A month ago I attended my first ever handgun match, sponsored by the Utah Defensive Pistol League. Had a blast and couldn't wait to go again. Well yesterday was their ICORE/handgun match (set up for revolvers but anyone could shoot in the general UDPL handgun divisions).
I toyed with the idea of shooting my old Colt Officers Model Target, but I don't have any speedloader holsters for it yet, and I'm still pretty much a noob so I took my SIG P226 9mm again, but this time I got a mag holster which helped a lot with reloads. They really put on a GREAT event for the revolver meet; lots of moving, lots of steel targets (which I love to shoot), great people. A gentleman and lady in my squad had revolvers; he with a S&W .45 ACP using half- and full-moon clips, and she with a Ruger GP100 .357 shooting .38 specials out of 2 types of speedloaders. He in particular did really well... shot nearly everything clean, very accurate shooter. She was quite accurate also; she thumb-cocked for each shot.
I wouldn't have felt out of place shooting my old wheelgun with twist-and-release speedloaders in that group; maybe next time I'll shoot it and see how I do. I really want one of the 8-shot performance center revolvers the fast guys shoot out there, but I'm too cheap. :D
And I REALLY need to get started reloading; this is an expensive hobby. I shot about 300 rounds yesterday, plus paid for a year membership (a very reasonable $13 or so) and match fee.
My SIG performed well again; no malfunctions but the slide doesn't always lock back on the mec-gar 18 round mags I was using (and Remington UMC ammo which some have reported problems with). But the mag holster helped a lot. I might try my Glock 30 next time, or a 1911.
Came home, cleaned my guns, then my wife and I took our daughter out for her birthday dinner: excellent Indian food. Days like this make you want... more days like this.
Results are out: I placed 7th out of 20 in the high-cap division, and 16th out of 64 overall.
It felt like I did better than my first match, but I ran the percentages and they were almost exactly the same as my first match a month ago. At least I'm not getting worse. :D
Sad/funny thing is, at least 3 revolver guys were faster overall than me, and I was using 17-rd mags. *thud*
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