on May 1, 2010 8:16 PM
I shot the ALSPPC USPSA pistol match today.
Like a dumbass I forgot my hearing protection, but luckily I was able to bum some ear plugs.
Things went pretty well overall. I continue to make stupid mistakes on complex stages. It seems like they just love to put walls everywhere that hide targets. Lesson learned, walk the stage until you're sick of it, then walk it some more.
I still get target fixated at times. My problem is that I'll get away with it a couple of times and then seem to forget there are sights on my gun.
I was happy with my performance on 3 of the stages, one was ok except for a fumbled mag change, and then the complex stage that I borked. One of these days I'll get a match in where I actually do my best on every stage.
One area where I did pretty well, compared to what I saw in my squad was the classifier stage. The stage was: 15 yards, draw put 2 rounds each on 3 targets, reaload put 2 rounds each on 3 targets using strong hand only. Then basically the same thing at 10 yards, except weak hand only. The classes I have taken from KR Training and Rangemaster really stressed one handed shooting, both strong and weak hands, and I have continued to practice those drills. From what I can tell, most competitors, even Master class, don't practice one handed and weak handed shooting that much if at all. (I am right handed, but I do a lot of things left handed due to my vision, so that might have something to do with it too.)
Like a dumbass I forgot my hearing protection, but luckily I was able to bum some ear plugs.
Things went pretty well overall. I continue to make stupid mistakes on complex stages. It seems like they just love to put walls everywhere that hide targets. Lesson learned, walk the stage until you're sick of it, then walk it some more.
I still get target fixated at times. My problem is that I'll get away with it a couple of times and then seem to forget there are sights on my gun.
I was happy with my performance on 3 of the stages, one was ok except for a fumbled mag change, and then the complex stage that I borked. One of these days I'll get a match in where I actually do my best on every stage.
One area where I did pretty well, compared to what I saw in my squad was the classifier stage. The stage was: 15 yards, draw put 2 rounds each on 3 targets, reaload put 2 rounds each on 3 targets using strong hand only. Then basically the same thing at 10 yards, except weak hand only. The classes I have taken from KR Training and Rangemaster really stressed one handed shooting, both strong and weak hands, and I have continued to practice those drills. From what I can tell, most competitors, even Master class, don't practice one handed and weak handed shooting that much if at all. (I am right handed, but I do a lot of things left handed due to my vision, so that might have something to do with it too.)
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