Haha you're crazy man! Are you bored with Open already?
I've been hearing a lot of people talk about goals for 2017, so I started thinking about what my goals should be. So far, I'm thinking:
* Shoot fewer major matches. I shot 7 or 8 majors in 2016. While I really enjoyed them, I feel like my time would be better spent shooting locals and practicing. Plus all of those majors took a toll on my vacation days (not to mention my wallet). I'm currently signed up for the AL Sectional, Area 6, and the Jabs Steel match in March, April, and May, respectively. I'll probably try to shoot another major or two later in the year, but I'm not sure which matches yet.
Part of the reason I've been stressed is the major matches I've been shooting. After Jabs, I'm signed up for the MS State Production match in June and Open match in July. I'll probably shoot the CQB rifle match in August and the Limited match in September as well. While these are major matches, they don't require the travel time and expense like others. Because I've been shooting Open so far this year, that's really the only one I really care about. The others are just for fun to break up some of the monotony. I'm skipping the GA state match and probably won't shoot the LA Gator match either.
* Keep practicing and get better. I'm not making a specific goal about making A or M class, but I want to be able to compete with the A's by the AL sectional in 2 months. I'm not terribly far from that, I just need to keep up the practice and let it work.
I wanted to make A by this time, but it hasn't happened yet. My match scores have been right in the middle of the A class Open shooters at both the AL Sectional and A6, so I feel good about that.
* Take some time off from shooting. I shot a lot in 2016 and didn't take a break. When I started to get burned out in Production, I switched to Open. While that's been a lot of fun and has reinvigorated my dedication, I'm going to need to take some time off this coming year. I may take a month or so off during the heat of the summer, as long as it doesn't interfere with any major matches.
I took a week or so off after A6, but life kept me crazy busy during that time so it wasn't relaxing. I've decided to take a month off after Jabs, but I can't decide if I'm going to shoot the MS Production match at the end of June with no practice or if I'm going to skip it and just start back practicing Open at the beginning of July. I need some time away from shooting to get excited about it again.
Finally made it out of B class in Open with the most recent classifier update.
I've been waiting to post the Classifier match video from a couple weeks ago until the update went through, so I could post the actual percentages. That will be up sometime soon.
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You know it's time to end the dry fire session when both your hand and your face is bloody.
Lucy, you got some 'splaining to do.....
About 30 minutes in, I was pushing the speed pretty hard, doing some 6 reload 6 drills. I missed a reload and smashed my pinky finger. Then about 5 minutes later, I missed another reload and the mag bounced off the gun and hit the bridge of my nose.
Impressive. That takes talent.