December 30th, 2010 Results ... Stages for January 6th, 2011

News & Announcements
Thanks to everyone who came out last night! From all of us at MISS, have a safe and Happy New Year!

A few of us are going to head out to the Pine Tree Classifier Match on Sunday - if you're planning to go, but we missed syncing up, we'll be there ~7AM. There are about 9-10 of us planning on making it out there. Get on a squad with some familiar faces and at least that's one ball in your court!

I've been working on a side project, WIIL Shooting, which is going to be a blog & calendar tracking ALL local "action pistol" events - USPSA, IDPA, "Urban Action", non-sanctioned matches, pin-shooting, 3-gun - in the Northern Illinois & Southern Wisconsin area. I've got a few more clubs to list - Oak Park & NISA to name a few - but expect to see these listed in a few days. Check it out and feel free to pass it along: http://wiilshoot.blogspot.com/p/wiil-shoot-calendar-events.html. There are so many of us "action shooters", that it is a shame a lot of us don't know about each other's clubs, etc.


Stages for 1/6/2011
We're going to run "Madness" as a classifier, then build a course around that. Expect 2 courses, because the classifier is somewhat tough to tape...

Dunno what the second stage is going to look like yet.


Results for 12/30/2010
We had 21 shooters - thank you to Tom P. for helping to run the line and to Albert K. for coming out with (almost) ALL the steel! We're going to shoot this format again on March 31st, 2011.

Since there are no times/etc, we just track back from the first place...

1. Les K. - Production
2. Deus Z. - Limited
3. Doug S. - WITH A F'N Revolver! Srsly mad props!
4. Jason C. - Production

If anyone has video of it, post it on Youtube and send me a link!

UPDATE: Jason C. sent me some vid!

A few folks have asked me what I use for mag pouches...

They're Ghost Magazine Pouches - you can mount 'em traditionally or perpendicular to your body.

I saw Ben Stoeger with 'em and decided thought it made a lot of sense... I'm surprised that they're made of cheaper ABS plastic, but they seem to have held up pretty well.

Merry Christmas!

Possible great news - a wonderful Christmas surprise, really!

Since the election, it looks like Pine Tree Pistol Club in Rockford may try to have the 2011 WIIT (Winter Indoor IPSC Tournament) in March!

Pine Tree Match Added...

Pine Tree is shooting an "all classifier" match to kick off the new year... Email me if you're interested: We're planning on heading out early.


UPDATE:

The cost for the match is $12 for members & $20 for non-members. Shooting starts at 7am and ends by 2pm.

Here's the stages:
CM 99-10
CM 99-11
CM 03-11
CM 03-18
CM 99-47

Scores from 12/16/2010

Many thanks & Season's Greetings!
I'd like to thank all of you for your patience - both on waiting for these scores and also for dealing with some of our changing formats this year.

Additionally, on behalf of Julie S., Tom P., Albert K., Jerry G. and I (Les), have a Merry Christmas - we hope to see you on the 30th for our "Eve of New Year's Eve" vs. shoot-off.

Scores and a Quick Discussion...
Scores and classifiers have been posted to USPSA. For some of you new folks who have signed up to USPSA, know that it'll take you 4 classifiers to get "ranked" and that they only update the USPSA database once a month, roughly around the 15th. So, if you check, you might not see something posted as of yet...

For those of you that haven't signed up with USPSA - please don't forget to do so: It is only ~$25.00 for an Associate Membership...

How USPSA calculates classifiers: Top shooters at larger matches post results for most of them and USPSA decides on a "maximum Hit Factor". From there, USPSA determines your class based on what % of that maximum Hit Factor you clinch:

Grand Master 95 to 100%
Master 85 to 94.9%
A 75 to 84.9%
B 60 to 74.9%
C 40 to 59.9%
D 2 to 40%

For some classifiers, the max HF is fairly low (like CM 03-08, "Madness"), but on others, it is quite high - like the one below. Keep in mind that each classifier is testing various skills - the one below tests relaxation while shooting, the ability to "rough-index" the firearm, and ability to reload.

Stage: 1  Can You Count
Place Name               Division    Pts  Pen Time   Hit Fact
   1 Kxxxxx, Leslie     Production  100   0   7.71  12.9702
   2 Dxxxxx, Kerry      Limited     100   0  10.00  10.0000
   3 Oxxxxx, Robert     Single Stk   97   0   9.74   9.9589
   4 Pxxxxx, Tom        Production   92   0  10.00   9.2000
   5 Mxxxxx, Jay        Production   94   0  10.23   9.1887
   6 Bxxxxx, Dan        Production  100   0  11.82   8.4602
   7 Sxxxxx, John       Single Stk  100   0  12.41   8.0580
   8 Jxxxxx, Chris      Limited 10   99   0  13.88   7.1326
   9 Nxxxxx, Ed         Production  100   0  14.12   7.0822
  10 Rxxxxx, Kenneth    Single Stk   96   0  13.63   7.0433
  11 Mxxxxx, Tom        Production  100   0  14.33   6.9784
  12 Dxxxxx, Eric       Production  100   0  15.28   6.5445
  13 Sxxxxx, John       Limited 10  100   0  15.60   6.4103
  14 Lxxxxx, James      Production  100  10  14.20   6.3380
  15 Gxxxxx, Jerry      Limited 10  100   0  16.03   6.2383
  16 Gxxxxx, Lynn       Limited 10   96   0  16.37   5.8644
  17 Sxxxxx, John       Single Stk  100   0  20.45   4.8900
  18 Txxxxx, Dave       Limited 10  100   0  20.50   4.8780
  19 Mxxxxx, Fred       Limited      96  10  19.03   4.5192
  20 Txxxxx, RXXXXXXX   Limited 10   99   0  22.12   4.4756
  21 Cxxxxx, John       Production  100   0  23.62   4.2337
  22 Wxxxxx, Michael    Limited 10   98   0  25.44   3.8522
  23 Cxxxxx, Frank      Single Stk   88  30  60.90   0.9524

Stage: 2  Virginia, get my gun!
Place Name               Division    Pts  Pen Time   Hit Fact
   1 Kxxxxx, Leslie     Production   60   0  14.26   4.2076
   2 Mxxxxx, Fred       Limited      58   0  16.47   3.5216
   3 Oxxxxx, Robert     Single Stk   60   0  17.28   3.4722
   4 Mxxxxx, Jay        Production   60   0  19.37   3.0976
   5 Bxxxxx, Dan        Production   60   0  20.37   2.9455
   6 Gxxxxx, Jerry      Limited 10   60   0  24.14   2.4855
   7 Dxxxxx, Kerry      Limited      50  20  17.22   1.7422
   8 Gxxxxx, Lynn       Limited 10   53  10  26.69   1.6111
   9 Nxxxxx, Ed         Production   50  20  22.57   1.3292
  10 Mxxxxx, Tom        Production   48  20  22.27   1.2573
  11 Cxxxxx, Frank      Single Stk   50  20  27.23   1.1017
  12 Txxxxx, Dave       Limited 10   48  20  25.95   1.0790
  13 Pxxxxx, Tom        Production   50  30  22.97   0.8707
  14 Sxxxxx, John       Limited 10   45  30  17.37   0.8636
  15 Sxxxxx, John       Single Stk   45  30  18.39   0.8157
  16 Cxxxxx, John       Production   40  20  26.11   0.7660
  17 Rxxxxx, Kenneth    Single Stk   44  30  21.73   0.6443
  18 Txxxxx, RXXXXXXX   Limited 10   44  30  26.03   0.5378
  19 Wxxxxx, Michael    Limited 10   35  50  25.67   0.0000
 Tie Jxxxxx, Chris      Limited 10   35  50  21.73   0.0000
 Tie Sxxxxx, John       Single Stk   40  40  22.42   0.0000
 Tie Lxxxxx, James      Production   33  50  19.50   0.0000
 Tie Dxxxxx, Eric       Production   33  50  21.69   0.0000

Scores delayed...

Sorry folks - ran outta steam last night... I'll get those scores posted on Saturday AM.

A few of us talked about the "Tueller Drill" last night... Xavier Thoughts had a great summary:

A common test of handgun skill is to start with one’s hands at shoulder level with a holstered gun and place two shots on a target 21 feet away within 1.5 seconds. Typically, those well trained with handguns can complete the drill in about one and a half seconds, although a select few can place the two shots on target in under one second.

Over two decades ago, Sgt. Tueller wondered how quickly an attacker with a knife could cover those same 21 feet. So he measured as volunteers raced to stab a target. He determined that the distance could easily be crossed in 1.5 seconds. These results were first published as an article in S.W.A.T. Magazine in 1983 and in a police training video by the same title, “How Close is Too Close?”.

Here is the original article by Dennis Tueller.

YouTube has a few videos of this drill - most suck - but the following is from a match. The target clears the distance a bit fast and the shooter is a high masters level competitor, but you get the picture just how fast things happen...

2011 Florida Open

A few MISS members make it down to the Florida Open every year...

Ken R, Jerry G and Myself are planning to shoot it all on Friday, February 18th, 2011.

If you are interested, get in touch with me - my email is on the right ------->

We're planning on sending all the registrations together, so bring your $200.00 (entry fee) and paperwork on 12/16/2010 match. We do this so that they will squad all of us together.

Paperwork is here.

December 16th, 2010 Stages - Updated!

We'll be running CM 06-03, "Can you Count?".

Here's Phil running it last year:




Since the classifier is a bit longer - due to two strings - we'll be setting the following simple, standards-like, stage up...



Starting from Box A, engage Target 1 with only 2 shots. While on the move, engage Target 2 while between the boxes with only two rounds. From Box B, engage Target 3 with only 2 rounds.

Virginia Count - 6 rounds total - 30 Pts maximum.

30 Steps to Mastery.

http://ben.casnocha.com/2010/11/the-30-steps-to-mastery.html

The 30 Steps to Mastery

The commenter Onjibonrenat, on my post How to Draw an Owl, adds a few more steps to the process of achieving mastery:

1. Start
2. Keep going.
3. You think you're starting to get the hang of it.
4. You see someone else's work and feel undeniable misery.
5. Keep going.
6. Keep going.
7. You feel like maybe, possibly, you kinda got it now.
8. You don't.
9. Keep going.
10. You ask for someone else's opinion--their response is standoffish, though polite.
11. Depression.
12. Keep going.
13. Keep going.
14. You ask someone else's opinion--their response is favorable.
15. They have no idea what they're talking about.
16. Keep going.
17. You feel semi-kinda favorable and maybe even a little proud of what you can do now.
18. Self-loathing chastisement.
19. Depression
20. Keep going.
21. You ask someone else's opinion--they respond quite favorably.
22. They're still wrong.
23. Depression.
24. Keep going though you can't possibly imagine why.
25. Become restless.
26. Receive some measure of praise from a trustworthy opinion.
27. They're still fucking wrong (Right?)
28. Keep going just because there's nothing else to do.
29. Mastery arrives, you mistake it for a gust of wind.
30. Keep. Fucking. Going.

Short Notice: Dec. USPSA Class at Maxon's in Des Plaines.

Perry, Greg and TD are doing another Introduction to USPSA class Dec. 17, 18, 19.

Class size is limited to 10 people and costs $125.00 plus Maxon’s $30.00 range fee. If you’re interested in taking the class, please let me know.

Calendar Update & Some Notes.

We used to run our calendar through the McHenry Co. Sportsmen's Association, but we're now running our own calendar - turns out that monthly views are broken in Google cals, so we're going to display an agenda view until they resolve.

Please note that McHenry IDPA matches are also listed...


Please note that beginning in January we will begin asking competitors to be USPSA members. The link is here: https://www.uspsa.org/uspsa-join-renew.php

There are two types of memberships: "Associate" and "Full Member". The difference is that "Associate" members do not get the monthly magazine and pay $25.00 instead of $40.00. The magazine is pretty cool, but nothing earth shattering - I used my $15.00 to buy some more ammo...

December 2, 2010 Results

Sorry that we didn't get to shoot that 3rd stage - we're still working some of the kinks out of the sign-in process and still fine-tuning what we can actually get away with...

Also - we are planning to shoot on 12/30/2010 - all steel, quick stages, perhaps double elimination...

Next match is 12/16/2010...

Stage: 1  Mini-Mart
Place Name                  Division    Pts  Pen Time   Hit Fact
    1 Gxxxxx,   Michael     Single Stk   55   0   7.06   7.7904 
    2 Kxxxxx,   Leslie      Production   60   0   7.72   7.7720 
    3 Dxxxxx,   Kerry       Limited      58   0   7.60   7.6316 
    4 Pxxxxx,   Tom         Production   60   0   9.00   6.6667 
    5 Oxxxxx,   Robert      Single Stk   60   0   9.12   6.5789 
    6 Sxxxxx,   John        Limited 10   58   0   9.55   6.0733 
    7 Bxxxxx,   Dan         Production   54   0   9.21   5.8632 
    8 Sxxxxx,   John        Single Stk   60   0  10.61   5.6550 
    9 Lxxxxx,   James       Production   56   0  10.58   5.2930 
   10 Zxxxxx,   Deus        Limited      58  10   9.08   5.2863 
   11 Bxxxxx,   Larry       Limited 10   49  10   7.65   5.0980 
   12 Nxxxxx,   Ed          Production   56   0  12.11   4.6243 
   13 Mxxxxx,   Tom         Limited      58  10  11.22   4.2781 
   14 Gxxxxx,   Lynn        Limited 10   54   0  12.82   4.2122 
   15 Sxxxxx,   Julie       Limited 10   49   0  11.79   4.1561 
   16 Rxxxxx,   Kenneth     Single Stk   55   0  13.48   4.0801 
   17 Wxxxxx,   Michael     Limited 10   56   0  15.09   3.7111 
   18 Gxxxxx,   Jerry       Limited 10   58   0  16.72   3.4689 
   19 Sxxxxx,   John        Single Stk   60   0  18.35   3.2698 
   20 Jxxxxx,   Chris       Limited 10   53  20  10.28   3.2101 
   21 Exxxxx,   Gordon      Limited      53  20  11.21   2.9438 
   22 Cxxxxx,   Frank       Single Stk   53  20  15.58   2.1181 

Stage: 2  MiniAdd
Place Name                  Division    Pts  Pen Time   Hit Fact
    1 Gxxxxx,   Michael     Single Stk   42   0   8.97   4.6823 
    2 Kxxxxx,   Leslie      Production   41   0   9.33   4.3944 
    3 Zxxxxx,   Deus        Limited      51   0  13.15   3.8783 
    4 Oxxxxx,   Robert      Single Stk   46   0  12.55   3.6653 
    5 Bxxxxx,   Larry       Limited 10   52   0  15.95   3.2602 
    6 Dxxxxx,   Kerry       Limited      49   0  15.25   3.2131 
    7 Jxxxxx,   Chris       Limited 10   47   0  16.75   2.8060 
    8 Pxxxxx,   Tom         Production   46   0  17.06   2.6964 
    9 Rxxxxx,   Kenneth     Single Stk   41   0  17.70   2.3164 
   10 Gxxxxx,   Jerry       Limited 10   38   0  17.81   2.1336 
   11 Sxxxxx,   John        Limited 10   43   0  21.66   1.9852 
   12 Mxxxxx,   Tom         Limited      42   0  21.31   1.9709 
   13 Sxxxxx,   John        Single Stk   44   0  24.79   1.7749 
   14 Gxxxxx,   Lynn        Limited 10   41   0  24.39   1.6810 
   15 Nxxxxx,   Ed          Production   43   0  28.82   1.4920 
   16 Bxxxxx,   Dan         Production   42  20  15.00   1.4667 
   17 Exxxxx,   Gordon      Limited      33  20  14.49   0.8972 
   18 Cxxxxx,   Frank       Single Stk   38  10  33.28   0.8413 
   19 Sxxxxx,   Julie       Limited 10   32  10  27.73   0.7934 
   20 Sxxxxx,   John        Single Stk   43  30  19.08   0.6813 
   21 Wxxxxx,   Michael     Limited 10   31  20  27.98   0.3931 
   22 Lxxxxx,   James       Production   29  50  15.50   0.0000