3 is now my credo!!!!! Edited to say: Also, I went 164.1(minor) at A6 in April. So that's 0 for 2 on major matches this year, $$ spent I am afraid to add up, and all that practice and time that sometimes feels wasted because of the FAILURE OF AMMO...........ALL RELATED TO RULE #3. Edited August 2, 2010 by fourtrax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skydiver Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 (edited) expansion of rule #4: Where ever you are, be all there. Thinking about work at a match helps neither. Thinking about the last stage will not help this stage - as long as you learned from the last stage. Don't focus on your mistakes beyond using them as a tool for improvement. In your main, feast on your successes. Mark K. This rule got reinforced for me today. I completely blew up a stage today because I didn't focus on the task at hand. My brain was still in the previous 5 minutes. I was thinking about the guy I had just DQ'd a few minutes previously when he did a reload and then turned up range and had the gun pointing directly at me. That muzzle looked big and black and the only comforting thing was seeing the trigger finger indexed on the frame. His reload had not coincided with his plan, and so he was looking for the targets he should have shot first before doing the reload. When I got to that same spot on the stage, I ejected a perfectly good mag because I was thinking about reloads. This forced me to do an unplanned reload. (People said they could hear me yell "Nuts!" all the way to the back of the bay.) At that point my brain went into overdrive trying to figure out if I had enough mags to finish the stage. For me, when the brain kicks in, I stop watching the sights and calling my shots. I ended up collecting several mikes on paper after that point. Good thing I ended on a plate rack which gives positive feedback for hits... 9 shots to knock down 6 plates. So the other lesson reinforced today was something that Brian Enos posted yesterday: "When the going gets tough, call your shots." Edited August 2, 2010 by Skydiver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boz1911 Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Broke rule number 4 yesterday and it showed........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankfan79 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Leave wife/girlfriend at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffWard Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Add Rob Leatham's rules... 1) You don't have to shoot fast, just don't shoot slow. 2) You don't have to shoot perfect Alphas, just don't shoot sloppy. LOL Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecichlid Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Stay well hydrated and bring something to help keep your blood sugar levels from dropping. Joe W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Field Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 My brain was still in the previous 5 minutes. I was thinking about the guy I had just DQ'd a few minutes previously when he did a reload and then turned up range and had the gun pointing directly at me. That muzzle looked big and black and the only comforting thing was seeing the trigger finger indexed on the frame. yeah man hurl yourself behind some of them plastic barrels and TAKE COVA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FN fan Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Thanks, nice tips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Lord Gomer Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 24. Never, ever, let your 16 year old beat you. He'll tell everybody! It's even worse when it's your 12 year old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul788 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Its really bad when the twelve year old spanks Dad like a borrowed mule. Go Tommy!! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecichlid Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Keep some snacks on hand, nothing too sweet or heavy. I usually go with mini pretzels and some Sam's Choice trail mix. Joe W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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