Plate Match Today

I didn't win, but I had fun and that's what counts. The Volquartsen vertical compensator I put on my Ruger 22/45 worked great. I noticed a definite reduction in muzzle jump with it on. I heartily recommend it! Not only does it work, but it looks great too!



Here are a couple videos I took at the match. I'm not in these but I thought people would find them interesting.

In this first one, John Goss is in the foreground with Jim Breen on the other side with Jeffersonian officiating. They are each shooting .22's with red dot's.



Here we see Jeffersonian taking on Jim Breen for the overall match winner. The best two out of three wins. Jeffersonian is shooting his GP100 in .357 Mag while Jim is shooting a .22 again.




I was also going to sight in my SKS with the donated red dot after the match today, but the honest truth is I was so cold at that point that I chickened out and came home. I'll try and get it sighted in asap though. When I do I'll be sure and take some pictures!

Oops! Plate Match Pics from today!

As Jeffersonian promised...

Me, taking aim with my GP100, smoke courtesy of 9 gn's Blue Dot. The glove is there to protect my hand from recoil. I still ended up with a sore hand, but no blister this time. Oh, and I'm not flinching in this photo, I'm right handed and left eye dominant...weird, I know.

Knock'in down plates, smoke, again, courtesy of 9 gn's Blue Dot.

Placing pumpkins for the slaughter...

Making pie...

Exploding pumpkins, photo courtesy of Jeffersonian.

Plate Match Round-up

Well, I didn't win...my suckage was on full display this morning up at the range.

A mis-feed with my 22/45 popped me into the losers bracket, from which I never recovered. My sights were mis-adjusted on my GP100, causing me to shoot low. I managed to raise the rear sight 5 or 6 clicks and I was back on target, but my confidence was blown. Plus, the new load I am trying kicks harder than I'm used to, add to that the fact that the LRN bullets I loaded have a small ledge between the body and the nose part which hangs on the chamber edges in my cylinder. This makes it hard to do a fast reload from my speedloaders. I also tried shooting my Kahr CW9 today for the first time in competition and had trouble with pulling the muzzle down slightly as I pulled the trigger. As the match went on though I managed to work out of that to a large extent. Once I stopped doing that I managed to hit a lot of the plates just fine. I wasn't good enough though to hang with the other autoloader shooters. This being the first time I've shot it in competition though I'm sure I'll improve over time.

So, not a great day at the range, but winning is secondary for me. I go to the plate match just for the fun of it and the fellowship of the other shooters. I'll keep working at my accuracy and shooting technique and improve. :-)

Plate Match Today!

Well, it's that time of the month again. Wish me luck, or not...

Today after the match, in true holiday style, we get to shoot pumpkins off the plate stands! :-) Sounds like a blast (pun intended)!

The reason I'm up this early is I'm helping Jeffersonian get the pumpkins before the match and he doesn't have the room in his car for them all.

Oh, and NRA, if you're reading this...I still haven't received my wheelbarrow full of cash yet...