2025...what a year. This is the first year in a VERY long time that I can truly say I had a good year. I had probably the worst year of my life last year. I graduated high school 4 months early, moved out before anyone else graduated, and tried adulting out for a change and oh boy did life hit me right in the face extremely hard. I ended up really not ok mentally and was debating whether or not life was worth it anymore. and then .@HavocTwoOne gave me a reason. USPSA. he posted a match and some dryfire and it looked so extremely fun I just HAD to try it out. one thing led to another and I was connected with .@KingWash1789 who quickly became a coach to me in almost all aspects of my life. I made the decision to chase after a newfound dream to become the greatest competitive shooter to ever compete. Shortly after a group formed of some of the greatest people on this planet who I am HONORED to call my friends and family .@ParkerGeurin .@VLanningham03 .@OGPancake07 .@gctactical .@ak_m_training .@Nox1040533 .@JoshShoots .@maxwellraybaker .@srsattern These people helped me and motivated me throughout my year to chase my goals. I finally stopped feeding myself lies about my health and lost over 100lbs in 7 months. I very quickly made GM in Carry Optics in an extremely fast time from my very first match. I went to multiple major matches and met some AMAZING people who helped continue to build me up instead of tearing me down. I traveled to meet my new friends in person and made some of the best memories of my life on that trip and I am anxious to hang out with them again. This is only a short write up compared to what I could all type out but I wont take anymore of your time. Thank you to all who made this year an amazing year for me and I am extremely excited to see what 2026 has in store for us!

I really enjoy this drill. It requires you to shoot at two different confirmation levels at different distances. You have to transition close and far. You have to exit and enter on a difficult target. Credit to Brandon from T.Rex for setting it up.

cool giveaway going on here

I’m already getting kicked while I’m down and then this gotta get posted…

Freedom in Christ is wild. His Blood has rescued me from the trappings and slavery of a sinful nature, and His judgement seat is no longer set against me for the sake of separation from him, but is now set against me for the type of eternal reward I’ll receive for doing His work in this life. Praise God. Jesus Christ is Lord.

GM. This may or may not have happened to me. I was shunned accordingly. Also go watch my match vlog and let me know what you think! Too long? Too short? More non shooting video? Let me know what you want to see or ideas that can help me! Have a great day everyone and as always, Stay snazzy 😎.

Buckeye Blast Alright, this is gonna be a long one. Shot the Ohio state match this weekend. A 14 stage 325 round required behemoth of a match that took me 263 seconds to shoot. The match required a ton of movement with very awkward and choppy positioning. Many of the targets were close but obscured by hard cover, no shoots, or wall sections. Amidst the close targets they often mixed in far paper and steel with difficult leans. This was a deceptively difficult match. 43 pieces of steel, 4 of which were largely hard covered swingers that were very difficult and largely contributed towards my loss. Anyway, let's get into the stages. Stage 8 - 22A, 4C, 1D - 20.20 - HF 6.3366 - 94.12% Little tense to start. Called the 2nd shot on T2 a little questionable, but I finished the first position, then tried to steal a glance at it to make sure 2 were there. They were, but it led me to slightly overrun T5 where I shot a D. Had 3 extra shots on the stage that cost a bit over a second, worth roughly 7 match points. Stage 9 - 9A, 7C, 3D - 17.27 - HF 4.5744 - 83.29% The shaky bridge stage which has made many appearances in Buckeye Blasts. Unloaded start, T2 was a very far and difficult lean. Made sure to keep moving through T3 as I left the shooting area. Missed the activator way too many times, then chopped a bunch of wood on the final target. Fortunately they weren't full diameter wall hits. 1 D was on the far T2, the other 2 were on the majorly obscured targets to the right of the shaky bridge. I made the decision to shoot at the harder target instead of moving my feet, and that was a strategic error. It would have been less painful had I not missed the steel so many times. 6 extra shots that cost a bit over 2 seconds, worth roughly 11 match points Stage 10 - 26A, 4C - 22.11 - HF 6.6033 - 99.70% The first stage with the swinging steel plates. There were tiny ass plates only available and visible through the middle of their arc. I shot this stage pretty well. The 3 targets in the back right were a .15 Split, .16 Transition, .12 S, .17 T, .13 S with 5A 1C, but my favorite part was the 1st popper in the front left position, I hit that thing super early. I came into to the final position and hit the first swinging plate then I thought for sure I hit the 2nd shot at it but just pulled it into the hardcover. Then it took 2 full seconds to finish it. (If I would have stopped after the 2nd shot and just taken the Mike, I would have finished slightly worse) Stage 11 - 13A, 3C - 17.70 - HF 4.3503 - 98.05% This stage required everyone to stay within the fault lines so there was a lot of running back and forth up and downrange. I was happiest with entering position and delivering a good first shot on the far mini popper in the middle of the stage. That last position required an extreme lean or firing while falling out of position but eliminated the need to run down the hallway where I shot the first popper. Almost everyone shot it this way. Had 3 extra shots but they only added up to a total of .53 seconds, so the effect was minimal. Stage 12 - 19A, 6C, 3D - 14.21 - HF 8.7966 - 88.03% A lot of people wanted to draw to the duck on the right here, but I decided it made more sense to shoot that target last in this position. I decided this for two main reasons. The first is that drawing to that target would keep be on the left side of the shooting area stationary for the entire time it took me to draw and hit the target twice, which is a little under a full second for me. If I drew to the further partial instead, more of the draw dwell time was being spent as I was moving to position. The second reason is if I shoot the duck on the right last, my gun is perfectly right where it needs to be for the next 3 targets as I move uprange. I shot a stupid D on the 2nd close target through the port because I wasn't moving backwards fast enough. I realized it in the moment and started moving quicker which led me to overrunning that back position after the reload costing about a second. The other D's were very close on the further partials. Stage 13 - 14A, 7C, 1D - 15.16 - HF 6.5963 - 93.64% Another unloaded start. I shot this stage pretty well, couple extra shots that didn't add up to much time, but again throwing too many close charlies and a delta. Stage 14 - 17A, 3C - 21.77 - HF 4.4557 - 100% As you can see, no hatcam footage on this one. I'm an idiot and forget to hit it post stage half the time, so I must have used up all the storage. I heard the camera beep off as the RO said 'standby'. The malf was also my fault. That was 100% a magazine issue, and it happened when I charged the gun in the first place. I should have just yelled at someone to go grab my other stick from the range bag, but I thought it'd be fine. Fortunately the stage is so low HF that it really didn't cause much damage. Very stupid on my part. This was the memory stage of the match. It was 1 shot per with very choppy movement and mostly difficult targets. We spent at least an hour breaking this down Thursday afternoon. I didn't try to do anything special, just keep my feet wide the whole time to allow me room to shift left and right. My only stage win in Open. This was the end of day 1 and definitely the better half of my performance unfortunately. Stage 1 - 19A, 10C, 2D, 1M - 23.75 - HF 5.4316 - 85.49% This stage required a stationary unloaded start with 4 steel at 25ish yards. The Mike was on the partial no shoot T2. It was on the target, just a hair outside the perf high. I knew it was close when I shot it but I was already gone. I should have shot that target first of the two. Then from the back left corner of the next shooting area there were two close ducks and 3 targets at around 20, one being a fairly tough partial. Look at how I shoot that partial. If I had shot every difficult target in this match the way I shot that target in particular, the outcome would have been very different. Two great alphas that felt like it took an eternity in the moment, but in reality was hardly slower at all. I know all this already, and I still fuck it up. Stage 2 - 23A, 5C - 15.56 - HF 8.6761 - 97.06% I had a pretty good score on this stage but it pains me to watch because of how lost in the middle I got. I did not have this as thoroughly programmed as I should have. I was way out of position for the single partial down the hallway but it was saved by a pretty spicy reload. If I had balls I would have shot this without a reload. This is a stage I would love to have tried 3 or 4 different ways to see which flowed best. Stage 3 - 7A, 4C - 17.73 - HF 2.8765 - 85.97% Strong hand only, 1 shot per, tons of movement, and partials/plates at 10-15. Probably the lowest hit factor stage I have seen in a match in my life. Only goal was leave no Deltas. Stage 4 - 17A, 10C, 1D - 19.90 - HF 6.3819 - 90.59% Just a little too sloppy on this stage. I knew my 2nd shot on the first tux was bad but I was already off the target. Having to come back to it sucks, but it was definitely required. Definitely too many extras on this stage, but the painful part is the number of charlies that were fractions of an inch outside of the A zone. Stage 5 - 13A, 3C - 15.35 - HF 5.0163 - 81.23% This stage required engaging the plates and the paper/poppers as arrays separated by a mandatory reload. First half of the stage went fine, then I could not hit those plates to save my life. 10. How many? 10. Count em. 10 fucking extra shots costing 4.77 seconds. Embarrassing. They're close to 20 yards away and partially obscured, but I know I'm capable of going one for one on those if I don't shoot like an idiot. Stage 6 - 17A, 9C, 1D, 1NS - 25.95 - HF 4.4003 - 68.60% My most costly stage of the match. This stage required 3 per with a lot of movement, including retrieving a sand bag from uprange to activate the swinging plates. Everything before the sandbag went fine other than again throwing too many shots barely outside of the A zone. Getting to the final position my first shot edge hits the no shoot steel and you can see the round frag and knock the target loose. Then I finished the two paper and went to work on the swinging plates. It took me 3 passes to clear it, which took over 5 seconds of time. The shitty part is the HHF is so low that eating a M on the plate is worth almost 3 seconds, so you WANT to try to hit them. If I had just stopped after my 2nd shot I would have saved 5 seconds. The total difference in match points is losing 33 points instead of 43. The only way you perform well on this stage is hitting the swinging plates with your first two shots, which because of how obscured they are and fast they are moving is incredibly difficult to do. I probably would have been better off holding the gun in one spot and just trying to time the plates like a metronome instead of reacting to them becoming visible. Incredibly frustrating. One other thing to mention. I very likely could have successfully argued for a reshoot here after the bullet deflecting off the NS steel caused the target to shift. But that would have been chickenshit because in reality it did not effect my performance at all on the stage and trying to argue for a reshoot there while it is in technical accordance with the rules would just be thinly veiled cheating. Stage 7 - 10A, 11C - 16.60 - HF 5.6627 - 93.93% Final stage of the match. 4 pneumatically rotating targets activated by opening the door that also activated a bobber and a swinger on the back end of the stage. I was first on the stage and my run on it was right after a 90ish minute lightning and rain delay that was pretty wicked, so I wasn't totally clear on what the timing would be in each corner. I just planned on getting there and engaging whatever was available, and it worked out ok. Ended up taking 4 shots at the swinger because I could see the last target wasn't available. But unfortunately the same story as most of the match, just way too sloppy dropping points just outside of the A zone. Ended up finishing 4/64 in Open at 95.31% and 11/349 overall. It's a disappointing finish but all things considered I don't think I can be too upset for my first major in 8 years and only my third match of the year. I had a whopping 52 extra shots costing 24.87 seconds of time. Now this is not entirely unexpected as part of my strategy going into the match was to take more extra shots than normal because I knew the HHF on all the stages would be so low relative to what is normally seen. The extra time is not as costly to your score. But unfortunately many of those extra shots still landed just outside of the A zone. Almost half of that 24.87 seconds was on stages 5 and 6 alone. My 2 penalties of the match were both called and edge hits. My total time of 262.99 seconds but only 91% of the available points was just not good enough. I have a good understanding of the things I did well and the many things I did poorly, and I have 6 weeks to work on them before Area 5. @nuttymaxwell had a nightmare of a time with a borrowed gun that refused to work and still somehow placed 6th in LO and 85% overall with a broken LO gun he's never shot before. @maxwellraybaker shot this 14 stage monster of a state match as his first major while camping with his family and still shot within his class against a winner who is a perennial contender. @Josh_Shoots_ is getting to know his new division and experimenting with shooting earlier on close targets, but then managed to crush the stage I butchered. Going 1 for 1 on all the steel plates on 5. @MoneyD5RF placed 8th on the strong hand only stage, smoking the steel on the move and only dropped 1C.

He looks like a child next to that normally sized adult

Hey…who’s this guy?? He’s asking me for feet pics in the airport. Anyone know who he is??

I wonder which cretins who could be speaking of….👀👀

If anyone is interested in taking this .308 Bergara B14 HMR Vortex Viper PST GEN II 5-25x50 off my hands dm me.

Here is the full video of my major match win at the mississippi classic with both 1st person and third person perspectives with scores of each stage youtube.com/watch?v=QjMZaRpF…

June 1 When experimenting with different technical specifics, be sure to give it an honest run. Almost nothing is going to feel better than your default immediately. You need to give technique changes a minimum of 2 weeks of work to have a good idea if something is going to work for you or not, maybe longer. P1/SHO Target Array: Open (15) , Open (25), Partial (7) P2/WHO Target Array: Open (15) , Open (7), Partial (7) 5 minutes - Warm up - 6 reloads freestyle, 2 reloads to strong hand only, 2 reloads to weak hand only. 5 minutes - Position to position - Speed Mode - Sight pictures only. 5 minutes - SHO/WHO - Match Mode 5 minutes - Position to position - Match Mode Static start, draw and engage T1-3 freestyle, run laterally to P2 and engage T4-6 freestyle.

The Mississippi Classic was my first major match win, and not only a division win but I won the entire match. The feeling is still with me and I never want it to leave. Here is all the third person footage from the match! I have a vlog from the trip coming within the next few days. Also traveling to Ohio this weekend to shoot with .@KingWash1789 .@maxwellraybaker .@Josh_Shoots_ .@MoneyD5RF We will be vlogging the trip and it will be a trip to remember!

I am feining for a 300blk sbr and a 8.6 blackout mini fix yall That is all

ALL GLORY TO GOD!! Just over a year ago last March I shot my first ever uspsa match. I quickly fell in love and addicted to this sport. Just over a year later I have won my first HIGH OVERALL AT A MAJOR MATCH!!! I WON THE MISSISSIPPI CLASSIC WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I am so beyond thrilled right now, and even more excited for the future. All the hard work I have put into this, all the hours dryfiring, all the work thousands of rounds shot, are so worth it to feel this level of joy. I hope you all get to experience this happiness in your lifetimes. Thank you to all the amazing friends I have made along the way, and thank you to the ones who will come. I did vlog this trip and have an amazing vlog coming y’all’s way 🫡

Frens getting better with frens. Makes my heart very happy to see