Spring has arrived in Alabama when . . .

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 and is filed under Children, Global Warming, Guns, Weather. / Author: EmmaPeel

we really get to shooting again.  Over the winter, we shoot.  Our IDPA matches don’t go away and most winters, we get some practice time in, especially since Christmas usually means new guns to play with.  However, usually starting in mid-February, we really get cranked up again and this one is no exception.  Starting on Saturday, we have our monthly IDPA match (and the weather report thus far is favorable).  Then we have a steel challenge match.  Then we have a practice weekend.  That is followed by a work weekend and IDPA classifier.  Then our monthly IDPA match followed the next weekend by a steel challenge match.  The first weekend in April is a USPSA match.  We finally take a weekend off to get ready for the state IDPA match followed by a quarterly CMP match.  Maybe that’s why I like spring so much better than winter, more recoil therapy.

Cricket will be shooting her first classifier in March.  She is ready to shoot the state IDPA match.  She is excited.  Bugaboo wants to start shooting the matches with a .22.  I’m not sure we can work that out.  Unfortunately, despite her incredible strength, the M&P 9 is still a little much for her.  She loves shooting it but I’m not sure she’s ready for all the movement involved in a match.  She still needs a lot of work but she’s feeling left out.  Thankfully, she will be able to shoot the steel challenge matches with a .22.  Also, I’m hoping they’ll be doing the Sporter match with the CMP match in April.  She loves that match. 

Sunshine, guns and friends.  What better way to spend a season!