2012 LA State IDPA
Championship
The opening
match of my 2012 season ahs come and gone and even though I had a few slight
issues I finished fairly well. I was 1st
place SSP Master and 3rd overall out of 150+ shooters. I know in my last post here I was talking
about using the Glock and that it was going well…….well after a lot of comparisons
I decided to go back to the CZ 75 Shadow.
It is may a touch slower but I have the confidence to make the tough
shots and in IDPA that goes a long way.
I will do a quick breakdown of the stages…
Stage 1 – A quick 6 reload 6 drill. Went pretty well just relaxed my focus a
touch on the last shot and dropped 1 point.
Stage 2 – Pretty decent stage but was playing Elmer Fudd
hunting rabbits around the barrel at P2.
It cost me a little bit of time.
Stage 3 – This was the first stage I shot, and it went pretty
well considering it was early, a little chilly, and more that a touch slippery.
Stage 4 – I was going pretty good on the stage until the
last target. Ther tarp they used to
enclose the building was flapping around inside the door and I couldn’t get a
good sight picture on the last target.
Took a little time to find the -0 and then with it slightly obscured I
ended up with a make up shot I didn’t need.
Stage 5 – The boat.
Interesting stage and I was glad I didn’t have to shoot it early. With targets placed behind a picket fence I knew
I would be better off waiting until later in the day. This is why I don’t think a prop like this is
best for a sanctioned match. I cost
myself time on the swinger, as soon as I was done shooting I knew I should have
attacked that differently.
Stage 6 – Good stage with a choice of going left or right
first. I shot it in a good time but got
sloppy on the movers. They were easy
shots but for some reason I decided to put a little lead on them even though
they were barely moving, this cost me 5 points on those 2 targets.
Stage 7 – I had a good plan but the targets were tucked in
behind stacks of barrels at 15+ yards. I
knew I had 2 shots hit the barrels so I had to make them up which forced me to
reload before I move instead of while I was moving. Again cost me time.
Stage 8 – This was the most interesting stage. 15 targets (11 static, 1 swinger, 1
dropturner, and 2 steel) all getting 1 scored shot. The stage was not scored Limited Vickers but
they made it so by limiting the rounds you could carry, gun loaded to 6 and 6
rounds in only 2 other ammo devices regardless of division. Interesting concept but I am not sure the
legality of handing out multiple FTN’s in this stage. I shot it OK but rushed 1 shot, called a wide
1 but it turned out to be barely a 3…………..and a FTN.
Stage 9 – Another good stage as far as design but this one
cost me the most out of the few bobbles I had in the match. The 3rd target I engaged was an
easy stating but I rushed the shot to get to the swinger when it was in the
position I wanted and that got me a miss.
Again the used a picket fence, this time in front of a pop-up
target. I didn’t index to the right spot
when the target cam up and had to pop 2 rounds quickly, of course the last one
found the fence and didn’t score on the target, so that was another miss. 13 down on that stage was just a killer.
Final thoughts
Overall the match went well.
The stages were fun to shoot and the match staff was great as
usual. I left atleast 16 seconds out
there in sloppy of unlucky shooting, 41 points down and half of that in 2
stages is not good enough to get it done.
I will be working on a few things and be back at it in a few weeks at
the MVSA Regional.
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