South Mississippi Practical Shooting

The South Mississippi Practical Shooting Association will host the monthly USPSA Pistol match Sunday (April 9, 2017) at the range in Poplarville. The match will begin at 9 AM.

This month is membership renewal. For just $25, you get a $5 discount on all matches (pistol and 3-gun) and access to the range for one year. So, bring $40, shoot the match and join the club!

Online registration is available by clicking the giant button below. Please sign up if you plan on attending.

As late as Friday night at 8:30 PM, there were only 4 shooters registered for the match and it was looking a bit bleak. However, the word must have gotten out because we ended up with 18 at match time. We can certainly live with that.

The weather threatened but never actually materialized. The four stages really challenged everyone today, with only one shooter going clean for the match. They were hard, but fair, and begged you to go a little too fast, and many did. There was also an overabundance of head shots with the rifle, and this caused problems, too. However, the pace moved along well, and there wasn’t too much waiting. The gully was in play once again, and vexed many shooters with a tough slug shot at a tiny steel plate.

The match winner didn’t actually win any stages, but his consistency and lack of a “death stage” rewarded him with the victory. Congratulations go to  Read more…