WVPPS March 09 - Pics and Video Thread

[shooter521]

Nice video! Looks like a good time.

bigcraig has tried on several occasions to goad me into shooting USPSA, but I have resisted thus far. Posts like this make little tiny cracks start to appear in my steadfastness.

 

[HICKMAN]

Nice video! Looks like a good time.

bigcraig has tried on several occasions to goad me into shooting USPSA, but I have resisted thus far. Posts like this make little tiny cracks start to appear in my steadfastness.

dude, it's fun as hell

Wait until you see "machine gun Rhino" in Stage 4

 

[Clay]

It was an option of which of three boxes you wanted to shoot from.

I would have been better off shooting and running across....

ahh. I noticed some guys having issue getting the steel target on the left to fall on the first hit. I guess starting on the left helps that problem.

 

[bigcraig]

Nice video! Looks like a good time.

bigcraig has tried on several occasions to goad me into shooting USPSA, but I have resisted thus far. Posts like this make little tiny cracks start to appear in my steadfastness.

Brother Mark, you would LOVE this sport.

 

[HICKMAN]

yeah, the "pro's" where good enough to hit it, and then nail that last target all the way across.... I hit the stupid steel, assumed it would fall, then completely missed the far target, thinking I made two good shots... then failed to realize the steel hadn't fallen.

Lessons learned by this noobie over the weekend.... don't shoot like the pro's.... make sure you take time to hit all the targets.... speed will come with time.

I don't think you can have much more fun with a gun

 

[HICKMAN]

Brother Mark, you would LOVE this sport.

These INGO buds have been a BIG help to me! I'm already hooked.

 

[bigcraig]

ahh. I noticed some guys having issue getting the steel target on the left to fall on the first hit. I guess starting on the left helps that problem.

I hit the steel 5 times and it wouldn't fall, I just quit shooting at it. Upon further investigation, I should have hit the steel more towards the top.

No biggie.

 

[shooter521]

Brother Mark, you would LOVE this sport.

I have no doubt. But as you well know, the very fact that it is a "sport" is the source of my aversion. For the time being, at least, I will live vicariously through you guys.

 

[bigcraig]

Stressed trigger time, is good trigger time.

 

[bwframe]

Stressed trigger time, is good trigger time.

+1

 

[HICKMAN]

Stressed trigger time, is good trigger time.

Amen, I'm not there for the sport, I'm there to shoot and it's more fun than standing behind a bench shooting a target with a red dot in the middle.

I do like watching the guys good at the sport doing there thing, it's really something to see.

 

[notasccrmom]

I hit the steel 5 times and it wouldn't fall, I just quit shooting at it. Upon further investigation, I should have hit the steel more towards the top.

No biggie.

If I remember correctly, you were hitting it hard enough and maybe some were a tad low, but since it was a forward falling popper, you kept it standing and it reset itself. I remember thinking to myself while you were unloading on it, "stop, let it fall"

 

[Clay]

So now the question becomes: If you hit the popper and it doesnt fall, is that a good hit?

 

[slow1911s]

I have no doubt. But as you well know, the very fact that it is a "sport" is the source of my aversion.

Would it matter to you know that the very best in this "sport" train the very best in our LE and military worlds?

"Sport" or not, shooting fast and accurately is a skill I think one would wish to have? Or perhaps you don't?

 

[shooter521]

Would it matter to you know that the very best in this "sport" train the very best in our LE and military worlds?

"Sport" or not, shooting fast and accurately is a skill I think one would wish to have? Or perhaps you don't?

In order to avoid and , that's not a discussion I'm willing to get into here. Thanks for your concern, though.

 

[slow1911s]

So now the question becomes: If you hit the popper and it doesnt fall, is that a good hit?

In USPSA/IPSC, steel must fall to score. Steel targets are calibrated to fall when struck by a full diameter hit from ammo that makes the minimum power factor (125).

 

[bigcraig]

In USPSA/IPSC, steel must fall to score. Steel targets are calibrated to fall when struck by a full diameter hit from ammo that makes the minimum power factor (125).

I hit the plate 4 times in the fat part of the plate, granted it was at an angle, but I did get atleast 4 solid hits using 115gr S&B factory loads.

That being said, I think the poppers that fall forward suck!

 

[HICKMAN]

Guess we just need to hit it where Nathan did

I heard it hit and assumed it fell, dumbassedness on my part...


Just one match is all it would take Shooter591 soooo much fun.

 

[notasccrmom]

I hit the plate 4 times in the fat part of the plate, granted it was at an angle, but I did get atleast 4 solid hits using 115gr S&B factory loads.

That being said, I think the poppers that fall forward suck!

The angle does make a big difference.

That being said, I agree with you.

Guess we just need to hit it where Nathan did

After watching Craig shoot it, I was pretty worried about that popper. I didn't think my mousefart minor power factor loads were gonna get the job done at that angle. I got lucky.

I heard it hit and assumed it fell, dumbassedness on my part...

Usually, that's ok. I'd say this was a unique situation. If you wait for the popper to fall before you move on, you're wasting a lot of time.

Just one match is all it would take Shooter591 soooo much fun.

That's all it took for me!

 

[Coach]

Great videos!

Ok, stage 1 question: Some people start left, and run right, some people start right and stay. Why the difference?

clay

All good stages allow the shooter options, and they are free to solve the problem the best way they see fit. The freestyle aspect of shooting is one of the best parts of the sport in my opinion.

Sometimes there are standard exercises or classifiers that have to be shot in a particular manner, but many stages and shot as and when visible.