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<\/a><\/div>\nI have counted it up as 60 shots in the match, though that does not account for makeup shots. I had three misses and seven down 1’s. I believe the key was consciously shooting slower.<\/p>\n
The procedurals on Stage 1 were a stop in the open while engaged and a break cover, Stage 2, it was breaking tactical sequence, and on Stage 4, it was another cover break.<\/p>\n
The biggest problem was two different squibs on Stage 1. The first time through, I did fairly well, shooting methodically, then the squib was on either the last target or next to last. Time at that point was 24.4x seconds. It appears to have been a cartridge with no powder. The bullet was barely into the rifling. I loaded up tried again. ANOTHER SQUIB! Much earlier in the course of fire. This time, it cleared the barrel, better safe than exploded. So, having learned my lesson, I shot the rest of the match with factory ammo, which I was pleased to have brought with me. When I finally got to finish Stage 1, my raw time was 39.62.<\/p>\n
Several good pieces of advice were received tonight. One I knew about, but was still doing wrong is positioning behind cover. In my first match, I got right up on the cover, which makes it tough to move around. Tonight, I tried to make sure I was an arms length behind the cover, particularly on Stage 4 with two Bianchi barriers, but I failed to account for leaning forward in stance, so I still had to step back and lift the muzzle to clear the barrier. Lift too high and it’s a safety issue. And I’m going to keep breaking from cover with my feet until I do it enough that my stance narrows. I just take a big step, set my weight and, oops, too wide….<\/p>\n
In the submitted scores, I was last for ESP division, 3rd from last overall. I think a better indicator of my progress will be the spread to the next better score. In ESP, the next higher score was a full 30 seconds better, but interestingly enough, that shooters penalties were similar. His raw time was 30 seconds better.<\/p>\n
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I shot generally better tonight. Still lots of room for improvement, but I didn’t choke anywhere, even with *two* squib reshoots… I have counted it up as 60 shots in the match, though that does not account for makeup shots. I had three misses and seven down 1’s. I believe the key was consciously shooting … Continue reading IDPA Thursday Night<\/span>