Bullet Boy on Shooting Sports

If you have been following me on Twitter for awhile you know that I have been absent.   Since about the first week of April until today I have been wide open with bits of time in between that I used to catch up on living.

I started off in April planning to work 7 – 10 hr day’s a week   for 1 month and then move to 6 10′s for 6-7 weeks.   Well that didn’t work out exactly as planned.   In the world of Carpentry contract work the job only lasted 4 weeks before labor cut backs.   So then I got day jobs a couple times a week in the same place for other companies for the next few weeks. Then without notice I got offered a really good job doing electrical work with a commercial construction company. Since being laid off from the initial job back at the first of March I have made a couple one day trips up and down the East Coast.   At the electrical job I have managed to work quite a few hours and been very busy on the weekends catching up on things I missed during the Spring Work triathlon.

Speaking of triathlon I managed to loose about 10-15lbs and started to get some muscle tone back after having office jobs for the last few years.     Work seems to be leveling off now and I have what I hope is a job for the summer and possibly even further with a good company.   Things should be returning to normal around here for me soon.

The end of the week I will be shooting in the Alabama State Tactical Carbine Championship.   Since I have not been practicing or even fired a weapon in a couple months I’m not sure I will be ready. After this weekend I’m sure to have plenty of ideas for post and catch up in all the goings on in the world.   The debate over 2nd Amendment rights is heating up recently with the attachment of carry laws in national parks to a credit card bill.   So the summer is looking pretty good from where I sit as a blogger but kind of rough and action packed as a 2nd Amendment Supporter. I am sure I will have more on that in the future.

Wish me luck as I get back in the saddle again.

Over the past weekend I shot in a Tactical Rifle Match at steel city shooting sports association.   My team I shot with did well and had a member, White Feather, come in 4th place overall. My squad was made up of fantastic shooters.   I must admit my performance was sub-par even for me much less with experienced shooters.

With every match I improve. But, an area I need to improve most on is not repeating mistakes. I blame most of my time wasted on equipment failures. I had jams and double feeds on every stage. In practice I did not have a single mis-feed or jam. In competition they say that overcoming equipment failure is key. Well I had practiced in my basement how to clear mis-feeds and jams. Good thing because my clearing was clean and that of a professional. I should make a video of how to clear a jam. Jams did not keep me from finishing any stage as it did last time.

In addition to tweaking my AR-15 I need to work on my long range shooting. I timed out on the long range as I could not get my 4x Eotech magnifier in focus. I found the day before the match that my magnifier lenses or seal were broken. Instead of switching to iron sights like I knew I should’ve I stuck with what I know best optics.   I have contacted EoTech and awaiting a response from the customer service department.   I will keep you posted on the status of repair.

Next match I look to do much better.

I am on the Tactical Training Group e-mail list.   Some internet Guru’s say that e-mail list are dead but this one is up and booming.   There is rarely a day when something interesting comes across the group.   Everything under the sun is discussed and not just about Tactical Weapon Shooting.

Although I have never made out to a match with the TTG IDPA folks they seem to be well organized.   From the best I can tell the TTG group is an organization that spans most of North Alabama.   On their Yahoo Calander they list all kinds of IDPA matches in North Alabama and Surrounding area.   When I set out to write this it wasn’t to talk about their internet technology, or lack of, it was to share some YouTube videos of one of their matches.   If you want to know more about the Tactical Training Group IDPA clubs check out their website.