USPSA Marysville April 2016 - Open Division (GoPro Hero4 Session hatcam)
I had a so-so day. Came away with a 2nd place finish despite zeroing one tricky but awesome stage. Short and fraught with peril. Had some issues with steel and lost some speed on a few stages. Overall not very happy with my 84% finish, need to practice more!
Fun stages and amazing weather. We had 99 shooters show up which was great for the club but made for a long match.
Got all dressed up in pants thinking it'll be cold, but don't ever trust the weather report. The sun came out and made it all warm and fuzzy. That said, it was a fun 9 stage local match with some really interesting par time stages.
Also, first time rocking my new 9mm major loads by Vantage Reloading (www.vantagereloading.com). Super consistent and accurate in my JPL Blaster.
If you're interested in finding out more about shooting in the NW, checkout www.nwsection.org
Music: Mt. Fox Shop by Box Cat Games (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games/)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJKBH94t3s0
Day Two started very early in the morning and I would like to call it, the Day of Slowness. I was super slow with everything and I'm not sure why. Perhaps I was trying to be careful. Had only two stupid mikes but time overall was really bad. I think I should speed up tomorrow :)
Music used: New Trance Edition by DJ Alike https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/1026396/dj-alike.new-trance-edition
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSakL1yO8Co
Beautiful day for a match, sun was out the whole day. This was the worst match of the year for me, screwed up many stages. I would attribute it to lack of concentration and focus. Mind wasn't in it I guess. You can see the visual screwup at the classifier (last stage)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KETU3tQ3p28
Level up your steel game. Two ways to shoot a Texas Star.
First is the safe & predictable way. You wait for the targets to come to your sight and ambush them.
Second is riskier but much faster. You move your gun to chase targets, and if your transition is on point, you'll nail all targets in almost half the time. This method gets far more riskier the further out the star is.
#uspsa #ipsc #pewpew #competition #fastshooting #magicleap
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Phenomenal stages and near perfect weather made for a really awesome match. When almost all of the written stage briefings say "standing anywhere, wrists below belt", you know a ton has gone into the design of the stages. I am so looking forward to next year's Area One Championships that's going to be held at the Paul Bunyan Rifle Club and run by the same match team. Great job everyone!
Music: Dreams by BenSound.com
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4hcimV3zlE
'Twas a great battle in the Open Division today. Nick and I were back to back till the very end where a malfunction cost me the possibility of the match win. Great technical stages that I haven't seen before which makes it a ton of fun. Hope to shoot more stages like this in the future.
Music used: Clockworx by Rataxes https://www.jamendo.com/track/1018346/clockworx
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY2bWc3x9Ik