South Mississippi Practical Shooting

MATCH ANNOUNCEMENT:
The 2017 Mississippi CQB Rifle Championship will be held August 27th, 2017 at Coast Rifle & Pistol Club near Biloxi, MS.

MATCH DETAILS:
The second annual Mississippi CQB Championship match will be five fast paced stages of all paper targets shot in an AM/PM format under 3GN Multigun Rules.

Divisions will be Unlimited Rifle, Unlimited PCC, and Unlimited Rimfire Rifle. There will be complimentary food available at lunch between sessions in the clubhouse. Awards ceremony and prize drawings at the conclusion of the match in the clubhouse.

Stages will be in the pistol bays, with no target over 25 yards. There will be no mandatory reloads, and stages will not require more than 30 rounds, so minimal gear is needed to compete.

Just show up with a rifle, a 30 or 40 round magazine, ammo, and of course eye and ear protection and you will be good to go. Recommend 150 rounds, bring more if you plan on missing. Chamber flags required.

Range Master: Clayton Welch
Match Director: Steven Mosher

PRIZE GIVEAWAY:
One Palmetto State Armory AR15 and one Palmetto State Armory 9mm PCC will be given away by random draw at the award ceremony. Need not be present to win.

PLAQUE RECOGNITION:
State Champion in each division, open to MS residents.
1st-3rd place overall in each division, open to everyone.
High Lady, High Senior, High Super Senior, and High Junior in each division.

ELIGIBILITY:
Registration will open at 7pm on May 16th on Practiscore at the following link:
https://practiscore.com/2017-mississippi-cqb-rifle-championship/register
Limited to first 120 entries. Any registration after that will go to the waitlist.

MATCH FEE: $40
Once registered and approved you will be sent squadding and payment info. You have 14 days from registering to pay or you will be removed from the match. Refunds will be given up to 30 days prior to the match.

STAFF PACKAGE:
We are in need of 30 staff members to run the match, 15 per session. Three staff members will be assigned per squad. Staff will shoot FREE. If you would like to volunteer as staff, check the desired boxes indicating so on the registration form. Please note, not all applications may be accepted once we have 30 staff positions filled. You will receive email confirming if you have been selected as staff.

We are also in need of setup crew members to setup the match. The match will be completely setup the evening before. Setup crew will shoot FREE. If you would like to volunteer as setup crew, check the box indicating so on the registration form. Please note, not all applications may be accepted once we have all setup crew positions filled.You will receive email confirming if you have been selected as setup crew.

SQUAD SCHEDULE:
We will be running an AM and PM schedule.
AM schedule shoots from 9am-12:30pm
PM schedule shoots from 1pm-4:30pm.
Award ceremony at 5pm.

You are allowed to shoot twice, as long as you shoot in a different division, and you will be entered twice to win the prizes. (ie. PCC in AM and Rifle in PM)
***If you shoot twice, it must be separate schedules, AM and PM. No shooting twice in same schedule.*** If you plan on shooting twice, sign up twice, pay twice.

See you at the match!

The 2017 Mississippi Single Stack and Revolver Championship is in the books, and it was a great one.

First and foremost I want to thank the folks that made it possible.

Setup crew George Miller, Lee Frasier, Steve Tannetta, Bill Jackson, Calvin Lindsay, Harrell Balius, and Dwaine Balius. Without these guys this match doesn’t happen.

RO and match staff, Mike Morgan, Brian Dolly, Mike Ramos, Lee Frasier, Gary Kerr, Harrell Balius, Dwaine Balius, Bryant Willett, Ed Chancery, Thomas Heard, Lloyd Marine, Robbie Foil, Gerwin Henn, Roger Henn, David Pape, Chris Davis, Gerald Forbes, and Bill Jackson.

These events are certainly not one man shows, and are the product of an incredible amount of teamwork from the guys above, and other guys who step up at other matches.

Now on the action.

We had 77 shooters registered, but with pending nasty weather in the forecast, we only had 56 actually turn out.

They were rewarded with much better weather than expected, and thanks to efficient squads and implementing the foul weather protocol, we were able to wrap up by 2pm and got done before the bottom fell out and was lucky enough to miss the rain.

It must be all that good karma we’ve built up the past year. 🙂

Stage 1, Quick Six, was a 6 round speed course featuring all poppers shot from behind a barricade. Christopher DiMenna was the man her, with a 5.45 second run in Single Stack, and Mike Settle lead all the shell guns with a 5.83 second run.

Stage 2, Survival, was a 12 shot short course with a mandatory reload. Gerwin Henn lead the pack here with his command of gun handling fundamentals and 55 plus years of wisdom, and a time of 7.87. Dale Craig took the stage win in Revolver with an 11.78 run.

Stage 3, A Little Left, wasa 14 round medium course with a mix of paper and steel. Gerwin Henn lead the bottom feeders with a 9.86 run, with the hot and cold Nick Saucier right on his tail with a 10.05 run. Robert Settle lead the pack in Revolver with a 12.85.

Stage 4, A Little Right, was a 16 round medium course that featured four full size colt poppers. Gerwin Henn established a then here with another stage win at 9.47 seconds. Same with Robert Settle and his 12.03 second run in Revolver.

Stage 5, With Mushrooms, was a 20 round long course that featured forward movement and a mix of paper and four small poppers. Gerwin Henn again showed that Limited skills transfer well to single stack with another stage win, and Mike Settle picked up where his dad left off the previous two stages taking one for himself with a 20 second run.

Stage 6, No Sausage, was a 20 round long course that featured backwards movement, and Roger Henn made it a family tradition with his quick feet taking him to a stage win at 13.90 seconds, while in revolver Robert Settle showed that father knows best with a run of 16.48.

Stage 7, Back Pedal, was a 12 round short course featuring backward movement and two very tight shots on mini poppers. This stage was last shot at the 2016 European Open, and on this day, Christopher DiMenna took the stage with a 5.0847 hit factor, just swirling ahead of Steven Tannetta at 99.79% with a 5.0738 hit factor. Mike Settle took the stage in Revolver with a 4.3732 hit factor. ‘Merica.

Stage 8, Gas Pedal, was a 17 round medium course that require three hits per target. Gerwin Henn laid down a 10.47 second run for the stage win in Single Stack, and Elliot Aysen outpaced the Revolver field with a 13.84 second run.

Stage 9, Surrounded, was the biggest course of the day, a 26 round long course. William Moore put his name in lights on this one with a 19.72 second run, and Robert Settle took the stage in Revolver with a 23.68 second run.

Stage 10, Stomp City, was a 6 round speed course featuring two poppers and a swinger. Roger Henn was quick in the trigger here with a smoking 3.75 second run. In the wheelgun division, Elliot Aysen smoked the stage with a 4.74 run.

When the dust settled and the final results were tallied up, the winners were as follows:

SINGLE STACK:
1st Place -Gerwin Henn
2nd Place – Christopher DiMenna
3rd Place – William Moore
MS State Champion – Gerwin Henn
1st A – Gerwin Henn
1st B – Scott Jacob
2nd B – Brian Dolly
3rd B – Russ Smith
1st C – Julio Salado
2nd C – Nick Saucier
3rd C – Jody Jodoin
High Super Senior – DeWayne Gainous
High Senior – Gerwin Henn
High Junior – Blayne Dupuy

REVOLVER:
1st Place – Robert Settle
2nd Place – Dale Craig
3rd Place – Elliot Aysen
MS State Champion – Steven Mosher
1st A – Robert Settle
1st B – Dale Craig
High Super Senior – Robert Settle
High Senior – Elliot Aysen
High Lady – Annette Aysen

MATCH MVP:
Rangemaster Bill Jackson, who went 2 for 4 in calibration challenges.

Full results can be found on Practiscore and USPSA at the links below:
https://practiscore.com/results/new/35092
and
https://www.uspsa.org/uspsa-display-match-results-detail.php?indx=20989

We want to thank all the shooters who came our and supported us and shot. Everyone did an amazing job shooting and pitching in with pasting and tear down. It was an awesome team effort . We certainly hope you enjoyed it as much as we did running it.

See you at the next match!

MATCH PREVIEW:
The 2017 Mississippi Single Stack and Revolver State Championship takes place this Sunday, April 30th, at Coast rifle and Pistol Club near Biloxi, MS. This is a USPSA sanctioned, level 2 State/Section championship event. Over 75 of the best wheel gunners and 1911 aficionados from around the state and region will come out Sunday to test their skills on ten challenging stages that will be sure to test a variety of skills. The match is full, but spectators are more than welcome. The action will run all day.

Single Stack will feature an impressive turnout of 56 shooters. The competition here appears to be wide open, as none of the competitors are classed higher than A, with 26 of them being unclassified in single stack. The early favorite for State Champion appears to be Russ Smith, a frequent SS shooter and consistent performer at big matches,, but he could get pushed real hard from a set of unclassified guys crossing over into this division just for the match, namely Gerwin and Roger Henn, the father son duo more frequently found stalking the hi-cap divisions of Open and Limited. In addition to those early favorites, don’t count out darkhorse Jamie Humphrey or Nick Saucier. If either of them put together a solid match they are within striking distance. The picture for the overall division title gets just a bit murkier, with those guys mentioned above, as well as out of staters Chris DiMenna and William Moore thrown into the mix.

For revolver division, even with 21 revolver shooters signed up, the picture looks a little clearer at the top. The first and one of only like two or three guys to achieve GM in every division in the sport chose the wheel gun for this one, and Johnny Brister is the early favorite unless he takes a wrong turn on the way down and ends up in Albuquerque. Gerald Benton is the next man up and could be a darkhorse if Brister stumbles. For the overall division title, the competition gets a lot thicker as heavy hitters in revolver from the state next door make their way over. Elliot Aysen is the favorite to take the overall match, with Bill and Jonathan Durocher, and Gary Thibodaux are all set to square off for the coveted podium finish.

It promises to be a fun and exciting match, and we look forward to seeing how it all shakes out!

See you at the match!

Well, it’s official.  The Brothers N Arms USPSA Club has a full year under it’s belt.  I for one, feel privileged to be a part of both this organization and of USPSA.  The knowledge, skill, and friendships gained is irreplaceable.  Thanks to everyone that has helped make it happen – Cliff Gaddis, Greg Hammer, Jamie Humphrey, the Green Family and Brothers N Arms – but most of all, thanks to you, the shooters. You have helped us setup and tear down, but most of all, you showed up!  Without that, nothing else matters!!

Even with the Area 6 event underway, 44 folks turned out today to shoot 7 Read more…

MATCH ANNOUNCEMENT:
The BPSA April 2017 USPSA Pistol Match will be held April 23rd, 2017 at Coast Rifle & Pistol Club near Biloxi, MS.

MATCH FEE:
$15 CRPC Members
$20 non-CRPC members
Juniors shoot FREE.
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.

Stages -> BPSA_Apr2017

Regiater at -> https://practiscore.com/bpsa-april-2017-uspsa/register
See you at the match!