Anyway--remember how last time I said it was cold out? I was wrong.
THIS TIME, it was cold out. When the match started, it was about 7 degrees out, not including the wind chill. We actually re-designed stages so they all had table starts, so people wouldn't have to continually shrug into and out of coverings keeping themselves warm. :)
We ended up with five stages, with actually quite a bit of movement. Granted, many of us looked like the Michelin Man bumbling around out there, but it was worth it to be warm. We had a stand-and-shoot stage, and move-and-burn stage, a long-distance stage, an open-movement stage, and a quick sight-shoot-shift stage. Good fun stuff.
I had to make my stage slightly less cruel than I originally meant---the original version forced single strong and weak hand shooting from different positions. Not to worry, though---the nasty version will appear sometime when it is warmer out.
That reset trigger kit seemed to really help! (Or it may have simply been the fact that I did quite a bit of dry-fire practice over the last two weeks.) The distance stage had some pretty far shots, plus steel--and not only did I have no misses, I only had four C hits compared to the 17 A hits. And a decent time, too.
So---more of the same type of practice. Plus lots of draw-from-the-holster practice with my new Blade-Tech, since the next match is a steel match in two weeks.
Here the stages from the match:
Cold, but fun.
Oh---apparently I'm now the 3-Gun coordinator for our group this year. We didn't have one--and I hadn't volunteered since I can never make the meetings. However, since I don't mind keeping track of everything and getting volunteers for stages and such, and since they don't mind me missing the meetings, I went ahead and said I'll do it. First 3-Gun match: March. So, during the February pistol match I'll start getting nagging volunteers for stages. FAR in advance. If people don't volunteer, I'll create horrible, horrible rifle stages so people will be begging to plan stages so that I won't anymore. :)
On a non-related note, having heard commentary from a couple of people, yes, I will also post (later on) about shooter maturity, actions, and responsibility levels. Probably within the week.
3 comments:
I was at home where it was warm! :-)
I am taking a break from shooting over there for now.... My attitude has been very poor lately and I need to take a break. I have let some things bother me way to much, and its just not worth it.
Besides, its darn cold out!
It really was cold out--so I can certainly understand staying home.
When shooting with us is fun again and not a chore or an annoyance, come back. We need more fast shooters in Production. Get yourself back to Production division---see, there was the problem. You started shooting Limited, and and it just wasn't as fun. :-)
Shooting with you is a chore, yet fun!!! Not an annoyance!
Of course now you are getting to darn good to beat!!!
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