SkyRock wrote:LSandifer wrote:I stopped down last night to check out the match, I was the guy in the brown trench coat. I just wanted to say thanks to the people that took the time to explain things to me and the girlfriend. I felt out of place at first, but everyone made me feel quite welcome. Hopefully if things work out, I will be attending the next match, revolver in hand.
Be safe,
LaMont
I think we all had that "out of place" feeling at our first match, whether we were to watch or shoot. It does go away.
And the folks that shoot the Winter League are a great bunch of people. Hope you (and your girlfriend) give it a try.
I was really nervous showing up to shoot the first match last year. (EDIT: oops - it was February of this year...last season but not last year) It was my first competitive marksmanship event ever, and I figured it was going to be 20 crusty old guys that had been shooting with each other for the past 30 years and...me.
Turns out you are unlikely to be the only first timer there and everyone wants you to get addicted to the sport like they are. Nobody cares how bad you do because they all had (have) their best plans go to hell when the buzzer sounds too.
How many seconds do you guess I lost sliding around stage 1 with my Teflon coated dress shoes last night? My plans went to hell when I left for work without a change of shoes Thursday morning!