Plate Match Round-up

October 27, 2007 on 3:21 pm | In plate match, results |

Well, I didn’t win…my suckage was on full display this morning up at the range.

A mis-feed with my 22/45 popped me into the losers bracket, from which I never recovered. My sights were mis-adjusted on my GP100, causing me to shoot low. I managed to raise the rear sight 5 or 6 clicks and I was back on target, but my confidence was blown. Plus, the new load I am trying kicks harder than I’m used to, add to that the fact that the LRN bullets I loaded have a small ledge between the body and the nose part which hangs on the chamber edges in my cylinder. This makes it hard to do a fast reload from my speedloaders. I also tried shooting my Kahr CW9 today for the first time in competition and had trouble with pulling the muzzle down slightly as I pulled the trigger. As the match went on though I managed to work out of that to a large extent. Once I stopped doing that I managed to hit a lot of the plates just fine. I wasn’t good enough though to hang with the other autoloader shooters. This being the first time I’ve shot it in competition though I’m sure I’ll improve over time.

So, not a great day at the range, but winning is secondary for me. I go to the plate match just for the fun of it and the fellowship of the other shooters. I’ll keep working at my accuracy and shooting technique and improve. :-)

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  1. OK, where are the photos Jeffersion promised we’d find here? LOL

    Anyway work out the load mix and the shots will find their mark.

    Hate the word verifaction thing, but understand why it is needed. Even though I type it in correctly the 1st time, it makes me do so a second time with differant letters each time I leave a comment.

    Comment by AB5SY — October 27, 2007 #

  2. Oopsie! Okay, the photos were sent to me after I posted, but that has been fixed now.

    Yeah, I’m sorry about the word verification thing, but it’s a necessary evil at this point. I’ll consider removing it if it’s a problem for my readers though.

    Hope you enjoy the pictures!

    Comment by Yuri Orlov — October 27, 2007 #

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