First, I was Time’s 2006 Person Of The Year, and now this! I mean it’s not like millions and millions of people shoot IPSC, but still, that’s a nice little ego boost for a thoroughly average shooter like myself. … Continue reading
Or, 1000 words on why shooting practical pistol competitions may NOT get you killed in the real world. I don’t want to know what it’s like to lay down cover fire or call in an airstrike; that’s the military’s job, … Continue reading
And I think I’m reaching a plateau. Still not mastering the Single Action/Double Action trigger on my P07, as the Dot Torture Drill shows. 46 out of 50. I have only myself to blame, as every one of those misses … Continue reading
Keeping things moving from yesterday’s post, I went back and looked at my first workout with the Dot Torture Drill: 43 out of 50 with my USPSA Production CZ75 at three yards. Considering that now, two years later, I … Continue reading
Mz. Vast Right Wing Conspiracy and Capitalist Pig of Great Satan Inc. shooting Stage 7 of the Rio Salado Classic. She plants at each port, he walks past each. Me? I also walked the line. In hindsight, because Alphas are … Continue reading
Or, How to Win Stages and Influence Scores By Using Math Because I was on the RO squad, we blew thru 8 stages on Wednesday, leaving just 9,10,11 and 12 for Thursday. You already know how I did on Stage … Continue reading
I got tired of competition videos where you couldn’t tell what was being shot from where, so I created this in iMovie in less than an hour. It’s interesting to compare the video from this year to video of me … Continue reading
My squad of RO’s and other assorted hangers-on started on Stage One today and worked our way around to Stage 8 by 1:00. This is REAL fast compared to other Area 2′s I’ve shot, which bodes well for the match … Continue reading
I took a day off for some personal stuff and to have one last chance at a practice run before the 25th Annual USPSA Area 2 Championship (and boy, did I need it). Here’s where a photo of how I … Continue reading
Last week was the last USPSA sanctioned match at Rio before the Area 2 Championship, aka The Desert Classic. With GM’s like Matt Burkett, Rob Leatham, Angus Hobdell, Nils Johannson and Vic Pickett as regular competitors, Rio is pretty much … Continue reading
Yeah, me neither. I’m a bit under the weather and still tired from a marathon USPSA match on Saturday. Talk amongst yourselves, I’ll give you a topic: Red dot scopes are neither red nor a dot. Discuss. Today will be … Continue reading
I so didn’t need to know about this. With the SRTS we have taken almost all of the forward movement out of the single action position with the trigger moving on average less than a 1/16 (0.0625”) before stopping. We … Continue reading