Sunday, June 07, 2009
Stage 1, "Hang in there" Richmond Rod and Gun..
Finally decided to go pewpewpew. It's been since Jan 2008 since i've last done so.
The Weather was pretty clear and sunny in the mid-upper 70's. I met up with a few coworkers who have started shooting for a while. It used to be just me, Ed and Sugui. Now it's a few more regulars. Finally! One thing i've learned shooting ipsc, is that you need to bring food. A few years ago, there were about 30-50 shooters, now it's 50-80. Today was a decent 50+, therefore we'll be there until 2pm, at least.
I'm in the goober squad, which is a pack of 12 or so who've known each other here and there. With that rabble rousing comes at a quick pace. It's going to be a good day.
Mostly i shot pretty well considering that it's been a while running and pulling triggers. But since last year i've changed the front sight height as well as added the tungsten guide rail and now the Para shootings mostly where i want it to. Not exactly, just mostly.
The Good:
-Gun went bang
-Bullets mainly hit where they were supposed to go
-I did not have any 'no shoot' targets (those are bad point deductions)
-I had brought food and had barely enough water.
The Bad:
-We started at 10am, and did not finish until 3pm.
-Total trigger time: under 4 minutes. But it went ok since i was in the goober squad and the razzing neverended.
-My 3-year membership is almost up.. time flies eh?
Labels: IPSC, Para, shooting sportz
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Beh, oh well, at least i'm classed. Went to Richmond to snap some caps, with the storm predicted to be 70-80%, it came a little here n there. That lead to only about 25 people doing this special qualifier. Neat thing with low turn-out is 1) since it's a special qualifier you can 'redo' your string of fire, 2) as much as you want as long as people don't get irritated of your shooting. Out of the four stages, two were in the 64-66% (b class) while the other 2 were in the 56-58% (c class).
I'll settle with a c class, at least i'll have some designation. There were quite a few retries with my comrads and i. It looks so simple and easy, yet it was hard and tiring.
I think i need my para tuned a bit, the trigger has some play and the reset is kinda long. Hmmz, i wonder if i should get another video to learn about disassembly n tuning.
Oh i need to put this dream diary up but it involves Fluffielady's Dream. I think this happened 2-3 nights before today. We watched the news before going to bed, it was all about the storms. One of the last things we heard was a house caught on fire and a dozen cats perished. Fluffielady is quite sensitive to kitties and had a dream of some sort with this feline dozen. Off to bed we went, and in the middle of the night i was on my side facing away and started to roll back towards fluffielady. About a quarter of the way i hear a screaming 'stop, no, no stop!' i thought i was crushing fluffieladys hand or finger and decided not to move anymore. When we woke up i told her about her screaming and she was telling me about the dozen cats dying and that i was rolling over them, crushing them. Thats some serious dream!
I'll settle with a c class, at least i'll have some designation. There were quite a few retries with my comrads and i. It looks so simple and easy, yet it was hard and tiring.
I think i need my para tuned a bit, the trigger has some play and the reset is kinda long. Hmmz, i wonder if i should get another video to learn about disassembly n tuning.
Oh i need to put this dream diary up but it involves Fluffielady's Dream. I think this happened 2-3 nights before today. We watched the news before going to bed, it was all about the storms. One of the last things we heard was a house caught on fire and a dozen cats perished. Fluffielady is quite sensitive to kitties and had a dream of some sort with this feline dozen. Off to bed we went, and in the middle of the night i was on my side facing away and started to roll back towards fluffielady. About a quarter of the way i hear a screaming 'stop, no, no stop!' i thought i was crushing fluffieladys hand or finger and decided not to move anymore. When we woke up i told her about her screaming and she was telling me about the dozen cats dying and that i was rolling over them, crushing them. Thats some serious dream!
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 0.3 out of 10
Time During Lunch: Short
Finally the results are in on the ipsc match of sunday. With my focus on actually hitting the targets i'm ranked in the 64%. The Classifier at 62% , not bad. Theres a special classifier where all stages will count instead of one of the five. Then i'll be classed, woo! I just need to keep that up.
I found a good video on texas stars. I did something to the effect of the second shooter.
Time During Lunch: Short
Finally the results are in on the ipsc match of sunday. With my focus on actually hitting the targets i'm ranked in the 64%. The Classifier at 62% , not bad. Theres a special classifier where all stages will count instead of one of the five. Then i'll be classed, woo! I just need to keep that up.
I found a good video on texas stars. I did something to the effect of the second shooter.
Labels: IPSC
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Last Nights Purdy Stars. Hopefully it shows up.
Today was pretty cool, headed off to shoot some IPSC to practice for next sundays Special IPSC match. Todays goal was to hit better then to spray it all away. Clear sunny sky, sorta cool sorta warm weather was alright.
129 rounds thrown downrange. I did pretty decently, i hope. It was my first time to engage a texas-star as well as a mover. I did ok on the star but the mover went off on me. It was the only miss of the match. It was packed with people, with 17 person squads meant there was about 60 ppl there. We were done around 2:30pm.
Came home and Paul n Crew visited and hung out for a bit. Silly Chloe and Lizzie running about showing us how unchildproof our house was. Little Octavius (Ben) was all knocked out most of the time.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
I felt the need to head out to Richmond, it's IPSC time!
I've volleyed about 130 rounds on this sunny hot day. Slapped on the SPF45 and went to town. It's been a while since i've snapped some caps. I did so-so, some of the stages were pretty hard up there alot of distance shots onto 4" and 5" plates. No Alpha-Mike-No-Shoots this time! , but there were a few misses, stupid fortified targets! There were tons of people there today, 65+ ppl, so we weren't done till 2:30pm! I dunno if i'll go next month, i've gotta see how i feel. Good thing i have the gear, sometimes i feel like running and gunning and sometimes not. What i need is a way to use my bullet camera, but toting that big old video camera sux. I use this widget and get some vids up.
Got home, went to Target for some q-tips and wd-40 but there weren't any. It was slammed with people as well! Man..
I've volleyed about 130 rounds on this sunny hot day. Slapped on the SPF45 and went to town. It's been a while since i've snapped some caps. I did so-so, some of the stages were pretty hard up there alot of distance shots onto 4" and 5" plates. No Alpha-Mike-No-Shoots this time! , but there were a few misses, stupid fortified targets! There were tons of people there today, 65+ ppl, so we weren't done till 2:30pm! I dunno if i'll go next month, i've gotta see how i feel. Good thing i have the gear, sometimes i feel like running and gunning and sometimes not. What i need is a way to use my bullet camera, but toting that big old video camera sux. I use this widget and get some vids up.
Got home, went to Target for some q-tips and wd-40 but there weren't any. It was slammed with people as well! Man..
Labels: IPSC
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Man today was a busy day.
9:15am-1:30pm IPSC Limited At Richmond Rod n gun
2:00pm-5:00pm Fluffieladys School Coworker Christmas Party
6:30pm-8:20pm Hung out with the crew at Straits Cafe in Burlingame.
IPSC was cool, pretty good for 2nd time go at it. Stupid 2 No shoots this time, i swear one of them was there already. Did ok, i think, i wish i was faster though. But hey it is my 2nd time doing this.
This is what i'm talking about:
Xmas party was decent, silly white elephant theme of give up your junk. Someone brought a Chinese chess set. Out of everybody there i'm the only one who knows how to play. I got some Salsa pots and Fluffielady got, of course, candles.
Straits cafe was pretty good, Fluffielady ordered the Chicken Satay but it came after i asked and they seem to know already but yet it was the last dish to come out. Appetizers after everybodys entree anyone? i dunno about the 10$ martinis, come to my house i make u some raspberrymelontinis for less.
9:15am-1:30pm IPSC Limited At Richmond Rod n gun
2:00pm-5:00pm Fluffieladys School Coworker Christmas Party
6:30pm-8:20pm Hung out with the crew at Straits Cafe in Burlingame.
IPSC was cool, pretty good for 2nd time go at it. Stupid 2 No shoots this time, i swear one of them was there already. Did ok, i think, i wish i was faster though. But hey it is my 2nd time doing this.
This is what i'm talking about:
Xmas party was decent, silly white elephant theme of give up your junk. Someone brought a Chinese chess set. Out of everybody there i'm the only one who knows how to play. I got some Salsa pots and Fluffielady got, of course, candles.
Straits cafe was pretty good, Fluffielady ordered the Chicken Satay but it came after i asked and they seem to know already but yet it was the last dish to come out. Appetizers after everybodys entree anyone? i dunno about the 10$ martinis, come to my house i make u some raspberrymelontinis for less.
Labels: IPSC
