My Area 5 attempt is over and a failure. Wednesday the gun, magazine and ammo combination ran flawless. Friday morning on the clock I was getting failures to extract once to twice per stage. One is less than optimal but on the three or four stages it happened twice one bad time stuck. So I ended with at lest 40 seconds on malfunction on the score sheet. How I was still in first place after staff and the first competitors shot is beyond me. I must not have been the only one with trouble. Today or Sunday several shooters will go right past me without a doubt.
I shot a 90% on Smoke and Hope, which nearly matches my best. Five to Go went better than it has all year. I was not disappointed with my accuracy on the day. If the gun had run I feel like I would have contended, which is good for the short amount of getting ready that was put in to it. I might have to sign up for the state steel match now and finish strong.
Defoor Proformance Pistol Hat Qual
Standing from 25 yds into an NRA B-8 Repair center. Using an electronic shooting timer draw and fire 10 rounds under 20 seconds and score 90 or better during a class. Three attempts only. Passing score receives a DPS hat.
After the meeting at the club tonight I took out 50 rounds and ran the above drill 5 times. It is clear that without enough practice I pretty much suck at medium distance on the clock. The good news is I didn't miss the paper. The bad news is I didn't pass once. Great drill though for shot calling and trigger control.
What you described above (a shot every two seconds on the B-8 repair center) performed one-handed but without the draw, is one-third of the NRA Bullseye course of fire. 90+ is basically all shots at least touching the black. I remember how mind-blowing it was the first time I saw somebody clean it (100). I was a beginner scoring the target of the person next to me, and for a couple seconds I thought "I need to quit shooting."Defoor Proformance Pistol Hat Qual
Standing from 25 yds into an NRA B-8 Repair center. Using an electronic shooting timer draw and fire 10 rounds under 20 seconds and score 90 or better during a class. Three attempts only. Passing score receives a DPS hat.
After the meeting at the club tonight I took out 50 rounds and ran the above drill 5 times. It is clear that without enough practice I pretty much suck at medium distance on the clock. The good news is I didn't miss the paper. The bad news is I didn't pass once. Great drill though for shot calling and trigger control.
What you described above (a shot every two seconds on the B-8 repair center) performed one-handed but without the draw, is one-third of the NRA Bullseye course of fire. 90+ is basically all shots at least touching the black. I remember how mind-blowing it was the first time I saw somebody clean it (100). I was a beginner scoring the target of the person next to me, and for a couple seconds I thought "I need to quit shooting."
You have to give yourself credit for what type of guns you're shooting, too. With something like a Glock, the accuracy potential of the gun could be using up half your intended hit zone (and that f-ing trigger is probably using up the rest).