Local IDPA match yesterday. I took my 16-year-old girl along for her first of three allowed IDPA "try it out" matches. She has shot about 3 non-IDPA handgun matches with me before, shooting a ruger 22/45 and starting from the 45-degree position, but this was her first match drawing from a holster, using concealment or cover, or shooting a centerfire pistol in a match. She had shot maybe a few rounds through this M&P CORE 9L at the range but not for more than a year, and she shot it very accurately, with lots of down zeros. It was a beautiful, clear day, with 10 stages of typical IDPA strangeness, holding babies in one hand, shooting pickup guns (LCP), drop-turners, swingers, shooting through barrels, 180 traps, etc. but she navigated all of it with aplomb and said she loves IDPA. I guess we'll have to get her a legal belt setup now.

I registered her in NFC division due to the optic but she found it confused her and basically ignored the dot, so after a couple of stages, and confirming that she indeed was not using the dot at all, I removed the RMR and she pretty much ended up shooting ESP all day.

I shot my German P226, slowly but pretty accurately (I won most accurate overall, but placed second in SSP Expert, a laughable 50 seconds behind the winner, who had 41 points down. I had 12 points down but he still beat me because he averaged 5 seconds a stage faster and still shot pretty accurately. Plus I got a couple procedurals because I have a hard time not dropping a mag with one round in it when I have time to reload, and I forgot to retreat while shooting on one stage; I just stood there and blasted away. LOL. I need to speed up but I have a hard time shooting paper quickly. I'm used to steel and can shoot it fairly quickly because you know when you hit.

Pics for any interested

That looks like a lot of fun. My 18 year old daughter is into shooting, and I'd like her to try something like that before she moves away to college.

Great work! IDPA is good fun!

Congrats - that's awesome!

Now she's going to have to keep her hair short. Don't want to mess up a winning set up.

looks like a nice day at the farm! Congratulations!

Love the daddy/daughter pics, looks like a happy girl.

Now get her to shoot some USPSA and she'll have some more fun.

she will out shoot you.

Wow! Hey what a great thing for the both of you. Keep up the good work.

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Originally posted by houdini26:
she will out shoot you.

Congratulations looks like a lot of fun.

That is wonderful. So many dads with teenage daughters have zero bonding time, so enjoy your time together.

Impressive,and your smile says you be a proud papa

That is awesome! Congrats! Great experiences for you both!

Nice job dad! You clearly taught her well.

Doggone there are some talented young ones related to forum members!!!

Congratulations to your daughter. Earning honors first time out is quite an accomplishment. Well done!