Great night at the IPSC match

[DDGator]

Not Rohrbaugh related!

Great night at the IPSC club!  I shoot informal IPSC club matches every Tuesday night I can -- which means on average about once a month--sometimes twice.

Tonight I managed to score 4th out of 15 shooters -- completing a 36 round, 6 station course with approximately 24 different targets in 54 seconds, from draw to last shot.  I did it with my new Glock 21 -- only my second match with this gun.  Box stock.

I also did a plate drill -- draw from hands above sholders and hit six plates -- in 4.88 seconds.  I was pretty happy with that.

I know I am no Jerry Miculek, but I was happy with my shooting tonight.

But... before I get too cocky, I should point out that the number 2 and 3 shooters were using wheel guns!  

[R9SCarry]

Duane - I'd be more than pleased to achieve such scores/figures.  I am gettin old and slow but always strive for that ol' magic touch!  Seems that 21 is suiting you

I should be shooting steel tomorrow evening - but that is less pure speed than adequate accuracy too - still, all good practice.

[MountainMan]

Duane - I want you on my side in show down at the OK Corral.

Chris - I use to shoot handgun competition steel plates at 100 yards free hand.  
What distance are you doing.

[R9SCarry]

Dave - well this steel shooting is whimpy compared to the 100 yard stuff - a mere 20 yards or so with 22's - yep - not big time at all - but one hellovalotta fun!!  We try and alternate with that one week and then PPC the next.

Way way back I did do 100 yard - back in Uk in fact.  This was usually using my 44 Mag Redhawk.  Great fun and something I'd enjoy doing again.

I did also shoot that gun at 100 yards and 300 yards in long range compo's - also very enjoyable.  (Bisley back in 80's).

[MountainMan]

Chris,
Wonder if they are still allow to do that in the UK.  Even though most people used 44 mags in competition, I used a finely tuned 357 Dan Wesson with a heavy 8 in barrel.  Even used that one deer hunting a few times when I was fairly sure the shots would be less than 100 yards.

In fact a long time ago I was snowbound deer hunting close to where you live - turnpike was closed and had to sleep in the car.

[R9SCarry]

Sad thing now Dave is - in UK handguns are verboten - so the pistol shooting I so enjoyed at Bisley back in 80's (having done comp rifle back in early 60's too) - is no more.

In the days of long range, I used the Redhawk with a modest load (probably approx a 44 spl) - with 8.5 Red Dot under a Keith 250 cast SWC.  This was ''lobbed'' downrange but grouped very well.  

By contrast one of my buddies was in the .357 camp - he tho went other extreme.  He loaded a 180 atop a compressed charge of Blue Dot thru his Blackhawk.  Heaven knows what pressures he developed!

(Duane - sorry about thread drift!!).

[DDGator]

No problem.    It was just my random, self-congratulatory thoughts anyway...

Speaking of older and slower, the #1 guy last night was 67 years old!  He doesn't always win, but he usually does very well.  

[R9SCarry]

Well - with me at a ''mere'' 60 there has to be hope yet!!! (that is called straw clutching )

Heck - I still enjoy the hell outa my shooting anyways - these days it is me vs me.  That works!  My days of real competitive stuff are sadly somewhat historic.

[Billmack]

Duane,

Great shooting!

I was preparing myself to read that you had used your R-9s.

Silly me.

Bill

[DDGator]

I would use the R-9, just for kicks -- but I don't have enough magazines!  I would need 6.  Plus I think Eric would slap me silly the next time he saw me.  

I have shot the match with a J-frame before, and taken the penalty for a miss each stage (since I have only 5 shots on board, not 6).  It was not to impress anyone -- just to do it for the hell of it.  Actually, some people were impressed!    Maybe it was the fireballs coming out the barrel from the +P full-charge ammo!