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Back from USPSA Nationals!

WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,943 ✭✭✭✭
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Well I am back and I must say- it was an excellent experience & I learned so much!


Here is a video in the event my story is a bit too boring.

https://youtu.be/C7f08bR7i6c


I made about one mistake a day I would like to have back. Interestingly each time, was when stages were paired together and as the shooter you went from one stage immediately to the next. I had a great squad- I was squadded with the US Border Patrol Shooting team and a handful of other guys. A really fun squad with some great competition.

For some of you not familiar- USPSA scores are calculated by your total points divided by time on a stage. Accuracy =higher points, but physical speed reduces time.

My game is to always win the points. If someone beats me by speed, so be it, but I try and outscore them. Sometimes it works, sometimes they get me.

At Nationals- everyone had exceptional speed and accuracy. I was definitely playing catch-up and trying to push where I could, resulting in mistakes I wouldn’t normally make.

Overall I finished 290 out of 400 shooters- which I am happy with- the other shooters were strong.

I think if things level out I will make it back with the goal of being in the top 50% next year.

Three days of hard running USPSA is tough. Every stage at Nationals would be the craziest stage at any club match.

There was a stage the targets were so far out it was being scored by RO’s on a golf cart. Lots of moving targets too.

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  • roswellnativeroswellnative Member Posts: 10,195 ✭✭✭✭
    Awesome wow, now let us know about the next match
    Although always described as a cowboy, Roswellnative generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his resourcefulness and incredible gun prowesses.
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  • BobJudyBobJudy Member Posts: 6,677 ✭✭✭✭
    Sounds like you did well and had a great time. In my youth I shot a little PPC and that was hard enough without all the running and gunning. Bob
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  • GrasshopperGrasshopper Member Posts: 17,047 ✭✭✭✭
    You are shooting with the wrong hand, that's giving the opposition a nice break. :o
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  • dreherdreher Member Posts: 8,893 ✭✭✭✭
    Very impressive!!  We now know who the forum USPSA expert is!!!!!
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  • jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 26,292 ******
    You did good against those other guys that probably shoot every day. 
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  • roswellnativeroswellnative Member Posts: 10,195 ✭✭✭✭
    Thoughts on a forum sponsorship ?  Pink sweatsuit for warming up? 
    Although always described as a cowboy, Roswellnative generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his resourcefulness and incredible gun prowesses.
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,437 ******
    Overdubbed with some Lion the Beast the Beat. I love it!!!
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,253 ***** Forums Admin
    NICE!! Glad you did well.
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,437 ******
    BTW, very nice shooting and movement. You did amazing!
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
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  • WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,943 ✭✭✭✭

    Thanks guys-


    To put it in perspective- I was way out of my league-which is what made it so cool! some of those I shot against:


    Team Glock

    Team Sig

    CZ Factory team

    Walther factory team

    USMC shooting team

    Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU)

    US Border Patrol Shooting Team

    Homeland Security shooting team

    JJ Racazza

    Frank Proctor

    Max Michel

    And so many others- everywhere you looked there was a famous shooter or someone at the top of their game.


    I want to go back next year and try to really make a run at them.

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  • kimikimi Member Posts: 44,719 ✭✭✭

    That's some tough competition, and that says a lot about your skills!

    What's next?
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  • drobsdrobs Member Posts: 22,620 ✭✭✭✭
    Awesome.
    Question are you allowed to step out of the red box on the ground?
    Also are you required to run the targets in a certain order?

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  • WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,943 ✭✭✭✭
    https://forums.gunbroker.com/discussion/comment/11224007#Comment_11224007

    You can step out of the red box, however you may not shoot with your feet on the ground outside of the red box.

    In USPSA you may shoot targets in any order-there is no prescribed sequence-totally up to the individual, as a lefty I quite often shoot stages “backwards” from everyone else on the squad.

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  • drobsdrobs Member Posts: 22,620 ✭✭✭✭
    Warbirds said:
    Awesome.
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    You can step out of the red box, however you may not shoot with your feet on the ground outside of the red box.

    In USPSA you may shoot targets in any order-there is no prescribed sequence-totally up to the individual, as a lefty I quite often shoot stages “backwards” from everyone else on the squad.


    Thanks. 
    I shot some informal combat shoots, 10-15 years ago. Been awhile.
    Cowboy Action requires you to shoot in a certain order which I find somewhat annoying. I'll figure it out eventually.
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  • NeoBlackdogNeoBlackdog Member Posts: 17,297 ✭✭✭✭
    You're shootin' with some pretty talented folks, Dave!
    I watched a video the other day of Christian Sailor at the Area 1 match.  Holy Cow!!!  That kid is unreal!!
    I've done a lot of IDPA/Defensive Pistol matches but only one USPSA match and it was a night shoot.  It was a bit overwhelming to say the least.   
    How many rounds did you go through at the match?

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