dcarter Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Very nice Chris. I see I have a long way to go. Keep posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted August 9, 2009 Author Share Posted August 9, 2009 (edited) Only 4 and a half weeks until NATIONALS!!! I got my ammo loaded, my hotel reserved, and it's time to start laying on the practice hard and heavy. I doubt I can get 5000 rounds in between now and then, but I'll be shooting every local club match I can, and I'll get out to the practice range at least twice a week from now on. I had a dream last night that I finished exactly where I did the last 2 years. 77% & 78% to be exact. And I know I dont want to finish that bad again this year. I'd like to see a marked improvement in my Nationals results this year. I'd be really excited to finish at or above 80%. Edited August 10, 2009 by Chris Keen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshidaex Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Chris, Thanks for the hospitality. Shooting with you guys was great. We'll have to get together at nationals and have a few cool treats. Hiro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 You can count on that Hiro. Are you shooting BOTH Nats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshidaex Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Just the O/P portion of it. I have to get back to work and prepare for our 10 hour race over at Road Atlanta the weekend after the L/L10/R nationals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 (edited) I had a dream last night that I finished exactly where I did the last 2 years. 77% & 78% to be exact. And I know I dont want to finish that bad again this year. I'd like to see a marked improvement in my Nationals results this year. I'd be really excited to finish at or above 80%. Note to self: To hell with 80%. I'm shooting for an 85% overall finish at the Limited Nats. I want to shoot Master Class scores this year, and I WILL! With only 5 or 6 days to go until Nationals, here are my latest 2 club match videos. I feel very strong about my shooting at this point in the year, and I have nothing but positive vibes about the Nationals. 1st stage - Got a little sloppy on the Teeter Totter, and while transitioning to the left target, the Teeter Totter slammed the ground and my sight picture was disturbed, but I didn't take a make up shot at it, hence the one mike. Otherwise a very good stage. 2nd stage - Hit the wall with my muzzle on the draw, and then didnt call my first shot (which was a 1/2 inch into the black hard cover. Tried shooting the small steel plates on the move at first, but soon realized I need to stop moving and just nail them. 3rd stage - Somehow I was shooting very high on the far steel. It was very strange for my grip to be off that much. 4th stage was the cooper tunnel stage. I had no issues with the tunnel, but I took 2 extra shots on the small steel plate through that port, which ran my round count up from 19 to 21. I dont know why but once again, I started with 1 bullet too few. I only started with 20+1 and can quite easily get 21+1 in my mags so I dont know what I was thinking. I was signifigantly distracted with a phone call from work, right before I shot. 5th stage was the classifier. Did ok on the draw and reload felt smooth, but I tagged two no-shoots on the right. Edited September 7, 2009 by Chris Keen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 Here's the video from the 2nd match this weekend. Stage 1 - "Can You Count" .... this classifier is all about being relaxed, which I was on the first string. But I got a little fired up after shooting so fast, and was tense on the 2nd string. Oh well .... still managed something around a 90% nationally on it. Stage 2 - This was a nice 26 round assault type field course, which was alot of fun. I got another chance to test out the new big-stick I got from Freedom Gunworks, which I plan on using at the Open Nats. The only thing weird was that as I got to shots umber 21 & 22 (going into my last position) I could feel the weight (or lack of) of the gun and it sort of distracted me. Very weird. Stage 3 - This was a standards stage, that had a "fun" element to it ...... the first string was one target in the center surrounded by no shoots. I did that part in 1.81 seconds from surrender position. NO problems on the rest of the SH / WH shooting. Felt very good. Stage 4 - This was a memory stage as every target looked the same as the one next to it. There were 8 in the front, and 8 in the back. All full-size targets but surrounded by no shoots again. I found a symmetrical way to shoot smoothly while on the move, and finished the stage 4 seconds faster than my next closest competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezco Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Nice shootn, Chris! I'm sure you'll do well at the Nationals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBfarms Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 I'm sure you will do very well at nationals. Good luck and have a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L-10_shooter Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Great job Chris you kicked some ass in Vegas!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Well, you wanted to shoot 85% and you shot better than 89%. Very nice Chris, we are proud of ya bro..... JT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel1212 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Your the man brother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbs007 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Da Man!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMITH Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Way to go Chris!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Turns out your one of the best in the world!!! Congrats!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBfarms Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Congrats on shooting like a pro. You kicked ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcarter Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Way to go Chris!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgunz11 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 I knew you could do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted September 20, 2009 Author Share Posted September 20, 2009 (edited) Thanks for the kind words everybody. I never expected to do this well. It was a great match. Had a lot of fun out there. I reached my goal of shooting 85% and now that I see it can be done I need to set some new goals. Here's a link to my video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcACye7xz7o Edited September 21, 2009 by Chris Keen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Thanks for the kind words everybody. I never expected to do this well. It was a great match. Had a lot of fun out there. I reached my goal of shooting 85% and now that I see it can be done I need to set some new goals. Here's the entire video, complete with the painfully slow stage 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PH_MlXtAa4 Lookin good Chris... hard to tell from the video, but it looked like a lot off stuff was close to the 180. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaGunner Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Great job Chris! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Great shooting Chris! BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandro Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Congrats dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTew Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Very nice. Congrats!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmitz Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Good shooting, nice video...looks very controlled...rock solid. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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