First ICORE Match
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shadowrider
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You'll have a great time. Do you shoot USPSA/IPSC? If so ICORE scoring is a different animal. Accuracy is job one!
squidsix
Member
I thought I was good. I am decent in most local IDPA matches.
I was WAY out of my comfort level in my first ICORE match. I had a friggin blast too.
I was WAY out of my comfort level in my first ICORE match. I had a friggin blast too.
imashooter2
Member
ICORE is a great game! The time plus scoring makes things pretty simple. Gotta shoot A's.
jon schroeder
Member
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Hard to improve on Jon's statement! Hope you have a blast...of all the pistol games I have enjoyed ICORE more because I am not particularily fast but take great pride in being VERY accurate and my Dad's old K-38 from 1949 that he used as a sheriff's deputy is VERY accurate when I do MY part.
Randy
Hard to improve on Jon's statement! Hope you have a blast...of all the pistol games I have enjoyed ICORE more because I am not particularily fast but take great pride in being VERY accurate and my Dad's old K-38 from 1949 that he used as a sheriff's deputy is VERY accurate when I do MY part.
Randy
I had a good time today. I had a few ammo related problems. I wasn't really prepared and knew it. But no big deal. I need to get some new brass, not range pick-up, and load some light loads. Also I need a chamber brush and one of those chamber checkers. I was shooting a 625 with moon clips and major 230 grain loads. I had some sticky chamber problems.
I would have been fine if I would have loaded more moon clips at home where I could check them in my cylinder. I loaded 23 at the house and 5 wouldn't fit my cylinder right. I stripped them and loaded different rounds and they were fine. The problems at the match started when I loaded additional moonclips with loose ammo and couldn't check them. After the match another shooter said if that happens again to check them on the load and make ready. Like I said I expected some fumbles and problems, first match and all. It's all about having fun and learning to use a different weapon.
jon schroeder
Member
You will learn to check EVERY moon clip in your cylinder and to go over every screw on your gun before the match.
Guess how I know?
Guess how I know?
I know about that, I've shot USPSA and SASS for years. The ICORE match was a last minute decision. I was planning on going to a multi-gun match today, but had some car problems last night so I didn't have time to get all my gear together for the multi-gun match. I been wanting to try ICORE for a while but hadn't gone to any matches or even practiced any reloads. I knew I wouldn't do well but I was out there, pulling a trigger. I quickly dug out some 45 acp ammo I loaded a couple of years ago, loaded up some moon clips, put the gun and holster rig in the range bag and went to the match. Sometimes I think the most fun at matches is when you just want to have fun shooting with a good group of people and don't really worry about the score.
tomcatt51
Member
Interesting. I keep reading over in the 'S&W Smithing" forum how the screws never loosen "assuming it was properly tightened in the first place".
jon schroeder
Member
and the check is in the mail.
shadowrider
Member
And that BLUE loc-tite is like a gift from heaven.
I've got one of those fat wrench torque things and torque every screw to spec. They always back off. Maybe for a safe queen that gets shot 100 rounds a year you can get get by, but when you are running 200 rounds in a single day through them, loc-tite and an extractor rod tool is pretty much mandatory.
