This evening I did my first “action shoot” over at the Chick-Owa Sportsman’s Club in Zeeland. I was expecting an IDPA-lite match but that wasn’t what the organizer had in store for us.
We shot the Federal Air Marshal Qualification Course instead and it was pretty darned fun! And eye opening as far as just how damned slow I really am with a pistol.
Drawing from concealment (under a polo shirt) and getting a round on target was happening in 2.1-2.2 seconds for me. Not horrible but not good. Magazine changes were painfully slow. Part of that was taking a good 0.2 seconds to get the gun back into running order after slamming the fresh mag home but mostly it was because I was fishing the fresh mag out of my front jeans pocket.
Yep, I don’t own a single mag carrier. I think it’s time to change that. Not just for pistol games like this but for when I carry too.
And my accuracy sucks. The only event I was really happy with was the 6 shots in 3 seconds from low ready. I came in at 3.01 on that event and the group was the size of my hand. On nearly everything else I was concentrating too much on going fast to get good hits at my skill level.
But, it was fun, and I’m going to keep working on my pistol skills during the weekends. Next shoot is a month away and I hope to see some improvement.
