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March Pearlington match reminder
On Sunday, March 16, 2014, the Mississippi Gulf Coast Practical Shooters will hold its annual Classifier match. We will shoot six classifiers instead of the usual four stages and one classifier. If you are new to USPSA and classified yet or just want to get classified in another division, this is a way to get there. You need six classifier scores to get classified by USPSA and you can get all of them in one match. Since classifiers are usually quicker to shoot as compared to normal stages, the match should not take as long as normal.
However, the weather is threatening to cancel the match. As of now, the match is still on, but check back here before coming out tomorrow to see if there has been a change of plans. We will have the final decision posted by 7 AM on Sunday.
For those interested, the classifiers being shot are:
- 03-02 – Six Chickens
- 99-11 – El Presidente
- 99-14 – Eye of the Tiger
- 99-23 – Front Sight
- 99-62 – Bang and Clang
- 13-01 – Disaster Factor
If you would like to see these stages, go to http://www.uspsa.org/uspsa-classifier-list.php where you can preview the stages to be shot and get your game plan made.
March 2014 Poplarville pistol match results
It seemed like everyone remembered to set their clock forward, because we got started on time, and there were no late arrivals. We finished by Noon even though we had 5 stages and 21 shooters. Three balanced squads managed to keep moving and got it done. We had great help from all the shooters for both setup and tear down. Your match staff really appreciates that.
So far this year, we have averaged 21 shooters for the first three months. This is ahead of last year’s pace by three, on average, so things are starting out good. As a reminder, club memberships renew in April so next month will be the time when we look to you to rejoin (or join) to support our activities. Your dues help defray the cost of the lease and insurance and also go towards new props.
We had a good match today, although the top spot wasn’t really in doubt. Our match winner was…
March 2014 Poplarville 3-Gun match results
Today was the day of the new shooter. We had 13 shooters for the match, and four great stages. However, for Poplarville, five of these shooters were new to our match. That’s what we like, with new people finding out our secret in the woods, but unfortunately, our regular turnout was a bit light. We’ll take 13, but we would prefer more. Anyway, the weather cooperated and we had no issues there. The stages were very challenging today, with multiple penalties on two stages. In fact, on stage 2 and 4, there were only 2 shooters on each who shot them clean. That’s pretty telling.
After the math was done, there, of course, was a winner. For the past 3 months, Joe Jones had ruled the roost, but today, he could only managed a second. Returning to the top was… Read more…
February 2014 Pearlington pistol match results
Another match in the books for Pearlington, but, alas, your fearless reporter was overseas for work and couldn’t make it. The results are a bit stale by now, but that doesn’t detract from those that won. The overall match winner was a new face in the top slot in Pearlington. Read more…
February 2014 Poplarville pistol match results
We seem to be on a roll. Once again, the weather not only cooperated, it was downright pleasant. The range and road were in good shape, we broke in some new props today, and we had a good turnout, with 20 shooters in all six recognized divisions of USPSA.
When the scores were finally tallied, normalcy had returned to the Poplarville shooting world. Our match winner was… Read more…
February 2014 Poplarville 3-Gun match results
It wasn’t a washout, but we didn’t make it out without getting wet either. Shortly after the match began, we started experiencing intermittent showers. They continued for the entire match and managed to dampen a few shooters, a few bags, a few guns and lots of paper targets. Eventually, the pasters just wouldn’t stick and any close shot would expose numerous extra holes. But the group persevered and we got the entire match in.
We had another four really challenging stages today and more than our share of penalty points all around. It took a clean match to win today, and only one shooter managed to do that. Congratulations go to our overall winner… Read more…
January 2014 Pearlington pistol match results
Well, lets call that a trifecta. Last weekend, Biloxi and Poplarville had perfect weather, and today in Pearlington, it was also perfect weather. I guess that is payback after December rain washed out two of the three matches and drizzled on the third overnight and made the going sloppy. Not today, though. You couldn’t ask for better. That prompted 42 shooters to come out for another round of stimulating stages and camaraderie with some of the nicest people on the coast. It seemed to be a really great match today with lots of comments about it.
The results show that the match winner wasn’t really challenged for the top stop. None of the division matches were close either. All winners had a margin of at least 4% and most were bigger. Congratulations are in order for match winner.. Read more…
January 2014 Poplarville pistol match results
The new year started out with a weekend of great weather. First, Biloxi had (barely) really nice weather on Saturday, although the pre-match rain made it sloppy footing. Today, the Poplarville crew experienced Chamber of Commerce weather. Although it was a crisp 34 degrees at 6:45 AM when the first of the setup crew arrived, by 9 AM, it had warmed considerably to around 55 degrees. The entire day was great with mild temperatures, no wind and low humidity. What more could you want?
Well for some, they wanted more consistency. Out of 22 shooters, an Open shooter finished on top. Read more…
January 2014 Poplarville 3-Gun match results
The new year brought a new result for 3-gun. After a sad turnout in December, we had a nice little match today, despite missing two of our stage design teams. We hosted 10 shooters on a really nice weather day to shoot 4 stages of 3-gun fun in the woods of South Mississippi. With the weather threatening to be cold and wet, neither of those environmental factors appeared and we shot in comfort temperatures and overcast skies. Thanks to significant setup on Saturday afternoon, we were done with the stage construction at 8:20 AM today and were able to finish shooting by 11:55 AM. Yes, we actually finished BEFORE Noon!
The stages might have been a tad simpler than usual, but that didn’t stop a few misses here and there. It wasn’t the total disaster factor as we saw in recent matches, but the challenges still caused everyone to push themselves to the limit. There were no really long rifle shots, but you still needed the ability to hit an auto-popper if you wanted to score. One stage proved the old adage that you can unload a shotgun a whole lot faster than you can load it. Squeezing the trigger only 20 time didn’t take very long but shoving those colorful little tubes of lead and powder into a bigger tube sure did. That stage humbled more than a few shooters.
Eventually, you have to have a winner, and today it was… Read more…
2014 MS Classic now accepting applications **UPDATE**
As of 12:34 AM on January 7, 2014, the Classic is listed as FULL! Read more…
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