South Mississippi Practical Shooting

We had a great turnout for 3-gun today, with 22 shooters making it out for the match. The weather was perfect and the competition was stout. We had 4 stages, each won by four different people, with even second place being four separate people.

Stage 1 was the long range stage, 2 strings of statice steel at 100 yards, one being weak shoulder, and then a third string with Pistol at a popper at 25-35 yards. Steven Mosher set the pace here with a time of 35.02, and Richard Padgett was right behind him with an impressive raw time of 40.19 with no scope magnification!

Stage 2 was a 25 round short course that gave competitors the option to shoot their choice of any two guns. Joe Jones made the winning selection turning in a blazing time of 15.64, with David Martian right on his heels with a time of 16.09.

Stage 3 required all three guns, engaging 25 yard paper with rifle, a steel array with shotgun, and then the Texas star with the pistol. It gave a few different options on how to run it, with the biggest question being shooting on the move between stations or posting up and then moving. Kevin Leonhardt came out on top on this stage with a smoking time of 23.80, followed closely behind by both Richard Padgett and Jeret Howard at 24 seconds.

The 4th stage was a long field course that required rifle and shotgun and covered the length of the bay in movement. You really had to have your track shoes on for this one, as well as be able to reload the shotgun efficiently as it required a minimum of 10 shots at steel. Ivan Deroche ran away with this stage and the overall match here with a time of 27.62, with Jeret Howard being the next closest at 31.64. No one else was within 7 seconds of Ivan on this stage, and that helped propel him to the overall win.

Overall Winner: Ivan Deroche
Tactical Division: Ivan Deroche
Limited Division: Jeret Howard
Open Division: Steve White

Full results: https://practiscore.com/results/html/ff090c5f-45d3-4092-822c-2bfb6fc8e7ca

Want to thank everyone who came out and shot, helped run timers and nooks and pasted and helped tear down. It really is a team effort.

Especially want to thank those who helped setup, without whom the match wouldn’t be possible.

See you at the next match!

We had 65 competitors come out today for the BPSA September 2016 USPSA match, and we hope everyone enjoyed the match and appreciate all of you coming out and participating.

Aside from just big numbers turning out to shoot our matches lately, it’s also the quality of folks coming out recently that really make the match special.

Now on to the action:

Stage 1 was a classifier stage, Riverdale Standards. It was a three string standards stage that test strong and weak hand shooting and required one shot per paper. Chris Plaisance made easy work of this stage with his CZ Scorpion, hitting all Alphas in 17.30 for the overall stage win with a 5.7803 hit factor. Roger Henn was not far behind in Open division with a slightly faster time but dropping more points to finish with a 5.4589 hit factor.

Stage 2 was a 28 round field course with 4 walls and targets scattered around that presented some tough leans and a few tight shots. We saw this stage run a variety of different ways, and there was no clear consensus on how it should be done. When the dust settles, however, it was pretty clear that Corey Yates was doing some things on this stage the rest of us haven’t learned yet as he ran away with the overall stage win by over 22%. It wasn’t even close.

Stage 3 consisted of only six targets, which you had to shoot six times. It’s no surprise that the guys with the quick trigger fingers would rise to the top on this stage, and that’s exactly what father/son duo Robert and Jonathan Jones did here, as they put up the 1st and 2nd fastest times and finished the stage 2nd and 3rd as they were just edged out on points by Corey Yates who took yet another stage win.

Stage 4 was an “N” shaped field course that had some retreating movement, and a mix of steel and tight shots. Corey Yates took home the overall stage win here as well, followed closely by Steven Mosher and Jonathan Jones.

Stage 5 was a 31 round long course. Very long course, in that in involved forward movement of nearly the entire 40 yard bay. The guys who wore their running shoes today fared better on this one, and while it was again won by Corey Yates, he was followed closely by Roger Henn and Bill Mahley.

Overall Results:

Open: Corey Yates
Limited: Steven Mosher
Production: Ken Cornwell
Carry Optics: Bryant Willett
PCC: Bill Mahley
Revolver: Gerald Benton
Single Stack: Lloyd Marine

Full results can be viewed here:
https://practiscore.com/results/html/4c9d80ce-32c3-413e-853a-37e59169b2a5

Springfield XD winner: Dustin Stevens

We’d also like to thank everyone that helped setup the match, for without you none of it would be possible. Lee Frasier, Gerwin Henn, Roger Henn, Gerald Forbes, Chris Davis, Sandi Davis, Nick Jamerson, and Aaron Fitzgerald. If you see these guys give them a big high five!

Big thanks to everyone who came out and shot the match, ran timers, scored nooks, pasted targets, and helped tear down. It really is a team effort.

We’re also extremely thankful to our host range CRPC, for sponsoring all active duty and retired law enforcement to shoot all BPSA events free though 2016!

See you at the next match!

#RaisingTheBar

MATCH ANNOUNCEMENT:

The BPSA September 2016 USPSA Pistol Match will be held September 25th, 2016 at Coast Rifle & Pistol Club near Biloxi, MS.

PRIZE GIVEAWAY:
One Springfield XD 9mm (MSRP $508) by random draw at the shooters meeting, courtesy of Springfield Armory.

ELIGIBILITY:
Open to everyone.

MATCH FEE:
$10 Juniors
$15 CRPC Members
$20 non-CRPC members

Payment will be accepted at registration.
SCHEDULE:
Registration opens at 8:15am. Shooter meeting at 8:45am. Shooting starts at 9AM sharp.
MATCH DETAILS:
The match is a USPSA handgun match with 5 stages, including a classifier.  Gate code is 4500.

STAGES:

STAGES CLICK HERE
REGISTRATION:
https://practiscore.com/bpsa-september-2016-uspsa/register

UPDATE:  Match is cancelled due to rain.

The BPSA monthly 3-gun match will be Saturday, September 17th at 9am.

Pre-registration is up at the following link:

https://practiscore.com/bpsa-september-2016-3-gun/register

Please pre-register if possible, as it allows the match to run much smoother at signup.

Also, please read the pre-registration page for details on the divisions.

We will be using four divisions: Open, Tactical, Limited, and Heavy.

we will be using Time plus points scoring.

Setup will start at 7am, and anyone that helps setup shoots free.

Gate code is 7000.

Stages below:

STAGES