Me and my Glock 19 met Capbuster at his range yesterday. We shot for a couple of hours. It was cold and drizzling, but we didn't mind.
Hey Ala Dan, I have some brass saved for you...
I think I might have done 200 rounds? I'm not sure. I tried out several of his toys, but I prefer my 19. I always learn a lot of new things from friends like this and get to try out different guns, which is fun. He tried my Glock, too. I think now he will talk nice about Glocks...
We shot targets at a fairly close range (I don't remember how many yards, maybe 10) and then some bowling pins that were just sitting there on the range waiting to be shot. Now, you have to keep your eye on your buddy Capbuster when you have some bowling pins set up. I went out and set some of the bowling pins back up once. 3 for me and 3 for him because those happened to be conveniently located. Then, that turkey shot my bowling pins while I was shooting my target!
The Glock only malfunctioned once, with the spent brass not fully ejecting, probably me limp wristing. I tried Rack-tap-bang, but got a double feed and then had to stop and figure out how to extricate things.
Anyhow, I enjoyed getting to shoot again. With the IDPA classifier today, that's two times at the range in one weekend! Woo hoo!
Today, me and my Glock 19 drove up to B'ham and shot an IDPA classifier match. I've only participated in one IDPA match before, but I wanted to do this classifier thing so that I'll have a score to compare to in the future to see if there's any improvement.
It was fun! It had about 90 rounds in 3 stages with multiple strings. All three targets were stationary and shots were taken from 5 to 20 yards, both stationary standing and kneeling, while moving forward and back, and from behind cover. Some strong hand only and weak hand only shooting was also included.
The Glock performed flawlessly as usual, and my shooting was not the greatest as usual. Esp., 20 yards seems a long way!
My score was pretty pathetic, but of course I am not surprised to be classified as a novice, since that's what I am! I did try to take my time and focus on hitting the target rather than being fast, which seemed to work better than I thought. I only had a few complete misses of the target, thankfully. I expected it to be much worse. But, boy am I slow...
Anyhow, about 6 people shot the classifier and everyone took turns being range officer, timer, scorer, paster, magazine loader, etc. It was very fun and very friendly. I hope to join this private shooting club in the future, if they'll have me.
One other shooter was also using a Glock 19. He uses his better than I use mine, though.
Amelia
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Armed women are citizens.. un-armed women are subjects and/or rape targets.
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True safety is in the Lord, but precaution is sound wisdom.
Hey Ala Dan, I have some brass saved for you...
I think I might have done 200 rounds? I'm not sure. I tried out several of his toys, but I prefer my 19. I always learn a lot of new things from friends like this and get to try out different guns, which is fun. He tried my Glock, too. I think now he will talk nice about Glocks...
We shot targets at a fairly close range (I don't remember how many yards, maybe 10) and then some bowling pins that were just sitting there on the range waiting to be shot. Now, you have to keep your eye on your buddy Capbuster when you have some bowling pins set up. I went out and set some of the bowling pins back up once. 3 for me and 3 for him because those happened to be conveniently located. Then, that turkey shot my bowling pins while I was shooting my target!
The Glock only malfunctioned once, with the spent brass not fully ejecting, probably me limp wristing. I tried Rack-tap-bang, but got a double feed and then had to stop and figure out how to extricate things.
Anyhow, I enjoyed getting to shoot again. With the IDPA classifier today, that's two times at the range in one weekend! Woo hoo!
Today, me and my Glock 19 drove up to B'ham and shot an IDPA classifier match. I've only participated in one IDPA match before, but I wanted to do this classifier thing so that I'll have a score to compare to in the future to see if there's any improvement.
It was fun! It had about 90 rounds in 3 stages with multiple strings. All three targets were stationary and shots were taken from 5 to 20 yards, both stationary standing and kneeling, while moving forward and back, and from behind cover. Some strong hand only and weak hand only shooting was also included.
The Glock performed flawlessly as usual, and my shooting was not the greatest as usual. Esp., 20 yards seems a long way!
My score was pretty pathetic, but of course I am not surprised to be classified as a novice, since that's what I am! I did try to take my time and focus on hitting the target rather than being fast, which seemed to work better than I thought. I only had a few complete misses of the target, thankfully. I expected it to be much worse. But, boy am I slow...
Anyhow, about 6 people shot the classifier and everyone took turns being range officer, timer, scorer, paster, magazine loader, etc. It was very fun and very friendly. I hope to join this private shooting club in the future, if they'll have me.
One other shooter was also using a Glock 19. He uses his better than I use mine, though.
Amelia
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Armed women are citizens.. un-armed women are subjects and/or rape targets.
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True safety is in the Lord, but precaution is sound wisdom.
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