South Mississippi Practical Shooting

Having received a few questions about the weather, I thought I would let everyone know that tomorrow’s match is still on.   Should we get heavy weather overnight or if the forecast for tomorrow morning should change for the worse, we will do our best to send out a notification via this blog by 6:00 am tomorrow morning.  The range has received no rain to speak of and is in great shape.  In the event that it does rain after the match has started, we will shoot as long as pasters will stick to the targets and as long as it is safe.  Like the man said, scared money don’t win! See ya’ll in the morning.

If you are a current member of the Brothers N Arms USPSA Chapter, your membership will be up for renewal next month.  If you’re not a member of the chapter, this is your chance to become one for the next 12 months.  Paying a $25 annual membership fee will reduce your match fee from $20 to $15.  If you’re going to shoot this match more than 5 times over the next year, it’s a no-brainer – just bring a total of $40 to next month’s match, $25 to join or renew and $15 for the match fee.  See you at the match!

Registration is open for the August USPSA Pistol Match at the Brothers N Arms Range in Hattiesburg  this Saturday, August 18th. This month’s will be a “Special All Classifier” match where we plan to have six classifier stages.  This will give new shooters a chance to get a classification all in one day.  If you’re an experienced shooter looking to get a classification in a new division or to move up in your current division, this is a great chance to do so without having to shoot six matches.

Primary setup will take place this Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.  If you are available to help, please reach out to Justin Greene with Brothers N Arms for details.  Final setup starts at 7:00 am Saturday morning and all hands are welcome to help speed up the process.  Registration/check-in ends at 8:30 am.  No walk-ons after 8:30, no exceptions.  There will be a new shooters meeting at 8:30 and a mandatory safety meeting at 8:45. The match starts promptly at 9:00 am.

Payment will be due upon arrival.  If you are a member of the Brothers N Arms USPSA Chapter, $15 will be due.  Otherwise, the entry fee is $20.  To register, just click here.

Well, we finally caught a break with the weather!  The rain we received earlier in the week was not enough to ruin the range conditions and, while it was still a hot day, overcast skies and a decent breeze kept it very bearable.  We had 40 shooters in attendance to shoot five fast-paced stages, including a deceptively difficult classifier that seemed to give a lot of folks trouble (including me!).  Thanks to all of the outstanding help with setup and teardown, most everyone was finished up before noon.  We can’t tell you how much your efforts are appreciated!

Today’s “burn ’em down” type stages definitely favored the Open shooters, with the top four spots going to that division.  At the end of the day, however, there was one very clear winner. Read more…

Registration is open for the July USPSA Pistol Match at the Brothers N Arms Range in Hattiesburg  this Saturday, July 21st. This month’s event will have at least 5 stages, including  a classifier.

Primary setup will take place this Thursday afternoon.  If you are available to help, please reach out to Justin Greene with Brothers N Arms for details.  Final setup starts at 7:00 am Saturday morning and all hands are welcome to help speed up the process.  Registration/check-in ends at 8:30 am.  No walk-ons after 8:30, no exceptions.  There will be a new shooters meeting at 8:30 and a mandatory safety meeting at 8:45. The match starts promptly at 9:00 am.

Payment will be due upon arrival.  If you are a member of the Brothers N Arms USPSA Chapter, $15 will be due.  Otherwise, the entry fee is $20.  To register, just click here.

Well, we finally got June’s match in the books.  Thirty-three heat-resistant competitors came out for a great match while simultaneously enjoying the benefits of a natural sauna, courtesy of June in South Mississippi.  Once again, Justin Green came through with great stages that challenged and pleased everyone.  We had outstanding help in set up, but especially with take down.  Many of you took down not just your last stage, but stayed to help with the others as well.  Outstanding!  On to the match results. Read more…

I’ve had a couple of folks inquire about the weather and if the match was still scheduled or not.  It is on, folks.  The forecast is improving (for whatever that’s worth), the stages are set, my gun is clean, and mags are loaded.  We’re good to go, bud, good to go.

If we should get a gully washer, chunk floater, toad strangler type of event during the night, I will update the blog before 6 am as to our intentions. Other than that, ya’ll come on out, ya hear now!