AHHHH!!!!! IDPA 1st timer

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mept

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Well this IDPA organized practice was fun for the first time trying it but don't do the following...

1. Drive over an hour away without the keys to your case.
2. Wear a good quality belt that will not rip in two or tear the buckle from the leather while feeding a holster or mag pouch through it.
3. Don't do the above so that you are late, miss the walk thru
4. Don't end up second on the list behind someone who has never tried IDPA, it makes you rush and empty your dome of all newly learned facts, rules and many other things as well. Funny how you can remember everything you did wrong after the fact.
5. Don't assume you can count to ten in any manner while trying to ask questions from an old timer, ie. load a magazine full
6. Don't trust friends to load all your magazines full while you tape and pickup for others.

I don't think I would ever want to experience that again, I'm humble but damn.
Can anyone beat that misery? Sure was fun though
 
My first time?

My first time was the worst shooting I had ever done, mostly because I had never practiced shooting while moving, and that I was also a newbie reloader.

I had also loaded up a new batch of 9 mm's that had too long of a COAL to have good reliability, and one round that had lodged in there so tightly, that I had to take so much time to clear the jam, that I couldn't finish the stage. Naturally, I finished dead last in that competition.

But... It was still a blast, and one of the most fun-filled days I had ever had. Not to mention, I was able to pluck a good amount of reloading knowledge from the folks there, who gave me lots of helpful hints on loading, as well as shooting on the move.

If someone has never shot an IDPA competition before (or any competition for that matter), I would strongly encourage them to go anyways, with an open mind, and not with the attitude of wanting to win the whole darn thing on the first time out.
 
My first IDPA match was a blast. Literally. I wasn't used to the format, so it took me a stage to get warmed up to the range commands and procedures. Even the more experienced shooters were repeating to themselves, "Watch that front sight," so it was nice not to be the only one with difficulty. I was pretty close to average for most of the stages, so I was pleased with my performance. I'll be shooting again in a couple weeks!
 
Recently did my 1st IDPA match as well. It was so much FUN! :cool: The first stage was kinda rough, but once I figured out what I was doing & calmed down, my performace increased. I'm actually looking forward to the next match as well.
 
Besides the embarrassment, humiliation and blushing.
The place I went to has wednesday practice shoots. Every week they set up a different IDPA senario, which can be found on their web page. My new range sets up 4 or 5 lanes. Every lane has a small group of shooters. The time spent waiting is filled with helping police brass, tape targets after each session, etc. On Sat., the range sets up 5 or so senarios which your group will move through one to the next until they are all completed. For those who get into it you can take a qualifier, which plasses you within a certain division for the category you are shooting (std, revolver, backup) I would look up the webpage for more accurate info on how it works, I have only tried it once on a practice session. The nice thing was that it only cost 4 bucks for the whole night. If with an overall more experienced group you could get in even more sessions than I did. Our group of a approximately 8 shooters had 4 complete newbies.
 
I envy those of you who are able to be able to get involved with IDPA. I would like to find out whether I am equally adept at missing a target under those conditions as I am at a regular range session.

I have looked into it a couple of times, and discovered that the events always seem to occur on Saturday - and that is always a work day for me.

If I could find a nearby event on a Sunday, perhaps I could leave the dirt bike in the garage and go shooting instead. Hmmm....hafta think about that one.

Anybody know of any Sunday events scheduled for the metro Denver area or anywhere along the front range?
 
I don't remember specifics, but some one who shoots for I think some Air Force acadamy shooting team had a lot of info on colorado events. maybe you can search something relating to the AF Acadamy and shooting and find him. Sorry, but he seemed well informed on CO shooting.
 
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