Great seeing everyone out today, and wow, what a fun tough match.

 

Finished up the scores, sent them off to Vlad, the scores should be up soon.

 

Hopefully the weather holds up and we have Jan and Feb matches!

 

thank you for the guys that came in the morning to help set up, and tear down, greatly appreciated. Pleasure to meet the new faces!

 

Out of all the venues, CJ has the best facilities, we need more people to come to have a voice, so we can do bigger, better matches!

hopefully I will when I get my cast off

So here are the couple videos I managed to get. I had thought I cleared the memory card but I guess I was wrong, so it ran out pretty quickly. It didn't help that I never turned it off the entire time we were clearing the jam from my gun. I only managed to get both of Maks' classifiers along with bcoops and Tony357, also on the classifier.

 

 

 

A big thanks to the guys who helped out in the morning. It was mostly faces I haven't seen before, and despite setup being relatively easy, most of the stages were done early because of the help. It makes a huge difference in how smoothly things go when folks aren't just hanging out by their cars, but lending a hand in the pits.

This is exactly what i am doing. reaching for the mag release button i have to reposition my strong hand.

That is when my finger goes array..will have a bunch of time soon to practice as the boating season comes to an end next 2 weeks.

 

Watching your vids after Vlad bought them to my attention, you got a major problem. I GUARANTEE you that if you don't do something about your technique, you will be firing a round out of the range or shooting a hole in the ceiling of an indoor range sometime real soon. All it is going to take is one mag that sticks a little bit and you smack it to get it in a bit too hard. It's also not just you, there were several folks with trigger finger issues. Get those fingers out and up, not just out a little bit.

 

Get your finger out and up. for 1911/2011 guns, I recommend that you just make a habit of getting your trigger finger on the nubbin of the slide stop that pokes out. It's a convenient physical reference that works for most people. I do not recommend resting the finger on the trigger guard as that is jsut a problem waiting to happen.

 

If a 1911 is too big a grip for you, there's the cheap and expensive fixes. Neither is super pricey.

 

Cheaper version: Get a set of eagle ergo grips, and an extended mag catch. Dilon ahs a decent cheap extended mag catch and carries the ergo grip .

http://www.dillonprecision.com/#/content/p/9/pid/24992/catid/17/Greider_Competition_Extended_Magazine_Catch_Precision_Blue

http://www.dillonprecision.com/#/content/p/9/pid/23833/catid/18/Ergo_Grip__Black

 

Less cheap version:

Get a set of slim grip bushings, slim grip screws, and the thinnest micarta grips you can find. (I have a set that are like a 1/3 the thickness of standard wood grips. ) Also get a flat MSH if you don't have one, and an extended mag catch.

Yes i know been working on that getting better.

Thats the nice thing about these vids we can teach ourselves, do the same with boat racing, watching over and over again to make corrections.

 

Never thought about it, but these fancy gadgets are great for review and learning.

Raz-o and Vlad, I hope everyone takes both of your comments how they are intended, and as just what they are, pointing things out that we can all learn from.

 

I do appreciate it being I will be taking the RO class in January with many others from here and these pointers just give us who are not as experienced and/or new to the sport can take advantage of the free advise. There have been comments by both of you and others that help us look for something or something to pay even more attention to while participating or RO'ing.

So here are the couple videos I managed to get. I had thought I cleared the memory card but I guess I was wrong, so it ran out pretty quickly. It didn't help that I never turned it off the entire time we were clearing the jam from my gun. I only managed to get both of Maks' classifiers along with bcoops and Tony357, also on the classifier.

 

 

 

 

Thanks !

For those that missed it, this was a great match. Low turnout meant three 12-person squads. With six stages, the squads were spaced out to every other stage. Thus there was no waiting, no getting backed up because the next stage you advanced to was always available. Got through all six stages by 3 o'clock. Vlad & Matt, thanks for putting on a great match. Our own Maks has become deeply involved in these too, and beyond a neat stage design and set-up, he is responsible for the scores coming out in a timely fashion.

 

I had fewer "brain farts" than in recent past matches and felt better about this match than those. Before I see the scores, I'll say I'm happy with my performance, taking into consideration that I'm a fat old man with PF. Could hardly walk last evening, but happy.

 

I was in a different squad, so no one was able to capture my blunders for posterity (yea!).

 

Hopefully the weather holds and there will be a Jan & Feb match.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

Scores are up, Maks got them to me the same day, but I've been sick as a dog and couldn't be bothered to use computers.

Mike if you want to use the 617 for steel

 

 

http://www.revolversupply.com/documents/speed_loaders.html

Scores are up, Maks got them to me the same day, but I've been sick as a dog and couldn't be bothered to use computers.

 

Thanks Vlad, hope you're feeling better.

Mike if you want to use the 617 for steel

 

 

http://www.revolvers...ed_loaders.html

 

Yes, I plan on getting some speed loaders for that gun, they are on my Christmas list. Still trying to get the wifey to buy me an XVR 460 first.

Nice wife any chance she will be single soon?

If she don't buy me the gun she might be!

Woot. Finished 3rd overall. I think that is my highest overall to date.

Lim 10 had a good showing.

Lim 10 had a good showing.

 

It did. This afternoon I just looked at l-10 and figured I ahd a very meh day.

Not as bad as I thought it was going to be, had a couple decent stages, just need some more consistency. Good times anyway.