My first USPSA match is coming up...
And it's tonight! This'll be my first USPSA match and my first night match of any kind. Could be real interesting.
I've got a TLR-1 HL mounted on my G23 and a Windhill holster for the combo.
I've shot a bunch of IDPA matches and .22 steel challenge matches, but this is my first USPSA. Anybody got any tips/advice?
I've got a TLR-1 HL mounted on my G23 and a Windhill holster for the combo.
I've shot a bunch of IDPA matches and .22 steel challenge matches, but this is my first USPSA. Anybody got any tips/advice?
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No advice Steve, but have fun and good luck! 0 -
Focus on the front sight 0 -
They are fun and I bet you will have a blast.
1. Keep your gun in a case until you get to the safety area and make sure it is unloaded until you are set to shoot. The RO will tell you to make ready load and holster.
2. You need 3 magazines most courses of fire are under 32 rounds.
3. Don't violate the 180 degree rule
4. I would start out shooting Limited or limited 10(Then you will need 4 mags)
5. Don't shoot over the berm
6. Remember shoot the brown guys not the white guys(except for steel sometimes) and Black is a barrier
7. Keep you finger off the trigger when reloading.
Were comfortable cloths and shoes. I like earplugs over head phone type ear pro. I like a wrap around type glasses. Shoot good ammo and be sure it will pass major since you are shooting a 40 sometimes they check ammo over a chrony.
Good luck have fun and be safe!0 -
It is a different game than IDPA.
1) You can generally engage targets in any order you wish unless the written stage briefing says something specific.
2) You can drop a loaded mag & unless it is a ?Virginia count? stage you can shoot as much as you want.
3) scoring is points divided by time. You will cost yourself if you only shoot Alpha?s.
My general advice for an IDPA shooter would be always try and do 2 things at once; i.e move & shoot or move & reload. Never run a mag dry & then reload. If you can see a target- you engage it. You don?t have to be behind cover, etc.
Don?t break the 180.
A club level match is really unlikely to chrono ammo.0 -
Thanks for the pointers, guys.
I'll have a lot of ingrained habits from my time shooting IDPA (reloads behind cover, mag retention if there's rounds in it, etc.) but hopefully I can make a presentable showing. With the loads I'm using I'm generating about a 155 power factor so I'll be shooting Minor. I'm thinking with the G23 I'll shoot in the production division unless you fellas think I'd be better off in limited. I have changed out the mag and slide releases on this gun to the Glock factory extended versions so if I'm understanding the rules right it should still be OK for production.0 -
Shoot limited Major with the G23.
You basically penalize yourself twice if you shoot production it is minor PF only and you will have to changes mags every time you move shooting positions.
For a level 1 ?club match? any 40 is fine for Major PF.
So limited gets you Major PF and more bullets between reloads.0 -
Warbirds wrote:Shoot limited Major with the G23.
You basically penalize yourself twice if you shoot production it is minor PF only and you will have to changes mags every time you move shooting positions.
For a level 1 ?club match? any 40 is fine for Major PF.
So limited gets you Major PF and more bullets between reloads.
That's where I wound up, WB, Limited Major. If it had been a day time shoot I would have used my G35 but I had to use the G23 since it is the only gun that I have a light compatible holster for. It was a lot of fun and I did OK for my first time out, lots of Alphas, dang few Charlies. No Deltas, Misses, or hits on a no shoot. I think out of the 12 guys that were there I had the third highest number of Alpha hits and one of the guys that outdid me was shooting a PCC. I'm slow as smoke compared to some of those guys, though! WOW! Blazing speed without much accuracy. With the high ratio of Alphas that I had it makes me wonder how I'd do with a G34 or similar, something that I can recover from the recoil more quickly and get back on target faster.
It was a night shoot so I got to try out my new TLR-1 HL. I highly recommend it if anyone is looking for a pistol light! Very bright and easy to operate. Shooting at night adds a whole new dimension to shooting. Everything looks way different than it does during the day. Your peripheral vision is diminished, the shadows make things look like they're moving when they're not, and the sights take on a different look. If you folks haven't done it yet then I'd encourage you to try it.
The biggest downside on this match was I didn't get home until 3:10 AM! I'm usually up between 3:30 and 4:30 so it kinda turned my day on it's head. I'm runnin' on three hours sleep right now... Gonna be a loooonnngg day!
Thanks again for the pointers, fellas!
I think I'm gonna go take a nap...0 -
Where was the shoot at Steve? 0 -
toad67 wrote:Where was the shoot at Steve?
Powder River Sportsmans Club, the Virtue Flat range about 7 miles East of Baker.
https://www.prsportsmen.com/0
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