Category: Shooting
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Where’d that 7 come from?
I shot this target last week. Just that one shot that must’ve come from someone else.
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Target backer after match
After getting done with the Texas State Indoor Championship this past weekend, one of the most satisfying things is taking a look at the backer and seeing your overall group. It’s especially satisfying the more that I shoot out the black.
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Canton McKinley Regional 2021
After having several people tell me that, if they had to choose between either Canton McKinley’s regional or the National Matches at Camp Perry, they’d pick the Canton McKinley regional, I was intrigued. So, when the time, came I was sure to sign up. Community In talking to people that recommended the Canton McKinley regional…
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Notes from Camp Perry Advanced SAFS 2021
At the CMP National Matches this past month, I had the chance to attend the Advanced SAFS class that was put on the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU). At the end of the class there was a panel that included Jim Henderson, Jon Shue, Sally Talbott, and a few others whose names I unfortunately do…
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2021 Desert Midwinter Championship
Earlier this month, I drove to Phoenix, Arizona for the Desert Midwinter match at the Phoenix Rod and Gun Club. This is the second year that I’ve competed at the Desert Midwinter Championship and it was perhaps my favorite year so far. Perhaps the fact that I was able to skip nearly all of the…
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2020 Cypress Air Pistol Fall Match
A couple of months ago, on November 7th, I attended an air pistol match in Cypress, Texas. This was only my third ever air pistol match and the first match that I shot with my new air pistol, a MatchGuns MG1! Takeaways Probably the biggest takeaway that I had from this match was that I…
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Building a backyard air pistol range
I bought a MatchGuns MG1 air pistol at the Arizona Desert Midwinter championship earlier this year. But, until recently, I had not taken advantage of this pistol. Primarily because I didn’t feel like I had a good setup in the backyard. For example, here’s a photo of my backyard from a period where we were…
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Arizona Desert Midwinter Championship 2020
This past week, I traveled to Phoenix, Arizona to compete in the Arizona Desert Midwinter Championship. Here’s a bit of a teaser video and then you can continue reading the rest of the post if you’d like. ? Initially, my only interest in this match was for the service pistol and rimfire EIC matches that…
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Pistol Training 1-26-2020
Since 4-H rifle and pistol classes were today, and I was already going to conveniently be at the range to coach a few kids. I got to the range about 1.5 hours early to set the range up and get some practice in. To get the most out of the limited time I had before…
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Pistol Training 1-20-2020
With 3 pistol matches coming up in February, and having spent a majority of my time training in December on slow fire, I needed to get out to the range to focus on sustained fire. So, tonight, after work and dinner were done, I headed out to the range to focus on sustained fire. Rough…
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NWTFS September Rifle Match
Last month, Destiny and I attended the high power rifle match at Northwest Texas Field and Stream Association. This was the first match that Destiny and I had competed in at the club, and it was only the second time that we had ever competed. The first time that we competed being at the Rifle…
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Camp Perry Pistol Week– 2019
I spent last week, July 8th-14th, at Camp Perry in Port Clinton, Ohio for the National Precision Pistol Championship. The Trip The trip was about a 17 hour drive to get from Wichita Falls, Tx to Port Clinton, Ohio. And with 4 people and all of our gear, you can imagine that the van we…