- Location
- Southern Ontario
Listen carefully if you are able to read this before going.
1. WALK THE COURSE. You have no interest in speed during your qualifier.
2. TALK TO YOURSELF CONSTANTLY. Say things like "finger off the trigger" "muzzle downrange" "safety on" "don't drop the gun", etc.
3. REMEMBER. Not only do you have no interest in speed during this qualifier course... you have no interest in score. The only thing you are interested in is safety, safety, safety. That means your finger is OFF the trigger unless you are pointing directly at a target. Period. That means that your safety is on your gun or it is decocked EVERY time you holster. In fact, when you finish a course of fire, do NOTHING until instructed to show clear, etc. Just stand there.
4. DO NOT RELOAD while moving. Period. Make sure you are standing still and looking at the bottom of your grip... with the gun pointed DOWNRANGE. Drop the empty mag onto the ground by releasing without getting your trigger finger anywhere near the trigger guard. Grab a full magazine without looking at it and watch the gun all the time... watch the new mag enter the gun and regardless of what the manual for your gun says... slap that sucker into the grip good and hard. The last thing you want is for the magazine to fall onto the ground when you raise your gun back up. Or for a misfeed. Or whatever. I gave each reloaded mag a good tug to make sure it was seated one hundred percent before moving my gun back out forward of me.
5. DO NOT PICK ANYTHING UP OFF THE GROUND until you complete the course of fire and the range officer calls the range safe/clear.
6. DO NOT DROP YOUR GUN. Jeez. I admit that I did this due to an improperly adjusted holster.... it is embarrassing and it is an instant disqualification (I did it the first day). If you do happen to drop your gun DO NOT pick it up! The RO will do that. And maybe take pity on you.
7. WALK THE COURSE. NO NEED FOR SPEED. FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER WHEN NOT POINTED AT THE TARGET YOU INTEND TO HIT. SAFETY ON WHEN HOLSTERING. IF YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH A SHOT, SKIP IT! WHEN YOU ARE DONE, STAND STILL AND WAIT FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
Above all. Don't sweat it. Come out as early as possible and watch the other shooters. Everyone is there to help YOU believe it or not and they will ensure that you know your course of fire before you shoot it. If you have questions... ASK! The only stupid question is the one not asked.
And one last thing. This is not the time to play with your gun before the match... i.e. trigger jobs, etc. Just shoot production or standard with a good reliable firearm and four or five magazines. You should have run a thousand rounds or more through that gun already yourself personally and you should not have had a single failure in that thousand rounds. If you did, practice your slap, rack and fire drill so you know what to do in the event of a failure.
That's about all I can think of. Good luck. Enjoy!
We will be in Barrie tomorrow. Also calling for rain and we don't know if it is inside or outside, but the work tables are sheltered and our guns are stainless so it shouldn't be too bad. They need cleaning anyway.
, but ended up missing each other in transition between stages....did see tritium..... enjoyed the match, this is second time this year i shoot frontenac after a 3 month absence from ipsc...and ended up shoot'n ok....
