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Well I participated in my first shooting competition with my XD-40. It was a rather simple steel match but fun non-the-less and a good intro course for a first timer like me. It was held at Crooked Creek Conservation Club here in NE Ohio. (http://www.practicalpistol.net/default.htm) It had four stages; each stage consisted of 5 stationary steel plates. The course of fire was to draw on the start buzzer and shoot each plate once; if you missed a plate kept shooting until you hit each plate once. There was no penalty for a miss other than the time to squeeze of another round. We repeated this heat five times for each stage. So a perfect run would have been 100 rounds, I ended up using a few more than that to compete it.
The first stage was about 18-20 yards at steel plates the same shape as the standard practical pistol cardboard silhouette targets. The next stage was about the same distance but at slightly smaller rectangular plates. These stages were pretty easy and fast. I manage to get times down just under 4 seconds. The next stages were a bit harder. The third stage was at about 15 yards at 9 inch round plates. The kicker on this stage was the second plate from the left was a 6 inch plate. This slowed the pace down a bit and the poor six inch plate was cut off the 2x4 it was sitting on at least twice during the days shot from low shots. The final stage was five more 9 inch plate but closer at probably 11 or 12 yards. I did manage to clear a couple of heats of the 9 inch plate without missing any but more often then not it took more than five rounds to finish the heat. The guys said next months shoot will be a more traditional practical pistol course with obstacles, moves, and reloads. They had kept this first shoot simple expecting both newbe like myself and the possibility of mud.
My XD-40 performed flawlessly! I shot the complete course of fire twice and put almost 250 rounds of remanufactured ammo thought my XD-40 without a single failure. (See this thread for more on the ammunition if interested http://www.hs2000talk.com/viewtopic.php?t=20198&highlight=) I was very pleased with both the ammunition and my XD-40s performance. I will definitely be going back for some more shooting. I am really looking forward to getting a chance to move and reload on the course. I will definitely have to get two or three more magazines. I had four and really needed at least one more. I will also have to get a couple more magazine pouches. On a side note I was not the only XD there, there was one other XD-9 present. In the end it was a lot of fun and there seemed to be a good bunch of friendly and knowledgeable guys and gals there shooting.
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mcb
The first stage was about 18-20 yards at steel plates the same shape as the standard practical pistol cardboard silhouette targets. The next stage was about the same distance but at slightly smaller rectangular plates. These stages were pretty easy and fast. I manage to get times down just under 4 seconds. The next stages were a bit harder. The third stage was at about 15 yards at 9 inch round plates. The kicker on this stage was the second plate from the left was a 6 inch plate. This slowed the pace down a bit and the poor six inch plate was cut off the 2x4 it was sitting on at least twice during the days shot from low shots. The final stage was five more 9 inch plate but closer at probably 11 or 12 yards. I did manage to clear a couple of heats of the 9 inch plate without missing any but more often then not it took more than five rounds to finish the heat. The guys said next months shoot will be a more traditional practical pistol course with obstacles, moves, and reloads. They had kept this first shoot simple expecting both newbe like myself and the possibility of mud.
My XD-40 performed flawlessly! I shot the complete course of fire twice and put almost 250 rounds of remanufactured ammo thought my XD-40 without a single failure. (See this thread for more on the ammunition if interested http://www.hs2000talk.com/viewtopic.php?t=20198&highlight=) I was very pleased with both the ammunition and my XD-40s performance. I will definitely be going back for some more shooting. I am really looking forward to getting a chance to move and reload on the course. I will definitely have to get two or three more magazines. I had four and really needed at least one more. I will also have to get a couple more magazine pouches. On a side note I was not the only XD there, there was one other XD-9 present. In the end it was a lot of fun and there seemed to be a good bunch of friendly and knowledgeable guys and gals there shooting.
Rambling
mcb
