Red Dot Special
My Smith and Wesson M22A with the ADCO eDot I won last weekend. Can’t wait to go sight it in and then hit the .22 match at Rio. Google+ … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Here thar be treasure
Why do I shoot / RO big matches like the Superstition Mountain Three Gun and the Desert Classic? First off, they’re FUN, even for a quasi-sucky shooter like me. Secondly, there’s some great people working on the match, and I … Continue reading
Stage 7
Despite a few issues (Yes, that is a CZ75, and yes, it did FTE. And don’t ask about the first mag load on the rifle. Please. I’m begging you.), I had a blast shooting this stage. Update: A Quick Self-Critique … Continue reading
The Harmonic Firearms Convergence
The winner of Top Shot Season One watching the filming of 3 Gun Nation Season Two. I’ll have a bunch more updates from the Three Gun match throughout the week. More … Google+ … Continue reading
Stage 10
This is where I’ll be the rest of the weekend: 15 targets (13 IPSC Metric, two poppers, #00 Buckshot (12ga) or #3 Buckshot (20ga) only. Yep, that’s right, a buckshot-only stage with paper targets. With up nine holes (plus the … Continue reading
Hanging out with one gun
When I said that Stage 1 was going to be popular on YouTube, I wasn’t kidding. Stage briefing: Start hanging out, feet on X’s. If you touch the ground, it’s a procedural. If you shoot while touching the ground, each … Continue reading
That’s all for now, and I am outta here
I’ll be shooting and working the Superstition Mountain Mystery Three Gun for the rest of this week. Hopefully I’ll have time for some updates in the next few days, but I doubt it. More … Google+ … Continue reading
Hold your fire
- Schadenfreude (n) “To delight in another person’s misfortune” Of course, before we came up with a fancy German name for it, we called it “Being a sore winner” or “Gloating” and it was shameful behaviour. Now we call it … Continue reading
I did the IDPA
I’ve shot IDPA once before. And by “shot” I mean I shot 1 1/2 stages on a club match and DQ’d myself by sweeping my arm with an empty gun while doing a reload, so when I heard Phoenix Rod … Continue reading
Something tells me I shoulda stood in bed.
As far as I could tell, I needed a 41% or better to move up to C class today. According to ClassiferCalc.com, I shot a 38%, even though I tagged two no-shoots (and quite well, too). To quote The Pixies, … Continue reading
Quote of the Day
“I’m not a champion for gun rights because I like guns, I’m a champion because it’s the right side to be on.” – Robb More … Google+ … Continue reading
The rifle, man.
In tuning up for the Superstition Mountain Mystery Three Gun next week, I ran across an interesting problem. Going over my scores from my last match, I did pretty good on the shotgun stages, but where I need help is … Continue reading