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Walking the Path of Mastery

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 …

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Gearing up for the Day-Night-Day Match: Ben’s Gear

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? …

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Gearing Up For Day-Night-Day: Flashlight Technique

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 …

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Gearing Up For The Day-Night-Day Match: Luke’s Gear

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 …

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Musings on Steel Challenge, World Championship Edition

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. …

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Musings on Steel Challenge

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 …

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Chris Tilley Wins Open at US IPSC Nationals

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!

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NC USPSA Sectional

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!

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