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We got through shooting in RECORD time. My buddy and I were done by 10:15 or so? Wow, never woulda thought it. I really am not a fan of rushing, but my buddy was wanting to be home to do a church thing so we figured we'd see how fast we could get out.
We got there right at 8:30, I think they were doing the R.O. brief. The GSSF person (a lady, didn't know here name?) asked if we were pre-registered, which we were so she gave us our tickets after signing the waivers.
We went around and signed up at each COF, then loaded up some magazines, and asked the guys at the practice plates station if we could start shooting (8:45'ish?). They said "Sure!", so we each shot 5 mags. We then walked over to the Glock M course, and said "We're ready!", and were the 1st persons to shoot that course. In fact, I'm pretty sure that was the first LIVE course of fire shot for the day. We then walked over to the plates, and had nobody to wait for there. Walked over to the 5 to Glock, and had to wait for maybe 3/4 people to shoot, and we got our turn. I know most of top level guys like to leave the plates for last, but I like to leave the 5 to Glock for last, as I think it's the hardest (because of the further targets). So I shoot the others first and get into the groove, so I usually shoot the courses in the same order we did here.
It was 9:55, and I was on deck for Glock M, my buddy shot after me. I forgot to look at my phone (for the time) for the actual time, but I'm thinking it was 10:15 or so that we were finished. Heck... I wasn't even hungry enough to stop and try some of that BBQ I had last year as we had eaten breakfast at 8AM at McDonalds. So we left.
The R.O's, as usual, were SO VERY polite and friendly. We were joking with all of them. Introduced myself to Scott Gilbertson (the GSSF honcho running the show), he was running around taking care of things to make sure it was all flowing smoothly.
I won't try this again, though, as I definitely felt rushed. Shot a 78.xx in Am Civ, so that wasn't too bad, but feel like I could've done better had I been a bit more slow-paced. But it goes to show, that if you get there running, and have your ducks in a row, you can get in-and-out if you are trying to do so.
We got there right at 8:30, I think they were doing the R.O. brief. The GSSF person (a lady, didn't know here name?) asked if we were pre-registered, which we were so she gave us our tickets after signing the waivers.
We went around and signed up at each COF, then loaded up some magazines, and asked the guys at the practice plates station if we could start shooting (8:45'ish?). They said "Sure!", so we each shot 5 mags. We then walked over to the Glock M course, and said "We're ready!", and were the 1st persons to shoot that course. In fact, I'm pretty sure that was the first LIVE course of fire shot for the day. We then walked over to the plates, and had nobody to wait for there. Walked over to the 5 to Glock, and had to wait for maybe 3/4 people to shoot, and we got our turn. I know most of top level guys like to leave the plates for last, but I like to leave the 5 to Glock for last, as I think it's the hardest (because of the further targets). So I shoot the others first and get into the groove, so I usually shoot the courses in the same order we did here.
It was 9:55, and I was on deck for Glock M, my buddy shot after me. I forgot to look at my phone (for the time) for the actual time, but I'm thinking it was 10:15 or so that we were finished. Heck... I wasn't even hungry enough to stop and try some of that BBQ I had last year as we had eaten breakfast at 8AM at McDonalds. So we left.
The R.O's, as usual, were SO VERY polite and friendly. We were joking with all of them. Introduced myself to Scott Gilbertson (the GSSF honcho running the show), he was running around taking care of things to make sure it was all flowing smoothly.
I won't try this again, though, as I definitely felt rushed. Shot a 78.xx in Am Civ, so that wasn't too bad, but feel like I could've done better had I been a bit more slow-paced. But it goes to show, that if you get there running, and have your ducks in a row, you can get in-and-out if you are trying to do so.