Competition 2024

[alfsauve]

First RE:  ICORE.   Got a note from them they fixed the erroneous classifier.  What they did was remove me from the leader board, but they left it in my classifier log.  So it counts as a high-score-throwaway, but the leaderboard now shows the appropriate placement.  I'll take that.  Now if I can just shoot 2 more "A" scores.

IDPA Nats.  HOT HOT HOT.   They treated around a dozen cases of heat related ailments.  Including me, though I caught myself early on and was going through a major cool down regimen. (Guzzling cold water and soaking my shirt in ice water, with me in it, and applying cold compresses to my head.   My squad let me sit out pasting.  I was able to bounce back and finish the match, though my scores weren't great.  9th out of 12 revolvers.  Top Distinguished Sr. (=>75) 325 of 367 overall against all other divisions.

Nailed 3 Non-Threats.  2 of them were in the dark house.  Perfect -0 hits on the wrong target.  Of course then I got a PE and 2 misses, -10.

A lot of DQs, 21 or about 7%.  Two I heard were for improper vests.  We lost a CO master shooter on our second stage for sweeping himself at a covered port exclusion zone.  Should have known better.

Some great stages.  Then there was the low light.  As I said under the flashlight thread., problem was the shooter was in full sun light trying to see into a dark room.  It was the stage right after I started my cooling down, and I didn't do badly, but I definitely needed a brighter light.  M U C H   B R I G H T E R.

IDPA Nats move to TX for the next two years.   I won't be going.  GA State IPDA up next at the end of the month.   Will see about shooting Bianchi Cup next spring.

[alfsauve]

GA State IDPA match in the books. 
2nd Revolver and 1st Sharp Shooter Revolver.  Plaque and everything.   YEAHHHH.

A number of IDPA rule interpretations cause some consternation, but not any PEs.  I can drop ammo, but not a speed loader on the same reload.   Either or though.  Can't game a stage by slinging a miss on an activator then coming back to shoot it later, must activate before moving on.  All in all some good stages.   I did have my gun lock up on a stage with cost me many points.  Didn't appear to be the ammo.  I went over to the safe area, open the cylinder and operated the action and whatever was out of time now worked.  so the rest of the match went smoothly.  I'd had the same Points Down as the #1 revolver shooter had it not been for that incident.

I'm obviously not going to IRC as much as I'd like to go back to PA it's not working personally this year.  GSSF is just too big and too much competition in Talladega.
Guess that's it for the  "big" ones this year. 

[alfsauve]

I did realize a couple of weeks ago that Rimfire Challenge world championship was just over the AL border not to far from Huntsville.  Booked and went this weekend.  Having fun even though on my squad are some of the fastest kids in the world.  You think sub 2 second Steel challenge stages are something? These kids, 15yo, can do 5 target stages in less than ONE second. Hoping just to be in the top half of the Distinguished Senior category.  Oh and did get to hang out with some celebs or two.  (Marshall was there too.  He took the picture.)

[Rastus]

Well that is really cool Alf! 

Push hard in that competition.  You are our rep...onward and upward!

[Rastus]

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