Why do you shoot matches?

View · by **rugersol** on Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:08 am

plblark wrote:OT: The MN shooters did VERY well at Area 3.
http://www.uspsa.org/uspsa-display-matc ... ?indx=5655
Good Job!

When did Joe switch to a 9mm?!

Didn't see Snowgun ... I thought he shot Prod?!

To be fair, the population of MN, vs. the other states in Area 3, I suspect they even beat Nebraska, in outright attendance?!

View · by **Snowgun** on Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:24 am

I took 2nd in B class behind brado. Joe took 2nd c in SS shooting minor .45 at 163 PF like a BOSS!

View · by **rugersol** on Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:30 am

Snowgun wrote:I took 2nd in B class behind brado. Joe took 2nd c in SS shooting minor .45 at 163 PF like a BOSS!

Sorry! ... not used to lookin' that far down! :oops:

163pf .45, eh?! ... that explains a few things!

I'm guessin' he still hit a lotta A's?!

View · by **plblark** on Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:34 am

Look at the Jarrod / TomA split ... insanely close! 1419.49 to 1411.22 stage points though Jarrod took slightly higher total points and lower total time.

View · by **Snowgun** on Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:52 am

What's the PF on your keyboard Ruge?

Haven't seen you on the range once this year, thought you were busy traveling to all the major matches. :lol:

View · by **rugersol** on Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:54 am

Snowgun wrote:What's the PF on your keyboard Ruge? Haven't seen you on the range once this year, thought you were busy traveling to all the major matches.

Waitin' fer ya to catch up! ... I was gettin' bored! 8-)

View · by **Sammichman** on Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:06 pm

plblark wrote:I'm incredibly biased because I'm definitely hooked. Good times, good folks, and the various things going on in the match. There's the effect of the time pressure / beep, the balance of speed and accuracy, the opportunity to test your skills and make mistakes. It's a place where you can test and improve your skills under pressure, the good and the bad. If a malfunction can happen, it WILL happen on the clock at a match. learning to efficiently deal with it and get back to work in a second nature fashion is cool.

Did I mention that shooting is FUN and the people are cool?

re: getting into it:
I have a spare holster, mags, mag holders and M&P in 9mm. bring the ammo to the Sept steel shoot and try it out.

I,m allmost there, got a CZ,, 5mags,,Holster (more of a Storage than Speed,),need to scrounge some mag Holders for a Double stack (any Suggestions),,

View · by **Pat Cannon** on Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:35 pm

I do it because it's fun, fun, fun. And because I'm too cheap to get "real" training.

As far as 'being competitive', my goal is usually just to beat somebody, anybody.

View · by **BBeckwith** on Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:14 pm

Pat Cannon wrote:I do it because it's fun, fun, fun. And because I'm too cheap to get "real" training.

As far as 'being competitive', my goal is usually just to beat somebody, anybody.

what ya talking about you always win your class... Sandbagger

View · by **TH3180** on Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:16 pm

BBeckwith wrote:
Pat Cannon wrote:I do it because it's fun, fun, fun. And because I'm too cheap to get "real" training.

As far as 'being competitive', my goal is usually just to beat somebody, anybody.

what ya talking about you always win your class... Sandbagger

Seriously???? You beat me to it. But neither of us can say we made it on the front page of the paper.

View · by **MrVvrroomm** on Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:21 pm

gamers

View · by **TH3180** on Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:30 pm

MrVvrroomm wrote:gamers

It's very nice to meet you Pot. My name is Kettle.

View · by **Pat Cannon** on Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:16 pm

BBeckwith wrote:
Pat Cannon wrote:...As far as 'being competitive', my goal is usually just to beat somebody, anybody.

what ya talking about you always win your class... Sandbagger

Hey, it ain't my fault everybody else wants to shoot those newfangled bottom-feeder guns.

View · by **engnerdan** on Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:52 am

I started shooting matches because I was bored standing still shooting paper and wanted to try something different. The competition side of it was also appealing because it is more about the shooter then how much money he has to buy a gun with.

I now do it for so many more reasons but the biggest is the friends and socializing. Through the leagues I have been shooting for the last year and a half I have meet more genuinely good people and made some great friendships then anywhere else in my life. I still enjoy the competitiveness of shooting and use that to drive myself to get better. But at the end of the day it is all just for fun.

View · by **Thunder71** on Wed Aug 08, 2012 6:10 am

Matches? Man you guys are sharp shooters, I aim for paper plates... Matches? Wow.

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