Well my first match wasnt all that great... or atleast i wasnt impressed with my scores... 6th out of 14... not too bad...

Shot my final Match with my XD.. I had over half the stages in my possesion... all "A" Zones and several seconds above the fastest man.
I feel more confident now..


I Dry fired and praticed my stance along with trigger control with my XD alot and then just put it down... 4weeks later i put it in my range bag and go to the Match. I knew the "training" would pay off! First stage i Aced it,, all that training myself in the living room payed off, Everything was done by instinct, didnt have to think about any of my movements. They all came natural. But on the targets 5yds and under were just point and shoot... got several targets that i could cover both bullet holes with my thumb Out to 12yds and they were all in the Center "A" zone... BEAUTIFUL!!! Front sight, Press... Front sight, Press...

Im really proud of myself now.. and have alot more faith in my XD...
Double taps were done without thinking..

Half the revolver guys kept having problems with Reloads... it was sad but they can shoot!!

Had one guy that had a Poof..... Man did the range get loud!! All at once every body started yelling... Good thing is the bullet got caught in the barrel and cylinder, so he could not have gotten another shot off. He froze when it all happened. Im glad everyone pays that much attention at our matches.

All in all we had a good time together. So it was well worth it.

A Newbie (me) can shoot 2 ICORE Matches for free.... Ya know to get your feet wet and its a good place to start because your shooting a Semi-Auto with 10rd mag against guys with 6 shot revolvers.... Im hooked now.. im goin on to IDPA and IPSC!!!

OH and BTW,,, i got 2nd overall...

First place had a score of 111.73 (my RSO and good buddy)
Second place- 128.2 (ME )
Third place- 137.31 (match director)


But in the Semi-Auto class i had the top score of 128.2 followed by 2nd place with 179.12.. Thats 50.92 seconds ahead of 3rd place with only 5 stages of fire!!!

As you can see im extremely proud of myself!!

In the Semi Class the top 3 pistols were XD... My XD Service 4" .40 w/Heine Night Sights (thanks BigED ), Second place guy had a XD SC 9mm and my buddy in third place had a XD Service 9MM.
4th 5th and 6th were Glock 17s i think... 9mm.


So next Match will be either IDPA or IPSC..
They dont want none

Next is 3 Gun Matchs!!!
XD
Bushmaster M4
Winchester 120 Ranger

 

What's a Poof?

 

Poof is when either there is no Gunpowder in the casing or its full of cotton........................ Neither of them are good since they dont burn, ,and can get you hurt really bad..
The primer is the only thing creating a high pressure to push the bullet far enough in the barrel that the next round will hit it and well you know.... its not a pretty sight!!

Since he was shooting a revolver and the bullet lodged half way in the barrel and cylinder he could not have gotten another shot off.. So they had to go to the safe zone and get a hammer and dowel to drive the bullet back into the cylinder to get the cylinder open.

Got it?

 

You should go to a bench rest competition one day.My dad does it,talk about awesome bench guns

 

ugh.... talk about expensive!!!! Id rather be Running and Gunning than sittin there...

Shot a guys Blauser .308 at the range one day.... $6,000 for the rifle and $2500 for the scope...
Man was it nice, but dang thats alot of green to put down.. it shot sub 1/4 MOAs though....
300meters and ping pong ***** were just fun... every shot!!!!
Oh and he had a 10oz Trigger

 

Nice.
LOl yes it is expensive.We have 4 bench guns with jewel triggers that have 2 ounce triggers.lol it is nuts but it is only for the bench of course

 

hahahah,,, yea Jewel is just $$$$$ in my eyes...ouch..

All my guns that i will use in competition are the same guns i either carry or hunt with.

 

Nice job! If we're going to Hub Sunday, you might want to bring your entire collection with ya though.

 

I keep one with me at all times....