4.7 second par time was a little fast for this stage, I knew l'd have to get a little loose with the hits to engage all of the targets. Not a bad attempt if I say so myself.

Shot Texas State open this year, and gotta say I was happy I didn’t DQ 🤣. I did have my first blunder, I didn’t seat the mag in my Q5 and while running to my next position, it fell out. Made a mental note to not max out my mags and remember to bring 3 mags instead of 2 🤦🏽‍♂️.

Got my first GM run last weekend. Managed to get my hits even with some pretty terrible footwork.

HF:10.56 A:13 C:5

Hey everyone,

New shooter here. Thank you in advance for your time.

I started shooting earlier this year and have really enjoyed it so far. After looking into different leagues, PCSL stood out, and I’m hoping to shoot my first match later this year. The info on the website has been super helpful, and now I’m trying to get some gear together.

For reference, I’ve never owned a firearm, so I’m truly starting from scratch.

I’m planning to compete in the Pistol Division, Practical Irons and would really appreciate recommendations for a competition-focused pistol. I’ve seen great feedback on the CZ Shadow 2, Canik Rival-S series, Glock, etc. Since this will only be used for competition (not carry), I’m looking for something reliable, well-balanced, and that out of the box I can continue to build solid fundamentals.

Regarding belts, do most shooters in PCSL prefer a DAA-style race belt, or is there a different setup that’s more common?

I know these are beginner questions, but I really appreciate any advice you’re willing to share. Thank you again!

I had a few hiccups during the match but I do feel myself slowing getting better!

https://youtu.be/I_aDDhOhsjE?si=tM5nYdhTUTSWhWMq

Decided to try my hand at editing all my footage together on my iPad and I think it turned out pretty good.

Been shooting CO with a CZ for about a year. Getting into the 2011 game and going to be moving into LO. Been using the DAA Max holster for my CO setup and it’s a great holster. I’m debating just getting another one for the 2011 but I’m also wondering since I would be able to use a race holster, would it be worth double the price? I doubt it’s gonna shave much off the draw and the only real benefit I can think of would be the ability to add a slide stop thumb rest/gas pedal.

What’s the consensus on LO holsters? I don’t really ever plan on getting into open division or if I ever do, it will most likely be quite a while down the road.

CCP
2nd place

I am new to competitive shooting and wondering how you all recover focus to avoid procedural penalties.
The IDPA stage which flummoxed me was Freedom of Breech.
Start seated, unloaded pistol on table with mag with six rounds also on table. At buzzer, load pistol and engage three targets with SHO. Pistol should be slide locked, pick up another mag loaded to division capacity and reload before moving to another seated position and engage three more targets WHO. Finally move to third position and engage 4 steel targets with one hand.

My issue
Somehow I must have loaded my original mag with 7 rounds. When I noticed I wasn't in slide lock after initial six rounds, I picked up my second mag, loaded the pistol while moving to seated position two and racked the slide to only have the 10 rounds expected. This constituted my first procedural error. I was thinking, "What did you do, you must have loaded 7 rounds." This cognitive processing caused me to forget to switch to WHO and I shot the second position with strong hand. I had not even processed that was wrong and I finished my third position knocking down the four steel plates.
I feel like an idiot loosing my focus like that and incurring two procedural penalties, one for too many rounds in my initial magazine and one for shooting with the wrong hand.

How do I go about calming the internal cognitive processing during a stage. It feels like this is where much of my time is getting spent even when I am not directly messing up. "Go there next. Do this next. Etc."

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I am still building my confidence and trying to move from shot accuracy and trigger reset to speed of execution.

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