I love the Renton Fish and Game club, I guess it’s because it’s where I started shooting competition. I’m very comfortable in this range and I believe that allows me to not succumb to match pressure. That and it’s also a club level match, so mentally I’m relaxed. Shot a pretty decent match, was mostly accurate with just a few silly mistakes. My reloads is still appalling and I need to work on those. Again, confidence issue. I have to trust that the mag will seat when I “throw” it into the magwell.
I’ve seen SO many people in the competitive shooting sports getting equipment failures, jams, stove pipes etc. Just because they think their guns don’t need cleaning, or that their reloading equipment works 100% of the time. Seriously dudes, get your shit in order. A gun malfunction will cost you your win. All it takes is that stove pipe and you lose the match.
How hard is it to clean your gun after every match? how hard is it to make sure your mags work 100%, how hard is it to look in the case for the appropriate amount of powder and chamber check every round you reload?
nothing compare to the potential win you could have if you did.
if you want to win and if you consider yourself a competitor, get your shit right.
I can sum up my performance (or lack of) due to one thing. Lack of confidence. We started on Stage 4, and after getting a miss on two consecutive stages, I lost all confidence in my shooting ability and slowed down unnecessarily hoping to get my hits. My overall time was 2-3 seconds slower than all the other Masters in the match. I should have shaken the feeling off and shot the match like I could have.
Every stage after the first two, I thought too much about getting my hits and stressed over it. I have to learn how to let go. That and getting a total of four misses and two no-shoots (on the last stage), didn’t do well for my placement.
That said, Keith Tyler and gang put up a fantastic match in a gorgeous range. Every bay has it’s own covered area where we can relax in the sun and hydrate. Also, thanks to Omar Newbury and Larry Watson for running the squad through all the stages.
Find out more about this match here : http://www.columbia-cascade.org
I’ve been carrying a Spyderco Delica 4 FFG knife for almost a year now and I love the size and usability of that knife. I’ve practiced enough with the Spyderco that I can open it pretty quickly with a flick of my thumb. That said, I’ve always been intrigued by the auto-opening / assisted opening type knives.
Ordered the Kershaw Leek 1660 knife from Amazon for about $50 including shipping (Amazon PRIME) and it arrives in two days! Hooray for PRIME.
First off, it’s a beautiful folder. The sleek and smooth surface is a Tungsten DLC coating over the aluminum handle. I’m not sure how long it’ll stay that smooth but it feel great to hold.
The ambidextrous assisted opening technology is called Speedsafe. It allows the user to open the knife quickly using any one-hand. It’s not super fast like a traditional auto-knife but it’s fast enough. It also has a lock at the end (left in photo) that allows you to lock the knife for whatever bizarre reason you’d have to do so.
And the knife fully deployed.
it is also a really light knife, I think weighing in around 2.4 ounces. It is nice to carry, definitely not Crocodile Dundee’s “KNIFE” but sharp and useful enough to carry everyday.
Just received two kydex holsters from a local Kydex holster company called KRounds. I would have to say, of all the kydex/kydex-like holster companies in the US, this has the most passionate and talented holster makers that I’ve come across. Dave, who’s their EVP of production and design has 13 years of experience in this industry. You can watch the PowerFactor Show’s interview with Dave here :
Back to the holsters, the first one I ordered is a KRounds In-and-Out holster that’s a pancake style OWB holster and can be converted into a IWB. I ordered this for my Glock 17 with a TLR-1 Light. The packaging is one of the nicest I’ve seen. The plastic is thick and durable.
Look at how flush it sits on the belt, very tight and close to my fat body 🙂
I should record a video review to let you guys see / hear the lockup when the gun goes “home” in the holster. It fits like a glove. Dave is very proud of his designs that uses multiple lockup points so distribute the locking load, resulting in a very firm fit. This also reduces the amount of wear on the finish of the gun because the gun has no opportunity to move around in the holster.
The In-and-Out model also comes with S hooks (?) that you can install to make it a IWB holster. I haven’t tried this yet but I can imagine it will fit just fine.
Here’s the shot of my Glock 17 with the TLR-1 light.
I’m definitely liking this holster more than my Raven Concealment straight drop one that’s pretty loose.
The 2nd holster is one of their KRounds latest designs. A Dual-Pivot Appendix Carry holster. I’m not a fan of appendix carry, but I must admit, I have always been intrigued at this carry method and wanted to take this opportunity to give it a shot. I ordered one that fits my current carry gun, a H&K P7M8. (yes I know, snobbish!)
Krounds is one of those Kydex companies that not only ship and stock items, they can make a Kydex holster for ANY gun you want. They take it as a challenge to be able to mold Kydex into a fabulous holster for their customers.
I was surprised at how small this holster is. It’s just barely bigger than the gun itself, which is a good thing coz you don’t want a big hunk of metal in the space where you’ve already got something big 😉
here’s how it looks worn on my belt. Not too bad, slightly more uncomfortable than a traditional on the hip IWB which I’m used to but I’m going to give it a try.
What’s unique about this holster, is the dual-pivot technology, which allows the holster to pivot out from your body so you can holster the gun before tucking it under your belt. Alleviating the fear of holstering a hot gun into your groin.
The pivot also allows the gun to shift around in your pants as you sit down or get up, moving it away to make it more comfortable. Very unique and such a great idea don’t you think?
I’m still not very sure about this style of carry, but I’m going to continue doing it for at least a month and will report back.