Today I shot my first match with the new gun, at the USPSA match as USSA. I was not prepared for slide-lock reloads, had not practiced them at all, and ended up thumbing the slide release lever with my weak-hand thumb in a kind of dumb-founded desperation to drop the slide. It was not good, but fortunately it only happened a few times. I had to send three of the mags I ordered from Dawson to STI for warranty work, as all three had the follower binding up in the tube very severely, and were unusable. Fortunately I was able to get two good ones from Tony, but the mag that came with the gun was a 120mm mag, and that, coupled with only having three mags total, led to some unpleasant stage planning. Like having to shoot until slide-lock.
Otherwise it was a good match. I shot faster and more accurately than usual, and my non-slide-lock reloads were great, stage planning/running was great until the slide-lock debacles, but my sights were still zeroed too low, and I consistently shot a little low at the steel targets. My weak-hand shooting was terrible, and I plan to work heavily on that. I need to get much more familiar with running this new pistol at speed.
USSA is a great facility. GREAT! I wish we had something like it near or in OKC. Despite USSA's physical greatness, having a good match and finding things to work on, I'd rather have shot 3-Gun today.