COM Holster and Mag Pouch
Brian and I faired well at the Prize Table at the Utah USPSA Championship.
The gun was gone, but we were still early when we went up to the table and were glad to see the gift certificate from Center of Mass Tactical there on the table. We snatched it up.
They make excellent holsters and other accessories, and I needed a new holster for a Commander sized S&W 1911PD I intend to shoot in IDPA.
I e-mailed COM asking questions, and Rick Palmer, the owner, answered them the same evening. Awesome!
So I called and placed an order for one of Rick’s custom Kydex belt holsters and also a custom 1911 dual mag pouch.
COM will be at the Gun show in Vegas next Saturday (Santa Fe Casino) and Rick also said he is going to try and get out to Desert Sportsman and shoot the USPSA match Sunday morning.
If you can’t get to the gun show just visit them online at www.comholsters.com
Thanks, Rick, for running such a customer and result oriented business. And thanks for being one of the sponsors of our state match.
Results from the 2009 State Championship can be found here.
SUPR Highlights:
Jeff Bailey finished 10th overall in Limited Class, and was Top Shooter in Limited A class.
Gary Powell took 2nd overall in Limited 10 class.
Ken Nelson took Top Overall Unclassified Shooter.
Brian Nelson was the only Junior shooter in the match and got a nice trophy. He would have finished middle of the adult pack had he brought enough functioning magazines to avoid 6 FTE’s, 12 misses, and 0 match points on a 47 round stage. Lesson learned! Brian also had the joy of beating his Dad on two stages.
Speaking for Brian and myself, we had fun but were clearly shown where we are weak by complex stages with all sorts of new gadgetry we’d never seen before. I described it to non-shooters as shooting near par on Dixie Red Hills and then playing the Black tees at Green Spring and being schooled.
I’ll post videos and other stuff on the state match tomorrow or Tuesday.
The CAPS staff and the others that put on the match deserve a big thanks. I know I was exhausted when I left, and they still had work ahead of them.
BTW: We had a lot of interest in our Dixie Classic match in March.
The Palm software has really made scorekeeping a breeze. I can generate match results in just a minute or two on match completion and shooters like seeing their hit factors for comparison as the match is underway.
The next step is to educate shooters so that we can hand them a clipboard with a PALM on it and they can score as easily as a clipboard with just paper on it.
To help educate our shooters on using the PALM, I made a video showing how to select a stage, pick a shooter, score, and verify the score on the PALM.
You can practice scoring by downloading the StageScore emulator and running it on your own computer.
Our next match is 3 Oct 2009. Setup begins at 0730. It would be very helpful if more people would show up early to help setup.
Stage 1: Get Your Gun
( Stage 10 from the USPSA Open Nationals, 14 Rounds, NoShoots, no steel)
Stage 2: It’s A Two For
Stage 3: Shorty’s
Stage 4: Watch Your Back
Stage 5: Quick but Not Easy
(Stage 11 from the USPSA Open Nationals, 12 Rounds, NoShoots and steel)
So you have something to “aim” for here are the top results for Stage 1 and 5 from the recent Nationals. I also put in the highest “B class” shooter for a more realistic goal:
Get Your Gun -
1 Emanuel L Bragg 139 GM Limited 67 0 6.02 11.1296 70.0000 100.00%
17 Tasha Hanish 345 B Limited 67 0 6.67 10.0450 63.1784 90.25%
Quick But Not Easy -
1 Ted C Puente 70 GM Limited 57 0 6.38 8.9342 60.0000 100.00%
24 Myron J Isakson 182 B Limited 57 0 8.17 6.9767 46.8539 78.09%
Adam Mann won Stage 1 this weekend (and the match as well). Ad hoc analysis of videos from the stages show that the biggest factor was his shot splits – very fast. Those of us shooting uncompensated guns probably can’t hope to accurately match his shot splits, but there are a few things I learned from watching Adam (& John Allen) on video that any of us can use to finish stages faster.
Let’s go to the tape!
The start position was “holding a rifle”… Here is a series of other shooters:
and here is Adam:
Lesson… don’t succumb to “normal”, always do what is faster and within the rules. There was no requirement to hold the rifle at port arms. Why not hold it next to your pistol? Advantage… small – maybe 1/2 a second. But… multiply that kind of stage planning by 8 stages and that is a 4 second advantage – before any shot is fired.
Next “schooling”…. Same stage, a few second later…
Here is Adam:
Things to note… Look at the drop targets – they are down, he shot the activating popper on the way to this position. When he is done shooting the bank of poppers, he does not have to shoot the activator and wait a second for the targets to appear. Adam was the only person in the match to NOT have to wait for the drop targets, they were waiting on him.
Second thing to note… he only went as far as he had to shoot the left IPSC target. No further. Movement is slow – shooting fast.
Just to pick on myself a bit…. check out where I am at the same part of the stage:
I’m 7 feet farther. The activator is still up. And I moved while shooting the poppers, causing a couple of misses. “Tactical looking”, and a heritage of my initial IDPA “have to move while shooting”, but not effective for the sport I was playing at the time!
So thanks Adam for an excellent lesson!
Stage 1:
Stage 4:
Thank you Adam for videoing much of our match this Saturday. I’ve trimmed them down and put the videos, from most shooters on stage 1 and stage 4 in a a video for each stage.
(Note – Adam’s camcorder had battery issues in the heat, so if you aren’t in the video it was likely because he was replacing batteries).
Super Squad – 2009 Limited 10 Nationals
The Super Squad were super hard workers
Dave Sevigny offers useful match day tips in this Tactical-Life.com article.
The performance tips are good ideas, but what I really noticed was the “good competitor” advice:
In conclusion, be a good competitor. Along with following the printed rules of competition, there are a number of unwritten rules in sport shooting such as:
• Listen to the range officials instructions during the stage briefing
• Turn in your competitor label and score sheet and help your squad sort out the shooting order
• Find a rear exit and do not impede walk through efforts
• Keep off the stage and leave it open for the competitor who is up next
• Keep the volume down when a competitor is on the line
• Be honest about what happens whether it is in your favor or not
• Help reset the stage if you are not up or on deck
• Thank the range officials for working the match
I found the article today. But yesterday, I watched Dave and the top shooters in the United States follow this advice as they shot the Limited 10 Nationals. He doesn’t just write it, he does it.
When they weren’t on deck or up, the top shooters in the world taped targets, reset moving targets and politely waited in line to do stage walk throughs. The only target I didn’t see them mess with was the Texas Star, which was done by range staff. Given how many times heavy star plates have wacked me, I think that wise when competing at their level.
We also watched the final stage of the Lady’s Limited 10 Super Squad. Here Jesse Abbate launches into her final stage. She had a large lead, but didn’t play it safe and shot the fastest of the stage by about 2 seconds.
The window in the background is a port that opens on pulling the bar, to reveal a diabolical Texas Star that is rigged with a bar to be off center and guarantee a fast spin.
Winner John Alan takes on Stage 1
First off, a big thanks to Jon C. who came out Friday and got much of stages 1-3 setup. That helped us start early. And thanks, as well, to those who arrived early to setup and stayed late to tear down. A very close match today, with John Allen nipping out Adam Mann by less that 1/2 a percent! The battle for Limited class was between Gary Powell and Ken Nelson. Ken had it until he got 6 procedurals and zero score on the classifier 5th stage. Congrats to Gary! C’est la guerre!
Thanks to returning shooters new Daniel Evans, Lynn Crawford and Ron Larsen. We hope to see you regularly!
19 Sep 2009
Match Date: 9/19/2009
Combined divisions – These are NOT official results.
Place Name USPSA Class Division PF Lady Mil Law For Age Points Stg %
1 Allen, John A43458 B Open Major N N N N 455.4940 100.00%
2 Mann, Adam TY31130 B Open Major N N N N 453.8851 99.65%
3 Powell, Gary L1899 B Limited 10 Major N N N N 311.6779 68.43%
4 Nelson, Ken A64062 U Limited Major N N N N 288.7837 63.40%
5 Christensen, Jon L2419 C Limited Minor N N N N SSenior 243.9282 53.55%
6 Anderson, Robert TY37367 C Limited 10 Major N N N N S Senior 228.7209 50.21%
7 Farwell, Dan U Limited Major N N N N 199.6513 43.83%
8 Nelson, Brian A64106 U Limited 10 Major N N N N Junior 184.6766 40.54%
9 Evans, Daniel U Limited Major N N N N 142.0372 31.18%
10 Aleman, Daniel U Production Minor N N N N 111.1513 24.40%
11 Crawford, Lynn U Limited Major N N N N 97.1139 21.32%
12 Larsen, Ron U Single Stack Major N N N N 65.5334 14.39%
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