This is a good time as any to revive this thread, we'll be seeing lots more little triumphs in a couple months :)
I've been practicing out of my long-range comfort zone, and it's been paying tremendous dividends. I picked up the .52 Gal, something I previously considered too slow and inaccurate for me, and I've been wrecking with it. Last night I went 18-18 in Rainmaker; Not the most impressive score, but consider that my teammates died between 0 and 3 times, I was tanking for them and BOY did that feel great :D