{"id":5576,"date":"2010-08-18T03:50:11","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T08:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=5576"},"modified":"2014-01-04T11:33:01","modified_gmt":"2014-01-04T17:33:01","slug":"quest-for-master-class-%e2%80%93-stage-1-breakdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/quest-for-master-class-%e2%80%93-stage-1-breakdown\/5576\/","title":{"rendered":"Quest for Master Class \u2013 Stage 1 Breakdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/masterclass5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5577\" title=\"masterclass5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/masterclass5-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/masterclass5-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/masterclass5.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s good to be back on the range!\u00a0 After some downtime, we\u2019ve settled in to our new facilities here in the Pacific Northwest, and we had the opportunity to do some serious shooting with the Ruger SR9c.\u00a0 The focus of the shooting was to breakdown strengths and weakness on Stage 1 of the IDPA classifier.\u00a0 I set a goal for the classifier based on past performance \u2013 if you can shoot the first two stages in an aggregate time of 25.00 seconds (counting penalties for points down) each, and the final stage in 39.00 seconds aggregate time you\u2019d have a total score of 89 seconds, which is fast enough in any division for Master Class.\u00a0 Now, you\u2019d have to recalculate those numbers for the revolver division, but not significantly.<\/p>\n<p>On the first stage of the IDPA classifier, one of the critical elements is the draw.\u00a0 There are six presentations on stage 1, which means that a quarter second of savings in time per draw turns in to 1.5 seconds.\u00a0 Similarly, there are 8 target transitions on stage 1 \u2013 again a huge place to pick up time by improving your speed at transitioning the gun from target to target.\u00a0 This week\u2019s video takes a look through the entire classifier.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/6eFMJC\/RqqFgTxaLX4a\/embed\/select\/Bj7o8h20xtwh&amp;autoPlay=false\" height=\"269\" width=\"478\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>In the video, we finished the run with an aggregate time of 28 seconds and change with points down added in.\u00a0 While not a terrible time by any measure, it was a definite whiff on the goal of 25 seconds, and that\u2019s due entirely to my sloppy performance on two key areas.\u00a0 On String 6, the half-El Presidente drill, I had trouble on my first shot and lots of trouble on my reload.\u00a0 Bobbles there are going to ad a ton of time to your score, and I\u2019ve shot that drill clean before in under 5 seconds.\u00a0 My time in this run was over 6, which is not fast enough to get the job done.\u00a0 Another huge problem area was String 4.\u00a0 This string requires two head shots to each target, and for whatever reason I simply could not get the front sight in position.\u00a0 I ended up shooting it much slower than usual, a total time of 4.88 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>There were bright points however on the classifier.\u00a0 My weak hand only shooting has improved dramatically through dry fire practice, which is allowing me to really ramp up the speed on String 5, the weak hand only string.<\/p>\n<p>For those that are curious, here are the par times that I use when shooting the first string.\u00a0 These are adjusted, so your aggregate time after points down should be at or under these times to hit the 25 second goal:<\/p>\n<p>String 1-3: 2.5 seconds or less each<br \/>\nString 4: 4 seconds or less<br \/>\nString 5: 3.5 seconds or less<br \/>\nString 6: 6 seconds or less<br \/>\nString 7: 4 seconds or less<\/p>\n<p>Aiming for those par times will get you under that 25 second mark.\u00a0 Beating those part times will give you room to spare on Stages 2 and 3, where the difficulty is increased.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quest for Master Class Statistics<\/strong><br \/>\nRounds Fired: 1595<br \/>\nFastest Time: 84.66<br \/>\nClub Matches Won: 2<br \/>\nMajor Match Best Finish: 12th<br \/>\nESP Classification: Sharpshooter<br \/>\nSSP Classification: Expert<\/p>\n<p>********<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"caleb mugshot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/caleb-mugshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" \/><em>Caleb Giddings is the founder of Gun Nuts Media (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunnuts.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gunnuts.net<\/a>). He has been involved in competitive shooting since he was a cadet at the US Coast Guard Academy in 2000 and has attending training courses at Gunsite and the former Blackwater USA. Since shooting his first IDPA  match in 2008, Caleb has started the climb through the rankings, earning the title of Master Class shooter in the Enhanced Service Revolver division in 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s good to be back on the range!\u00a0 After some downtime, we\u2019ve settled in to our new facilities here in the Pacific Northwest, and we had the opportunity to do some serious shooting with the Ruger SR9c.\u00a0 The focus of the shooting was to breakdown strengths and weakness on Stage 1 of the IDPA classifier.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":5577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,749],"tags":[753,3607,842,179,178],"class_list":["post-5576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-the-quest-for-master-class","tag-caleb-giddings","tag-idpa","tag-idpa-classifier","tag-ruger-sr9-compact","tag-ruger-sr9c"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}