Putting a lot of effort into becoming an A class shooter. I don’t know why I got so obsessed with this classification but I just want to get there and stop thinking about it. At the same time a class doesn’t mean much if you suck at shooting regular stages. I’m afraid this is where I am right now. I want to consistently deliver good performance, not only when passing the tests. Anyway, A class performance in the video attached, enjoy #gunstr

This classifier stage will be there tomorrow at the match that I’m gonna shoot. I was lucky to have access to it and practice this stage yesterday. I did around 10 runs and I hit A class in almost every run. Sometimes B. That’s an absolutely mind blowing level up in my performance. Let’s see how I do it tomorrow at the match. If I shoot this match at B level I will become an official B finally. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

A week ago I participated in my first outdoor match. I was very scared to try it but deep down I knew it was time to get out of my comfort zone. If I want to start shooting at a more serious level I must get used to shooting outside. It is more difficult than indoor shooting for many reasons: First of all the stages are more difficult, there are more targets, there are various types of targets and bigger distances. Secondly it is extremely hard to move and be stable on the gravel and dirt. Weather conditions affect your shooting too, you have to spend all day outside waiting for your turn to shoot. It becomes a torture when it’s too hot. Moreover direct aggressive sun made my red dot so tiny, I could barely see it and multiple times I completely lost it and it ruined my shooting time. The lesson learned: now I shoot fully occluded with a black tape. Those are not excuses though, I still went there and did it, and I did surprisingly well: I am 12th out of 29 people in carry optics division, with 74% (out of winner’s 100%) which is a very decent performance. I shot 5 stages with one classifier. I failed the classifier but it did not upset me, I’ll do better next time.

I am really bad at shooting from uncomfortable positions, I always lose the dot and lose the time searching for it. Especially shooting from behind the corner. So now I spend time practicing it at home

My shooting performance is significantly affected by my horrible running skills lol. Bad running = slower shooting. I have this stupid habit that I’ve been fighting forever: I make this tiny little step back to better accelerate but in fact it makes me slower and less explosive 🥲 no struggles with sideways running though. Working on it, ladies and gentlemen

I have to admit that stock Gen6 trigger sucks. I had my entire trigger system replaced and I got a new trigger shoe. Total game changer in my shooting performance. The old trigger was heavy and it caused a lot of trigger freeze and unnecessary gun movement. The new trigger is smooth and the shoe now is wider which makes pulling easier. 10/10

It was one of those competitions that makes me drive back home in silence and question my existence lol. I did really bad today! A lot of trigger freeze, clumsy reloads, slow pace, bad hits. Moreover I totally failed one of the classifier stages 🥲 I’m proud of my stage planning though, also I got much better at moving and shooting, entering and exiting positions. But anyway I don’t want to look at the scoreboard this time 🙈

Getting ready for a competition this weekend 😎 wish me luck

This Gen6 is not being nice to me 🥲 Glock improved grip texture in this generation and it’s ripping my skin so bad. I still love it though

Today I switched from G45 Gen5 to G17 Gen6 🥰 The gun is brand new so the trigger is very tight. I struggled a lot with trigger freeze today. The grip texture is very sharp too, it ripped my hand. But overall I loved it, the grip is much tighter and less bouncy than G45. I expect it to ruin my performance significantly while I’m getting used to it lol but it’s a part of the game.

Almost a year ago I joined USPSA—United States Practical Shooting Association and became a competitive shooter. I go to the range twice a week and compete almost every month. I think Nostr is the best place to share my shooting journey with you guys 😎

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