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jetfire
09-25-2011, 07:40 AM
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I ended up 14th in ESP, and also got this trophy for being the top gunwriter at the match, which is (to steal a line from Tam) a lot like being the tallest midget at the state fair. But 14th at my first IDPA World/Nats isn't too shabby, and it definitely reinforced where my weaknesses are as an IDPA shooter.

rsa-otc
09-25-2011, 08:44 AM
NICE!!!

How did you do on your goal of accuracy if I may ask.

jetfire
09-25-2011, 10:44 AM
I actually ditched the Down Zero Challenge in favor of trying to straight up win matches. After a few club matches, I realized the trade-off in speed wasn't worth it.

I ended up 14th, and I guess being in the top 20 ESP shooters in the world is an okay place to be for now. My goal at this match was to place in the top 10, and I gave that away on the first day with a procedural and 3 mikes.

JDM
09-25-2011, 10:54 AM
Awesome. Congratulations.

JV_
09-25-2011, 11:01 AM
nice job!

gtmtnbiker98
09-25-2011, 03:12 PM
Couple of my friends also did quite well, Morgan Allen 1st MA ESP and Kirk Crego 1st MA SSR.

Slavex
09-25-2011, 03:51 PM
Nicely done dude.

SecondsCount
09-25-2011, 06:44 PM
Congratulations. Top 20 in the world is something I could be proud of.

JHC
09-25-2011, 07:33 PM
Congrats Caleb! An aquaintance told me that while Ayoob was not blinding fast he was quite a good shot. But congrats on the title.

ToddG
09-25-2011, 08:54 PM
like being the tallest midget at the state fair.

Which, for those who don't know, is another award Caleb has won in the past.

:cool:

Tamara
09-25-2011, 09:22 PM
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I ended up 14th in ESP, and also got this trophy for being the top gunwriter at the match, which is (to steal a line from Tam) a lot like being the tallest midget at the state fair.
But you are! ;)

Srsly, dude, congrats! Dinner's on me at the Broad Ripple Brew Pub when you're in town. :cool:

jetfire
09-26-2011, 02:10 PM
Awesome! See you next Sunday, then.

Al T.
09-26-2011, 07:01 PM
Having known a few gunwriters, I tend to think of you, Layne Simpson and Jim Carmichael as shooters who write. Big difference. :D

And add my congratulations too. :)

jetfire
09-26-2011, 07:16 PM
I take that as a compliment, since that's how I think of myself as well.

I do remember a conversation with an unnamed gun manufacturer that I had about a T&E gun. I told them the number of rounds I planned on shooting through it and I thought the rep was going to have a heart attack. Apparently a writer shooting upwards of 2 or 3k out of a gun is weird.

HeadHunter
09-26-2011, 11:10 PM
Well done. Congratulations.

Little Creek
09-28-2011, 08:34 AM
dittos

Chuck Anderson
10-06-2011, 12:49 PM
"Who says gunwriters can't shoot? "

People who have seen gunwriters shoot?

jetfire
10-06-2011, 01:05 PM
No one has ever seen a gunwriter shoot! They all have private ranges where they shoot their 25 yards groups in secret.

Chuck Anderson
10-06-2011, 01:30 PM
No one has ever seen a gunwriter shoot! They all have private ranges where they shoot their 25 yards groups in secret.

I knew it!! I've actually got a couple writers that live nearby and I never see them at the range. They must have their secret lair hidden somewhere. All kidding aside, congratulations. We need somebody from the media to give Yamil a run for his money. Apparently he's been practicing something other than taking pictures of hot women.

ACP230
10-09-2011, 10:32 AM
I commit gun prose and lots of people have seen me shoot.
Some have seen me shoot well and some...
The last match I shot the only gun I did well was my 1100.
It was the gun I had practiced the least with. (I guess I need shot and skeet choke on my pistol and AR too.)

theblacknight
10-25-2011, 06:48 AM
Hey OP, do you have a easy way to link to your standing classifier scores? My 1st one on record was terrible and I need some hard numbers to shoot for.





Pun intended

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jetfire
10-25-2011, 10:49 AM
If you're a member of IDPA, you can log in to the members section at IDPA.com and see all your old classifiers.

rsa-otc
10-25-2011, 12:52 PM
If you're a member of IDPA, you can log in to the members section at IDPA.com and see all your old classifiers.

That will work only if your club reports to IDPA HQ. A club here doesn't. All they do is issue the cards, fortunately the other club I shoot with does report to HQ.

theblacknight
10-25-2011, 02:35 PM
So I can look at expert and master rated shooters and see what times they get?

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rsa-otc
10-25-2011, 03:02 PM
On the IDPA website all you can view is your classifier history.

jetfire
10-25-2011, 03:03 PM
Uh, no. IDPA doesn't post other people's scores, just your own. However, for reference here are all my most recent classifier scores:

CDP: MA Stage 1:27.17 Stage 2: 24.04 Stage 3: 37.94 Total: 89.15
ESP: MA Stage 1: 23.95 Stage 2: 22.72 Stage 3: 39.41 Total:86.08
SSP: MA Stage 1: 28.77 Stage 2: 24.33 Stage 3: 38.76 Total: 91.86
ESR: MA Stage 1: 25.35 Stage 2: 24.32 Stage 3: 47.94 Total: 97.61
SSR: MA Stage 1: 28.34 Stage 2: 23.39 Stage 3: 44.74 Total: 96.47

Those are only the most recent scores IDPA has on file; since I made 5-Gun Master in January, I haven't shot the classifier. According to my records, last year alone while training for 5-Gun Master I shot the classifier just a bit over 100 times. I went from an ESP Sharpshooter to a Master in about 6 months.

theblacknight
10-25-2011, 05:54 PM
Thanks man. so for CDP,you 1st stage scored looked like this?

1-3: 2.26
4 :4.78
5 :3.24
6 :6.34
7 :4.59

BTW, wtf do revolver guys do for stage 3 when we are stowing mags?

jetfire
10-25-2011, 06:13 PM
They don't. Revolvers are allowed to do a standard reload on stage three.

Stage 1 has seven strings - if your goal is to shoot it under a certain time (after points down) then what I would do is set goal times for each string, same with stages 2 and 3. For example, if my goal is to shoot under an 89.00 aggregate time, I'd have a goal to shoot 25 seconds on stage 1, 24 seconds on stage 2, and 40 seconds on stage 3. How that would break down is like this:

Stage 1
String 1: 2.00
String 2: 2.00
String 3: 2.00
String 4: 4.00
String 5: 2.00
String 6: 7.00
String 7: 6.00

Stage 2:
String 1: 4.00
String 2: 4.00
String 3: 10.00
String 4: 6.00

Stage 3:
String 1: 15.00
String 2: 20.00
String 3: 5.00

Those are the part times adjusted for points down, although on stage 1 and 2 you shouldn't drop more than 2 points per stage. When I made CDP master, it was kind of an accident. A friend loaned me her (piece of garbage) Kimber CDP II, the 4 inch aluminum framed gun and I figured "what the hell, I'll shoot this in a classifier for giggles." That turned out pretty awesome. I dropped a total of 14 points on the whole match, 10 of which were on the last stage.

theblacknight
10-25-2011, 06:32 PM
Wow thanks that saved my hooked on phonics ass some math. I'm ESP but those numbers will work because . . .

I have a lot of work to do
http://castyournet.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/39335-david_caruso_horatio_caine.jpg?w=220&h=204

YEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

Tamara
10-25-2011, 07:23 PM
(piece of garbage) Kimber CDP II

This is my shocked face -> :|

theblacknight
10-25-2011, 07:57 PM
I think he owes you a box of ranger for that one

jetfire
10-25-2011, 08:33 PM
It wasn't Tam's Kimber.

Tamara
10-25-2011, 11:35 PM
It wasn't Tam's Kimber.

Damn skippy it wasn't.

Seriously, though? A Series II Kimber?

Kids these days... You buy 'em books and you buy 'em books and what do they do? Eat the covers. :D