TexasCHLforum.com

Rangel wrote:Yea I read that somewhere I practice drawing and firing one shot then re holstering all the time with the vest i have at my home range. But I'll need one eventually.

If you are going to get into the sport and shoot sanctioned matches, then I highly recommend Armadillo Concealment for your vest, I have worn other vests and the ones from Armadillo are superior to any vest out there.

If you are only looking to improve your overall shooting and defensive skills, then I suggest using whatever method that you currently use to conceal your EDC. For club level matches like the ones at The Arms Room, no one will say anything about your mesh sided vest, you would be allowed to use it without any problems.

Rangel wrote:I'll be the fat guy with the XDm. What cover garment/vest are you using I haven't had luck finding one. I found one but I didn't read the rule book first and it's got mesh on the sides. I also need to find a mag holster. I reckon I can use my stock one for the time being.

If it's your first ever IDPA match, don't worry about a cover garment, we would prefer you to concentrate on the other safety issues before adding a cover garment.

Rangel wrote:

canvasbck wrote:

xb12s wrote:Is Arms Room IDPA going to be crowded the next couple of weeks leading up to the Classifier? I was planning to come for the first time this coming Monday, but I wasn't sure if it would be overly crowded the next few weeks.

It's hard to say. We were pretty crowded this week because we had not had matches the previous two weeks and the weather had caused several other outdoor matches to be cancelled. We had 40 signed up online and wound up with 58 shooters. If you keep track of the online signups http://teamtrainwreck.idpaclub.org/Matc ... nList.aspx you can generally expect 10-15 more to show up that didn't sign up online.

If you plan on shooting with us, it's really helpfull if you sign up online. It makes imputing of scores much easier and if we know ahead of time that we are going to be crowded, it allows us to build scenarios that run quicker and are easy to reset.

Is team train wreck affiliated with The Arms Room? Or do y'all just go there on Monday? Should I sign up with y'all or just show up at the range?

We are not affiliated with The Arms Room. We just shoot there every Monday night. For the record, our club does not get any of the $20 range fee, we are only funded by the annual membership dues. Members get liability insurance for the price of the membership. We are still in search of an outdoor range so that we can start hosting monthly weekend matches.

It helps us out a lot if you sign up online. When we are inputing scores, we have to manually input the name and E-mail address for new shooters who didn't sign up online. It doesn't seem like much, but when you have 10 shooters that you have to do that for along with inputing all the scores can get pretty tedious. It also helps us get a ballpark figure of how big the crowd will be and we tailor the stages to fit the crowd size.

xb12s wrote:Is Arms Room IDPA going to be crowded the next couple of weeks leading up to the Classifier? I was planning to come for the first time this coming Monday, but I wasn't sure if it would be overly crowded the next few weeks.

It's hard to say. We were pretty crowded this week because we had not had matches the previous two weeks and the weather had caused several other outdoor matches to be cancelled. We had 40 signed up online and wound up with 58 shooters. If you keep track of the online signups http://teamtrainwreck.idpaclub.org/Matc ... nList.aspx you can generally expect 10-15 more to show up that didn't sign up online.

If you plan on shooting with us, it's really helpfull if you sign up online. It makes imputing of scores much easier and if we know ahead of time that we are going to be crowded, it allows us to build scenarios that run quicker and are easy to reset.

Glad you had a good time! We had a much larger group than normal last night. Usually we can get 6 scenarios done in the time that it took us to do those 4 last night.

If you were who I think you were, then I was watching you pretty close on the first scenario (as I do with all new shooters) and you were indeed good about keeping your finger off the trigger and maintaining good muzzle control. ( I was the fat guy in the pink vest).