March Pistol Match...

Well, I didn't get nearly as much dry fire practice in February as I wanted---matter of fact, I probably managed practice less than twice a week, and sometimes only for a few minutes each time. While that is better than nothing, it isn't extremely useful.

So, this month I'll try to do better. With the RUReady software, I have a shot timer with par times, and I have taken recordings from my pistol matches so that the "RO commands" given by the program are actual recordings of the ROs from my matches--and so is the "beep" sound. Pretty cool!

Nonetheless, apparently the practice I got in did help---either that, or I've somewhat gotten over my "slump" of the last couple of months. Today's pistol match, while not stellar, was at least decent overall, with me shooting to my normal level for two solid stages, and me doing mostly decently for the other two. I meant to have all of the stages recorded, but I managed to get distracted and forgot one---so the video this month only includes 3 of the four stages.

Unfortunately, the one stage I didn't get recorded was the one where I finally shot a Texas Star perfectly--and I didn't get it on tape! Arg! Ah well.

Here is this month's match:



Faster than last month, better accuracy--but I need to start "snapping" my hands down for the draw and especially the reloads. I am moving smoothly (other than that last reload on the classifier stage) but just not very fast. I even know what I need to do differently ("snap" the hand down for the initial grab for the magazine--it will speed everything up) I just need to find the time to practice it until it is unconscious.

I can't wait until it is warmer and I have some free time---I have a non-timed accuracy drill that I want to work on, but it requires actual live fire. And while I love shooting, at the moment I don't love it enough to brave the cold weather!

Maybe next week?

In two weeks: Steel Challenge match. Should be fun...