Therichardpowell,
I really enjoyed watching you work that rifle of yours yesterday. It isn't what you are able to do when you have your dream gear that is important....it what you are able to do with what you have on hand. I thought you did a VERY admirable job of working with the equipment you had. I would encourage you to keep coming out and just using what you have. After all, each one of us is trying to improve our skill level with the gear we currently own. There will always be someone who can outshoot us with better gear or skill, and someone who can outshoot them for many other reasons.
For those reasons, I am my own arch enemy at matches...I am the one I compete against, as every match I attend, I hope to do a little better than I did at the last match. If I am able to do that, then I go home well pleased with myself, regardless of who came out ahead of me on the match results.
I was pleased to see you do so well with the gear you had. You obviously know your way around that rifle, and I would much rather watch someone like that shoot, and stay in the fight, than watch someone with a high end bit of gear fumble their way through a stage, and give up out of frustration.
Well that makes me feel really good. Thank you. I really enjoyed shooting with you. And now that I have a good load and some hopefully good data I hope to shoot a lot more. And after your comments I'm thinking piss on it, I may make it to that next match. I have a month to practice. And it sure sounds like a nice group of guys. I'll just have to practice shooting four then loading single shots. Lol. And get off my table. You'll find me at the rock pit shooting off a stool... ;0)