Thanks for coming out to 3 Gun and Action Steel today. Scores are posted and we hope to see you next time. Be sure and spread the word to your shooting friends.
This saturday……SATurday………SATURDAY!!!!!!!
Hello shooters,
It’s time again, we hope you can join us for some exciting 3 Gun and/or Action Steel!!
3 Gun
5 Stages. Stages aren’t totally finalized but round counts are roughly 50 Pistol, 60 Rifle, 40 Bird, 2 Slug. Keep in mind these are minimum or ‘required’ round counts. I would suggest bringing a little extra in case you have a miss or two.
Registration: 9:30
Walkthrough: 10:00
Fee: $20
Pack a lunch and hang out for some Action Steel afterwards!
Action Steel
6 stages….about 130 rounds should do you.
Registration: 9:00
Walkthrough: 9:30
Fee: $15 first gun / $5 second gun
You can shoot the whole match again for just $5. Even with the same gun in the same division!
Practice
Practice available after the matches. You may practice on anything we have set up. Steel Challenge, Action Steel, 3 Gun, Long range, whatever.
Fee: $10
See you on the range!
Classifier / Charity Match This Sunday
Howdy folks,
Please join us this Sunday August 11th, at Universal Shooting Academy for more awesome competition shooting!!
This month we are doing a USPSA classifier match, Steel Challenge Match and more importantly raising some money for one of our supported charities, the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. These guys do amazing work to assist the families of our Special Operations Warriors. Also their administrative overhead is super low meaning the vast majority of your donation goes directly to support the cause! Please consider them when looking for areas to give. We will have bucket available for anyone who can afford to donate a little extra, your support is extremely appreciated.
USPSA Classifier Match
We will have 5 classifiers as well as re-shooting 3 stages from the Pro-Am. I will remove a few of the targets and it will be comstock scoring. So 8 stages total.
The 5 Classifiers are:
Registration Opens: 9am
Walkthrough: 9:30am
Fee: $30 ($10 will go directly to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation)
You may shoot the match again with a different gun for classification for an additional $10. This must be done after the first match is complete, you can’t shoot two guns on the same squad throughout the day. It would bog down too much with this many classifiers. All it takes is a squad of two however afterwards and you can reshoot for classifier submission.
Steel Challenge
As usual we have all 8 stages of the Steel Challenge up and ready to go. The match starts at the same time but you may show up later and shoot the Steel Challenge match if you’d like. You must have at least two on a squad however, so it’s best if you show up with someone else if you’re shooting later in the day.
Registration Opens: 9am
Walkthrough: 9:30
Fee: $30 ($10 will go directly to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation)
Also you may shoot multiple guns, or multiple matches for one price this month.
Additional Info
Practice will be available after the match for an additional $10. You may practice on anything we have set up. Steel Challenge, Action Steel, USPSA, etc. Again, you need to have at least a couple guys together please.
Range closes at 5pm or until I run out of…..well, you know.
You may shoot USPSA and the Steel Challenge match for the one $30 price this month.
It could be a long day with all the classifiers and it’s gonna be hot! I’ll have water but I’d recommend bringing some snacks and maybe some power drinks.
Please spread this around to your shooter lists. I know many folks are always looking for classifier matches and I want to raise as much as possible for SOWF!!
Local action this weekend
Howdy Shooters,
Reminder our monthly 3 Gun and Action Steel matches are coming your way this Saturday the 27th!
3 Gun
5 Stages. 60 rifle, 50 bird, 2 slug, 60 pistol should do ya. Haven’t set the stages yet but they will be similar to the norm. Rifle distance to 350 ish and plenty of shotgun shooting. We have tons of steel still set up from Pro-Am so should be some good stages.
Fee: $20
Registration opens: 9:30
Walkthrough: 10:00
Action Steel
5 maybe 6 stages of Action Steel coming your way.
Fee: $15 first gun / $5 second gun
Registration opens: 9:00
Walkthrough: 9:30
Shoot both matches for $30. Also remember steel is open all day, if you’d like to show up later and shoot you may. You must have a squad of at least two, can’t shoot by yourself.
Practice
Practice on all stages is open after the match. Pro-Am stages, 3 Gun stages, Action Steel and Steel Challenge for an additional $10. Due to the reconfiguration of the Steel Challenge from the World Championship last week I won’t have all 8 stages set up. But there will be plenty of them to practice on if you’re interested. I’ll only be missing one or two.
Range is open until 5pm or until I run out of Yuengling.
Other Notes
The Monster Match is scheduled for the first weekend in November. Registration will be opening the end of July / first of August. It’s going to be another fun match.
The US IPSC Nationals registration is open and filling nicely. Don’t miss out on the time slot you are interested in! Get signed up soon. 24 stages of fire against the worlds best.
We have a few slots left for our CCW class on August 17. 9am-1pm, $75. Email me for more info if interested.
In the personal development department I have for sale a high end 1911 .45 built by Dave Williams (Rob Leatham’s gunsmith) from the Springfield Custom Shop. $2,500. Also a Smith & Wesson SW1911 PC (Performance Center) Scandium frame commander length. Hard to find. $1000. Lastly a lightly used Kahr CW9, $350
Heads up….Our USPSA match in August (the 11th) will be a classifier match / fund raiser extravaganza! We will have 4 or 5 classifiers, plus 4 of the Pro-Am stages. Fee will be $30 of which $10 will go to support the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. That is one of our supported charities here and they assist family members of special ops soldiers get an education, among other things. Spread the word!!
Training opportunity (short notice)
We have 2 slots open to a two day class with Manny Bragg after Area 5 in IL.
Class is Monday and Tuesday. Contact Manny directly if you are interested.
MannyBraggUSA@yahoo.com
660.216.4826
June USPSA
Action from this past weekend! You should come check out a match!
Weather update
Hi Gang,
Mega storm came through this afternoon but I think we’re gonna be ok. I had one stage set up in the jungle bay, it doesn’t drain very well so we may be down to 6 stages….but maybe not.
I plan to be at the range by 7:00 or 7:15. If it is too bad I will email, tweet, and facebook by 7:30 but I think it will be fine and plan for the match to go as planned.
Forecast tomorrow looks ok, normal summer pattern. Thunderstorms in the afternoon but should be after the match.
Hope to see you in the AM.
Single Stack / Revolver National Championships
So…back from the Single Stack Nationals. One of my favorite matches of the year. If you are a true competitor then this type of match juices you up! Like the old IROC series in NASCAR. Everyone is running essentially the same gun, heads up more or less. Not 5 or more divisions to dilute the competition. If you can hang in the top 10 or 16 at this match you are one hell of a shooter. I was fortunate to pull off my best finish yet with 3rd place behind TGO and Dave Sevigny, pretty solid shooters to say the least. The only slightly embarrassing part is Dave shot minor (unintentionally). Needless to say he shot pretty amazing to go minor and still finish so well, would have won the match had it not been for that.
I’m also proud at my penalty free match. My second National level match with no penalties, last time I did that I won! I shot pretty solid throughout the Single Stack Nationals, I had 2.5 bad stages which didn’t cost me the match but cost me second place for sure. No penalties but a blown reload on one stage and a couple extra shots that cost me extra reloads on other stages. Competition is tight at the top and it only takes a few mistakes to take you out of it.
I throughly enjoyed the match plus we had great weather which is rare for Barry. Thanks to all the crew, staff, RO’s, sponsors that made it all happen. Special thanks to Dave Williams from the Springfield Custom Shop for the amazing 1911 I was fortunate enough to win.
Now for the Revolver Nationals….yeah, I said it, Revolver Nationals. I was already up there so I thought what the heck I’ll give it a shot. I used to shoot a bit of revo back in “the day”. My performance was very poor but with 12 rounds of practice I guess I was expecting too much. To top it off I went minor at chrono. No excuse for that, it’s the first time I’ve ever had that happen. All that said however it was one of the more fun matches I have shot. Some friends and I had a great time entertaining our squad with our comedy of errors.
Two great quotes from the Revo match:
“No, I shot at it….I’m actually that bad!” (after an RO was trying to give an FTE to a squad mate on a wide open 12 yard target. He did shoot at it as we all attested and he was “that bad” :))
“This revolver stuff is fun, I think I’m going to switch to revo full time…..said no one ever!” (from yours truly)
Thanks as well to all the staff, many of the same folks, that made the match happen. I’ll for sure shoot it again if they put it on.
May USPSA
Results from our USPSA match on Mothers Day are now posted on our website. The classifier has been submitted but USPSA site isn’t allowing me to upload the match to their site at the moment for whatever reason. I’ll try again later in the week or call them or something. Thanks a bunch for those of you that came out and thanks to Andy, Duane and Roy for running the match for me while I was gone.
Custom Rifle raffle to support Rangers Scholarship Fund
Awesome opportunity to help out one of our supported charities and get yourself a bitchin rifle in the meantime!! The Rangers Scholarship Fund is raffling a custom designed rifle from E.R. Shaw!! Looking for a new varminter, hunting or tactical rifle! This is your chance while helping family members of Rangers get an education. Tickets are 1 for $20 / 2 for $30. Drawing will be at the end of July, you don’t need to be present to win. Call me personally or call the office here and we can take CC over the phone and I’ll fill out your ticket for you. I’d like your help in selling some tickets, maybe even a corporation could buy a block. I have 50 but can probably get some more. Thank you.
Rangers Scholarship Fund
E.R. Shaw Barrels
