Saturday, May 17, 2025

Outlaw Action Pistol Match - 05/17/2025

Outlaw Action Pistol match (IDPA Scoring) at the Amarillo Rifle and Pistol Club. I was shooing my non-ported Springfield Prodigy from concealment (AIWB) in the Optics division. It was great weather for a match with no wind, which is very rare for the Texas Panhandle.

Stage 1: I executed my stage plan pretty well, but I didn't get the timing of the swinger down correctly and had to wait for it. I sent three quick shots at the swinger and actually got two A-zone hits on it with only one C-zone hit for the entire stage and placed 2nd.

Stage 2: This was a pretty straight forward stage with a seated start. I ran it pretty good, with only two C-zone hits and ended up winning this stage.

Stage 3: A really challenging stage with a few tight shots, as well as a small Texas star that spins deceptively fast. My accuracy suffered a little bit on the two targets that I shot on the move, but overall it was a good stage for me. Four C-zone hits and placed 2nd on this stage.

Stage 4: This stage was going really good until the last target. I tripped on a weed coming into the last position and completely lost my balance as I engaged the last target. My first shot was a hit on the "no-shoot" target and my second shot was a complete miss over the shoulder.  I then reengaged the target with one hand after I caught my balance to at least get some hits on the target, but that one hurt. I ended up in 15th place on this stage.

Overall, the stages were all really good considering the limitations we have with utilizing a single large bay. I ended up in 3rd place Overall out of 21 total.




Saturday, May 3, 2025

USPSA Action Pistol Match - 05/03/2025

USPSA Action Pistol Match at the Southwest Shooting Center in Clovis, NM with the Southwest Performance Shooters club. I was shooting my non-ported Springfield Prodigy from concealment (AIWB) in the Limited Optics division. 

Stage 1: I was the first shooter on the first stage of the day.  I normally try to be conservative on my first stage of the day, but I just really wanted to go fast like Ricky Bobby. 😄 I ended up with 5 C-zone hits and 1 D-zone hit, but still placed 2nd on this stage.

Stage 2: Several tight shots on this one as well as some shooting on the move. My reload took longer than I planned and I went a little too far coming into one position and had to reposition my foot on the fault line before engaging more targets, and the loose wall netting got in my way while engaging two other targets, so it was slower than I would've liked. I placed 4th on this stage with only one C-zone hit.

Stage 3: "Too Close For Comfort" Classifier. Decent run with only one C-zone hit (head box). My concealment reloads on stages like this are always a challenge. I placed 3rd on this stage.

Stage 4: More tight shots with some while standing on a balancing beam.  Another good run with only one C-zone hit (several make-up shots though) and placed 2nd on this stage.

Stage 5: This last stage was probably my most conservative run but still had 3 C-zone hits (all on head box shots). I placed 3rd on this stage.

Good weather and great stages that were a lot of fun. I ended up in 3rd place Overall out of 16 total.