December 2008 Pistol Match...

It was cold. Okay? I hate being cold, so I wore layers, and a coverall, and yes, I looked twice as wide as normal plus I moved slowly (kinda like the kid in Christmas Story).

But I wasn't frozen. So I don't care. And I don't want to hear it!

The moral of December's match is simple: dry fire practice builds accuracy. You know why? Because I haven't been doing it, and my accuracy was very bad. Earlier in the year, my ability to drop plates and take the star was pretty good. However, lately I haven't been working on my trigger control (using dry fire practice) and my skills have dropped.

[sigh] But I've known that---I just haven't fixed it. I just need to get back on my schedule of dry fire practice every night for 10 minutes. It made a huge difference the first time. As a matter of fact, since we don't have a match for a couple of weeks, I need to pull the trigger group from my 34, and put in the practice trigger---won't drive the firing pin, but it has a reset and you can keep pulling the trigger even without the slide moving.

Hm. I think I'll do that tonight. That way I can hopefully get in some decent dry fire practice before the January match.

Here's the December match:



Oh---we have shot all of the 2008 matches, now. Next time we shoot will be the start of 2009. Year went fast, hmm? According to the statistics, I think I'll end up with 1st B and 1st Overall in Production, 1st Limited in 3-Gun, 2nd in Production Steel Challenge, and 3rd in Ironman.

We'll see if that is how it actually happens.

Oh---I'll be adding another post on shooting-related actions at a match. We had to DQ someone at this December match, and it didn't go over well. I'll talk about that when I have time.