It was a tough run in 114 degree weather. Glad it was only 5 miles, and low humidity. I thought the Pawnee summer 10K was a little harder run... mainly because of the humidity, but also with it being a longer trail. Not much harder though. Long story short, I didn't fare very well. I knew I was going to be slower than most on the rifle stuff, running a bolt gun with 5 round stripper clips, but I was counting on smoking the pistol stuff... yeah, that didn't happen. Both of the 33-round happy sticks I carried for the Glock came out under the low-crawl obstacle on stage 2, and got a bunch of dirt in them. I tried to use one on the first pistol stage, and the gun started stovepiping every round, despite immediately switching to a 19 round mag that didn't go in the dirt. I field stripped it on the way to the next stage and tried to wipe it down the best I could with my neck rag, and only used the clean mag in it... after that it only stovepiped every other round or so. Well, I didn't DQ anything, but my pistol malfs and resulting poor shooting times kept me from taking the bolt gun trophy. I think I'd have had it if I didn't drop those mags in the dirt. Oh well, lesson learned -- caliche sand is a good malfunction inducer, and pistol tacos are good for standard capacity mags but don't hold the 33 rounders very well. I will look for a new carrying method if I use those again. Learning stuff about your gear is why we do Run 'n Gun. Also having to clear malfunctions under stress is good practice!
If you like the Tacos well enough to keep using them, they DO make an extended version for subgun mags. I bet your 33s will fit fine in those.
Good lookin' out on the extended pistol tacos. I'll look into getting a couple.
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