loki0629 55 Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 For you guys that do competitive shooting is winter considered an "off" season? If so, what do you guys do for practice during this time? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wakal 10 Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 I'm in Texas...what is this "winter" you speak of? Speaking personally...dryfire. Lots of reloading practice. Draws with the pistol. Shouldering the long guns. Assuming odd positions with all three guns (mmm...kinky...I mean, using the lowest cross bar of a chair as a low port and practicing dropping to a shooting position, that sort of stuff). Transitions with all three guns..."snapping" between targets. I have a bunch of 1/6 scale steel targets scattered all over my living room for just such practice. Now, if I actually did that more than a few times a week, I would have a GM after my name instead of a lowly M Alex Quote Link to post Share on other sites
topmaul 42 Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 In door IDPA just for some trigger time. In northeast North Carolina and south East Virginia the winters are faily mild so I try to get in some shooting as much as possible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Navy87Guy 1 Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 My son and I just got back from the gym -- probably our biggest "training" this winter is to get into better shape for the next season! Jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loki0629 55 Posted January 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Thanks guys. I've got some better ideas now. I don't know if I want to jump into 3-gun right from the get go. I think I might do IDPA first and maybe hi-power with the .308. The hi-power would just be to see how good I can get with the rifle. I have no delusions of taking top score with a stock Saiga, especially in light of some of the rigs I've seen at my club. And besides, I'm familiar with that course of fire. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wlchase 0 Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 My son and I just got back from the gym -- probably our biggest "training" this winter is to get into better shape for the next season! Jim +1 (sadly) Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SaigaNoobie 66 Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Isn't there a 3gun dedicated to .45/.308/12ga only? Like the He-man division or something? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wakal 10 Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Yes, there are a variety of "He Man" divisions (on reflection, that is pretty sexist...how about a .32/20gauge/.223 "She-Ra" division?)...the rules vary wildly by matches, since most three-gun matches do not follow the same exact rules. There is also an odd division pushed on normal folks by a bunch of weirdos (hi, Russell!) called "Trooper Class" that requires the competitor to carry everything they want to use for the whole entire match on their backs from stage to stage...but lets them switch guns around, if they carry all the pieces. Low speed, high drag, but heavily armed. Always thought it looked like fun, but I am a little tiny frail shell of a man and so am just not up to the stress of the cool kids Alex Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loki0629 55 Posted January 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Yes, there are a variety of "He Man" divisions (on reflection, that is pretty sexist...how about a .32/20gauge/.223 "She-Ra" division?) I'd sign up as Vera Di Milo (aka Jim Carey's neighing female persona in In Living Color). Do the guys in the Trooper class have to hump their ammo as well? If so is there a limit to the round count or stages? I mean, that could be a hell of a lot of ammo to lug around. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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loki0629 55 Posted January 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Ummm...yeah. One time, at School of Infantry I was assigned as the M60E3 A-gunner and I thought that was cool. It wasn't long before I realized A-gunner was just slang for "ammo mule". So I think I'll start out with IDPA. I'm surprised those trooper guys aren't made to carry their own body wastes around too. Isn't there some goofy race that makes their competitors do that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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