Glenn E. Meyer
12-19-2015, 11:20 PM
A nice day in TX. Saw some of the Pistol-forum gang.
I shot my fairly accurate but sedate match. Here's what was interesting:
1. Two young ladies (11 and 14) shot with their dad - a service man. They shot Glock 19s very well. While not fast, their scores were respectable and their weapons handling was great. No fumbles, good reloads, etc. So much for you can't shot a Glock - an 11 year old just banged it out.
2. Funny stuff: So this guy has his two mags in a pouch about a 7:00 o'clock. That's a touch far back. There is a stage where you sit in a folding chair. You have to get up and blaze away at the miscreants. Well, the mags hook the folding chair, so when he gets up, the chair is stuck to his tushy. What a surprise. Technique to shoot at targets while retreating was to turn and shoot shot one hand with a ghetto grip as you ran to the next target. Also, used a whole mag to knock down a tiny steel that was holding a swinger. Ok.
3. Scary - old guy shows up with a Glock 30 with a WML. It's in a piece of crap holster. He draws, the light falls off and the light strobes and laser comes on while it lays there. Kind of a disco motif. The poor guy had no knowledge of grip, finger or reloading. Kind of scary. We took him under our wing and tried to guide him through so he doesn't get discouraged. He needs a basic course. He had some strange grip where he put his hand over the top of the forearm of the gun hand? Huh. I had a friend who grasped his wrist as Marine Corp Daddy taught him that. No offense to Marines as we have very top notch Marines shooting with us. Sometimes he had a different grip and crossed his thumbs over the back of the slide.
4. Friend is shooting a Shield. He is a really big guy and has been shooting for years. He's having trouble with the Shield as his big mitts keep pressing on the mag release and disabling the gun. He's working on his grip but defaults to his standard grip and pops the mag. I don't have that problem with a G42 but I'm left handed.
5. I didn't have to be the American flag today. We say the Pledge but someone forgets the flag. Once I wore a Flag t-shirt and had to stand there like Captain America and get pledged to. Today, the cute 11 year had a flag patch on her jacket and got to be the flag. Adorable.
Fine day but I couldn't get BBQ as I had to honey-do on the way home. Sigh.
I shot my fairly accurate but sedate match. Here's what was interesting:
1. Two young ladies (11 and 14) shot with their dad - a service man. They shot Glock 19s very well. While not fast, their scores were respectable and their weapons handling was great. No fumbles, good reloads, etc. So much for you can't shot a Glock - an 11 year old just banged it out.
2. Funny stuff: So this guy has his two mags in a pouch about a 7:00 o'clock. That's a touch far back. There is a stage where you sit in a folding chair. You have to get up and blaze away at the miscreants. Well, the mags hook the folding chair, so when he gets up, the chair is stuck to his tushy. What a surprise. Technique to shoot at targets while retreating was to turn and shoot shot one hand with a ghetto grip as you ran to the next target. Also, used a whole mag to knock down a tiny steel that was holding a swinger. Ok.
3. Scary - old guy shows up with a Glock 30 with a WML. It's in a piece of crap holster. He draws, the light falls off and the light strobes and laser comes on while it lays there. Kind of a disco motif. The poor guy had no knowledge of grip, finger or reloading. Kind of scary. We took him under our wing and tried to guide him through so he doesn't get discouraged. He needs a basic course. He had some strange grip where he put his hand over the top of the forearm of the gun hand? Huh. I had a friend who grasped his wrist as Marine Corp Daddy taught him that. No offense to Marines as we have very top notch Marines shooting with us. Sometimes he had a different grip and crossed his thumbs over the back of the slide.
4. Friend is shooting a Shield. He is a really big guy and has been shooting for years. He's having trouble with the Shield as his big mitts keep pressing on the mag release and disabling the gun. He's working on his grip but defaults to his standard grip and pops the mag. I don't have that problem with a G42 but I'm left handed.
5. I didn't have to be the American flag today. We say the Pledge but someone forgets the flag. Once I wore a Flag t-shirt and had to stand there like Captain America and get pledged to. Today, the cute 11 year had a flag patch on her jacket and got to be the flag. Adorable.
Fine day but I couldn't get BBQ as I had to honey-do on the way home. Sigh.