An action photo!

[contender]

I posted in the Lounge a few days ago that I had been captured by a photographer at the NC Sectional, (USPSA) last thursday. Well, it's harder to find the picture in all the stuff, so I got Miss Penny to save the pics for me.
Here it is,, me going all out during a stage.

 

[Don Lovel]

Barefoot in gravel, damn
625 Smith & Wesson?

 

[eric conrad]

It wouldn't be right if Ty had shoes on. :lol: Cool picture.
Eric

 

[Taterman]

Great picture. It should be be you're new desktop wallpaper.

 

[cyberscout19]

Good picture.

 

[pruger45]

Where are your shoes?

 

[JPGLSG]

Is that the 10 toe dig in start off.....

 

[contender]

pruger45,,, it's a well known fact I'm "the Barefoot man" in USPSA. I shoot & RO barefoot.

I will admit that 4 days of it this weekend on the gravel & shell casings did cause an issue. Not with my feet,,, but with my ankles. I have a "bad" leg & when I overwork it, I get swelling in my left ankle. It happened at the Area 6 match this past spring as well. My doctor told me this past spring that I may need to look at giving my ankle a rest by wearing a cushioned shoe of some type to prevent the swelling. I was a whipped puppy with a swollen left ankle by mid-day Sunday. My feet can handle the gravel, but the pounding of being the RO & chasing 250ish other shooters did affect me a bit.
Dern this getting old stuff.

Now, where that picture was taken, I had already taken some shots, reloaded & was hard charging towards another array of targets.

And Don,,, that's a S&W 646,,, 40 S&W cal revolver. Not an often seen gun as it was made in limited quantities. Titanium cylinder, and built with competition in mind as well as "lighter" carrying for CCW. It uses moon clips, and is a good one to shoot,,,,,, once I got the bugs worked out. I had a misfiring issue that plagued me a bit. The mainspring wasn't strong enough, and the adjusting screw wanted to back out a lot.

 

[Fox Mike]

Great action shot. Does the a fore mentioned "ten toe start" give you an advantage? :D

Where are your shoes?

I didn't even KNOW that he HAS shoes. I have never seen him in any.

 

[powder smoke]

Very Nice action shot Ty worth framing. ps

 

[sixshot]

Tyrone, nice photo! If I had to shoot bare footed the first 2 shots would go on target & the third one would go on me, I can hardly walk on carpet bare footed! You didn't bob the hammer on that gun did you, also did you use some finger nail polish on the main spring to get it from backing out? What bullet? I always used a 205 gr. RN with 3.7 grs. of WST, made power factor in every match I ever shot in.

Dick

 

[Wyandot Jim]

Ty,
Looking good. Yea if I was the RO I would have to DQ you for the 10 toe push off. A distinct advantage over the other shoed shooters :wink:
Come to Texas and we will see how tough those feet are when it comes to shooting on sticker/cockle burrs :D :D

 

[gunman42782]

Cool! Don't see how you stand it barefoot though!

 

[WendyZXZ]

Fine picture and I am another one...bare feet on gravel!

 

[contender]

For the USPSA shooters here; I'm about the ONLY person who obeys the strict written stage description that says: "Toes on the marks."
No advantage,,, except I have great traction.
sixshot; No, the hammer is not bobbed. And it's a 40 cal,,, that I use a 180 grn plated bullet from Xtreme. I use 5.6 grns Unique. And to fix the mainspring issue, I first had to add a spent primer cup to the screw contact point, and to prevent it from backing out,,, I used a piece of Idaho fishing line inserted in the hole. Once it's hooked,,, it won't move! :D
And Jim,, I was stationed at Ft. Hood. While I wasn't shooting competitions then,, I did go shooting in other places where I was as barefoot as I am here.