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06-16-2008, 04:38 PM
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Welcome back party...
... so last Saturday, 14 June, I decided that I was going to shoot the IDPA classifier again though I haven't live fired my XD in 7 months. I've only shot the classifier once back last May where I shot with my stock sights and I shot a measly 174 for ESP MM. That next week I changed out the front sight for a Dawsons FO one. Well, I decided to give it a try. I also haven't reloaded since I left for training so I worked up a load I'd never tried before (because the store didn't have the powder I wanted). My new recipe goes as follows:
Winchester brass MagTech Small Pistol and Revolver primers 4.0 grains of Winchester WST powder 180 grain LaserCast lead bullets Well, I shot the classifier and did better than I'd hoped. With no practice since being back home I shot a surprising 112.97. I'm very pleased with the score. I wanted Expert - missed it by 4.5 seconds - but like I said, I've been away at boot camp and a school for a while. I dogged the 2nd stage and was a little timid the first stage. I shot a few practice rounds before I shot the course and was not happy with the groupings. But when I shot the first course and everything was exactly where I wanted, I was happy. The second stage I got too cocky. The first two strings went off without a hiccup and I think I was down 1 just out the zone and low right on T1 but when I got to strong hand only I had a few shots where I was looking at the target with no sight picture. The only thing successful about that was I watched myself pull the shots left. Stage 3, I knew what I needed to d and set out to do it as quickly as possible without rushing the shots. One other thing I was happy about was I had no mikes and i think maybe 4 or 5 -3/D zones. I've got to work on some things though like shooting more aggressive, trigger squeeze/accuracy, reloads are rusty, transitions between targets, strong/weak hand (where I pulled a couple on stage 2), and getting used to the load. The load is a good one and I like how it feels. It's probably a little "hot" for production/ESP but I like how it goes back to target. I noticed it on stage 3 as I could see the sights come right back. It was stage 3 that I felt I could see how the gun was reacting to the load. Next match I shoot, I want/need to have video to study. My goal for Master by the end of this season is looking good. For those who know the stages I'll post my times... Stage 1 (down 1 on T1, 1 on T2, and 3 on T3) String 1 - 2.96 String 2 - 2.68 String 3 - 2.91 String 4 - 5.77 String 5 - 3.35 String 6 - 6.13 String 7 - 4.88 Stage 2 (down 4 on T1, 7 on T2, and 8 on T3) String 1 - 4.05 String 2 - 4.03 String 3 - 8.96 String 4 - 5.30 Stage 3 (down 10 on T1, 8 on T2, and 7 on T3) String 1 - 15.33 String 2 - 15.81 String 3 - 6.34 P.S. I heard that if you win a division (MM, SS, EX) at a major match and you beat out 10 ppl in your division you automatically get bumped up. Same if you beat 6 ppl in your division for the win and then 4 ppl in the division above you... is that true?
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06-17-2008, 09:24 AM
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06-17-2008, 10:08 AM
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Nice work, Congrats!
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06-17-2008, 10:39 PM
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06-18-2008, 12:41 PM
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Best of luck to you! It feels really good to circle EX that first time!
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06-19-2008, 09:49 PM
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