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alfsauve:
So many matches so little ammo.

Sort of made up my 2022 shooting schedule.  Obviously subject to change.

GSSF River Bend match 3/19.  Second largest one the they hold.   Got my new LPA fiber optic sights.
USPSA LoCap Nats in May.  I think they're calling it Classic match.   Revolver of course at Talledega.
SIG EDC if possible in August
USPSA GA state match in Covington GA (South River Gun Club)
IDPA GA state match at River Bend.   I haven't shot IDPA outdoors in forever.  I'll need to do some local matches.
Finally IRC in Nov down at Volusia County.

And as I posted elsewhere, this weekend local USPSA match will include KC Esubio, Justin Johnson (from Federal), Jessie Harrison and other big name shooters.  Should be fun day.  But a long day.  7 stages with 14 shooters/squad.

alfsauve:
Have classified (C class) in 8 Steel Challenge divisions (RFRI, RFRO, RFPI, RFPO, ISR, OSR, Prod & SS).  Next up will be Ltd, followed by Open and CO.  Then I'll have to get a PCC to finish the last 2 divisions.

It was down to 17f when we started shooting at 9amEDT on Sunday.  Half the registered competitor dropped out before hand and 3 were no shows.  We had 40 people.  Did 5 stage w/ 5 squads of 8ea.  Laid back, no hurry and we still finished and put away by 11:30.

Had this old fellow, Corky show up thinking it was the GSSF match, which isn't till next weekend.  So he shot with us.  He'd brought the wrong holster and only 3 mags.  Signed up for Prod.  Our squad decided, cause he wasn't the steadiest of characters to let he start from a low ready.  Well about 3rd stage his gun jammed up pretty tight.  He was blaming the Federal ammo.  The RO was able to bang on it and get it cleared so Corky could finish the stage.  Next stage, same thing.  Jammed up just out of battery.  They took it to the safe area and were able to pound it into battery, then fired it  (yeah, yeah, he should have fired it into the berm, but we let that pass too).  Turns out the G34 was coming off it's rails.  Huh.  Almost perfect I guess.  He, amazingly, had a G17 backup, so he did a reshoot and finished the other stages.   

SO MANY RULES violated.   

I on the other hand shot my '70 Mk IV reasonably well.  The loading drill, Barney round, remove mag, put in 8 rounder, remember to put the safety on or it's a DQ, draw, safety off is still awkward to me. Only sent 2 over the target because I shot too early.  Did manage to do C class on all stages.   I'm just not as comfortable with the manual of arms of the 1911 as I am with the revolver or even striker fired where you don't need a Barny mag.  Since I really don't plan on pursuing any more SS or CDP division entries, that'll probably be it for the 1911.  Maybe an occasional trip to the range for the fun of it.

I did say it was 17f when we started?   So on the FB page for the match I posted my version of the Marlow (who wrote under the pen name Shakespeare) St Crispin speech (band of brothers) from Henry V.   Remember we shot this on 3/13.  I kind of like it.

And 13 of 3 shall ne’er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers
For ye today that shot steel with me
Shall be my brother, be ye ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle ye condition:
And gentlefolk in GA now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their adulthood cheap whiles any speaks
That shot with us upon 13 of 3

Rastus:
CGSSF match...that's one I'll likely never make.  Good guns....but butt ugly to me.  A thing of beauty to some.   However, you guys seem to have been really nice to him. 

So the G34 choked?  What's up with that? 

Also my ham antennas are in disarray right now.  I'm planning on rejuvenation of them this week.  The big 80 meter loop lost one of the tie downs on top.  We had a big wind and the rope parted....which was strange.  It was the rope holding the pulley that allows the antenna support to move without fraying the rope....  The 20 meter loop has lost insulation from rubbing in a tree and needs replacement.  The 6 meter dipole lost the support line for the balun.  All of which was really from neglect.

alfsauve:
The RO said the slide was coming off the rails.  Not sure exactly what he meant or how that would happen.  All I know is the gun wouldn't function. 

Several .22lr on my squad had issues with the cold weather.  Shooter blamed the ammo, but funny by the time we got the the 5th stage, and things had warmed up, their ammo was working just fine.   My Colt 1911 ran flawlessly with S&B factory ammo. 

Rastus, you missed the WSB radio 100yr celebration.  The Atlanta Radio Club had a special operation from the studios as well as from the antenna farm.  I snagged an FT8 contact and mailed in a QSL card.   They operated as W5B.   Everyone thinks the stations phonetics are Welcome South Brother, but I know it's Whisky Scotch and Bourbon.
 

Rastus:
Nice Alf.  I gotta get out and have some fun.

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