USPSA Action Pistol Match - 09/03/2022

USPSA action pistol match at the Southwest Shooting Center range in Clovis, NM. Most of the stages were short and sweet, but it was a really good match. I was shooting my CZ P-10C with my concealed carry gear from RFV Tactical as usual. I don't think I've shot an outdoor match with my CZ P-10C since acquiring it, so it was nice to give it a try. The gun performed flawlessly, but like my M&P 4" Compact and my Sig XCarry, I just don't get that excited about carrying or shooting the gun for some reason. I ended up in 2nd place overall out of 17 total.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu0ZvFGjIjg

USPSA Action Pistol Match - 08/27/2022

What a great USPSA action pistol match at the Lead Farm in Lubbock, TX! I ran every stage without any mistakes, went 1-for-1 with all of the steel targets, received some applause after I finished two of the stages (not sure why), and even got 1st place on stage 4! 😀 I was shooting my Walther PDP compact that I recently modified by trimming three coils off of the recoil spring as I felt it was over-sprung from the factory, and I also ordered another large backstrap from Walther so that I could re-contour it to flatten out the bulbous hump and texture it to match the texture job I had already done at RFV Tactical. I also trimmed down the extra long slide stop/release levers so that I wouldn't accidentally activate them while shooting with my high grip and large hands. The gun shoots amazing for me now, and I am really happy with its performance at this match. As usual, I was the only person shooting the match with actual concealed carry gear, but I ended up in 5th place in the Carry Optics Division (19 total) and 9th place Overall (46 total).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ2l4W0nNyk

Update for my Tungsten CZ P-07

This particular CZ-USA P-07 was my very first CZ as well as my first dedicated concealed carry gun. It was also the first gun I've ever stippled, so there is a lot of sentimental value with this gun for me. It's gone through a lot of changes over the years with different lights, several stipple jobs, and the slide has been refinished several times in different colors of Cerakote. Now that I am stippling and doing Cerakote "professionally" at RFV Tactical, I decided to give this P-07 a makeover!  I really like two-tone guns, but I prefer that the frame of the gun is a lighter shade than the slide and controls, and this P-07 was the only gun that I currently own that had a "reverse" two-tone color scheme.  I wanted to stay with the Tungsten color theme, so I refinished the frame in Tungsten, refinished the slide in Graphite Black, re-textured the grip and slightly changed the profile borders of the textured area, created a 5mm magwell border at the bottom of the grip, and added matching texture on the index pads on the sides of the frame and on the front of the trigger guard. I spent way too much time unnecessarily chamfering all of the pin holes in the frame before refinishing it, but I couldn't be happier with the way it turned out! 💖

Before photos

After photos

Up close details of the texture work

IDPA Action Pistol Match - 08/13/2022

IDPA action pistol match at a private range in Canyon, TX. Small turn out, but still a lot of fun and some great stages.  I'm really happy that IDPA changed their rules to allow for appendix carry with weapon lights, since that's the way I prefer to carry and compete.  I was using my Sig Sauer P320 XCarry that I recently Cerakoted in Burnt Bronze (I had previously textured it) over at RFV Tactical, so I've been carrying it and dry-fire practicing with it for about a week.  I really like the Sig P320 XCarry and XCompact, but I don't shoot them as well as I shoot my CZ and 2011 handguns, especially at longer distances.  There is just something a little weird with them for me, so I am trying to spend more time with them. It's possibly the angle at which the flat-faced trigger breaks, as all of my other guns have curved triggers. My performance at this match was decent, as I didn't have any brain farts (yay!), and after reviewing the video it appears I was pulling off my tactical reloads (retaining the spent magazine) really well. Even though those types of reloads are really only applicable to IDPA matches, I practice them all the time in my daily dry-fire practice sessions. I ended up in 2nd place out of 7 overall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mev37cVndk

Outlaw Action Pistol Match 07/23/2022

Outlaw action pistol match at Amarillo Rifle and Pistol club (USPSA rules and IDPA scoring). Not the greatest performance from me, as I was hot, tired, and ready to go home by the 4th stage.  Had a brain fart on the 4th stage and forgot to do a mag change when advancing to the next shooting position, which resulted in a flat-footed reload. The last two stages were hoser stages, and due to my heat exhaustion I shot them as fast as I could without any real regard to accuracy.  They were definitely fast, but lots of points down. Despite my underwhelming performance, I was able to take 1st place overall out of 14 total. I was shooting my beloved CZ P-07 Urban Gray at this match, as I recently re-textured it to fix a previously botched stipple job, and it turned out great! I've been carrying it every day since I re-textured the grip, so I used it at this match too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71oZO6v-3ww

USPSA Action Pistol Match 07/09/2022

USPSA action pistol match at the Lead Farm shooting range in Lubbock, TX. I was shooting my Bul Armory SAS II Tac Commander that I recently updated by refinishing all the controls, hammer, and grip screws in black Cerakote, and I also reinstalled the factory grip module that I textured at RFV Tactical. I had a dumpster fire on the first stage as I went to war on the Texas Star spinning target that resulted in an unexpected flat-footed reload. For some damn reason I could not hit the plates on that thing to save my life, which is odd because I usually do pretty decent on them.  I also had a trigger reset issue on the same stage which may have spooked me by the time I arrived at the Star, but it was embarrassing none the less. I started to wonder if my red dot was not zeroed properly, but I was able to go 1 for 1 on a steel plate rack on the 4th stage that was the same distance away as the Texas Star with no problem. I suspect that the trigger reset issue was due to me simply not let the trigger out far enough to reset properly (aka - trigger freeze) as I do that occasionally with 1911/2011 style guns. The rest of the stages went okay with no more trigger reset issues, but the damage was done on the first stage.  I came in 8th place out of 38 total.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVKOAgCCMWI

Outlaw Action Pistol Match 06/25/2022

Outlaw action pistol match at Amarillo Rifle and Pistol Club. This match ran much smoother than last month's match and there weren't any weird strong-hand/weak-hand specific stages. Just some pretty standard stuff. I was using my STI Tac-Lite 4.0 2011 in my RFV Tactical concealed carry gear.  I only had one brain fart where I forgot to do a mag reload which left me doing a flat-footed reload, but I got the reload done pretty quickly. I came in first place out of 13 total.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-imQiQf9i0