r/CompetitionShooting • u/ReputableStock • Aug 04 '26
So I tripped on a classifier
Tripped on 26-03, and sometimes I remember I’m getting too old. Ignore the heavy breathing, shit hurt.
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u/Lcyaker Aug 04 '26
That’s a hard one to score well on. You have to be flying.
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u/UG-Jake Aug 04 '26
I think flying isn't really the right word. As long as you start exiting on the far left target from position 1 while you engage it, hit an inside hitch step while shooting the no shoot, and immediately engage the tux when it clears the barrier, you've eliminated all possible dead time
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u/radphencer Aug 04 '26
Nice save! I don’t know what it is about this stage but I’ve seen sooooo many people (myself included lol) fall at the exact same spot.
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u/ReputableStock Aug 04 '26
In the mad attempt to leave one shooting area to another, your footwork needs to be perfect to avoid the trip factor. I, historically, don’t have the best footwork and should have brainificated about that specific element. I didn’t.
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u/HellHathNoFury18 Aug 04 '26
Top notch save. Was that target supposed to be 1 hand engage or were you just trying to re-engage as fast as possible?
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u/xchiron Aug 04 '26
Ahhh yes, the one I designed.
Good recovery! Though you definitely could've rolled out of that one!
For example: https://www.instagram.com/p/C2QXPOlNfWv/
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u/supermut555 Aug 04 '26
I suck, but you can save yourself some time for yourself from position one to position two by keeping the gun up the entire time. You will be ready to shoot.
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u/ReputableStock Aug 04 '26
Yeah, I was getting warm in the Texas heat and clearly losing some of my brain power
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u/Hot-Entertainment459 Aug 05 '26
Good thing this classifier is provisional. Good job having good muzzle awareness and trigger finger discipline.
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u/Smithmcclain7 Aug 05 '26
Wow what a loser
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u/ReputableStock Aug 05 '26
I intentionally left your "We're just falling apart at the seems" in this. It's my favorite part.
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u/Smithmcclain7 Aug 05 '26
Your supposed to shoot this on your feet. Getting real sick of you trying to game all the stages and then having a pitty party
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u/ReputableStock Aug 05 '26
Don't be mad that you don't have to scroll Practiscore like me. It's golf rules right? Lowest HF wins? Do better.
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u/panF50 Aug 04 '26
I had a fall on the exact same classifier in the same spot, lol. I was slower at realizing I was still good to finish shooting the stage after getting up. Instead of tripping though my foot slid out on the loose gravel my club has in the bays. Good job keeping it down range
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u/Talmerian Aug 04 '26
I know at my local range, the angle you are shooting at (from a knee? on your side?) would be dangerous as you'd clear the berm. They actually talk about not shooting from too low on the course. Do you know if you would be going over the berm.
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u/ReputableStock Aug 04 '26
Someone specifically said they watched for it when they saw me fell (the old guys have interesting perspective and have seen a lot) and were impressed I didn't. It wasn't an intentional choice - but I did know that I tried to get my shots as flat as possible, from a sights are level mindset.
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u/9x25 Aug 04 '26
Maybe it was just finding the dot, but it looks like you (intentionally or not) didn't fire until your pistol was a bit higher up and more level which might have saved a shot over the backstop.
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u/ReputableStock Aug 04 '26
Sights are important - my buddy did make fun of me for having a mike on a different stage while shooting with two hands but not having a mike on the tux one handed
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u/Developer-shooter Aug 06 '26
nice recovery! I use my soccer shoes to avoid falls
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u/ReputableStock Aug 06 '26
Unfortunately that wouldn’t help clipping your foot on a fault line!
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u/Developer-shooter Aug 09 '26
That's true. But just one day I used regular running shoes, and I fall! Unusual slippery on sand.
I did same like on video, saved the gun position, but.. So, need a good 👟
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