That's just his RO'ing style.  Steel will fling ricochets and splatter all over.  I remember Jim Norman got hit really hard on the chest one time by a splatter of something and was bleeding.

Mickey,

 

I didn't see or feel anything whiz past my head, but since some of those angles were a little different/close to the ground, I guess he just wanted to be as safe as he could be.  Who knows, maybe sumthin' whizzed past his head at a Match years ago, and now he keeps his hand up?

 

As far as joinin' in on the fun, it's the second Sunday of every month, weather permitting, at the Old Bridge Outdoor Range.  Figure around 9:30 sign-up.  A little earlier so you can be De-Noob'd as far as IDPA is concerned.  Just let the Match Director know that you've shot USPSA and you'll be GTG!

 

Dave

So wait, it was 5 rounds in a mag/ per string?  And why were the targets moved between strings and for different people?

So wait, it was 5 rounds in a mag/ per string?  And why were the targets moved between strings and for different people?

 

Maks, you're correct on the round-count of 5 in a mag.  The Rules call for all divisions to be equal, since results aren't reported-out with division used.  So it's all 5-shot J-Frame revolver-friendly.  Basically, if you have to perform a reload on the clock, you've already "blown" the stage.  That being said I received NO extra points for Factory 230 gr. BALL .45 vs. others home-made pipsqueak 9's and .380's!

 

The targets themselves weren't "moved".  What did take place was the RO would designate an additional NO-SHOOT by hanging a set of "hands-up" on a random target.  This way, every squad member that was taping before they did THEIR run wouldn't just memorize where the NO-SHOOT was.  So it made it a little more "fair" considering it's only 5 Bad Guys per stage.  The "Hands-Up" was even moved in-between each Shooter's set of 2 strings in the stages that employed it's use.

 

Rosey

Yep - Rosie's got it.  It wasn't your traditional double-tap to targets.  1 shot on each target.  If you need to reload you can.

 

I ran into a couple of FTE issues with the old S&B ammo I had.  Also had a mag only loaded to 3 instead of 5 - forgot to check it.  You could see that in my video...

A couple differences between squads that I noticed from Nick's videos.

 

On stage 1 - the simulated bed stage where you start on your back - we were required to shoot the first string laying in one direction and the second laying in the other direction. Made the string shot while laying on your strong side a little tougher.

 

The stage shot while kneeling behind the barrel - we could not shoot over the top of the barrel - that was a procedural. You could shoot from either side (or both sides), but not over the top. Was that why Steve (the SO) maybe had his hand up - signaling a procedural?

 

On the stages with the moveable jazz-hands, once placed on a target we left them there for both strings of fire, so you didn't have scores showing on six targets. Made the second string a little faster.

 

None of this is meant as criticism and it all comes out in the wash anyway. Nothing pointed out above would have made the one squad significantly faster than the other. I think that Bob (the MD) did a hell of a job for his first real match (his previous match was a classifier - so pretty cut & dried). It was my first BUG match and I enjoyed it immensely - even if Dave did beat me (which is getting to be an all too regular thing).

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

The stage shot while kneeling behind the barrel - we could not shoot over the top of the barrel - that was a procedural. You could shoot from either side (or both sides), but not over the top. Was that why Steve (the SO) maybe had his hand up - signaling a procedural?

Yup that was a procedural.  Note the 2nd string Rosie shot - he went around.  I went around as well.  You could go over the top to move to the other side, but you couldn't shoot from over the top.

Thanks to all the SO's and shooters - that was a fun match - first time I used my 9mm EMP for IDPA. It shot better than expected, just one FTE shooting in the prone position on that stage where we had to lie down.

 

Anyone have the scores yet? Last time I shot there somehow my email was not entered in the system.

 

Looking forward to shooting with you guys again.

Alex: PM me your e-mail address and I'll forward the results.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob