Competition

In this week’s podcast, I hesitated at one point and then chose my words very carefully. We were talking about the process of shooting a lot of matches, gaining a lot of experience, and improving your skills in competition shooting, and the phrase I used to describe this was “walking the path of mastery.” This is a deliberate crib from George Leonard and his excellent book Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment. It is …

So the Day-Night-Day is tomorrow, and I’ve got my gear just about squared away. Which is to say, I’ve figured out which gun to shoot and I already have enough stuff on hand that it should be a breeze. Gun and gear Around this time last year, I’d had my 1911, a Springfield TRP, for a few months but wasn’t quite ready to shoot my second D-N-D with a brand new gun (smart or scared? …

Being a dyed in the wool gamer, I’ve always just run a weapon mounted light in low-light/no-light matches. I’ve committed to running more “real life” type gear in IDPA matches for a while, and that means no weapon mounted lights for this feller. I mentioned in last nights post that I picked up a Streamlight ProTac HL, and I really like it, but now I have to learn how to use it. I found this …

Makes perfect sense. My reload is very close, but modified just a bit for my bigger flashlight.

I’ve been shooting competitively in this area for 4ish years, and finally the stars have aligned, and I’m going to be able to shoot the Day-Night-Day match at The Range in Oxford, NC. This match consists of 3 IDPA matches: the first match shot Saturday afternoon, the second after dark Saturday night, and the third Sunday morning. Info at The-Range.com Flashlight: The night portion of the match is the reason that I’m so excited about …

Yesterday we talked about Steel Challenge, and today we’ll revisit the topic with the aid of video. This is a clip from the 2009 World Championship, on the Accelerator stage, so named because the big 18″x24″ sheet targets lure you in to shooting faster before your last shot on a 12″ plate at 15 yards. Check out the first piece of the video to see the stage diagram and get a flavor for the shooting. …

Over the weekend, I got a little first-hand experience with Steel Challenge for the very first time. It was the smallest possible little slice of the game I could get: shooting one stage with no special gear, just my carry gun. But even that much has given me a lot to think about on the topic of this sport. I never really paid much attention to it, because it’s like a run-and-gun sport without any …

Local NC shooters Craig and Heather Fitzhugh at the Palmetto 3-Gun:

Chris Tilley (Triangle area shooter, Top Shot Season 2 contestant, and insanely good shooter) won open at the US IPSC Nationals at Universal Shooting Academy in Florida last week. Here’s a couple of highlights that I was able to find on YouTube: Great job Chris! Way to represent!

Good luck to everyone shooting the NC Section match this weekend! Shoot fast and straight! I’ll be in site Friday morning, and some time on Saturday. I believe Ben will be up there shooting Friday, and working a stage on Saturday and Sunday. If you see on of us, say hey!