I'm passing along the "oops" I made in my first match so others can learn from my mistakes.
1. Even after the stage walk through memorizing target placement and reload spots, I went past a couple hidden targets. Big penalty!
2. I had a few slide locks, obviously shooting all ten rounds instead of reloading after eight shots.
3. Something totally unexpected happened while running down a lane towards the targets. Two of my magazines actually fell out of the holder. Super big penalty! I use Comp-Tac holders and they were not tightened enough. Luckily, I brought the tiny allen wrench to snug them up. Hopefully, this post will help other new shooters and alert them to mistakes that cost negative points towards your score.
I also wasn't aware the RO (during the course of fire) could not tell you to retreive the mags that popped out. Afterwards, he showed me the proper technique to walk back safely and pick up the mags, so I could have continued on to finish the stage. All in all, it was fun, safe and an enjoyable weekend day.
One final observations. New shooters don't feel so inadequate when you see the top race gun shooters screw up as well, even at the start of the buzzer.
1. Even after the stage walk through memorizing target placement and reload spots, I went past a couple hidden targets. Big penalty!
2. I had a few slide locks, obviously shooting all ten rounds instead of reloading after eight shots.
3. Something totally unexpected happened while running down a lane towards the targets. Two of my magazines actually fell out of the holder. Super big penalty! I use Comp-Tac holders and they were not tightened enough. Luckily, I brought the tiny allen wrench to snug them up. Hopefully, this post will help other new shooters and alert them to mistakes that cost negative points towards your score.
I also wasn't aware the RO (during the course of fire) could not tell you to retreive the mags that popped out. Afterwards, he showed me the proper technique to walk back safely and pick up the mags, so I could have continued on to finish the stage. All in all, it was fun, safe and an enjoyable weekend day.
One final observations. New shooters don't feel so inadequate when you see the top race gun shooters screw up as well, even at the start of the buzzer.