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Action Shooting Club -Feb 22, 2014

Action Shooting Club match again at Chabot Gun Club. First Stage is “Left or Right” with mix of paper and steel engaged through ports. I have a failure to feed with some new Slovakian ammo. Stage Two is “Movers R Us” another go left or go right stage with three different activated targets. Another failure to feed on my last array. Stage Three is ‘Left or Right’ variation without the steel and just five paper targets separated by two barriers. Thought I had nailed this one but a mike on the third array killed my score for the day. Last Stage is the Classifier “Melody Line”. I shot this one well although a little slow. You can hear my third round on each string is the ZVS ammo which is noticeably quieter. Will have to sort that out and just use the Remington from now on. Finished 8th in Production.

The Action Shooting Club

Back to The Action Shooting Club after being away for a year. I tried to ease into it going slow and of course my scores suffered for it but I shot safely finishing sixth in Production Division. Production has become pretty competitive with two production shooters finishing first and second overall in the match.

Stage One was ‘The Semi-Professional III’ another one of Len’s variations on a theme that has you contorting down to shoot through low ports. Second Stage is ‘Air Force One’ a fun stage with a nice mix of targets. Tricky movements on this one ended up in two DQ’s for the day. Third stage was ‘Accelerating Geese’ with two separate echelons of targets, paper and steel. And last was the USPSA classifier “Too Close for Comfort”. Great fun with a lot of great shooters. Am inspired to get back into it now!

Action Shooting Club -August 25, 2012

Enjoyed a great day shooting back at TASC Saturday. Instead of the usual structure they had two morning stages, one complex high round count with a lot of steel and a Classifier called “Life’s Little Problems”. Then we had a nice bbq and celebrated Len Fylock’s retiring from the Club’s Presidency. Len has been involved with the club since 1991 and I’ve always enjoyed his stages. Afternoon was a fun change with a round robin style steel challenge going heads up. I barley won my match with a tie breaker for best two out of three. I was then beaten handily in my next but at least by the guy then went on to win overall. The last stage Len had brought some pneumatic operated targets for a police training style scenario. A great time put together by the folks at this awesome shooting club.

Action Shooting Club -April 14, 2012

Beautiful day in Castro Valley for the Action Shooting Club match. I’ve been so busy with the new job I’ve not been back since December. My goal is to try and shoot a clean match, no misses or ‘mikes’ or any penalties which I do despite it taking me way to long to clear an array of steel targets in the second stage. Some great new shooters are out today too so the competition should only get tougher in Production class. Today I finish Third yet again.

Stage One is called ‘Len’s Donut’ for the circle you need to shoot through at the start. Five hits on a small area in between no shoots. I did ok to start off the match on this one.

Stage Two is called “Which Way”. For some reason I choke yet again on the small steel and it takes like 12 shots to down 8 steel targets. I make up the rest of the stage shooting paper fast but still the time kills me.

Stage Three is called “No Donut” for the modifications made to stage one now sans donut. A fun stage I did ok on.

Stage Four is the National USPSA classifier. I think it’s just called ‘Six’. I take it slow and manage it in 5.67 seconds.

Action Shooting Club

Back to the Action Shooting Club. Haven’t competed in eight months so didn’t expect to do too well. Somehow I managed to take Third yet again.

The first stage was called ‘Don’t Forget the Plates’ which I choked completely. Somehow had my front sight buried in the the middle of one little steel plate and inexplicably sent five shots over the top of it before realizing I needed to hold a little lower. After that I managed to get through with a single mike.

Stage Two was unnamed. Very fun stage with two close dynamic targets and then short sprints to three more close arrays of targets. I aced this stage winning it for Production Class.

Stage Three is “Occupy Chabot” which was pretty straight forward. It used the old classic targets with no steel or no shoots. I rushed one array for a single mike.

And the last stage was the USPSA classifier called “Easy Street” I did ok on this one, probably qualifying at my current C level.

The Action Shooting Club

Had a great time shooting back at TASC again. This time I did a little better than usual shooting clean all day with no miss penalties. The usual suspects and some new ones also rose to the occasion so I finished fourth. I shot too slowly on the first stage and a failure to seat my mag on stage three cost me a lot of points.

Stage One is called ‘Must Get Milk’ you engage paper targets from the first box, then run to the second for steel, and then enter the barricades for some closer targets. A fun stage but went a little too slow and had a couple extra shots on steel.

Stage Two is “Out of Sight” I shot this one very well. The last array of targets has a head shot that you really need to focus on. I took three shots at it and scored the two I needed.

Stage Three is “Soup or Salad” where you have to start with an unloaded gun, holding a plastic knife and fork. Had a great plan on this one but didn’t seat my third mag and then took too long to fix it. Finished with getting all my hits though.

Stage Four is the classifier “Six in Six” which is three separate strings shooting the same three targets within six seconds. The first is at a great distance, six shots mandatory reload and six more. At this distance few of us got a shot in past the reload and I elected to just try for six hits. Second string is six shots strong hand. Last string included here is six shots weak hand. I did ok with 13 hits. A lot harder then it looks!

TASC: Third Again

Competed at The Action Shooting Club Saturday. We had a great turn out with over 40 competitors. I think Top Shot has sparked some interest in our sport. It was a beautiful day and the stages were a lot of fun. I definitely need some practice if I’m going to ever be competitive in Production class. I ended up third again behind the usual suspects.

Stage one is ‘Mixed Nuts’ which is paper and steel targets on each side of a barricade. The start is with an unloaded gun. I took my time on this one and managed to get all the steel targets with my first shot.

Stage Two is ‘Bendit Len’ which is designed I imagine with one of our lefties in mind. Most stage designs favor right handers so this one has us all contorting to shoot around the left hand side of barricades. Also starting with an unloaded gun. I stumbled a little on the start of this one and then rushed the finish which gave me a couple misses.

Stage Three is nice maze of mostly close shots that ends with a series of paper and steel. No-shoot and hard cover targets on this stage force you to slow down a little a little to make your shots and avoid penalties. I shot this one clean although a little too slow.

Stage Four: ‘It’s Not Brain Surgery’ is the classifier. A new one we’ve not shot before. Start with loaded gun on a table and then engage three targets two shots each all head shots. I missed once on the last target even making up a shot. It had so much tape on it I thought I saw two holes.

Back to TASC

Back to The Action Shooting Club match this weekend. My last time shooting handgun was at the very wet Bay Bridge Charity Classic back in October. I felt pretty good for having not shot in so long taking third in production behind the usual suspects.

I was pleased to shoot the classifier really well, probably my best classifier score to date.

Stage one is ‘Namby Pamby Land’ designed by Len to ease us all back into the competition with what is supposed to be a simple stage. I focused on accuracy and although I took second in this stage the slow time really hurt me overall.

Stage Two is ‘Clear The House’ a nice straight forward stage with some steel. I took third in this stage for Production.

Stage Three ‘Can You Count’ is the Classifier. I shot this very well and took first in Production for this stage.

Stage Four “Limited Point of View’ I had some issues with this stage, hitting the last steel but not putting it down so hitting it again. Then didn’t seat them mag properly on the following reload and had to clear a stovepipe during the last array.

Classifier Match at The Action Shooting Club

After five months away I finally made it back to the Action Shooting Club match. This match was all USPSA Classifier stages. This gives people the ability to quickly achieve a classification for a new Division. Typically we have only one classifier stage in a match, the scores of which are submitted and determine your classification for competition.

I had just made C shooting my Glock 34 in the Production division back in May so my goal was to try and be smooth and improve my percentage. I was doing really well initially and took first in El Presidente, probably the most famous qualifier. The afternoon is where I had a couple extra shots at steel and one miss. Overall I felt pretty good taking fourth in Production. We have our Bay Bridge Charity Classic in two weeks at Richmond which will be a fun shoot.

Stage One: “El Presidente” (CM 99-11)