(Space and his super cool girlfriend, Space'ssupercoolgirlfriendK.)
I don't ever shoot IDPA Handgun because I have a massive aversion to the dictated storylines (though some are legit). When I represent EA in IDPA, I shoot IDPA Carbine matches. The setups are more dynamic in the carbine matches and I use the same .224 round (out of my FsN) as the carbines. Iron Mike being the extremely cool dude (see: match director) he is, lets me use my FsN against the handguns shooting in the competition. I know, it's confusing. Carbine matches are carbines or handguns, and sometimes both. Handgun matches are handgun only and have more dictated rules.
However, the only match on last weekend was IDPA Handgun and SpaceCoyote was headin out of town this week, so I decided to commit Seppuku after breaking my holy vow not to shoot IDPA Handgun and just do the match. It was Space's first match, so I prayed that he would have a good experience.
2 of the kids on my UT squad shot with Space and I. I was classified under Stock Service Pistol and Space, to his sadness, was shooting an XD, so he was under ESP.
Well it turned out that night I didn't get sleep, and the last time I checked the clock it said 6:05am. This might or might not have been due to myself having 2 pitchers of beer at a bar with a female friend (Freeze be proud!
). The match sign-up started at 9am. So I decided to just go and wear my EA shirt and help RO instead of shooting the match. Sadly, I was coerced by my friends there into shooting it anyway with 3 hours of sleep :facepalm:. Space generously allowed me his 9mm ammunition, as I had none on me.Also, thankfully Space called me that morning, because I slept through all 3 of my alarms that I had set for myself. :lmao:
The RO's were very nice people and they made the match all that much better.
Below are the scores for the 1st stage. I placed 3rd out of like 60 shooters. I remember looking at Space and going "WTF THIS IS AN IDPA MATCH WHY ARE THERE 60 SHOOTERS". Then I found out they were preparing for some big IDPA match coming up.
Very proud of my student on my squad, Billy. He did outstanding. For those who didn't read the CZ thread, this is the guy and he is using his pre-ban CZ. There is something special about watching someone you personally trained with blood sweat and tears do well at a match.
Each time I train someone it seems it takes me hours and hours to purge the BARF IDIOT mentality out of them, banning them from all forums online, before we can even get to firearms handling. :facepalm:
Thanks for coming out to shoot with me, Scott. I had a great time blasting FsN's with ya and meeting your girlfriend. Can't wait to shoot USPSA with ya next month. :clap:
