The wife and I went to a VCDL Picnic and steel plate shoot this weekend. I took the WORST guns for this we had. One was because it was what I carried most, a P11 Kel-Tek and the other was a C9 Hi-Point for the wife to shoot just for grins and giggles. Terri normally out shoots me and I figured it would be funny if she beat ANYONE with it. 
Learned a few things... Number one is that I totally SUCK at double-action! 2, I shake too much. There are days I don't shake so much. This was not one of my best days. 3, I should have used a gun I had practiced with more than once!
The course of fire was 4 rounds of 4 shots at what I guess to be 6" steel re-setting plates at about 10 yards out. The last was a round of 5 falling silhouettes about 1/2 scale at 20 yards or so. I am guessing on the distance and I have no idea of the actual distance. To score on the 1st round, you had to hit the plate well enough so it "set." The 4th plate was square (the 1st 3 were round) and reset the 1st 3. The backstop was grass and leaves and I couldn't tell where I was off. The guy running the station was very helpful and told me when he knew I was shooting low and when I was jerking the trigger instead of being truly smooth in the pull. Out of the 12 shots fired, I scared the plates (I saw them flinch!) but only hit one and then it swung short and didn't set. I did better on the falling steel and got two of the five.
The scoring was overall time +5 seconds a miss and +10 seconds if you re-shot a plate. I shot a 1:33... Impressive huh? :barf: I have lots of range time in front of me with this little gun. I know it shoots better than I shot it, my wife proved it the day we 1st shot it as she did with the C9. At least I know that if I need to use it, I had better be close for now! I have a TON of excuses but none cover up the fact that that was for fun and not my life. In life the pressure is MUCH higher. Practice, practice, PRACTICE!
My wife was VERY nervous... made me look calm, cool and collected! She has problems with her hand strength and couldn't cock the slide that day. On the 1st stage, she had a few hits but only one stayed set. On the falling plate, she had a stove-pipe from limp-wristing and with her hand issue, she couldn't clear it herself and that was the death of any score she might have salvaged.
After Terri's shoot, some of the folks there took her aside and gave her some very valuable tips and advice. They were top-notch folks! I had slunk away to my car to recover in the A/C. It was a cool day but I had over-done it and was at my limit (I have some health issues). We stayed for a bit and talked with friends and made some new ones before we left for the day.
Here is a very short video of Terri killing steel
Learned a few things... Number one is that I totally SUCK at double-action! 2, I shake too much. There are days I don't shake so much. This was not one of my best days. 3, I should have used a gun I had practiced with more than once!
The course of fire was 4 rounds of 4 shots at what I guess to be 6" steel re-setting plates at about 10 yards out. The last was a round of 5 falling silhouettes about 1/2 scale at 20 yards or so. I am guessing on the distance and I have no idea of the actual distance. To score on the 1st round, you had to hit the plate well enough so it "set." The 4th plate was square (the 1st 3 were round) and reset the 1st 3. The backstop was grass and leaves and I couldn't tell where I was off. The guy running the station was very helpful and told me when he knew I was shooting low and when I was jerking the trigger instead of being truly smooth in the pull. Out of the 12 shots fired, I scared the plates (I saw them flinch!) but only hit one and then it swung short and didn't set. I did better on the falling steel and got two of the five.
The scoring was overall time +5 seconds a miss and +10 seconds if you re-shot a plate. I shot a 1:33... Impressive huh? :barf: I have lots of range time in front of me with this little gun. I know it shoots better than I shot it, my wife proved it the day we 1st shot it as she did with the C9. At least I know that if I need to use it, I had better be close for now! I have a TON of excuses but none cover up the fact that that was for fun and not my life. In life the pressure is MUCH higher. Practice, practice, PRACTICE!
My wife was VERY nervous... made me look calm, cool and collected!
She has problems with her hand strength and couldn't cock the slide that day. On the 1st stage, she had a few hits but only one stayed set. On the falling plate, she had a stove-pipe from limp-wristing and with her hand issue, she couldn't clear it herself and that was the death of any score she might have salvaged.After Terri's shoot, some of the folks there took her aside and gave her some very valuable tips and advice. They were top-notch folks! I had slunk away to my car to recover in the A/C. It was a cool day but I had over-done it and was at my limit (I have some health issues). We stayed for a bit and talked with friends and made some new ones before we left for the day.
Here is a very short video of Terri killing steel