Hey y'all, I've arrived home after a day at the range competing at the IPSC State Titles - I'm a little worn out but feeling pretty good overall. I've only got tomorrow to go now, another six shooting stages, so I'm sure I'll make it though. 😂
[Image removed]
Hey, I'd like to thank you guys who sent messages for luck here on steem and on discord - I really appreciate it and I think the luck worked as I had a reasonable day with the gun.
My accuracy and strategy was fairly decent although I have to be honest, my movement, the speed, was a little lacking here and there...I guess I can't expect to keep up with the young ones for ever. Still, I was happy with the day and there were some really good stages including one that had to be shot with the weak hand only (my left) and another with the strong hand only (my right). It was fun. (This simulates being shot in one arm - This is a military-based form of shooting.)
I don't bring my GoPro to big events as I'm always more interested in the event and my performance than getting video footage, but I grabbed a little in between shooting, just on my phone, which I have put together below for you.
You're going to see a young girl shooting a 32 round stage which was the first I had to shoot for the day - She wasn't as fast as usual, however didn't have a bad run.
The next is a very quick stage of only 11 rounds. Some of the really top shooters were doing this in about 4 seconds. The guy you see here made a mistake so had to go back to a target costing him time. I think he did it in under 6 seconds though.
The last is of a 24 round stage which involved a little strategy. There was a quick way to shoot it and this guy, whilst accurate, didn't choose the fastest way to shoot the course. He still got a reasonable score though.
I've hastily spliced all three together so you can see what I was doing today.
Tomorrow I have the last day of the State Titles to compete and will then get the results. I don't really care where I finish though. I'm having a great time hanging out with some people I only see at big events and meeting some new ones, and just enjoying the shooting. I feel I'm performing well also and that was my goal.
We'll have a 5am wake up in the morning for the drive to the range. Faith is coming out with me for the last day so I'm glad to have her along - I love her company, even when I'm super-focused at events like this.. I'll have to make sure I shoot well and not embarrass myself in front of her...Although she's the most supportive person ever so there's probably no chance of that happening.
I hope y'all are having a great weekend so far and continue to do so.
Tomorrow isn't promised - Design and create your ideal life, don't live it by default
An original post written by a human
Discord: galenkp#9209 🇦🇺