Painfully slow IDPA/Defensive pistol match.
The local club had our first match of the season and we had some new folks show up, as per usual, TOTALLY unprepared for what they were getting into. My squad wound up with all of the newbies as my co-SO (safety officer) and I are pretty patient and work well with the new folks. One younger gal showed up pretty well prepared equipment wise, Glock 27 with a proper holster, 3 mags with an appropriate mag carrier, and proper eye/ear protection. She was pretty much clueless when we started but by the end of the day had developed a case of 'perma-grin' and was starting to catch on pretty well. She'll be back.
Another gal came with a Beretta Nano, no holster, one magazine. :roll: She did have her ear and eye protection. We just started her from low ready and when necessary I would load her magazine while the other SO held the gun. We didn't want to discourage her from shooting but we did get her lined out with what she'll need to properly shoot the next match. :roll:
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An older gentleman showed up with a Ruger Single Six in .32 H&R magnum. He shot it pretty well, but watching him reload was painful!!! He was as quick as can be expected, but still painfully slow. He was amazingly accurate with that old gun, and it was a beaut! Someone had installed a set of ivory grips on it long ago and they had that pretty yellowed out patina. He said next time he's bringing his 1911. I asked him which version he owned and he said "I'm not sure, but it was built in 1913"! Drop the mike. Can't wait to see it at the next match!
Another gal came with a Beretta Nano, no holster, one magazine. :roll: She did have her ear and eye protection. We just started her from low ready and when necessary I would load her magazine while the other SO held the gun. We didn't want to discourage her from shooting but we did get her lined out with what she'll need to properly shoot the next match. :roll:
:roll:An older gentleman showed up with a Ruger Single Six in .32 H&R magnum. He shot it pretty well, but watching him reload was painful!!! He was as quick as can be expected, but still painfully slow. He was amazingly accurate with that old gun, and it was a beaut! Someone had installed a set of ivory grips on it long ago and they had that pretty yellowed out patina. He said next time he's bringing his 1911. I asked him which version he owned and he said "I'm not sure, but it was built in 1913"! Drop the mike. Can't wait to see it at the next match!
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Let me tell you a story about a Luck/Turkey shoot I helped as range Officer about 12 years ago.
I was at the check in table signing people up and checking their .22 rifles and ammo in.
This old, and I mean OLD guy steps up and pulls out of his pocket a 2 piece box of .22 ammo. It was OLD!!!
Then he slips out of an old soft gun case a Mint pump action winchester that looked brand new, not almost a 100 years old like it was.
I had to ask what the story was????
He said he bought the rifle and ammo when he and his wife moved into his new house so he could keep it in a corner of the bed room.
When was this? I asked.
"When I got back from the war, WW2"
Her's a pic of what type of ammo he had.
I handed him a free box of Blazer ammo and said use these.0 -
As painful as the match may have been, where else will they go to learn? Glad you were chosen to nurse them into potentially becoming regulars and if nothing else at least they had a good ecxperience to share with others! 0 -
Im sure that was me around 2003-2004.
Today- you might be faster but I?ll make you prove it!
You?re doing a good thing for the sport!0
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