I'd also like to thank for everyone's help/suggestions getting me started. Now I need to find some car poolers because the match location is 1hr away from my house, a little too far to go every couple of weeks.
Well, I went and shoot my first IPSC match yesterday. I think I did ok until my 4 procedure errors. Now, I'm almost certain I'll come in last place.
One thing I noticed and thought was interesting: There were quite a few equipment related failures (usually feeding problems) with open class guns. It seems like the improvement in speed from optical sights, compensation, and mag capacity get wiped out with a couple of these problems.
There were a lot more people shooting than at steel match. I also saw some folks from my last week's steel match. Friendly bunch of people with guns.
I was shooting my Sig Pro 2009 (BTW, this gun may soon be sold, which I'll certainly miss) in production division w/ 10 rnds per mag. I had (as expected) no equipment problems; just shooter issues. But I'm hoping to smooth out the shooter issues in the next couple of months
I must read the instructions for each stage more carefully. I picked up 4 procedure errors on by firing 4 shoots outside of a box. The instructions said all 4 shoots must be fired from within the shooting bos before moving out of the box. Bummer! But, that thought me to read and re-read each stage's instructions.
IPSC is a lot of fun, and I'm glad to have done a steel match before it. For anyone w/ similar background to me, I'd suggest a steel match before IPSC. Because I've pretty much shot only in your typical indoor ranges previously, the following were new:
- drawing from holster
- shooting multiple targets spaced wider apart than what's available on a 16 inch paper
- learning range commands
- getting a sun burn while shooting
- moving and shooting
- worrying about muzzle direction (there's no lane partitions)
Having had a run on steel match definitely prepared me for the IPSC. At least I got sun block and a hat this time! Next time, I'll also bring a chair.
I was planning to go to an IDPA match today, but yesterday's match took too long... and there are other things I need to attend to. So IDPA will have to wait.
Well, I went and shoot my first IPSC match yesterday. I think I did ok until my 4 procedure errors. Now, I'm almost certain I'll come in last place.
One thing I noticed and thought was interesting: There were quite a few equipment related failures (usually feeding problems) with open class guns. It seems like the improvement in speed from optical sights, compensation, and mag capacity get wiped out with a couple of these problems.
There were a lot more people shooting than at steel match. I also saw some folks from my last week's steel match. Friendly bunch of people with guns.
I was shooting my Sig Pro 2009 (BTW, this gun may soon be sold, which I'll certainly miss) in production division w/ 10 rnds per mag. I had (as expected) no equipment problems; just shooter issues. But I'm hoping to smooth out the shooter issues in the next couple of months
I must read the instructions for each stage more carefully. I picked up 4 procedure errors on by firing 4 shoots outside of a box. The instructions said all 4 shoots must be fired from within the shooting bos before moving out of the box. Bummer! But, that thought me to read and re-read each stage's instructions.
IPSC is a lot of fun, and I'm glad to have done a steel match before it. For anyone w/ similar background to me, I'd suggest a steel match before IPSC. Because I've pretty much shot only in your typical indoor ranges previously, the following were new:
- drawing from holster
- shooting multiple targets spaced wider apart than what's available on a 16 inch paper
- learning range commands
- getting a sun burn while shooting
- moving and shooting
- worrying about muzzle direction (there's no lane partitions)
Having had a run on steel match definitely prepared me for the IPSC. At least I got sun block and a hat this time! Next time, I'll also bring a chair.
I was planning to go to an IDPA match today, but yesterday's match took too long... and there are other things I need to attend to. So IDPA will have to wait.