Autrey's Match

Had a fun night, but shot like craaaapppp ;) I did the field course well except I had a jam after a reload, and it cost me several seconds. I was 2nd in my division in the stage, but mid pack overall. Without the jam, I would have finished very well ... The classifier was another story. TERRIBLE. I missed 1 shot STRONG HAND, and 2 shots WEAK HAND. Low 20% score... not good.

South River Feb Match

Had a great match this weekend. Still waiting on the results, but it felt good. I'm keeping my expectations realistic because the Glock team shot the match (Dave, Jessie, Randi).

I had my best match performance on a texas star to date: 7 shots to take out the 5 plates.

If I remember correctly, I had two mikes. I knew I missed one shot, and I believe I hit a barrel with the second.

Overall, I think I had good times and acceptable accuracy.

River Bend Tactical Shotgun Match

I attended/shot the River Bend Tactical Shotgun Match this weekend. It was a lot of fun. My shotty ran great... Not a single hiccup. The stages ranged from pure speed, to reload heavy long stages. There was even a stage where you had a choice on how to proceed through the stage (free form). Overall, I was very happy with my performance. I finished 9th overall. If I had been prepared for 100+ yard slug shots, I might have finished several spots better ( I missed 3 of the 4 long shots, adding 30 seconds in penalty time).

Lessons learned: I still need to practice (a lot) reloading. I lost a on of time to the best shooters while reloading. I am buying a shotgun shell reloader so that I can make up practice rounds to work on with (I don't like to practice with live shells in my house!) Also, I will try to work up a good load for competition. My new sights worked much better than I had hoped, but did come loose during the 2nd to last stage (luckily, they were marked and easily returned to the correct position). I need to use locktite!