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ichy_trigger · 06-25-2007, 05:39 AM

We shot a local USPSA match on sunday and thank God I have a sense of humor.

I was shooting my STI Spartan in Single Stack. I got out of the starting gates, sorta speak, and then slipped on the loose gravel. As if that wasnt bad enough, I over ran 2 targets. I got to the end and realized that I had passed them because my round count was off. I leaned back sharply to engage the missed targets and only had 3 shots left in the gun, causing me to take 1 "mike". No need to reload for the one shot, the time would hurt worse than the -10 for the miss. I still ended up shooting it in the 12+ seconds with my 8 round mags, the slip, over running targets, not to bad considering the fastest Limited shooters were turning in 11+ second times.
Anyways, My wife caught it all on video and we got a good laugh out of it, I hope you do too.

aiformula · 06-25-2007, 06:10 AM

ehh well at least you didn't take two FTE penalties.

leeindy · 06-28-2007, 09:04 PM

ive had those days. its a mental thing. got to relax take a minute to run the course in your head, tune the rest of the world out, (except the start signal)

xd4life · 06-28-2007, 09:35 PM

I have slipped and fell with gun, mags flying all over the place..

ichy_trigger · 06-29-2007, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by leeindy

ive had those days. its a mental thing. got to relax take a minute to run the course in your head, tune the rest of the world out, (except the start signal)

I did...lol Just one of those things. Im going to shoot my Limited gun this weekend since I havent shot it in months. I wont know how to react to not having to reload. 21 rounds in a gun at the buzzer definately has its rewards.

mullanman · 07-10-2007, 11:02 AM

I see you are starting with hands relaxed at sides...

ichy_trigger · 07-10-2007, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by mullanman

I see you are starting with hands relaxed at sides...

Start position was hands on barrels. Nothing like starting gravel with something to push off against...lol.

06-25-2007, 05:39 AM	#1
ichy_trigger XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 7,417	Plagued with mishaps (video) We shot a local USPSA match on sunday and thank God I have a sense of humor. I was shooting my STI Spartan in Single Stack. I got out of the starting gates, sorta speak, and then slipped on the loose gravel. As if that wasnt bad enough, I over ran 2 targets. I got to the end and realized that I had passed them because my round count was off. I leaned back sharply to engage the missed targets and only had 3 shots left in the gun, causing me to take 1 "mike". No need to reload for the one shot, the time would hurt worse than the -10 for the miss. I still ended up shooting it in the 12+ seconds with my 8 round mags, the slip, over running targets, not to bad considering the fastest Limited shooters were turning in 11+ second times. Anyways, My wife caught it all on video and we got a good laugh out of it, I hope you do too. __________________ "The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member2645.png

06-25-2007, 06:10 AM	#2
aiformula XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sw ohio Posts: 3,081	ehh well at least you didn't take two FTE penalties. __________________ Tony Obama '08... change we can bereave in. Guns are like orgasms.......you just can't have enough good ones!

06-28-2007, 09:04 PM	#3
leeindy XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: montana Posts: 2,892	ive had those days. its a mental thing. got to relax take a minute to run the course in your head, tune the rest of the world out, (except the start signal) __________________ USAF F-15 Attack Control Specialist / Range Officer / Defensive Pistol Instructor "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" Sigmund Freud Anchorage Practical Shooters Club aka ANPRACS ANPRACS Match Videos click here and here USPSA # A-58756 IDPA # A28338 Co-Founder of the OFFICIAL XDtalk Competition League Another good gun forum http://www.nationalgunforum.com

06-28-2007, 09:35 PM	#4
xd4life XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Back in HOTLANTA Posts: 2,251	I have slipped and fell with gun, mags flying all over the place.. __________________ "A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well." Rick Hebert "The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities.... It is best to win without fighting." Sun-tzu 300 B.C Bob Barr FOR PRESIDENT

07-10-2007, 11:02 AM	#6
mullanman XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Mexico Posts: 1,909	I see you are starting with hands relaxed at sides... __________________ USPSA L2683

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