South Mississippi Practical Shooting

Summer may not be officially over, but it sure seemed that way today. The weather was downright pleasant and was not a factor at all. We tried something a bit new with the stages and it seemed to work out well. We shot 7 stages that ranged from 12 to 26 rounds. There were no big monster stages with super high round counts and two digit hit factors, but with three squads (32 shooters), things moved along well. None of the squads had to wait for the squad ahead of them, ever. The first squad finished all 7 stages slightly before Noon, and the last squad was done only about 15-20 minutes after that. Heck, the range was cleaned up and completely vacant by 1 PM. And everyone seemed to enjoy the mix of stages.

Since the Mississippi State Limited Championship match is just two weeks away, there were a lot of regular non-Limited shooters shooting in Limited for the practice. And because of this reason, there were more in Limited than all other divisions combined. When the numbers were tabulated, it was a Limited shooter standing at the top of the podium. Congratulations to Gerwin Henn for the convincing win, with his margin of 8.5% over second place. He had 3 stage wins and nothing worse than 4th overall. Interestingly, only one shooter managed to shoot the match clean, but it wasn’t Gerwin. First place in Open and second overall went to George Hemstad.  Gerald Benton took first in PCC, while Roger Follette won Carry Optics. Mike Grimes took the Production top spot to round out the field.

Thanks again to everyone who came out today and especially for the help in getting everything picked up and stowed away. If you liked the stages today, let me know. And if you didn’t, then also let me know. Good luck to everyone shooting in the MS State Limited Championship.

For the complete match results, click the score computer at the right.