Rock Your Glock match, July 17th...

No video.

So, today I had the best run I have EVER had at any Glock match. Ever.

When I started RYG in 2005, I got around 118 seconds as my score. By the next year, I broke 100 and ended the year with a 91 second total. In 2007, I had an amazing run and actually broke the 60 mark with a 59.34.

After that it went up and down, but stayed mostly in the low 60s in 2008 and 2009---until today. Today I broke 50 seconds, getting a total match time of 49.28 seconds.

That's three runs at the 5-to-25, three runs at the "M", and four runs at the plates. A total (minimum) of 81 rounds. I had personal bests at all three stages, in particular a 13.9 second total at the plates (dropped 24 plates in 13.9 seconds---average time per run of 3.475 seconds per 6-plate rack).

Absolute personal BEST.

[sigh]

Which was good enough for 3rd place in the Master/Open class. 3rd.

(Granted, it would have won Master class last time...) Several of us just had an amazingly good day. And in my defense, I was shooting with a Production gun, while the number 2 guy was shooting an Open gun...but Dennis got first place with a 45.82 (which is outstanding) shooting a stock Glock 17.

[sigh] Oh well.

Second place guy shot an Open Glock. (Which is amusing, since he got 4th place with his regular open gun---an STI.)

To add insult to injury, I didn't win the raffle for the gun. Ardi was the one drawing the name, and I told her it was a long walk home...so what does she do? She pulls Julie's name!

Well, at least one of us won the gun. Julie is all happy she gets another Springfield XD---she doesn't have an XDM yet, and plans on rectifying that omission.

Fun match and day. And my best time ever. Next year's goal: breaking 40 seconds. (It's possible!)