And using Wilson Elite magazines (which I bought on sale).
This is kinda sorta of how the matches are scored: You shoot a stage and get a raw time. If you hit the A-zone, every time, that's the time for your stage. If you hit the C-zone, a second is added for that. If you hit the D-zone, two seconds are added. A miss is five seconds. If you hit a no-shoot target, that's a five second penalty (plus the five-second penalty for missing, unless you made that up with an additional round). If you don't shoot at a target at all, you get hit with a penalty for that, plus two misses. (It's actually much more complicated with that.)
Which means that there is a point where, if you're halfway accurate, speed trumps accuracy.
Speed is where I did shitty. When it came to using iron-sights, I was maybe #2. But I was slow, especially compared to the shooters with competition 9mms with optics, which aren't exactly cheap. Some of those guys sound as though they are going full-auto. I'm not doing that with an essentially GI-grade 1911 (albeit with a SFS kit installed) firing milspec ball ammo.
But overall, I was pleased. My 1911 is a carry gun; nobody I know of carries a racegun. And, as this match proved to me, I can shoot it.
Congrats, sounds like a good time and good shooting.
ReplyDeleteThanks, and I had a good time. I shoot matches to see what I can do better. I intend to try it in an AIWB holster, but I want to get better with it before I make that step.
ReplyDeleteYeah, shooting a race gun doesn't prove that much. You ahve the skills, but not necessarily with your carry gun. Doing it with your carry gun shows what you can bring if you need to.
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