Scott J
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Just got offered a job in upstate today and I'm going to accept tomorrow. I'll have to report in 3 weeks. No way I can get the house sold by then so my wonderful wife is staying here to take care of that while I start the new gig. I'll be renting until our house here (just outside Birmingham) sells.
Here's a recycle of my intro to a local forum there I joined shortly after discovering IDPA. My son is now 6 and baby girl now 4.
Since posting that I have become an IDPA addict. This move madness is going to eat in to my time for it unfortunately.
Here's a recycle of my intro to a local forum there I joined shortly after discovering IDPA. My son is now 6 and baby girl now 4.
Now that I've read this forum's title I'll give a little more background to go along with the above.
I became a shooter in 1991. My first was an old S&W pre model 10 in .38 special. I traded that on a 686 that I later traded on a 629 Classic (and finally wised up and stopped trading off stuff because I regret it later).
That sort of sealed my fate as a revolver guy. Other than a couple of .22s I never even owned an auto until I bought a 1911 in 1998.
I got into long range rifle early. I was working at a place called Story's in Opelika (where employees got to buy guns at cost) and one of the regular customers was an Opelika PD detective who also helped train the city's snipers. His family had lots of land so he was able set up his own private 600 and 1,000 yard ranges. I spent many Saturdays learning the ins and outs of shooting those distances.
He also got me into NRA Highpower. Got started on a shoestring with an old '03-A3 he sold me and helped me get accurized. I competed regularly for most of 1993 and a good portion of 1994 before hanging it up to return to Auburn and finish up my degree.
After school came moving and career and I didn't shoot much at all until 2008. I finally realized I could safely do a 25 yard range in the backyard and made sure the neighbors wouldn't freak. Starting that fall I managed to start getting a least some rounds downrange out of something once a month minumum. My goal being to get back to my level of roughly 50 rounds per week on average.
I'm also a reloader and it has waxed and waned along with my shooting. In late 2009 I added boolit casting to the mix because I tend to be sort of cheap.
I decided to try IDPA at the urging of a co-worker. Her hubby shoots it.
I'm married to the same wonderful woman for 15 years and we have a 5 year old son and 3 year old daughter. She fully supports my gun nuttery.
I'm trying to encourage the boy (and will the girl as she gets older):
Since posting that I have become an IDPA addict. This move madness is going to eat in to my time for it unfortunately.
