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Matthew Mink ... vs ... uh, me.

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Posted 19 May 2009 - 05:06 PM

Shot the Missouri state IDPA match this weekend. Took 1st place in SSP/Master, but missed the division championship by eight tenths of a second.

Not bad for two clean mikes on easy targets (second shot fired on the truck stage, and fifth shot on the hardcover-crazy el prez standards) and an unengaged target in the blind stage. No video of that, but the stage was completely in the dark, and I couldn't find a target and skipped it - which costs 10 second in IDPA.

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=onzErnXeZFI

Matt Mink is (obviously) the guy who appears halfway through the video, and is first on each stage, burning them down. I'm the skinny guy in the digital-camo vest shooting a nickel-slide Glock 34.

It's fun to clearly see the differences on the stage where you shoot the skeet (door lock) before moving... How small differences in shot calling ability (no hesitation) and movement into/out of position really added up on that one. I shot both the mover/fountain stage and the skeet stage very well... But small things (and a couple of points down) added up to quite a margin of victory for him.

More work to do. :)

This post has been edited by MemphisMechanic: 19 May 2009 - 05:07 PM

The truth is that there is no choice between the two. You line the sights up in the A-zone and let it fly at the absolute soonest moment that you see what your experience tells you will put the hole where you're aiming it using the amount of trigger control you need to keep the gun lined up in that spot. There is no concern about accuracy or speed - either one is an illusion from behind the gun. There's "where do I want to hit" and "is the gun lined up there or not"... followed up with "did the sights lift from where I wanted to hit". To assign an "either/or" to the equation is to deny the fact that the gun can be shot ridiculously fast while shooting all As - but it won't be done while you're determined that one must be sacrificed for the other - and it also has the amusing side effect of pressuring the shooter to ignore "the shooting" in the name of "the speed" - XRe

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Posted 19 May 2009 - 05:22 PM

Cool stuff- great props and congrats! That stage with the boat... made it look real easy to break the 180 in the first target(s) on the left huh? Maybe it was just the camera angles.

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Posted 19 May 2009 - 05:36 PM

View PostMemphisMechanic, on May 19 2009, 06:06 PM, said:

Shot the Missouri state IDPA match this weekend. Took 1st place in SSP/Master, but missed the division championship by eight tenths of a second.



Ummm Billy V (friend of mine) got you by 2.85 seconds not eight tenths from what I seen. B)

Anyway good shooting.


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Posted 19 May 2009 - 08:35 PM

Ahhh... I forgot.

They fixed the scoring error I pointed out. They'd scored five shooters (including myself) as one point down on the hardcover el presidente stage. I didn't drop ONE POINT. I had ONE MISS. There's no way to be one down on that stage. It's all or nothing due to hardcover.

Looks like they fixed that. Before that change, the difference would have been 2.85 minus 2.00 (difference between 1 and 5 points down) ... or .85 seconds. ;)

Billy shoots with us here in town all the time... When he gets to shoot. He hadn't shot in probably 2-3 months at all - so losing to him hurt a little bit. But when I recall that 2 years ago, I was a novice who couldn't imagine being able to touch him, it doesn't sting too badly. And I'd rather lose to someone I get along with, than lose to I don't. :D

This post has been edited by MemphisMechanic: 19 May 2009 - 08:40 PM

The truth is that there is no choice between the two. You line the sights up in the A-zone and let it fly at the absolute soonest moment that you see what your experience tells you will put the hole where you're aiming it using the amount of trigger control you need to keep the gun lined up in that spot. There is no concern about accuracy or speed - either one is an illusion from behind the gun. There's "where do I want to hit" and "is the gun lined up there or not"... followed up with "did the sights lift from where I wanted to hit". To assign an "either/or" to the equation is to deny the fact that the gun can be shot ridiculously fast while shooting all As - but it won't be done while you're determined that one must be sacrificed for the other - and it also has the amusing side effect of pressuring the shooter to ignore "the shooting" in the name of "the speed" - XRe

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Posted 19 May 2009 - 08:42 PM

View Postlugnut, on May 19 2009, 06:22 PM, said:

Cool stuff- great props and congrats! That stage with the boat... made it look real easy to break the 180 in the first target(s) on the left huh? Maybe it was just the camera angles.

Technically, IDPA doesn't have a 180 rule.

They have muzzle safe points (which are typically pretty much at 180, or just slightly past it in a deep/narrow bay). However, several people will inevitably come close on a stage like that. Particularly newer shooters.

"180 trap" was one of my first thoughts upon seeing the stage, too. Aaron FIRMLY discussed this aspect of this stage during the walkthrough, and still had to bellow "MUZZLE!" at a couple of shooters who were getting into the 179.5 zone, from what he said when I asked him about it. I was nearly the last shooter to run that stage, and he hadn't seen anything unsafe all day.

This post has been edited by MemphisMechanic: 19 May 2009 - 08:45 PM

The truth is that there is no choice between the two. You line the sights up in the A-zone and let it fly at the absolute soonest moment that you see what your experience tells you will put the hole where you're aiming it using the amount of trigger control you need to keep the gun lined up in that spot. There is no concern about accuracy or speed - either one is an illusion from behind the gun. There's "where do I want to hit" and "is the gun lined up there or not"... followed up with "did the sights lift from where I wanted to hit". To assign an "either/or" to the equation is to deny the fact that the gun can be shot ridiculously fast while shooting all As - but it won't be done while you're determined that one must be sacrificed for the other - and it also has the amusing side effect of pressuring the shooter to ignore "the shooting" in the name of "the speed" - XRe
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