South Mississippi Practical Shooting

The Brothers N Arms USPSA Club will be officially one year old this Saturday.  Thanks to you, the shooters, we have had a wonderful first year and our heartfelt thanks go out to you!  Thanks goes out to the people at the Brothers N Arms range as well.  From the admin support, to the storage facilities to the six, full size, dedicated, USPSA bays, we wouldn’t be here without the Green family and their support!!  All of that being said….

Registration is open for the April 2017 USPSA Pistol Match at the Brothers N Arms Range in Hattiesburg. This month’s event will have at least 5 stages, including  a classifier.

Setup starts at 7:00 am and 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.

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

We had 27 folks come out and enjoy perfect weather to shoot the April 3-gun match. Three of the four course offered shooter’s choice of guns, and all of them were of the quick and fast paced variety.

Stage 1, Swing for the Stars, featured both a star and a swinger at around 15 yards. Ronald Hilton took the stage win in rimfire rifle at 13.65. For the multigun era having to transition between two guns, Bill Jackson set the pace here with 13.70 and Jerry Howard was hot on his tail at 14.07.

Stage 2, Stay Low, required the 3-gunners to go prone and shoot under a table and wall, but the rimfire guys were able to escape that fate. Ronald Hilton again paced rimfire with 11.25 and Ken Hablitzel was right behind him at 12.05. In 3gun, Clayton Daigle smoked this one in 13.81 with Trevor Lee not far behind at 14.26.

Stage 3, Movement, required a lot of just that, movement. Ronald Hilton kept the stage streak alive with a 13.99, while Jeret Howard set the pace among 3gunners with a 14.75 run.

Stage 4, Ms. Go, required use of all three guns and really rewarded you if you could shoot on the move. The ten shotgun targets required the capacity restricted divisions to work in a quick reload of transition to the pistol to clean it up. Steven Mosher set the bar on this stage with a run of 24.36. Steve Lashinsky was next with a run of 27.26 and in rimfire Ken Hablitzel broke the Hilton streak with a run of 32 seconds.

When the dust settled, Ronald Hilton came out on top on rimfire, Steven Mosher took Tactical, Jeret Howard reclaimed the belt in Limited, and Lee Frasier won Open.

Full results can be found at:

https://practiscore.com/results/new/34605

Appreciate everyone who came out to shoot the match, those who setup, ran nooks and timers, and those who helped tear down.

It truly is a team effort, and it wouldn’t be possible without it.

See you at the next match!

MATCH ANNOUNCEMENT:
The BPSA April 2017 3-Gun Match will be held April 15th, 2017 at Coast Rifle & Pistol Club near Biloxi, MS.
MATCH DETAILS:
The match is four stages of USPSA 3-gun using Time Plus with Points scoring.
*We will not be using the long range rifle match this match due to a range function. We will use the shotgun bay instead*

Stages: BPSA_3gun_Apr2017
We are also offering our new Rimfire Rifle only division, which is a great place for beginners or juniors to get exposure to 3-gun without needing all the gear, or anyone looking to put some rounds through their Rimfire gun instead of bringing out all three.
REGISTRATION:
https://practiscore.com/bpsa-april-2017-3-gun/register
MATCH FEE:
$10 CRPC Members
$15 non-CRPC members
Juniors and setup crew shoot free.
Payment will be accepted at registration.
SCHEDULE:
Setup starts at 7am. Registration opens at 8:30am. Shooter meeting at 8:45am. Shooting starts at 9AM.
Gate code is 7000
DIVISIONS:
Open – anything goes. Optics or compensator on pistol. Two optics on rifle. No restriction on shotgun capacity.
Tactical – AR with magnification optic. Shotgun limited to 8+1 rounds at start. No optic or comp on pistol.
Limited – AR with no magnification (ie. 1x red dot or irons). Everything else same as tactical.
Heavy – Rifle .308 caliber, Pistol 40s&w or bigger. Shotgun 12ga.
Rimfire Rifle – 22LR rifle only. No pistol or shotgun.
See you at the match!

MATCH ANNOUNCEMENT:
The 2017 CK Arms Mississippi Open State Championship will be held July 23rd, 2017 at Coast Rifle & Pistol Club near Biloxi, MS. This is a USPSA sanctioned, level 2 Sectional championship match.

MATCH DETAILS:
The match will be 10 stages in a one day format. There will be a lunch break with complimentary food provided. Division will be Open only.

RANDOM PRIZE GIVEAWAY:
One CK Arms open gun (MSRP $4,000) courtesy of match title sponsor CK Arms to be given away by random draw at the awards ceremony.

PLAQUE RECOGNITION:
State Champion, open to MS residents.
1st-3rd place overall, open to everyone.
High Lady, High Senior, High Super Senior, and High Junior .
Class awards in each division based on number of entries.
(1st in class for 5 entries. 1-3rd in class for 9+ entries)

ELIGIBILITY:
Registration will open at 7pm CST on April 4th on Practiscore at the following link:
https://practiscore.com/2017-ck-arms-mississippi-open-state-championship/register

Limited to the first 75 entries. Any registration after that will go to the waitlist.

MATCH FEE: $60
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 15 staff members to run the match. Three staff members will be assigned per squad, and will shoot as embedded RO’s within the squad and run the timer and scoring tablet for that squad. Need not be a certified RO to volunteer, but is recommended. Staff will shoot FREE. If you would like to volunteer as staff, check the box indicating so on the registration form. Please note, not all applications may be accepted once we have 15 staff positions filled. You will receive email confirming if you have been selected as staff.

We are also in need of 5 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.

SCHEDULE:
9:00 – 12:00pm Shooting
12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch Break. Complimentary lunch and drinks provided.
1:00 – 5:30pm Shooting
6:00 – 6:30pm Award Ceremony.

See you at the match!

The 2017 Rosco Manufacturing Mississippi Two Gun State Championship is in the books, and from what we saw and the feedback we got from several folks it was a great one! The squads ran on schedule, everything seemed to run efficiently and everyone had a great time. Huge thanks to all the staff and folks who pitched in to make it run so smoothly, and of course huge thanks to our title sponsor Rosco Manufacturing who really helped make it special.

When the hammer went down at 9am, we had 77 shooters start off on the five stages of the pistol portion of the match.

Stage 1, Stomp Action, was a 20 round stage that had you activating a swinger and drop turner via stomp box. This was by far the quickst paced stage of the match, and Jeff Blackmon shredded it with his open blaster with a time of 7.50. Brandon Guillory and James May were next behind him winning the stage in both Tactical and Limited respectively with runs of 8.94 and 8.95.

Stage 2, Full Throttle, was in stark contrast to stage one, a stage that had 15 targets really spread out and you had to cover some ground. The guys that could shoot well on the move gained some time here, and that was none other than Ethan Boudreaux, known in some circles as “Lil Sweet”, he cooked up the overall stage win here with a 18 second run. Jason Welch was right on his tail just .13 seconds behind.

Stage 3, Flying V, had you starting with a gun on barrel, and then fter grabbing the gun navigating a parallel shooting area with 14 targets. Bryant Willett went against the grain here going right first and it paid of for him with th overall stage win with a 12.80 run, Jeff Blackmon was behind him with a 14.28 run and Thomas Knight set the iron sight pace with a 14.63 run.

Stage 4, Blazing Stealth, was a 26 round course with some tight walls to navigate moving laterally and forward. Jeff Blackmon came up aces her with a 14.75 run, and Ethan Boudreaux was right behin dhim at 14.90.

Stage 5, On The Move, was a 30 round stage that was another one of those that showcased who could shoot on the move, or at least move really fast in between the shooting. Jason Welch set the pace here at 16.05 with Jonathan O’Brien right behind at 16.32.

As we broke for lunch and put the pistols away, the halftime leaderboard had Jams May in the driver seat in Limited, Bill Mahley on top in Open, and Brandon Guillory atop in Tactical.

Stage 6, Stomp Action 2, was a remix of stage 1 with rifles. In what became a recurring them in the rifle portion, Luke Gosnell took the overall stage with a run of 8.13, and Jeff Blackmon was right behind with a 8.53.

Stage 7, Fuller Throttle, was stage 2 redone with rifles. Luke Gosnell was pushing the gas here and finished on top with a run of 16.94, followed again by Jeff Blackmon at 17.11.

Stage 8, Flying V Reloaded, was just that, Stage 3 reloaded and run with rifles. Again, Luke Gosnell cam eto play with his long gun today and took this stage with a run of 13.22, Bryant Willett was secon at 14.59.

Stage 9, Blazing Stealth Returns was stage 4 done over with rifles, and Luke Gosnell’s streak was broken here as h picked up a penalty and the stage was taken by Jeff Blackmon with a run of 14.11, followed by Brandon Guillory at 15.24.

Stage 10, On the Move Again, was stage 5 redone for rifle, and Luke Gosnell re-asserted his rifle dominance with a 14.44 run and Jeff Blackmon was second with 15.01.

Luke’s rifle run was impressive in the second half, but just not enough for him to make up ground he needed. Look out for this guy if he decides to come down again for the MS CQB state match in August, as it’s all rifle on small stages like today.

When all the stages were in the books, Jeff Blackmon was able to make up the ground he needed to take the Open win, Jonathan O’Brien likewise closed the gap and more that he needed with the rifle portion to take the Limited win, and Brandon Guillory staved off a few runs at his lad and was able to hold on for the win in Tactical.

Recognized winners as follows:

Open:
MS State Champ- Bill Mahley
1st place- Jeff Blackmon
2nd place- Bill Mahley
3rd place- Bryant Willett
High Lady- Ashleigh Gosnell
High Senior- Trey Nicholson
High Super Senior- Gerald Forbes

Limited:
MS State Champ- Gerwin Henn
1st place- Jonathan O’Brien
2nd place- Gerwin Henn
3rd place- Luke Gosnell
High Lady- Michele White
High Senior- Gerwin Henn
High Super Senior- Robert Settle

Tactical:
MS State Champ- Steve Lashinsky
1st place- Brandon Guillory
2nd place- Jason Welch
3rd place- Steve Lashinsky
High Lady- Anniston Baluyot
High Junior – Anniston Baluyot
High Senior- Cheryl Fordyce
High Super Senior- Michael Fordyce

Full final results here:
https://practiscore.com/results/new/33347

And another huge thanks to Rosco Manufacturing who provided one of their high quality barrels to each of the first and second place shooters in each division, along with five of their stainless steel barrels for random draw to go along with the Springfield Range Officer 1911 that was given out.

And of course want to thank everyone for coming out and shooting, and especially for the hard work in running squads and tearing down stages after the match. Without the team effort, none of this would be possible.

See you the next match!

It was brought to my attention earlier this evening that the uploaded scores were not correct and for that I do apologize!  Due to the deletion of of stages that weren’t shot by both squads, a bug in the scoring software caused the overall match score to be incorrect even though the individual stage scores that were shot were right.  While there were no changes to the either overall or classification winners that I could tell, there was some movement in shooter ranking.  Might be worth taking a second look, even though it was only two a stage match.

Sorry to those affected, I humbly accept the “Loser” Award!