It was supposed to be Fall, but someone forgot to mention that to the weatherman. It was pleasant in the morning, but as the day wore on, it got a little warm. By Noon, when we finished up, it was pushing the upper 80’s. Yes, we will take that over the last two rain-outs, but gosh, it’s been pretty nice for a while, and we deserved a picture perfect day. Oh, well.
Turnout was down a bit from our 2016 average, but it was decent. This was a makeup match and we are thankful for everyone that came out today. In total, there were 25 shooters and 7 (seven) stages. That’s a little misleading because we borrowed a group of 3 stages from the 2016 Limited/Open Nationals. This included a stage with one shot on a single popper, a stage with 6 shots on one targets, and then a slightly modified El Prez for the final stage. There was also a “Pittsburg” stage that featured 21 steel targets and no paper. That one proved to be more challenging for the RO and shooters who were watching, as the splatter managed to get almost everyone at least once.
The match was never really in doubt, with the overall match win going to Read more…
Registration is open for the October USPSA match at the Brothers N Arms Range in Hattiesburg. This month’s event will have at least 5 stages, including a classifier. Fall is here, the weather looks great, come on out and shoot with us!
Setup starts at 7:00 am and the range opens at 8:00 am. 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. The registration page can be found here. Or you can click the button…
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.
The South Mississippi Practical Shooting Association will host the monthly USPSA Pistol match this Sunday (October 16, 2016) at the range in Poplarville. The match will begin at 9 AM. This is a rescheduled date for the September match.
Online registration is available by clicking the giant button below. Please sign up if you plan on attending.
The October 2016 USPSA pistol match, scheduled for October 9th, has been postponed until October 16th due to scheduling conflicts with the USPSA Nationals.
Registration will open on Sunday, October 9 at 7 PM.
The first really nice day of the fall shooting season saw 25 shooters make the trip to Poplarville for 3-Gun. This was our biggest 3-gun turnout in quite some time as well. Wayne was back and the stages stretched out a big, and this brought an extra dose of reality. If you didn’t know your scope’s zero, you might have had a rough day. The four stages presented a variety of challenges from quick gun handling with no reloaded needed (right?) to lots of movement with multiple skills required. Just when you thought the day was going to be won by the fittest/youngest shooter, the most physically challenged shooter (Joe Jones) won the stage with the most movement (stage 3). Go figure?! My theory is he couldn’t run so he wasn’t out of breath when he got to the rifle portion of the stage and wasn’t breathing hard, like the rest up us who sprinted all the way and found the tiny little x on the crosshairs was a bit too jumpy to find the actual target. Let that be a lesson to the rest of us.
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
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!
It was a beautiful day at the Brothers N Arms Range and 48 shooters came out to take advantage of it. Many thanks to all that made the trip! Even with six stages and a fairly strong round count, the match was finished for the most part by 12:30 or so. Breakdown was quick thanks to many hands making light work.
Max Michel, Sr. took top honors as well as winning the open division. Michael McDonald won the Production division with Drew Walters taking top honors in Limited. Complete scores can be found here.
The October 2016 USPSA pistol match, scheduled for October 9th, has been postponed until October 16th due to scheduling conflicts with the USPSA Nationals.
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