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- Mon May 25, 2009 7:07 pm
- Forum: Competitive Shooting
- Topic: I saw JBirds shoot a 1911 in competition!
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Re: I saw JBirds shoot a 1911 in competition!
Man, you can feel the love in this thread. When I can't laugh at myself.....I will quit shooting competitively. No chance of that happening anytime soon.
Jason
Jason
- Sun May 24, 2009 3:42 pm
- Forum: Competitive Shooting
- Topic: I saw JBirds shoot a 1911 in competition!
- Replies: 23
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Re: I saw JBirds shoot a 1911 in competition!
Ok, I will tell this story only once....LOL.
I decided to shoot my 1911 at PSC yesterday after a year or so of promising HighVelocity that I would do it. I promised a CDP scoresheet to him someday.
Stage 1: I had a single round cook off before the gun jammed. A lovely stovepipe followed by a series of violent tap-rack-clicks. After considering running back to my car and retrieving a hammer to insert the magazine the rest of the scenario was completed in about 25 seconds. I didn't miss anything, but it took an eternity....NO, two eternities. OK...stage 1 is over, this should get better.
Stage 2: The buzzer goes off and I grab the gun at what seemed like the bottom of a baseball bat during a childhood game of who goes next (I had to adjust my grip 6 times before firing a shot). I ran through the stage with my hand being chewed on by the slide with each pull of the trigger. I got done....found out that I dropped 22 points with a couple of failure to neutralize. At this point I could see blood on my left thumb and web of my right hand. That was the end of my day shooting! LOL. I had a great time visiting with everyone, but I will NEVER take that gun out of the safe again and would have chunked it over the berm if it had not been a gift to me from my father.
It was nice to have Glockenhammer standing there in complete understanding of what I had just experienced. He hated his just as much...LOL.
Whew....I was glad to be home next to my Glocks. I will never leave them again. My respect to all of you that compete well with the 100 year old technology. Me and the 1911 are like oil and water.
Jason
I decided to shoot my 1911 at PSC yesterday after a year or so of promising HighVelocity that I would do it. I promised a CDP scoresheet to him someday.
Stage 1: I had a single round cook off before the gun jammed. A lovely stovepipe followed by a series of violent tap-rack-clicks. After considering running back to my car and retrieving a hammer to insert the magazine the rest of the scenario was completed in about 25 seconds. I didn't miss anything, but it took an eternity....NO, two eternities. OK...stage 1 is over, this should get better.
Stage 2: The buzzer goes off and I grab the gun at what seemed like the bottom of a baseball bat during a childhood game of who goes next (I had to adjust my grip 6 times before firing a shot). I ran through the stage with my hand being chewed on by the slide with each pull of the trigger. I got done....found out that I dropped 22 points with a couple of failure to neutralize. At this point I could see blood on my left thumb and web of my right hand. That was the end of my day shooting! LOL. I had a great time visiting with everyone, but I will NEVER take that gun out of the safe again and would have chunked it over the berm if it had not been a gift to me from my father.
It was nice to have Glockenhammer standing there in complete understanding of what I had just experienced. He hated his just as much...LOL.
Whew....I was glad to be home next to my Glocks. I will never leave them again. My respect to all of you that compete well with the 100 year old technology. Me and the 1911 are like oil and water.
Jason