No apology needed. I'm new to theses as well but it looked like the deck was stacked against you. The number of new shooters shooters on your squad, my observation has been .22s seem to have more malfunctions, usually there are minor delays when shooters are shooting multiple guns, sharing same guns, and rifles take a bit longer to get ready and back to safe and bagged. It is much like the shooting string itself, all the little things add up. Don't let it discourage you. Look at all of the places you can pick up 5-10 seconds in getting ready just like you look for a tenth or two when the buzzer goes off. You could tell you guys picked up the pace considerably after the first few stages.
