Archive for the 'Firing Competitions' Category

1911-A1 Disassembly and Assembly

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

I wanted to be able to fully strip and replace parts of a Colt 45 Mark IV .45 caliber and found this remarkable video of how to fully disassemble the sidearm. (On a side note, use an outside workbench or put a few sheets of newspaper on your desk before beginning this process. I also [...]

Cagayan de Oro Philippine Eagles Fun Shoot

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

The Fun Shoot had originally been scheduled to take place during the National Phiippine Eagles Week, but had been postponed for two week beecause of a conflict on range usage.  Still, the Fun Shoot was held, on July 5, 2008, and while I competed, I did not win any trophies.  But then that’s not surprising [...]

Meir Goes Firing

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Meir was game for just about anything. When we found out there was a firing competition on May 24 and 25, 2008, at the Camp Aligar, Northern Mindanao Practical Shooting Association (NMPSA) shooting range, and that Meir’s flight was leaving at 3:50 PM on May 24, and that he would be able to shoot in [...]

Finally, a Firing Competition Trophy!!

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

It took seven firing competitions on seven consecutive weekends to get a trophy, but now I have one and it’s not 1st or 2nd Runner-Up, but Champion Regular Shooter Single Stack Standard Division. Most of the PNP (Philippine National Police), soldiers, and ROs (Range Officers) that regularly attend these events know me by now. So [...]

Firing Speed

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

I am definitely getting better at my shooting, but my times are not improving. At the latest Firing Competition, the City Director’s Cup, put on my Colonel Aurilllo “Doi” Trampe, I had the highest points score of any shooter, but I ranked at about the 35% percentile of all shooters. This is because total point [...]

Near Perfect Firing (124 points out of a possible 125)

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

I may be a bit slow, but my aim is true. I’ve been in five shooting competitions in the past five weeks and while I haven’t won any trophies yet, I will soon. Click the above image for a 2MB video of just one point off a perfect score. This was at the Iligan Firing [...]