My first time ever shooting one of these events. I usually shoot in/help run our local PPC league. I really enjoy shooting that type of course. The other shooting "games" haven't been on the radar because of time constraints. It's hard to work 50+ hours a week and reload and cast and shoot and have family time and go to church and ....... But this past Saturday I combined a few things. Like a date with the wife and shooting something new.
Our local Restoration Club Club Link had a "Pins and Plates Match" so I went.
I was using my P226 Sig with home cast and homemade lube #7 H&G over 3.9 gr. HP-38. There was one popper target that I had trouble with. I shot that thing 6 times on the first go round and finally got it to fall. I'll take the 45 ACP next time!
Anyway, it was a blast. Almost all of the PPC league showed up and no one really planned it that way. All in all a good time was had by all. I didn't win but was in the middle of the pack. My time on the first round was over 2 minutes. I failed to say that there were over 40 targets set at different distances. From 7 yards to 25 yards. You couldn't even see some of the targets until you knocked down some of the ones in front! My final time was 77 seconds. The winning time was 43 seconds and 42 shots. He had optics on his gun. The rest of us shot with open sights. The closest time to him was 50 something seconds. Then 58 for third.
It was great anyway. Winning is cool but man did I have fun just getting out to shoot!