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My advice is to get a timer with a removable battery. I had the CED7000 and twice I showed up to the range and the built-in battery was dead. Also for your first competition, don't focus on speed. You need to focus on smooth movements. I understand that a lot of first timers DQ a lot.
thank you for the advice!! I thought I did better than what the score sheet said. I was down south (might have gotten the good old boy treatment..) I went with what I was trained and that was speed AND shot placement. When the overall scoresheet came out and I finished 32 out of 44 I was a bit let down. One of the high scorers was in my group running one of those heavily ninjafied 1911's with Red dot sight, huge ass charging handle, giant magwell and chambered in .38 super with a stick magazine holding about 30 rounds. I was running 1 10 round mag (the rest 8's) in a Nighthawk GRP recon. I scored alot of good hits, took my time to make sure I didnt screw anything up but my engagements could definitely be faster. Even still it was a damn good time. I really enjoyed it and will be doing it again.