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xd_john · 04-12-2008, 06:23 PM

I've got a decent amount of rimfire shooting under my belt (9k rounds a year) and I picked up an XD-9 Service a month ago yesterday and I've already got 1000 rounds through it. Went to my first steel match today and shot with some of the best guys there.

I learned a TON from the group that I was placed with - everything from the order to engage to where I was losing time, and some of my common mistakes.

On 'fast' stages where the best guys in my group were running 2.5 - 2.8 seconds, I was typically in the 5.0 - 5.5 range, and I saw people in other groups that were running 7+ seconds.

It was a ton of fun, I learned a lot, and importantly to me -- I don't think I was dead last. Results get posted in a day or two.

Tomorrow I might shoot my first USPSA match.

**R Dub** · 04-13-2008, 11:01 AM

Love the sound of bang and clang shooting steel. Sounds like your hooked..or will be after the USPSA match for sure.

jtkratzer · 04-13-2008, 11:17 AM

I learned a lot my first match, there was some steel, some cardboard torso targets...lots of fun.

xd_john · 04-16-2008, 10:23 AM

I got 7th place (out of 11) in Pistol Iron on my first steel shoot. Not too bad?

I was 10 seconds out of 6th place, over a 6 stage setup.

04-12-2008, 06:23 PM	#1
xd_john XDTalk Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 67	Shot my first steel match. I've got a decent amount of rimfire shooting under my belt (9k rounds a year) and I picked up an XD-9 Service a month ago yesterday and I've already got 1000 rounds through it. Went to my first steel match today and shot with some of the best guys there. I learned a TON from the group that I was placed with - everything from the order to engage to where I was losing time, and some of my common mistakes. On 'fast' stages where the best guys in my group were running 2.5 - 2.8 seconds, I was typically in the 5.0 - 5.5 range, and I saw people in other groups that were running 7+ seconds. It was a ton of fun, I learned a lot, and importantly to me -- I don't think I was dead last. Results get posted in a day or two. Tomorrow I might shoot my first USPSA match.

04-13-2008, 11:01 AM	#2
R Dub XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Last Frontier Posts: 3,627 Blog Entries: 1	Love the sound of bang and clang shooting steel. Sounds like your hooked..or will be after the USPSA match for sure. __________________ Need XD Accessories? Support the XDTalk Sponsors. They support us! Need some competition? IDPA / USPSA

04-13-2008, 11:17 AM	#3
jtkratzer XDTalk 15K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lancaster Co., PA Posts: 17,478	I learned a lot my first match, there was some steel, some cardboard torso targets...lots of fun. __________________ "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson The Gun Lounge Pennyslvania Firearms Owners Association Hockey Forum

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04-16-2008, 10:23 AM	#4
xd_john XDTalk Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 67	I got 7th place (out of 11) in Pistol Iron on my first steel shoot. Not too bad? I was 10 seconds out of 6th place, over a 6 stage setup.