Today at the Action Shooting Club match, everything came together for me to win Production class. Everything included a low turn out and the guy that usually beats me having a complete meltdown, but I did shoot very well so I’ll take it! We had six short stages which made it a lot of fun.

Stage one was simply paper targets and some steel shot in between barrels. You have to slow down a little not to hit the white no-shoots. Was a good start.

Stage two was very interesting, it featured turning targets on both sides of a barricade and you could score up to six hits on each. The drop turning targets disappear after they drop so misses are not counted against you, however you get the points for hitting them. Here is where you really need to play the game. Your score is your sum points divided by your time. I elected to not shoot the turner on the right and got six hits on the one on the left in about six and a half seconds.

Stage three was the USPSA classifier. Three paper targets with black areas that don’t score and one steel target. You shoot each of the paper twice and the steel must drop to score.

Stage Four was a simply a build out of stage two with more targets on both sides and targets shot through the ports in the middle. I aced this one getting good hits and in a farily good time.

Stage Five is really what won it for me. The guy taking the video forgot to hit the button so the video starts while I’m already shooting. Four paper targets are behind steel cover and you need to shoot each three times. The mover has a white no-shoot next to it and must also be shot three times. This is where everyone fell apart and I managed to win this stage getting two on the moving target without hitting the no shoot.

The last stage was pretty simple. Just paper targets but next to no-shoots so it slows you down a little. The last three are behind hard steel so you need to shoot in between them.

Overall I shot really well and it put me in position to win. I think it’s probably been a year since winning production as there have been some very competitive shooters out there. It’s always fun regardless of where you finish.

I finally managed to get back to The Action Shooting Club match at Chabot yesterday after being absent for a few months, new job keeping me very busy. I did about the same as usual finishing ninth out of 19 and placing 3rd in Production with only one miss on the first stage. I finally upgraded my video device to a new Flip HD which is great because  you can hand it to anyone and say video me as it’s so simple to use.

The stages were fun and challenging as usual. The first designed by Len was called ‘Tomorrow is Mother’s Day’ Thanks for the reminder Len. I think he saw this table scene from a John Woo movie.

The second stage was called Eighteen for the 18 shots required. Was happy to knock down the steel with one shot. I didn’t seat my mag properly when entering the box and do the ‘Tap, Rack, Bang’ drill to fix. A little rusty!

The third stage is Len’s again, this one called ‘Your Mother Loves You’ Did pretty well on this one getting two Alphas on the turning target.

And the final stage was a Qualifier. These determine your Class. I just made C class. I did this one pretty well. Two paper targets you shoot each twice and two steel targets so ‘Six’ shots. The good shooters were doing it a little over 4 seconds. I really went for it and managed 5.14. That’s probably still C class nationally.