Dennis, Zeeb, and I were on the same squad today, and we shot the three non-field stages first. (In other words, the ones where you attempt it five times, and then throw out the slowest time.) After three stages, Chris and Dennis were tied (and we measure to one-hundredth of a second) and I was only .04 seconds behind them. This is after the best 12 of 15 strings of fire. That's close! Made for a fun match.
On the field stage, Dennis got first, I got second, and Zeeb got third---so in production class today, I got second place. I can live with that---particularly compared to the steel match earlier this month! In the last couple of months, I've been REALLY disappointed in my shooting, so this makes me feel much better.
Video of some of the stage runs plus the field stage:
Still have things I need to work on, of course. In the field stage, I could have gotten a better time but I rushed one sequence of shots for a number of misses that just wasted time. And as always, I need to work on my draw-to-shoot times and reload times.
However, my accuracy was back up to almost my normal. I'm hoping that having my sights off didn't cause me to develop more bad habits---I have enough of those! We'll see if this accuracy thing continues with the regular pistol match next week.
I'll be shooting it with different ammunition---I'm out of Rainier bullets, so I'll be trying Montana Gold this time around. I hope I get a chance to try them out before the match---if they aren't going to work, I need to know soon!
With my computers non-functional since the basement flooded, I'm going to have to practice regular dryfire without a signal/tone. Ah well--I needed smooth precision work anyway.
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