South Mississippi Practical Shooting

Weather was a factor again today, but in a good way. It was a great day to be outside enjoying our sport. Short sleeves were fine pretty much from the start, with sun and a light breeze to keep it very pleasant. It seemed that a lot of shooters noticed that and came out to have some fun in the woods. We had 21 shooters for 3-gun, which is a great turnout for us. At one time, we had 25 registered, but it is normal for 10-15% of those registered to not make it to the match. Today, those “excuses” included strep throat (acceptable…), had to go dove shooting in Mexico (jealous…), to well I just enjoyed the extra hour of sleep so much… (NOT acceptable!)

I was concerned that several of the stage designs would rub people the wrong way but based on the comments at the end of the match, they actually seemed to enjoy the challenge. OK, maybe a really tough memory stage in 3-gun isn’t a great idea, but it was different. And the unloaded start stage was “not normal” as well, but it, too, had some benefit. That benefit was a humbling lesson in loading your shotgun on the clock. Yes, it is slow if you don’t practice it a lot. So, I guess things worked out, as they always seem to. Good stages make you think and point out where you need more practice. If you came away thinking you need more practice, then I have done my job.

It’s starting to sound like a broken record when it comes time to award the trophies, so let’s just do it. Your winner today was your winner last month, and likely winner next month, Read more…