Went to my 4th IDPA shoot today. The other 3 were in early 2009 when I had my 1911 and didn't know how to run the system. After receiving some training, I decided to see how I would do again.
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Being slightly out of my comfort zone, I went with the mantra, "slow is smooth and smooth is fast."
In other words. I was slow as hell.
But seriously, I took my time to do the front sight press, the follow through, the sight picture, and I maybe lost 5 total seconds due to misses (2x -1 second, 1x -3 second). However, when it came down to it, my total time was 85 seconds.
In comparison, the other shooters were blasting away, occasionally missing the targets, but still ended up with times 20 seconds faster than me (every miss is something like 6 seconds).
I take comfort in knowing that with the exception of my mag pouch, I was running my daily carry IWB rig, whereas other shooters were wearing shooting vests and drop & offset OWB holsters.
In the end, my primary goal is to fight effectively should I ever have to use my CCW rig. To the other gamer/soldiers out there--although we know speed and accuracy is paramount, which factor, speed, or accuracy count more?
Should I focus less on fundamentals and try shooting a little faster?
Thanks.