Cue-Ball
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So, every Wednesday night at 7pm Wade's has a double-elimination plate shooting contest. I went down, at the prodding of a friend, for my first go at it last night. Holy hell is it hard! I guess, in my head, I had visions of plates the size of gongs at 10 paces. I was in for a rude awakening. The plates are apparently much smaller and much further than your eyes would first lead you to believe.
Since it was my first time I did three practice runs before my timed runs. My practice runs went very well. My timed runs went so-so. My competition rounds went abysmally. During one of my timed runs I shot a full 6 shots at a single plate without downing it. <sigh> I think there may have been some magnets involved.
Anyway, long story short, I was the slowest of the group, and the first person knocked out of the tournament. Despite that, I had a really good time and met some nice guys who were more than happy to chew the fat and offer up advice. I don't know if I can realistically afford to go every week, but I would definitely like to get down there more often. Plus, I've got a borrowed P7 that I'm just itching to try out, and I have a feeling it would make a great plate shooting gun.
Anyone else ever tried this? I know that the Glock Sport Shooting Foundation has their big plate shooting event coming up the weekend of Sept 8-9. I won't be going, since I don't have a Glock, but a friend of mine is a yearly competitor and has even won several guns there. Just an idea, if any of you are interested in that sort of thing.
So, every Wednesday night at 7pm Wade's has a double-elimination plate shooting contest. I went down, at the prodding of a friend, for my first go at it last night. Holy hell is it hard! I guess, in my head, I had visions of plates the size of gongs at 10 paces. I was in for a rude awakening. The plates are apparently much smaller and much further than your eyes would first lead you to believe.
Since it was my first time I did three practice runs before my timed runs. My practice runs went very well. My timed runs went so-so. My competition rounds went abysmally. During one of my timed runs I shot a full 6 shots at a single plate without downing it. <sigh> I think there may have been some magnets involved. Anyway, long story short, I was the slowest of the group, and the first person knocked out of the tournament. Despite that, I had a really good time and met some nice guys who were more than happy to chew the fat and offer up advice. I don't know if I can realistically afford to go every week, but I would definitely like to get down there more often. Plus, I've got a borrowed P7 that I'm just itching to try out, and I have a feeling it would make a great plate shooting gun.
Anyone else ever tried this? I know that the Glock Sport Shooting Foundation has their big plate shooting event coming up the weekend of Sept 8-9. I won't be going, since I don't have a Glock, but a friend of mine is a yearly competitor and has even won several guns there. Just an idea, if any of you are interested in that sort of thing.
