South Mississippi Practical Shooting

It was a far cry from last month, when rain disturbed the bays ahead of time and threatened to wash the match away all morning. Today was a pleasant, if not unseasonably warm, South Mississippi WINTER day. With no threat of rain, the stage designers cut loose this month and turned it up to 11 (or whatever the shooting equivalent of 11 is). With only three stages to contend with, it made for a challenging but manageable day from a time standpoint. For just the second match for the Gulf Coast 3 Gun club, things are looking pretty good. There are still a few details to work on, but they’ll get there.

The match offered a plethora of different divisions to entice virtually any shooter and the stage difficulty was just about right. The distances stepped out considerably from the first match (last month) and required some rifle shots out to 80 yards or greater with the hindrance of a barricade with small shooting ports to just make it not too easy. There were required reloads that managed to trip up more than a few shooters, and dirt colored steel targets for the shotgun that blended in with the terrain. Such is the life of a 3-gun shooter…

When the smoke cleared, there were a few clear winners. Read more…

I’ll have to look back to make sure, but I do believe we set an attendance record at yesterday’s match!  At one point, we had 78 shooters registered.  Once hammers fell at 9:00, we had 66 competitors take to the field on what turned out to one of the nicest days we have had around here in awhile.  While the classifier, Take Your Choice, appeared quite simple and straightforward, the combination of a barricade and a reload proved to be more challenging than many expected.  Five squads worked their way through the other five challenging stages designed and built by our very own Justin Green, one of the owners of the Brothers N Arms Range.  Thanks for the great work, Justin, I’ve had a lot of positive comments!

We had a great turn out from new shooters and were very pleased to have them.  One reminder, though.  If you were a new shooter and did not have your USPSA member number in time for the match yesterday, you will need to send it to me once you do have it.  I can then re-submit the scores to USPSA so that yesterday’s classifier will count towards your classification.

At the end of the day one shooter stood above the rest both overall and in the Open division. Read more…

It’s official. The news we have all been waiting for is out. The Mississippi Classic is back for 2018! Check out the official announcement on the Brian Enos forum here.

The only thing that has been announced is the date (May 18-20) and the major match sponsors (Limcat and Precision Delta). More information will be announced as details are finalized. Mark your calendars now!