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November 2017 Poplarville 3-Gun match reminder
The weather should be great this weekend for the next installment of 3-gun in Poplarville. The match date is Sunday, November 5, 2017. Cost is only $10 for SMPSA club members and $15 for non-members. If you want to know what you should bring, check it out here. Sign up now!
October 2017 Biloxi (DSSA) pistol match “results”
The only one that made a worse call than us today was the weatherman. The forecast was for light rain by around 11 AM, so we made the decision to have have the match. Bad decision. Just about the time we got the last stage set up, the rain began. It didn’t really let up until we got everything torn down, right about the time it quit raining (for a while). By that time, there had been INCHES of rain in a couple of hours and water flowing out of the bays like rivers. Fourteen shooters were crazy enough to try to get the match in but we only managed to shoot one stage per each of the two squads, so there are no final results since no one shot both stages.
Many of the folks that did come out made the right decision to not shoot at all. Some got their match fees back. Those that didn’t but didn’t shoot will get a rain check for their next match. If you did try to shoot and only got one stage in, you will also get a rain check.
So, what did we accomplish today? Well, we wasted a bunch of targets. Even though we bagged all targets before the rain started, many still got wet and were trashed. We had hoped to get some practice in for the Gator next week, but that really didn’t happen, unless it rains there, too. We did have some quality BS time while we waited for the brief gaps in the rain bands talking about how great we were going to be in the Gator next weekend. So, it wasn’t a complete washout, but we just weren’t able to get a full match in. We tried oh so hard.
We’ll be back at it next month. Good luck to those shooting the Gator next week!
October 2017 Biloxi pistol match
Registration is open for the October pistol match of the Deep South Shooters Association in Biloxi. The match will be held on October 22nd at the Coast Rifle and Pistol Club, starting at 9 AM.
To register, click the big registration button below.
October 2017 Poplarville USPSA Pistol match **CANCELLED**
The match scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 8 in Poplarville has been cancelled, due to the impending hurricane. We’ll try again next month.
October 2017 Poplarville USPSA Pistol match reminder
The South Mississippi Practical Shooting Association will host the monthly USPSA Pistol match Sunday (October 8, 2017) at the range in Poplarville. The match will begin at 9 AM.
This is one of the last chances for real stage practice before the Gator Classic, so sign up now!
Online registration is available by clicking the giant button below. Please sign up if you plan on attending.
October 2017 Poplarville 3-Gun match results
The match director promised great weather in the match announcement this week, and Mother Nature delivered. While Friday and Saturday were sunny, hot and humid during setup, today was the complete opposite. The cloud cover provided relief from the direct sun and kept the temperature moderate. There was a nice breeze all morning that kept things cool for pretty much the entire match. This was our first match of fall and it pretty much felt like that (sort of). It made for a pleasant day.
The turnout was a bit light with 15 shooters making it out to the range and they were treated to four stages that weren’t overly long, tricky or hard to shoot, but they did test the shooting skills all around. Once again, we were reminded that those that can reload the shotgun fast ALWAYS do better. And it only took one stage to figure that out.
With his second 3-Gun match win in a row Read more…
October 2017 Poplarville 3-Gun match reminder
The weather should be great this weekend for the next installment of 3-gun in Poplarville. The match date is Sunday, October 1, 2017. If you have been shooting 3-Gun in Biloxi and are bummed out at the loss of that match, consider Poplarville as an alternative. It’s definitely NOT 3 Gun Nation, but instead, traditional 3-Gun action with more challenging and sometimes long range stages. It is not a physical challenge where you have to drag dummies across the field, but you will have to move. Stages times can range from 20 to 180 seconds. It just depends on the stage. We might shoot rifles out to 300 yards, but not always. We typically don’t require you to sling long guns, but do normally stage them in barrels. If you are unsure, then check out some of the videos on YouTube. Just search for “Poplarville 3-gun”.
Cost is only $10 for SMPSA club members and $15 for non-members. If you want to know what you should bring, check it out here. Sign up now!
September 2017 Biloxi (DSSA) pistol match results
Today was the first time DSSA (Deep South Shooters Association) shot a match in 12 years. That club used to call the Gulfport Police Department range home for many years, right up to Hurricane Katrina. Since then, it has been dormant, but was brought back to life today to begin competitions once again. Events led to the need for a new club at Biloxi and we decided to bring back a tradition that only a small handful of shooters remember. There were just three shooters at today’s match that had ever shot a match at Gulfport with the old DSSA, and of course it was some of the seniors who have been doing this for a long time. But the best news is we are back with a new, but same old, club. We will be shooting in Biloxi for the foreseeable future and are really excited about the opportunity to host the same high quality match you have been used to for so long.
Although we just decided to do this on this past Thursday, thanks to the power of social media we were able to get a decent crowd out for the first match. And in case you are wondering who the “we” is, you can thank Gerwin Henn, Gerald Forbes and Bill Jackson for stepping up when we needed it the most. The loss of the Biloxi match would have been a big blow to the South Mississippi shooting scene. With these guys efforts and the help of many others, we avoided that possibility. Please let these guys know if you enjoyed the match today.
We ended up with 36 shooters and shot 5 stages without a classifier. Technically, today’s match was sponsored by the Poplarville club (MS10), but starting next month it will be 100% DSSA (MS11). The mix of stages seemed to go over well with the participants, although there were more than a fair share of Mikes going around. The only shooter with a clean score card was the only PCC shooter (go figure). It seemed to be all about minimizing the Mike and NS damage while maxing out on time. There were opportunities for glory, right along side of total disaster.
OK, enough of the hype, let’s see who won. On top of the heap with the Overall win was Open shooter Read more…
September 2017 Biloxi pistol match (NEW CLUB!)
Registration is now open for the first match of the Deep South Shooters Association. This will be shot at the Coast Rifle and Pistol club, the former home of the BPSA matches. The new club will shoot at the same range with the same props, but be under new management. This will be a USPSA Level I match with five stages (no classifier this time). Yes, this is short notice, and No, this isn’t a resurrection of the cancelled MS Limited State Championship match. It will be the first match for the newest club in Mississippi.
The name, Deep South Shooters Association, may sound familiar to some of you, and with good reason. This was the name of the USPSA club that shot at the Gulfport Police Dept. range by the airport for many years. That club never resumed shooting after Hurricane Katrina, but will come back to life with the same name, but at a different range. Until that is formally completed with USPSA next month, the Poplarville club will be USPSA sponsor for this match. But it will still be shot in Biloxi. Starting next month, DSSA will be a USPSA affiliated club and be the sponsor and continue the tradition of great pistol matches in Biloxi at CRPC.
To register, click the big registration button below.
September 2017 Poplarville pistol match results
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 Read more…
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