A bad day at the range
Posted on Aug 23, 2008 in Special Events
Is better than a great day at work. And I proved that today. I learned a valuable lesson today. I suck. I suck bad. I need to really practice a lot more. In fact, I’d venture to say I was near the worst shooter here. It turns out, shooting at static targets using the weaver stance at the indoor range doesn’t translate well into the kinds of shooting...
Read MorePracticing the fundamentals – over, and over, and over
Posted on Aug 23, 2008 in Special Events
Shooting accurately is pretty easy. Use a proper grip, focus on your front sight, and squeeze (don’t jerk!) the trigger. Getting these things to all come together for every shot is the challenge. Todd Jarrett has been an excellent teacher. He’s very personable and employs a hands on approach. He started the morning by illustrating a proper grip,...
Read MoreBlackwater, Day 2
Posted on Aug 23, 2008 in Special Events
That image pretty much says it all. We spent the day shooting with Todd Jarrett. That image was taken in the middle of my sixth magazine in the last stage. My grip has slipped a bit, but this was one running and gunning stage. We started the day working on grip. Todd worked with each of us to got our hands in the correct grip. He then drew alignment marks on...
Read MorePara LDA 1911, The Good and the Bad
Posted on Aug 23, 2008 in Special Events
Overall, my experience with the LDA, after a day of shooting hundreds of rounds of ammunition, have been pretty favorable. The LDA trigger is nicer and smoother than the one on my Glock, and shoot pretty decently with it. My main complaint about the platform is the fact that it even has a safety. I know, I know, a Glock user complaining about a manual safety,...
Read MoreParaUSA Day 2
Posted on Aug 23, 2008 in Special Events
It is almost impossible to write a summary post of today, as it was the big big big shooting day. We started shooting IPSC targets, and by the end of the day were shooting steel on the move, reloading behind barricades and zapping 8×8 moving targets while we were moving in an opposite direction of the target. The level of instruction that Todd Jarrett is...
Read MorePictures from day two at Blackwater
Posted on Aug 23, 2008 in Special Events
Due to requests from the Tamara Fan Club Unwashed Masses (see the comments) the pictures are heavy on Tamara. I also took the first picture on JR’s post. Caleb has pictures up too. Please check out photos at Joe’s site. This weblog is sponsored by Boomershoot and UltiMAK. This post was written by Joe Huffman and was originally posted on...
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