18A "Upper Body Prep" in 21:12, HDT-KB 12.6.3 (core) in 30:52 a good one, 41 pushups in 2 min, 39 squats with 2x20#DB in 2 min, 82 flutter kicks with 2x20#DB OH in 2 min.
Went to Blackstone for some ball and dummy with the old CZP10C, followed by some press-out drills
Open Flow Yoga at USNWC with Kara, then ruck with fireflies in MACV2s on a slipper trail with a 30#R and mat, covering 4.5 miles in 1:58:27
MOONS OUT GOONS OUT
I didn't sign up for this one until the night before, since I was trying to figure out when I'd be able to make it out to Coleman's Creek to test some hand loads of 6.5CM, keeping weather in mind, too.
The brief was going to be at 8:45pm, but because we had paper targets for the stages, we had a rain delay until 10:30. We were given the option to defer or get a refund, but everyone there wanted to stay and shoot, even if they had to wait. After making the 2 hour drive, waiting wasn't a big deal.
There was a TSS during the day, but I didn't go for that... the ammo for 6.5CM or 6CM is pricey.
One thing that was different about this MOGO was that there had been a USPSA match at the range, and their stages were still up, so we took advantage of that and used that for some of the night match stages.
I used the Wilder Tactical belt, since the extra bulk wouldn't be a big deal at this kind of match, but the pistol mag pouches were further left than I'm used to with the Vedder belt, which threw me off a bit.
Stage 1:
- Shoot 10 rifle at 1/2 cardboard, 2x each, from left and center positions. Clear rifle and put it on the table.
- Shoot 5 pistol cardboard 2x each and 2 popper steal 1x each from the right side.
Learnings/Outcomes: 3/8NV, 13/23 Overall
- I shot 1 extra round of rifle just in case, on the far one from the center position
- I went passive with red dot, since the full moon gave us plenty of light
- I was happy with how it went
- I had a little bit of trouble finding the dot again a couple of times after shots due to recoil
- I didn't use the sling, since we needed to dump the rifle anyways, and I didn't want it to interfere with the NODS and helmet
Stage 2:
- Shoot 7 rifle from left side, 2x per cardboard
- Shoot 2 rifle from middle, 2x per cardboard, clear and leave on table
- Shoot 7 pistol from the right side
Learnings/Outcomes: 7/8NV, 18/23 Overall
- I tried to go fast and had 2P and 1R miss... embarrassing! I had felt fine, so it's a matter of doing it the right way, the way I know how
- I had even added extra rounds
- It was such an easy and straightforward stage... I shouldn't have missed... they were big and lcose targets
- I still went passive
Stage 3:
- Shoot rifle cardboard 2x each (4R, 1L back, 1L mid, 3 center forward)
- Shoot pistol targets 2x each (4 center, 3 + 1 right)
- Once you ground your rifle, you can't pick it back up, so make sure you don't forget a target
- You can choose to go L or R first on the back rifle options
Learnings/Outcomes: 7/8NV, 20/23 Overall
- I went slow for a clean run, as redemption from the previous stage
- I shot a couple extras, but then I needed to reload on the last round, which ate up time... so don't do too many extras... go slow and accurately
- I took a little time finding the front window, even though it should've been obvious that it was the place with the table... things always seem easier off the buzzer.
Stage 4:
- From the table, shoot 5 rifle static steel and 2 rifle poppers, L->R, 1 hit each.
- Shoot the 5 rifle static steel again, L->R, then clear and leave the rifle on the table
- Run into the house... from window 1, shoot 3 paper and 2 card suit poppers. From window 2, shoot 1 paper and 3 poppers, but for the 3rd popper, drop teh mag and shoot with 1 round... if miss, repeat the process until you hit.
Learnings/Outcomes: 7/8NV, 21/23 Overall
- I tried the laser for the first time on rifle tonight, since I'm here and might as well practice with laser and NODS
- I used constant on
- I put the mag on the table for support
- I forgot to charge the weapon at first, so click and no bang... d'oh! Too many things to worry about when I added the laser.
- Missed a couple times on pistol poppers, not surprisingly
- I missed the first attempt with the 1-round HVT... I reloaded the mag that I had stuck on the window still, even though I kind of knew it had been empty, so I had to repeat... I might've made it on the second attempt.
Stage 5:
- From the top of the connex, shoot 5 rifle steel L->R from the top rail.
- Repeat from the middle rail, clear, then ground the rifle
- Shoot 6 pistol card suits L->R 2x each from standing
Learnings/Outcomes: 4/8NV, 8/23 Overall
- I used the laser again but forgot about applying constant on
- I used the Gamechanger for the first time tonight
- I missed the first rifle target a couple of times for some reason. It was hard to see, and my laser seemed so big compared to the target.
- Surprisingly, I had all first round hits after that, even though I wasn't always sure where the center of my laser was, on the target
- Pistol wasn't bad, even standing... better than I usually do at this angle with targets that size.
- I had to reload pistol and missed every now and then, but I could see where my shots were breaking relative to the target... under NODS, you can't see splash, so you must use other techniques
- I had to keep my head higher over the gun on the rifle to try to see where the beam was relative to the target
- I moved the NODS closer to my eyes afterwards... I realized that it's an easy adjustment to make... just squeeze the sides... it might've been nice to have bigger field of view earlier
OVERALL 5/8 NV, 15/23 Overall
- Still mid-pack for a second time now... good from my view
- Hadn't bothered to redo my ezro beforehand, but it still went fine.... I've been toto tired
- I did periodically re-tighten my MAWL using a nickle, and I'd re-tighten my pistol WML too to prevent re-holstering issues
- I need to continue testing my laser sight picture before stages where I want to use it, since that's helpful
- GO SLOW AND MAKE GOOD CARDBOARD HITS, vs taking 10s/rifle and 5s/pistol penalties
- This match was a good way to get familiar with USPSA-style stage setups before my first match.
