r/CompetitionShooting

My first and only USPSA match was a 6-stage All Classifier.

Why are all 6 of 6 stages counting towards my initial classification? I thought initial was best 4 of 6?

4/6: 61.58825 = B Class :)

6/6: 54.0202 = C Class :(

It’s Range Day. Before these custom builds ever get their final finish and coating, they have to earn it on the firing line.

This is the live-fire testing phase for our latest batch of 2011 builds. Doing this before final finishing and coating ensures that tolerances are mechanically perfect, the cycling is completely smooth, and it functions as it should. We shoot, tune, and push every pistol with hundreds of rounds of various brands of ammo before it gets stripped down for final aesthetics.

Looking for a new range backpack and am considering the Savior and the DAA. Does anyone have experience with these or have a better suggestion. I want a backpack style bag and I want something that’s rigid and won’t get all limp and floppy.

Edit: I have a wagon and will continue to use the wagon. The backpack is just to keep everything in for transportation to and from my car and wagon.

Edit 2: I purchased the Savior SEMA. Thanks for everyone's thoughts.

I'm writing an app for recognizing bullet holes and I'm doing some research before I decide which targets to support.

Two questions:

1. What do you actually shoot most often during training? USPSA or IDPA cardboard, B-8, plain paper, or something custom?

2. Do you count hits manually after a string of fire, and how long does it take you?

Screenshots show where I'm at on an IPSC cardboard right now. I shoot IPSC in Poland and I'm doing this after hours, so sorry for my English.

Greater Pittsburgh Gun Club is one of a few I count among my home ranges. I expect they'll continue to do a great job with IPSC Nationals for the next couple of years, and I look forward to shooting them all.

This was probably my best-executed stage of the match, although I had some scorchers in all zones. Not totally mistake-free, but with a 14-month-old at home, I haven't had quite the time to practice that I'd like. A bit more of that in 2027 and I think I can do most of the match at this level.

(And of course congrats to Pat Jones for eating my lunch at the shoot-off.)

A: 29
C: 3
Time: 16.11
HF: 9.559

I’m working on a student project that tries to detect bullet holes in photos of paper shooting targets.

The current model works well on some target styles, but I’m trying to make it work across different ranges, countries and target types instead of overfitting to one dataset.

If anyone is willing to help, I’m looking for original phone photos of used paper/cardboard targets after shooting especially different target designs, lighting, distances and shooting ranges.

You don’t need to label anything. I’ll annotate the bullet holes myself.

No firearms, faces or personal information need to be visible.

By sending a photo, please only send images you own and are happy for me to use for training/evaluating the university project.

Even 1–5 photos would be very useful. Thanks!

For those who enjoy following along/working on the stuff I post, I figured I’ll start posting my weekly dry fire drill/focus for y’all. Been getting quite a few messages about it and for those who don’t have instagram, this is the best I can do for y’all.

If you have Instagram, I post these drills daily in my story.

This weeks focus is getting used to the snatch draw, new grip, and the input needed to move the polymer frame around.