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1991 USPSA 

NATIONAL 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

Page 13 

TODD JARRETT claims 

U.S. Nationals Title!! 

1991 S & W LADIES MATCH 

Page 40 

Carol Wine grabs 1991 Ladies 

Championship!! 

NEW CATEGORY OF 

COMPETITION PROPOSED 

Page 46 

There is a need for a competitive 

category that uses conventional 

handguns. It is suggested that this 

be called the Defense Class. 

MORE... 

UNITED STATES 

PRACTICAL SHOOTING 

ASSOCial ION 

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From the Readers 3 

Inside USPSA 4 

Inside NROI 8 

Murphy's Law 38 

Colorado State 42 

Kentucky State 45 

New Category of Competition 46 

Area I Champs 50 

Visionary Shooting 52 

What's Lite is Right 58 

Basic Rules of Course Design 60 

Miller Invitational 64 

COVER PHOTO: Kerby Smith 


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Contributors 

USPSA MEMBERS 

USPSA/IPSC 

President 

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Vice President 

Andy Hollar 

Board of Directors 

John Amidon 

Lee Atkins 

Marc Halcon 

Walter Rauch 

Bill Rogers 

John Sayle 

Ken Slack 

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FROM THE EDITOR 

The 1991 U.S. Nationals are 

history. It was a production not 

unlike a broadway show. 

Planning for this match began 

a year ago and culminated 

Saturday morning, Sept,ember 

14th at the shoot-offs. 

VVhat does it take to put on 

a production such as this? A lot 

of dedicated individuals! 

Once the wheels were in 

gear, courses of fire designed 

and slots distributed, it was 

time for the set-up crew to 

begin construction. George 

Metcalf had the props at each 

stage ready for assembly when 

the crew got to PASA on the 

2nd of September. From then 

until Saturday the 7th, the 

hammers and nails really flew. 

That entire week there were 10 

individuals working from 8 am 

to 8 pm setting up the stages. 

The remainder of our Range 

Officer staff arrived on Friday 

& Saturday with an RO staff 

meeting Saturday evening. In 

all, a total of 54 USPSA range 

officials and staff gathered to 

administer the match. For 

some, it was their fifth year 

together. In addition, PASA 

had 50 part & full time workers 

at our disposal. 

What is the difference 

between USPSA staff & PASA 

staff? According to our contract 

with PASA, "USPSA shall pay 

PASA $2.00 per volunteer hour 

provided for assistance during 

the actual running of the match 

stages''. Other than the hourly 

payment, under our new 

contract, PASA staff receives 

nothing more from. USPSA. If 

the range officers are on USPSA 

staff, the individuals at their 

own expense must get to the 

match location and USPSA 

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provides room & board during 

the time they are working. 

Most of our members don't 

realize the benefits we receive 

from the Quincy Visitors & 

Convention Bureau for our 

range staff. According to our 

contract with the Convention 

Bureau,"The bureau will 

negotiate and make 

arrangements for all meeting 

rooms & prize distribution 

rooms at no cost to USPSA. In 

addition, the bureau agrees that 

the hotel selected by USPSA as 

"Staff Hotel" will provide 250 

room nights for staff at NO 

CHARGE. The bureau also 

prints and makes available to 

USPSA $6,000 of Quincy cash 

for USPSA purchase at a 20% 

discount. The Quincy cash is 

used by USPSA staff for meals " 

'What other town would give us 

this support? 

The Sunday aft,er the shootoff 

we host a staff thank you 

breakfast and prize drawing. 

This year, USPSA allocated 

some additional money prizes 

for those staff' members that 

had been with USPSA over 2 

consecutive years. This is in 

addition to a drawing for guns 

& prizes for which all staff are 

eligible. After all the goodbyes 

were said, hugs were given and 

- believe it or not - the "see you 

next year" words were 

exchanged, our great staff 

headed for home and families. 

Thanks to all of you for 

making USPSA and the U.S. 

Nationals look good. 

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Front Sight

FROM OUR READERS 

• SUGGESTIONS FOR 

CHANGES 

I have been a USPSA member 

for some time and would like to 

voice some of the opinions I've 

developed over the years. 

I used to look up to, and always 

looked forward to meeting a Master 

Class shooter, although in the future 

I may ask them what kind of sights 

they were using when they made 

Master Class. I have two sons who 

made A Class shooting stock .45's 

so it's slightly possible my vievvpoint 

may be a little slanted. 

Here in Washington state some 

of our clubs have a Senior class for 

shooters 55 and older. Locally, the 

recognition they get is referred to 

as the "Old Fart Pin." Perhaps if 

a few more graybeards were to write 

Sedro Woolley it might get us a 

national Senior category. (Ladies 

would not be required to show proof 

of actual age.) 

In June shot a state match 

where the order of pick on the prize 

table was Match Winner, 1st M, 

ist A, 1st B, etc. I have no problem 

with this except there was only one 

M class shooter. This gave him a 

guaranteed 2nd choice. I suggest 

that there be at least "X" number 

in a class in order for that class to 

get a top choice. The match 

committee can fight over the 

number. 

Letters for publication should be no more 

titan 350 worda and may be edited fur 

length or clarity. 

Whatever you people decide 

on these subjects you will not 

make me mad enough to quit. 

As you can see by my sign-off, 

I am a life member. 

Willie Mayne, L-414 

• THE DEATH OF A CLUB 

You show up a little early to 

help set up a match and are 

surprised to see several members 

and guests standing around with 

a whole range of expressions from 

anger to disappointment on their 

faces. "What's the problem?" you 

ask. ''we don't have any targets, 

stands, timers or ROs around,'' says 

one of your fellow members. That 

comment precipitates the round of 

complaints about how poorly things 

have been handled at the club lately 

and how if ''I'' were in charge, things 

would be different! 

Is this the sign of the end of a 

club? No, but it is a symptom of 

a problem many clubs face sooner 

or later. Sometimes the problems 

are so obvious they are handled at 

once, others remain hidden. Luckily 

this cart be solved by a three point 

plan: Involvement, Participation 

and Cooperation. 

Involve yourself with the club 

as much as you can when they ask 

for volunteer to help set up courses, 

help clean up the range, and work 

the matches. 

Participate at the club meetings 

when the board asks for comments 

about changes that can help the 

matches fun fast,er, safer and more 

smoothly. 

Cooperate with the Range 

Officer and members who have been 

desig-nated to set up and run the 

match on that day. If there is a 

problem, other than safety, wait 

until the next meeting to air your 

grievances. 

The different matches that I've 

attended have been fun to shoot 

with few problems. VVhen something 

came up it was handled by the R0s, 

their assistants, and the combined 

cooperation of all the shooters to 

reset the stage quickly so the match 

could go on. Remember no matter 

who you are or what club you belong 

to: It's your club! You make it 

what you want it to be. 

Monty Willis, A-16610 

KANSAS SUPPORT 

I have been in contact with the 

clubs in the Kansas Section and 

I have relayed my understanding 

of the USPSA B.O.D. decision to 

stay with the current power factoring 

and scoring systems, regardless of 

what the IPSC World Body decides 

to do.The USPSA BOD has my total 

support in this decision. 

I have asked all the Kansas 

Section club presidents to contact 

their Boards and members and 

solicit their views concerning the 

USPSA BOD decision. I am 

confident, from the members that 

I have talked to, that the USPSA 

BOD decision will be met with 

support from the local members also. 

As soon as I have a firm response 

from the Kansas Section club 

presidents of their members' feelings 

I will forward them to you. 

I applaud the firm stand taken 

by you and the USPSA BOD. Our 

sport is growing so fast and is 

complicated enough without adding 

unneeded hassles to our clubs. 

Maybe some of the other regions 

have not experienced the explosion 

of interest that the United States 

region has, and for LItem I feel sorry, 

but since you became the United 

States Regional Director, IPSC has 

(Continued on page 54) 

November/December 1991 Page 3

INSIDE U.S.P.S A. 

USPSA's Area Director 

ballots are being tabulated in 

November. The races have been 

heating up ever since the 

Nationals. All members who 

were USPSA members by April 

1991, did not have a break in 

membership, and live in a 

designated area in the U.S. 

received a ballot in October. 

DID You Vot,e? 

Many candidates elected to 

send a letter out to the members 

in their respective areas 

soliciting their support. If you 

received such a letter from 

USPSA we did not release your 

name and address, but sent the 

mailings out directly from this 

office. This is a service provided 

to candidates for national office. 

Many candidates have 

availed themselves of 

this service since it was 

instituted several years 

ago. I mention this here 

in case some of you were 

wondering why you were 

receiving mail with the 

USPSA return address that was 

obviously from an individual 

seeking election. It is a 

requirement of the post office 

that the return address of the 

permit holder be on the 

envelope. While the letters were 

mailed from USPSA 

headquarters, all costs are borne 

by the individual candidate. 

WORLD I.P.S.C. ASSEMBLY 

MOVED 

J.P. Denis, in an 

unprecedented action, has 

declared the World Assembly 

meeting scheduled for South 

Africa on Oct. 19 & 20 to be 

without quorum. He then moved 

the World Assembly meeting to 

Madrid, Spain, claiming he was 

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Dave Stanford, President 

petitioned to do so by over half 

the regions. This does not seem 

to be borne out by some of the 

regions named. His notification, 

IPSC ASSEMBLY MOVED 

CLASSIFICATION COURSES 

PASA CO2VTRACT 

.38 SUPER TOPS AT NATIONALS 

dated Sept. 3, calls for the 

meeting to be held in Madrid, 

Sept. 29 & 30. This provided less 

than 30 days' notice, and even 

then did not include an agenda. 

I can only conclude that 

moving the assembly is due to 

political considerations. Both 

Mr. Denis Earp of South Africa, 

and Mr. Ken Norman of 

Zimbabwe WERE running 

against Mr. Denis for I.P.S.C. 

President. Unfortunately, due 

to the sudden move of the 

Assembly Mr. Norman will not 

be able to attend, and as a result 

has withdrawn his nomination. 

I am sure that several nations 

who were planning to be in 

South Africa will not be able to 

make Madrid on such short 

notice. Is this a Belgian coup? 

Stay tuned for the next exciting 

chapter in International Politics. 

We will publish a report in the 

next issue of FRONT SIGHT to 

advise you of the results. 

CLASSIFICATION COURSES 

Your clubs should now be 

picking their classifier matches 

out of our new USPSA classifier 

book. The books were presented 

to the SC's at the nationals SC 

meeting in Barry, and introduced 

at the USPSA General Meeting. 

The utilization of pre-run 

STANDARDIZED courses of fire 

is a milestone in the history of 

Practical Shooting. Most other 

disciplines started out with 

standard courses, with specific 

high scores known before 

the first shot was fired. 

By virtue of our unique 

scoring system and nonstandard 

courses, we had 

no high scores with which 

to compare ourselves. 

With the availability of 

the new USPSA Classifications 

that has all changed! 

Our new book gives us the 

ability to input and calculate 

scores as they occur. This should 

greatly speed up our 

classification process. A person 

can be classified in 60 to 90 days 

now, just by shooting at different 

clubs around his section, if those 

clubs include a classifier match 

in their monthly program. 

As I write this, we aren't 100%0 

up and running, but we are close. 

It will take us about 3 more 

months before we will be ready 

to charge ahead full bore and 

handle all the classifiers you can 

throw at us. We will be ready 

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season. We have just finished 

installing the office network 

system, and it is now up and 

running. Software updating is 

in the final stages and will be 

tested in the next few months. 

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PASA 

CONTRACT 

This is the first year that 

USPSA and PASA have operated 

under our new 10 year contract 

for the Nationals. Frora the 

perspective of producing the 

match I think it is working out 

quite well. We are both (PASA 

and USPSA) getting used to the 

terms and conditions we agreed 

upon. 

Essentially, USPSA pays for 

everything to produce the match, 

from the cups to hold drinking 

water at each stage, to all other 

materials and supplies. PASA 

helps to build the props, places 

them on each stage, and stores 

all materials, props, etc. all year 

at no additional charge. 

PASA will help USPSA in all 

phases of the rnatch. If we want 

them to provide something for 

us we have to ask them to do so, 

as they cannot incur any 

expenses for USPSA without 

prior authorization. 

USPSA pays PASA $6500 for 

the range for a week, and all 

their help and assistance, 

including labor in building and 

producing props for the stages. 

In addition we pay $2 per hour 

for RO assistance on each stage 

during the match. PASA will 

supply a minimum of 20 tapers, 

brass pickers, etc. every day. 

For any long term 

arrangement to be successful 

USPSA has to pay its own way, 

regardless of the location of the 

match. Besides all this help and 

assista.nce PASA has agreed to 

GIVE USPSA $100,000 in 

specific physical range 

improvements at the rate of 

$20,000 per year over the next 

5 years. That's right, the great 

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range at PASA is going t,o get 

even better. Improvements may 

take the form of electricity at all 

existing ranges, additional 

ranges, a USPSA shop building, 

and semi-permanent props. 

Even a Hogan's Alley can be 

arranged. For 1992 USPSA has 

set a goal of electricity at some 

ranges, one additional range, 

and site preparation for a 

USPSA building. 

This covers the highlights of 

our PASA contract, but what 

made the Quincy/Barry location 

exceedingly attractive was the 

offer by the Quincy Convention 

Bureau. The Quincy Convention 

Bureau will provide up to 250 

room nights for USPSA staff 

FREE. This amounts to a direct 

cash savings of $10,000 to 

USPSA. They also provide up 

to $6,000 in "Quincy Cash" that 

USPSA can purchase at 20% 

discount. This cash is for our 

Staff to help reduce costs for 

their evening meals. The staff 

likes to eat at different 

restaurants after the match and 

this enables them to eat at a 

variety of places and still reduce 

the costs to USPSA. 

WHAT GEAR ARE OLTR 

SHOOTERS USING? 

.38 SUPER NOW TOPS AT 

NATIONALS! 

USPSA took a survey at the 

Nationals to find out what our 

competitors were using in the 

way of guns, gear and 

accessories. Most but not all 

shooters completed the 

questionaire. I want to thank all 

of those who helped us compile 

the inforraation. 

Last year the .45 ACP was 

still the top contender at the 

Nationals. This year the 

dominance of the .38 Super is 

plain to see. It was by far the 

most used caliber with the .45 

ACP a very distant second. Here 

is what our survey told us. 

p TSTOL MANI TFACTI RIF 

Caspian-60 

Springfield Armory-172 

Colt-201 

Para Ordanance-54 

Essex-6 

Tanfoglio-5 

Smith & Wesson-12 

Glock-6 

Safari Arms-3 

Misc.-42 

PLITILAWDEL 

1911/Govt -385 

P-9 -21 Delta Elite -9 

Auto Ord -17 Para-11 

Gold Cup -11 

.40 Smith & Wesson-6 Misc.-28 

JTOT.STF711, MAKF:11 

Safariland-271 Ernie Hill-207 

Bianchi-1 Misc.-22 

CALMER 

.38 Super -293 9 X 21 -22 

45 ACP -28 10 MM -21 

40 Smith & Wesson -5 

9 MM -10 357 Mag -1 

Misc. -8 

LoADTNG Fsn Tip NTE NT 

Dillon -308 Star -7 

Lee -22 RCBS -15 

C & H -9 Hornady -114 

Schell -1 625/2 -1 Misc. -2 

CLUSSUILL 

Baer/Springfield-21 

Wilson-29 

Blake Gann-20 

Clark Custom-19 

Jimmy Mitchell(C.G.)-16 

Richard Zaperoli-6 

Steve Nastoff-5 

John Dixon-5 

Behlert Precision-23 

Richard Heinie-5 

Mike Martolin(PBM)-4 

Ron Dyer-4 

Competition Gun Works — 7 

Jerry Dove-10 

Jim Garthwaite-5 

Otto-6 

George Huening-7 

Wayne Umberger-4 

Gary Kimball-11 

Silhouette Arms-5 

Eddie Jiminea-8 

Craig Custom Guns — 

Jeff Magnum-4 

Tim Bacus-4 

Misc/SELF-205 

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FAILURE TO ENGAGE AND 

DNF... It's not uncommon for a 

shooter to get a brain cramp at 

a bad time and forget to shoot 

at a target. Stage designers, 

being what they are, seem to 

enjoy putting one of the required 

targets behind soft cover just 

where you don't expect it. It's 

bad enough getting the misses, 

but a procedural for not 

engaging the target, too? You 

bet. Rule 11.00 states, "A 

procedural error is defined as 

failure to comply with the stated 

procedure as specified in the 

stage and/or match infonnation." 

The variable is whether to give 

the shooter one or two 

procedurals for blowing by the 

target. If the stage description 

requires that you engage a target 

with two rounds, you must shoot 

at the target two times. 

Otherwise, you have failed twice 

to follow stated procedure. A 

stage description that _requires 

only that you engage (shoot at) 

the target would call for one 

procedural for forgetting the 

target. 

The questions seem to get 

confusing if the target that is 

neglected is the last target listed 

in the stage description. Some 

RO's want to give the abused 

shooter a DNF for not 

completing the course of fire. 

After all, 11.09 says that if a 

competitor can't finish "for 

whatever reason, other than 

range equipment failure, his 

score will be recorded as zero for 

that stage." Most modern stage 

descriptions do not specify an 

order of engagement, nor do they 

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use stop plates. In this case, 

there is no "last target" and the 

competitor is free to solve the 

shooting problera as presented. 

If his solution is to forget the 

last target and accept the 

procedural errors in addition to 

the miss penalties, so be it; no 

DNF should be assessed. If a 

stop plate is specified, or if the 

shooter failed to engage the last 

target because he was out of 

ammo or because his shooting 

glasses fell off, sorry, Charlie. 

USE PROPER RANGE 

COMMANDS ... Vic Kelsey, of 

Ashland, KY, described a 

circumstance I'm sure we've all 

seen but perhaps not, considered. 

That is when an RO forgets the 

"Standby" command. After "Are 

you ready?," the timer sounds 

and the shooter completes the 

course of fire. After "Range 

Clear," but before the targets are 

scored, the competitor asks for 

a reshoot. The RO :,hought he 

gave the standby command, but 

can't remember for sure. 

In my view, it's not a reasonable 

request. The shoothr finished the 

course and has a pretty good idea 

how well he did. The request is 

an attempt to better his score on 

the next run. Extra runs are not 

fair to the other shooters who have 

"done it on demand." 

On the other hand, if the shooter 

had not started at the tone, and 

had turned to the RO stating that 

he wasn't ready, giving him a restart 

would be fair. Rule 8.5 

NROI requires that "standby" will be 

followed by the cue to commence 

firing within 5 seconds. It also 

requires that the shooter shout 

"Not Ready" if that is the case. 

With no "Stand By", the shooter 

could have let the RO know he 

wasn't ready when the tone 

sounded. 

At the Range Officer seminars, 

we stress the use of proper range 

commands. On the range, the 

sequence of commands is nearly 

always the same and shooters 

have come to expect consistency. 

Lets try to make them consistent 

for all the shooters and always 

use the correct commands. 

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Having extra capacity 

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In my opinion, optical 

sights are better 

than iron sights. If 

they weren't, Barnhart, 

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numerous other top shooters 

wouldn't be using them. 

There are two areas that 

should be looked into when 

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choice and use. Which 

scope should I use? At this 

time, there are two primary 

choices: the Aimpoint 5000 

MagDot and the Tasco Propoint 

PDP3 BigDot. Both weigh 

around 6oz., have 30mm tubes, 

and a 10 Minute-Of-Angel dot. 

The two types of mounts 

available are grip mounts and 

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the dust cover. The advantage 

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feel of the grips is different. 

The frame mount maintains 

the same grip but requires 

either a new holster or modification 

of the current one. There 

are several mounts on the market 

including Wilson, Weigand, 

Springfield Armory and CPMi. 

The mount shown in the photo 

is the CPMi by Bill and Shirley 

Hamilton. It weighs only 2.5 

ounces and doesn't require rings, 

but eight holes must be drilled 

and tapped for it. 

One potential problem is the 

ejection brass can hit the scope. 

Machining the slide and welding 

the ejector up by 20 to 30 thousandths 

is the best 

way to reduce the 

ejection problem. To 

strengthen the scope 

you can also cut the 

extension tube that 

comes with it in 

thirds and acra-glass 

it on to the spot that 

is being hit by the 

brass. 

All of the scopes 

mounted on the dust 

cover require holster 

modification. Pliers, 

a hammer, an a nylon 

punch will get the Ernie 

Hill gear into the shape 

needed. With the 

Safariland gear, it is 

probably best to buy the 

Weigand scope holster, 

otherwise, it is pretty 

easy to ruin the holster 

when trying to heat it 

and mold it to fit. (HINT: 

Before trYing to heat it, 

take the lock block out 

and the back plate off.) 

Shooting with a scope 

is different from shooting with 

iron sights. You can see so 

much more of everything. It's 

scary at first because of the dot 

movement. The dot is bouncing 

all over the place, which is what 

the front sight normally does, 

but we can't see it. Test a scope 

for at least a month and a half 

before deciding not to use it. 

I've watched some shooters take 

it off after a week without giving 

it a fair chance. Using a scope 

will make you a better shot, and 

improve your scores with iron 

sights as well. 

The draw may also take a 

little time to get used to. The 

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height of the gun is different 

and the dot can be hard to 

locate. There are two 

techniques to help pick up the 

dot. The first is to bring the gun 

up into the line of sight as soon 

as possible and then push the 

gun out, trying to get the dot on 

the way. The best way I've 

found is to make a normal draw; 

keep your focus 100% down 

range on the target and let the 

top of the scope "break'' into 

your plane of vision. It helps to 

keep the muzzle up slightly and 

then rock the gun down when it 

is almost fully extended. The 

dot will fall into view. 

A large number of people 

who shoot iron sights close one 

eye. When shooting with optics 

both eyes should be kept open 

if possible. Focus can be refined 

faster and a target acquisition 

is quicker with full peripheral 

vision. The easy way to break 

the "one eye'' habit is to put the 

polarizing filter on and black it 

out so you can hardly see 

through it. For a right eye 

dominant shooter this will force 

the left eye to open and focus on 

the target. By the way, bring 

the filter to every match. Extremely 

bright sunlight can 

cause the dot to wash out or 

fade even on its highest setting. 

I notices this on a bright sunny 

day with freshly painted white 

plates. 

Visual patience is the most 

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A good stages with iron sights - 

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1991 USPSA 

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 

By: Kerby Smith A-2386 

Ever since Doug Koenig won 

the World Match with a high 

capacity electronic sighted pistol, 

it was no surprise that the top 

shooters would all be packing 

some form of "space gun" for this 

year's Nationals. The only 

question was, would the guns 

hold up for five days and 10 

stages of the best IPSC match 

in the country? 

The major factory teams, 

Colt, Smith & Wesson and 

Springfield Armory, had shooters 

using prototype pistols. Of 

the factory teams, Springfield 

Armory shooters Doug Koenig 

and Rob Leatham had the most 

mileage on their pistols and 

seemed to have worked out most 

of the problems with their P-9s 

ahead of the match. The weak 

link was the electronic sights. 

Leatham said before the match 

started that he would give $1000 

for a scope that could be counted 

on to last the raatch. 

Colt's Jerry Barnhart chose 

to use an unproven one-of-a-lcind 

Colt customized by Bill Wilson 

and George Heuning. The 

Wilson/Heuning effort had been 

to modify a traditional Colt 

G-overnment Model frame so 

that a double column CZ-75 

style magazine could be used. 

The pistol was chambered for 

the wildcat 9x21 cartridge and 

Barnhart could stuff 15 of the 

135-grain pills in the magazine. 

The only catch was that 

Barnhart received the high 

capacity pistol only a week and 

a half before the match. 

Convinced that he would need 

a high capacity gun to be 

competitive, Barnhart burned 

4,000 rounds through the pistol 

trying to get used to it before 

November/December 1991 

Tom Campbell — 1991 US National Stock 

Champion 

the Nationals. 

Team Smith & Wesson was 

running on the ragged edge as 

well. Brian Enos and J. Michael 

Plaxco ran out of time as they 

tried to make the new .356 

TS&W pistols work for this 

year's Nationals. The new 

truncated cone 135-grain bullet 

that Federal is using is one of 

the most accurate that Plaxco 

has ever seen. Unfortunately, 

when you try to race prototype 

guns and ammo you sometimes 

get behind the performance 

curve. 

Tom Campbell, who was off 

Team Smith & Wesson at The 

Masters, was back on the team 

at the USPSA Nationals. 

Campbell ground the grip 

weights out of his S&W .45 Aut,o 

so that it would make legal 

weight in the stock class. 

Campbell battled teammate 

Jerry Miculek, the defending 

USPSA National Stock and 

Ftevolver champion in the stock 

class. The two wound up 

splitting the honors with 

Campbell winning the U.S. 

National Stock Championship 

and Miculek winning the U.S. 

National Revolver 

Championship. 

Judy Woolley was feeling 

like the unwanted red-headed 

stepchild of Team Smith & 

Wesson when competitors asked 

if she was shooting one of the 

Performance Center pistols, and 

she had to tell them no. 

Woolley's gun was a S&W Model 

1006 which she purchased 

herself and had fitted with a Wil 

Schuemann Hybrid 

Compensator. Woolley was 

shooting the lOmm Auto 

exceptionally well until she 

injured herself going prone on 

Stage 10, "The Streets of 

Khafji." Woolley injured her 

strongside elbow going too 

aggressively into the sandbags 

at position B and had trouble 

shooting her next stage, the 

Standards, which accounted for 

over 17 percent of the match 

points in the tournament. 

Woolley finished fifth among the 

42 ladies that shot this year's 

U.S. Nationals. 

It looked like this year's 

Nationals was going to resemble 

more of an. endurance race than 

a grand prix. The winner was 

not going to be the fastest 

shooter, but the one whose gun 

was still functioning at the end 

of the race. 

Whether the guns held up 

or not, it was evident from the 

firing of the first shot that no 

one was going to back off the 

throttle. Last year the Super 

Squad finished up on the 

notorious computer stage ''House 


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NATIONALS (Continued) 

of Horrors;" this year they 

started out on it. Much credit 

should be given to the U.S. 

Design team of Dave Stanford 

and Andy Hollar. They have 

responded to the grass roots 

criticism of last year's course 

design and worked hard to make 

the course of fire this year one 

that was balanced for all of the 

shooters. 

This year's computer stage, 

"Junk Yard Horrors" was a good 

example of the work they put 

into producing a well-balanced 

course of fire. Last year the 

computer stage was a fixed time 

course of fire with targets that 

appeared and disappeared. The 

window of opportunity on some 

of the targets was so brief that 

only a top Master Class shooter 

could engage them. This year 

the stage was changed to a 

Comstock event. Once the 

targets appeared they bobbed 

back and forth, and after 

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remained in full view. The 

challenge for all shooters was to 

see how fast you could run it 

and get all of your hits. 

Team Colt's Barnhart was 

the first shooter to suffer from 

prototype bugs. Barnhart 

experienced a feeding problem 

on his run but he cleared it 

quickly to get a good hit factor. 

Dillon Precision's Arnt Myhre 

posted the highest score on the 

Super Squad, but at the end of 

the tournament that score was 

only good enough for fourth 

place on the stage. This yeax, 

quite a few shooters that would 

compete in the Colt Top Sixteen 

Shootoffs would come from other 

squads. The stage win did not 

go to a Master Class shooter, 

but to A-Class competitor Aaron 

Bush. Bush was the only A- 

Class shooter to finish in this 

year's Top 16. 

Second place on the stage 

went to New Jersey police officer 

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overall in the tournament, 

winning the Top Law 

Enforcement award. Third on 

the stage was Eric Stafford; 

Stafford, who was not on the 

Super Squad, will be next year 

as he finished eighth overall. 

The second stage the Super 

Squad faced on the first day was 

100-point Comstock field course 

''Pipe Yard." This time the top 

three shooters on the stage 

would all come from the Super 

Squad. Canadian Matt McLearn 

won the field course which 

required shooters to engage two 

of the new US Poppers and then 

target arrays through 50-gallon 

drums at different heights. 

Right behind him was Todd 

Jarrett, a refrigeration and air 

conditioning mechanic from 

Virginia. Pro shooter Koenig 

took third place honors on the 

stage; Barnhart, the defending 

National Champion, finished 

sixth on the stage. 

If Barnhart had gotten off to 

a slow start on Monday, he 

broke away from the pack on 

Tuesday. The Super Squad 

started the day off on two 

Virginia Count speed shoots, 

"Turn the Lights Out" and "At 

The Diner." "The Burner" 

dominated the two stages. Todd 

Jarrett was second on Stage 8 

and Jeff Dixon third. They 

traded places on stage 9 with 

Dixon finishing second and 

Jarrett right behind him. 

Since the match had started, 

people had been placing side 

bets on who would win this 

year's Nationals. Besides the 

factory shooters, two names kept 

being mentioned: Todd Jarrett, 

who had won the Miller 

Invitational, and Matt McLearn, 

who had most recently won the 

Golden Gate Championship. 

Stage 10, "The Streets of ICh4i" 

gave Jaxrett a chance to show 

that he was a real contender as 

he won the field course. Behind 

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him was Springfield Factory 

Team member Doug Koenig and 

Mike Voigt in third. Barnhart, 

who dropped a shot, managed to 

salvage tenth place. 

The race at this point was 

close, with only 11 match points 

separating the top four shooters 

who were Jarrett, Koenig, 

McLearn and Barnhart. The 

name that was strangely absent 

was Rob Leatham's. For years 

Leatham dominated the game 

with no other shooters able to 

play it at his level. In the last 

two years Barnhart was the first 

shooter to demonstrate that he 

had the same skills as Leatham. 

Their sparring made 1989 and 

1990 memorable contests. 

While Barnhart had some 

problems this year, he was never 

out of the race and he could 

match runs with any of the top 

shooters. However, Leatham 

seemed always to be just a little 

off the pace with times a second 

or so slower that the stage 

leaders. Then on the Virginia 

Count speed shoot ''At The 

Diner" he made a beginning 

shooter's mistake; he shot extra 

shots. Coming into the 

standards Leatham was 50 

match points behind the leaders. 

He shot a brilliant standards, 

winning the stage with 171 out 

of a possible 180 match points. 

Second and third places on the 

standards went to Mike Voigt 

and Ross Carter. Koenig kept 

up the pace in fifth place and 

Barnhart finished 7th. 

Stage 2, "Day Dreamin'" was 

a Comstock field course that 

best resembled a speed shoot. 

Barnhart lived up to his 

nickname and "burned" the 

course to win it. Jarrett kept up 

the pressure, finishing second 

right behind him and Mike 

Yorke took third. Koenig 

knocked himself out of the race 

with a dropped shot and a hit on 

a no-shoot. 

At the end of three days and 

with seven stages completed, 

Barnhart edged out Jarrett by 

less than two tenths of a point. 

The top three competitors on 

Thursday morning were 

Barnhart, Jarrett and McLearn. 

All of the remaining stages were 

Comstock Field courses. At 8 

AM they shot a 120-point field 

course, "Shopping Scandal," 

which was one of the few 

courses that favored high 

capacity pistols because of the 

closeness of the shooting boxes. 

It was a non-issue for the top 

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Jarrett used his Gann 

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Stage 4, "Banker's Hours'' 

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this stage, as well as all of the 

other stages at the 1991 

Nationals, was to see how fast 

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Front Sight

Stage 4 

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looked like a flawless run with 

a time that was only tenths of 

a second off Jarrett's. 

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Barnhart had spun out and let 

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a car engaged. McLearn shot, 

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aLmost five seconds, dropping his 

hit factor and knocking himself 

out of the race. 

Leatham and Koenig had 

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the last two stages. They 

finished second and third on this 

stage. At the end of the day, the 

field had spread out. Jarrett 

was clearly in the lead with 

Barnhart a distant second. 

Koenig had moved into third 

ahead of McLearn, while 

Leatham held down fifth place. 

At this point, the match was 

Jarrett's to lose, and speculation 

was rampant about whether 

Jarrett had matured enough as 

a shooter to handle the pressiu-e. 

However, the last course, 

"Journalist in Kuwait," was not 

a difficult stage. There were 

only two no-shoot targets in any 

of the shooting arrays and in 

both cases they were wide open 

and did not obscure any of the 

targets. 

Jarrett's lead caused him no 

anxiety, in fact, the 16-point 

lead was comforting and he slept 

well that night. The next day, 

even as he watched Barnhart 

btum the course to win the stage, 

Jarrett was relaxed. Koenig was 

equally determined and he 

scored for second place. None of 

this fazed Jarrett. He didn't try 

to change his pace and shoot 

conservatively. He shot his 

same smooth but blistering pace 

without spilling the champagne, 

which he could later guzzle 

down as the new U.S. National 

Champion. 

With the overall USPSA 

National Championships won by 

an amateur shooter, everyone's 

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attend the tournament. 

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overall champion, Canadian 

Kerry Lathwell, was there to 

defend her title. Most of the 

attention focused on the 

American ladies who were likely 

to return the overall 

championship to the United 

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Philippines, Valerie Levanza, 

who earlier in the week won 

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Levanza went on to win her last 

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by almost 14 match points. In 

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herself out of the match after 

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points on the standards. With 

the pressure off her, she decided 

to just shoot for fun, and what 

fun she had winning Stage 4 to 

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Champion. B. J. Ratliff finished 

third. 

Saturday brought the Colt 

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Blake Gann, Angelo Spagnoli, 

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Most Match Directors and 

Rangemasters at the clubs 

where I shoot know about me 

and my little black cloud and 

Murphy's Law. They aren't 

really cynical and critical by 

nature, they just know about 

guys like me. They can take 

your simplest stage and with a 

few "what ifs" make it unsafe. 

That's their job. For example: 

it really is possible for a shooter 

to hit target #3 in the border, 

causing the bullet to pass 

through and contact the base of 

pepper popper #1, then deflect 

and strike the flat rock on the 

side of the berm, then deflect 

and hit the trash barrel, and 

then deflect and hit the hot air 

balloon overhead. After they 

explain their theory, they'll turn 

and look at me and say, "And 

that's the guy who'll probably do 

it." That's Murphy's Law: If 

anything bad can happen, it'll 

probably happen to me. 

My insurance company 

adjusters know about my little 

black cloud and Murphy's Law 

also. 

To reach my ranch home, it 

is necessary to drive down an 

unfenced pasture road from the 

highway for about a mile. I 

have black cows in the pasture. 

A few years ago, my wife was 

coming home after dark and hit 

one of my black cows on this 

pasture road with our Car. The 

collision lmocked out the grill on 

the car but only knocked the cow 

off her feet with no apparent 

injury. My wife was unhurt but 

very upset and left the car t,o 

run to the house and get me to 

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check the damages. My conversation 

with the insurance adjuster 

went something like this: 

"Who was driving your car?" 

"My wife." 

"Where did this wreck occur?" 

"On a pasture road on our 

ranch." 

"Who owned the cow?'' 

"I did." 

'You mean your wife, diiving 

your car, hit your cow on y_pjxr 

road?" 

"Yes." 

"Did it hurt her?" 

"No, I don't think so, she got 

up and ran off " 

"I don't mean the cow, I 

mean your wife." 

"Oh! She ran off, too." 

I had a hard time convincing 

him the whole thing wasn't a 

joke but they finally paid off. 

Many people know about my 

little black cloud and Murphy's 

Law, but my wife isn't one of 

them. She knows about Home 

Economics. In fact she has a 

degree in it. She knows about 

color coordinating. She's doing 

graduate work in psychology and 

will soon be a Licensed Professional 

Counselor. She can talk 

using words that I can't even 

pronounce but she still doesn't 

know about me and Murphy's 

Law. 

She sees little things that I 

often miss; like chewing tobacco 

stains on the furniture, and 

cobwebs on my hat, and dandruff 

on my shoulder. She can 

tell you exactly how much money 

I spend on guns and ammo, 

but I can't teach her about 

Murphy's Law and the way 

things always happen to me. 

For example: My wife likes 

to re-arrange the fwmiture every 

few weeks. Every time she does, 

I stumble over chairs, lamps, 

and plants, until I get used to 

their new locations. A short 

while back, after one of her 

furniture re-arranging binges, 

we heard a strange sound in the 

middle of the night coming from 

outside our front door. I 

grabbed a gun and ran through 

the darkened house toward the 

front window to investigate. 

The sound turned out to be on.e 

of my cows who had come into 

our yard through an open gate 

and was feeding on the shrubbery. 

On my way through the 

darkened living room, however, 

I ran completely over our coffee 

table in its new location, fell and 

pulled down a floor lamp, and 

finally ended up draped over a 

chair completely entangled in 

the lamp cord. Luckily the table 

and the floor lamp didn't break. 

Neither did ray toe. It was just 

blue for a couple of weeks. 

"I came close to shooting 

her," I later told a friend. 

"Why?" he said, "It wasn't 

the cow's fault." 

"I don't mean the cow, I 

mean my wife." 

Another instance of something 

simple going wrong occurred 

recently. I stumbled into 

the bathroom early one morning 

without my glasses and started 

to brush my teeth. We were out 

of toothpaste. I finally dug 

around in the drawer and found 

what I supposed was part of a 

tube of some "off brand" toothpaste 

that the grandkids had 

left on their last visit and my 

wife had saved. Since I didn't 

have my glasses on I couldn't 

read the label but they usually 

bring some wild-tasting stuff. 

This was the worst I'd ever used 

but after a few gags I got my 

teeth brushed. The taste, however, 

remained all day. Yukk!! 

Next day when I was in the 

bathroom again wearing my 

glasses, I happened to notice the 

label on the tube. It was hair 

cream, Murphy's Law strikes 

again. I'm just thankful my wife 

keeps the Preparation H in 

another drawer. 

When you plan your local 

matches, keep those stages safe 

for old guys like me and ray 

little black cloud. Remember 

Murphy's Law. Stuff just happens 

to some shooters like me 

when others never seem to have 

problems. In spite of all the 

problems, though, I'm having a 

ball shooting and so far they 

still let me handle firearms 

under an RO's close supervision. 

DVC 

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U.S. LADIES INVITATIONAL 

By: Kerby Smith A-2386 

Since no ladies' 

slots to the Nationals 

were up for grabs at 

the Women's Invitational 

Match which 

preceded this year's 

U.S. Nationals did that 

mean the end for the 

annual tournament? 

USPSA decided instead 

to award 2 ladies slots 

at each Area Championships 

with 10 or 

more ladies participating. 

PASA's Dick 

Metcalf and Smith & 

Wesson decided that 

the concept of a 

Women's Invitational Match was 

still vital to the support and 

growth of practical shooting. 

Metcalf said, "As long as it is a 

male-dominated sport, it will 

continue to be a minority sport. 

Bringing women into the sport 

and youngsters is the key to 

making it a majority sport. The 

Pike-Adams Sportsmen's Alliance 

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women's tournament for as long 

as the women will keep coming 

and shooting it. Smith & 

Wesson and now Bianchi 

International, along with 

Winchester, Porta-Target and 

Cylinder & Slide committed 

themselves to continue to 

support the match. Next year, 

we are going to attempt to get 

sponsors for all of the individual 

stages.'' 

Despite the fact that no slots 

to the Nationals would be 

available many ladies came and 

shot the tournament. And what 

a tournament it was! It was a 

full surprise tournament with 

seven stages that were either 

semi-surprise or full surprise. 

The first two stages, "Close" and 

''Not So Close'' basically were El 

Judy Woolley 

Presidentes designs at two 

different distances. "Paul's 

Standards" was a Virginia Count 

standards which tested the 

competitor's ability to shoot 

standing, kneeling and prone as 

well as to make rapid magazine 

changes. 

"Jiffi Stop" was a Comstock 

field course designed by Quincy 

police officer and USPSA Range 

Officer, Duane Long. Long was 

CRO on the stage and was 

surprised to see only two ladies 

adopt the strategy he felt was 

optimum in shooting the field 

course. The stage winner, Carol 

Wine, was one of the ladies who 

took the time to analyze the 

course and figure out how to 

save a reload. 

There is something about full 

surprise courses that challenges 

the imagination in all of us. 

Many of the men who 

accompanied the lady shooters 

to the tournament were wishing 

that they could shoot the stages 

as well. It has been suggested 

that after the first competitor 

runs a surprise course it is no 

longer a surprise for anyone 

else, because the first shooter 

tells all the other shooters 

14 the secret of the course. 

At the shooters' meeting 

Metcalf cautioned the 

competitors not to give 

away the secrets of the 

two full surprise courses. 

Obviously if a competitor 

t,ells another competitor 

the secret or secrets on a 

surprise course they have 

just lowered their own 

score on the stage, and 

they have taken away 

from the other competitor 

the experience of being 

tested on the course. 

"Central Park Jogger" 

was a stage where both the 

shooting equipment and the 

ammunition were supplied to 

the shooters. The competitors 

had their choice of one of three 

Smith & Wesson Model 5903 

pistois. Ammunition for the 

9mm pistols was supplied by 

Winchester. To carry the pistols 

Bianchi International supplied 

their new "Top Secret" fanny 

packs. The scenario called for 

the competitor to be jogging 

along a wooded path and to 

encounter aggressors along the 

way. 

CRO Mike Morehead took a 

lot of time to aquaint each lady 

shooter with the equipment. 

Surprisingly several of the ladies 

had never seen or fired a 

conventional double-action pistol 

before. Due to Morehead's 

diligence the stage ran smoothly. 

The secret, as is the case on 

most "trail" type courses, is in 

the location of the targets. On 

this one there were only two 

difficult black-painted pepper 

poppers to locate. Canadian 

Ladies' Champion, Kerry 

Lathwell, had no trouble finding 

them and she won the stage. 

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The other surprise course 

was "Officer Needs Assistance." 

In the second part of this field 

course the competitor had to 

simulate the total disabling of 

her pistol. For safety reasons it 

was decided that the shooter 

would holster a safe gun before 

completing the course. 

The competitor started 

seated in a chair with her gun 

on a table. She engaged the 

first array of targets and proceeded 

towards the "backyard 

fence,'' before crossing a threshold 

she engaged a second target 

array and then holstered a safe 

gun. 

Around the "back yard'' fence 

and out of sight of the gallery 

was a "downed" officer and three 

hostile targets. To finish the 

course the lady competitor had 

to engage the final three targets 

with the equipment she found 

there. The big question was 

what kind of equipment was 

around the fence and what 

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handgun lying on the ground, 

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spent cases in it. The 

competitor had to pick-up the 

revolver, anaylze that it was 

empty, eject the six fired cases, 

and load it before engaging the 

final three targets. Judy Ross 

won this stage. CAROL WINE 

was this year's Ladies' Champion. 

Judy Woolley finished 

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Kerry Lathwell. Other ladies in 

the top ten from fourth place 

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Jo Ratliff, Cinday Lynn 

Fullhart, Kelley Stewart, Donna 

Burch, Marsha Dean and Sandie 

Layton. 

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The San Juan Shooting 

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Their facility overlooks not only 

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National Park area to the northeast, 

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What can you say about 

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Rob Leatham, followed closely 

by Mike Voigt. This was the 

only non-published course. It 

was received just prior to the 

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Stage VII, Bagman, was an 

agility drill and one of the World 

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winning the stage. He started 

in Box A, shot 3 targets at 12 

yards, ran down range 10 yards 

and slightly to the left and shot 

3 more targets around a well. 

Stage IX found Russ James 

blowing out all comers by 9 

percentage points. 

The last stage, Take Cover, 

was a modified World Shoot 16- 

round stage. The competitor 

shot from either of two ports 

around two 50 gallon drums. 

Rob Leatham won with Ron 

Avery and Mike Yorke close on 

his tail. 

The overall found Ron Avery 

match winner with Rob Leatham 

6 hundredths of a point in second 

place. Ron took Top Cop 

award also, which gave him a 

Leffel and Leffel custom gun for 

match winner and a Barlow's 

Custom Gun for Top Cop. 

The rest of the top 16 were 

Mike Yorke, Mike Voigt, Doug 

Boykin, Arnt Myhre, Charlie 

Putman, Brad Hertz, Russ 

James, Larry Spain, Ron Dean, 

Bennie Cooley, Doug Evancic, 

Dan Nigro, Gary Wilburn and 

Bob Ryckman. The final round 

found Mike Voigt and Doug 

Boykin facing each other for Top 

Gun. When the smoke cleared, 

Doug Boykin was shoot-off 

winner. 

The top 8 ladies were Debby 

James, Kippi Boykin, Carol 

Wine, Shirley Hamilton, Ann 

Livingston, Diane Lamb, Kathy 

Barnes, and Claudia Ingoglia. 

The winner of the ladies' shootoff 

was Shirley Hamilton. 

In summing up the match-- 

the stages were well thought out 

and gave away little advantage 

to high capacity guns, and no 

advantage whatsoever to scoped 

guns. It comes right down to 

match design as to what dictates 

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all guns and tests only the skill 

of the competitor. All other 

arguments are moot!! I will 

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didn't have a scope—forget it--no 

brass ring. The targets were a 

little too challenging for fast 

open-sight shooting. This is 

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By: Vic Kersey A-1160 

On July 7th and 

8th, the Ashland 

Gun Club, in 

Ashland, Kentucky, 

held its 4th Annual 

Invitation 

Tournament. This 

year, we also had 

the distinct pleasure 

of hosting the 

Kentucky State 

Championship. The 

event was sponsored 

by Springfield 

Armory, with cosponsors 

Smith and 

Wesson, D&J 

Custom Guns, and Francis 

Coals. 

Under the direction of Bob 

Boyd, Match Director, and Gary 

(Inspector Gadget) Stevens, 

Range Master, we successfully 

ran 125 competitors through six 

stages requiring over 150 rounds 

of ammunition. One of the most 

entertaining stages was "Down 

and Out," designed by Gary 

Stevens, consisting of pepper 

poppers, a swinging target, 

gravity turners, upper "A" zone 

steel plates, no-shoots and a 

few(very few) full-size stationary 

IPSC targets. Rick Castelow 

won this stage. Todd Jarrett 

finished second. 

"Wall to Wall" was deemed 

the sleeper by several shooters. 

It was a multi-target, closerange 

event where six of the 

nine shoot targets were partially 

concealed by no-shoot targets. 

Todd Jarrett ran away from the 

pack on this stage and Larry 

Brown placed second. 

Overall, the Kentucky State 

Championships were a complete 

success and were conducted in 

a quality manner not unlike the 

Nationals. No major difficulties 

were experienced during the 


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COMPETITION PROPOSED! 

INPUT WANTED! 

By: John Sayle, Area 5 Director 

BACKGROUND 

The sport of practical pistol 

shooting has as one of its fundamental 

tenets the research and 

development of technology and 

equipment that will advance the 

levels of performance with the 

practical pistol. Without question, 

this laudable goal must 

remain a fundamental element 

of our sport. It is through such 

experimentation that significant 

advances and contributions have 

been made t,o the craft of practical 

shooting. 

By refusing to recognize 

artificial limits, both in the area 

of human performance as well 

as in equipment design, significant 

performance breakthroughs 

have evolved and will continue 

to be forthcoming. It is in the 

arena of competition that our 

existing concepts are constantly 

being challenged and new ideas 

tested. The freestyle nature of 

our sport is one of the most 

important features that makes 

it different from the other shooting 

disciplines. Our search for 

excellence must never stop and 

an unlimited class is essential. 

MODERN CONSTRAINTS 

It is also a fundamental 

reality of our sport that the 

defensive use of the handgun 

must fit within the context of 

what our society allows. To 

argue otherwise is merely an 

exercise in fantasy or wishful 

thinking which is in itself impractical. 

What was allowed in the "old 

west" has little relevance to 

what is allowed in today's urban 

'society. Nevertheless. the need 

to be able to use a handgun in 

a defensive situation has certainly 

not diminished in the 

modern world. The constraints 

imposed by current laws and 

societal mores make this a more 

difficult task and the modern 

"practical" pistol with compensator 

and scope, while a superior 

piece of equipment, does not 

lend itself t,o the unobtrusive 

profile that is now required 

away from the competitive 

range. 

PROPOSAL 

There is a need for a competitive 

category that uses conventional 

handguns, as this is what 

is readily available t,o the majority 

of our society. In addition, 

some of the USPSA membership 

has grown tired of the so-called 

"arms race" and has indicated a 

desire for a competitive program 

that doesn't require a great deal 

of money and high-tech, competition-oriented 

equipment. It is 

suggested that this be called the 

Defense Class. 

The proposed new class is 

intended to respond to this 

request by fostering 

handgunning skills with 

firearms that rely less on 

technology and that emphasize 

the developm.ent of individual 

marksnaanship within the spirit 

of our principles. To this end, 

the modifications allowed on the 

handguns used in this class are 

strictly limited to those that 

increase reliability and accuracy 

of the firearm without 

fundamentally altering its basic 

design. 

It is intended that the 

introduction of this new class 

will broaden the base of 

practical shooting by providing 

a new forum for those who wish 

to compete in a more 

conventional context. These 

competitors who wish to push 

the limits of what is possible can 

test and develop their skill in 

the unlimited class/category. 

Finally, it is suggested that 

success in both classes should be 

equally recognized on a local, 

regional and national level and 

that appropriate titles and 

prizes be provided both classes. 

To insure that this is done, slots 

to the USPSA national 

championships should be 

specifically reserved for each 

class in a proportion to be 

determined by the BOD. In the 

alternative, a separate national 

championship should be held for 

this class. 

PROPOSED FIREARM 

CRITERIA 

Any factory produced semiautomatic 

handgun or revolver 

or components thereof that comprise 

a complete specific factorytype 

firearm may be used. The 

minimum caliber is a 9 x 19 ram 

(9 ram). The firearm must be a 

production gun available to the 

general public. Prototype 

firearms are specifically not 

allowed. A factory produced 

handgun is defined as a production 

type firearm that has been 

in production for at least two 

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full calendar years and has had 

a production run of 1000 firearms 

per year for at least two 

years. 

Only the following modifications 

or alterations are permitted. 

1. Replacement of barrels 

with barrels of the same dinaensions. 

(Note: it is proposed that 

Semi-Auto barrels may be 

replaced with original barrels or 

barrels that do not exceed X oz. 

whichever is greater.) Ramped 

barrels are permitted. 

2. Replacement of sights 

with metal sights that don't extend 

beyond the end of the 

barrel or the rear of the gun. 

3. Replacement of triggers. 

4. Replacement of safeties 

so long as the weapon is still 

capable of being put into a safe 

non-fireable condition. 

(Beavertail safeties are approved.) 

5. Replacement of springs. 

6. Recoil spring guides that 

do not weigh more than 4 ounces. 

13. Replacement of magazine 

release, or release buttons. 

14. Fitting of slides to frames 

or cylinders to yokes. 

15. Cosmetic enhancements 

that don't give a competitive 

advantage such as custom grips, 

plating, checkering, etc. 

No other alterations are 

allowed. Some examples of 

common items that are 

excluded from this class are as 

follows: 

1. Electrical sights. 

2. Optical sights. 

3. Heavy barrels or barrel 

weights. 

4. Porting of barrels and 

slides. 

5. Heavy sighting ribs. 

6. Extended barrels. 

7. Compensators, either 

custom or factory supplied. 

8. Weighted grips. 

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not in keeping with the spirit of 

this class and is thereby 

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Therefore, only those calibers 

that are produced by at least 

three commercial ammunition 

manufacturers, that are 

generally available at retailers 

across the country and that 

make the major power factor in 

a commercial form may be 

scored as major. Reloaded 

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holster, it is suggested that 

existing standards and rules be 

used. It is felt that the principle 

issue that needs to be addressed 

is the firearm and that 

secondary distractions like 

holster rules should be avoided 

at this time. 

PROPOSED CLASS NAMES 

The names for our 

competitive classes should be 

sensitive to adverse connotations 

that could be used against them. 

It could be argued that if assault 

rifles have been named 

something more benign, the 

general public would not be so 

easily persuaded to support the 

laws that ban them. 

The following five names 

have been suggested for the new 

restricted class: 

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2. Stock Class 

3. Practical Class 

4. Sportsman Class 

5. Tactical Class 

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USPSA CLASSIFICATION 

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Because of the proposed 

rules that limit the alterations 

that may be done to firearms in 

this class, it is unrealistic to 

expect competitors using these 

guns to score on qualifier 

matches as well as competitors 

in the unlimited class. It 

therefore follows that two 

separate classification systems 

should be iniplemented that 

would permit the ranking of 

competitors in both classes. 

This would mean members could 

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wish, one for each class. 

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This proposal creates 

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administrative and cost burdens 

on the national office. While it 

is anticipated that the 

acceptance of this new class will 

help expand the membership 

and, therefore, generate the 

additional funds necessary to 

pay the incremental costs, it is 

recommended that, for the 

remainder of 1991 and for 

calendar 1992, the current 

classification system be retained. 

This will allow sufficient time 

for the programming changes 

that will be required, it will 

allow time for determining and 

filling the staffing requirements 

for the inputting of data and, 

finally, this will allow time for 

the accumulation of additional 

funds to help pay for the new 

classification program. 

It is proposed that once the 

dual classification system is in 

place, slots to the national 

championship be allocated on 

the basis of the ratio of shooters 

who are classified in each class. 

Depending on the number of 

shooters who shoot this class, 

local clubs may or may not 

provide for sepatate awards as 

they see fit. 

MULTI-CLASS COMPETITIVE 

CONSIDERATIONS 

A potential problem exists 

when multiple classes are 

recognized. 

For example, when two 

classes are available, as is called 

for in this proposal, a question 

arises as to which score or scores 

should be recognized for a 

competitor who wishes to shoot 

in both classes. 

It is axiomatic that when a 

competitor runs a course' of fire 

twice, once in each class, 

(Continued on next page) 

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egardless of the fact that he 

uses a different firearm each 

time, he has gained an 

advantage on his second run 

over the competitor who only 

runs the course of fire once. It 

is therefore proposed that only 

the first run should be counted 

for score. 

(FOOTNOTES) 

1. Weight restrictions were 

exarained but found to be 

unworkable. For example, 

a Series 70 Colt weighs 

approximately 1-1/2 ounces 

more than a Series 80 Colt, 

but the specifications 

available from Colt don't 

reflect this difference. Other 

manufacturers also publish 

only approximate weights. 

Without accurate weight 

information from 

manufacturers, a weight rule 

is unworkable. In addition, 

the limited modifications 

allowed will restrict weight 

changes. 

2. Limits on size were 

reviewed. It has been 

suggested that a box with 

fixed dimensions be used to 

keep weapon size and weight 

from being utilized for a 

competitive advantage. A 

limitation on width is a 

particularly difficult 

dimension to establish 

because of the need for 

ambidextrous safeties by 

left-handed shooters using 

larger capacity handg-uns. 

Use of a box would perhaps 

be more appropriate if this 

class were to be strictly a 

tactical handgun class. 

Since this class is int,ended 

to be somewhat broader in 

scope, the box concept is too 

restrictive. Finally, the box 

dimensions that were 

recommended for semi-autos 

were not workable for 

revolvers. 

3. A maximum retail value has 

been suggested to help keep 

down the cost of admission 

to this class. Because of the 

many foreign produced 

firearms that are 

appropriate for this class 

and the foreign exchange 

variables associated with 

buying them, this constraint 

was not utilized. 

4. Cost limitations on 

modifications were explored. 

It is felt that the proposed 

limitations on modifications 

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this will adequately address 

the problem of excessive 

costs. 

5. A frequent suggestion was 

that professional shooters be 

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The 1991 Area I Championship 

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PSA on June 28-30th. The 

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of fire vvith a minimum of 117 

rounds. With an estimated 

$20,000 in prizes, all 160 competitors 

had something to look 

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the awards banquet. 

You started the day at the 

local ''Cash 'n Carry" (Stage 

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engaged first. Moving up to a 

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Kneeling down, checking the 

front tire on your pickup, you 

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of them. Moving to the rear of 

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where you engaged 2 targets 

hidden behind no-shoots and 2 

pepper poppers. Mike Mortown 

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Getting tired, you decided to 

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with legs crossed and fingers 

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everyone else on this stage. 

Didn't get enough rest sitting 

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you rolled over and engaged 2 

targets and 2 pepper poppers 

through a 16" high port. Jim 

Wall got the most rest and the 

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String #3 - repeat, but facing to 

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Mike Martolin ended his day 

with the high score for this 

stage. 

Nice shooting to those who 

held high score for each of the 

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walking away as the overall 

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Lady, and Woody Woodward for 

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Being a "visionary shooter" is 

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The key is to stop fighting with 

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vision control your shooting. 

You can use your eyes to do four 

basic things when you shoot: 

1. Find the target 

2. Align the sights 

3. Set the pace 

4. Fire the shot. 

Let's start with FIND THE 

TARGET. The target is the 

period at the end of the first 

sentence in this article - find it 

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you notice your eyes do a quick 

scan to the first line, then pan 

over near the end of the first 

sentence, then a moment's 

hesitation while they center on 

the period? That moment's 

hesitation is very important to 

your scores. That pause allows 

the eyes to focus exactly where 

you want the bullet to go and it 

lets the sights settle on that 

spot. Many poor hits come from 

squeezing off the shot before the 

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paper but not the bottom edge 

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If the targets are easy - five 

yards away or under - that may 

be all you need to see. By the 

time you have focused clearly on 

the center of the target the gun 

will have settled down to an 

acceptable hit. If they are 

harder, for example, a twelveinch 

steel plate at 50 yards, you 

will need to bring your vision 

completely back to the sights 

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SIGHT ALIGNMENT is not 

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process; the eye finds the nail in 

general, then the very top-most 

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general is probably not enough 

for a really difficult shot. You 

need to see more. Don't try to 

shoot before you have found the 

top center of the front sight. If 

you are shooting a dot, don't 

shoot until you have found the 

very top edge of the dot. It is 

not difficult to do, but it is often 

difficult to wait for. 

That brings us to using your 

vision to SET THE PACE. Have 

you ever said to yourself, "This 

stage looks really tricky. I'd 

better shoot slower." or, "I need 

to burn this one or I'm out of the 

running." Either way, you end 

up missing the steel and picking 

up a couple of Cs and a D. Try 

letting your vision set the pace. 

Don't even think about shooting 

until you find the target in 

general, find the center of the A 

zone, find the front sight, find 

the top center of the sight; then 

break the shot. Try letting your 

vision set the pace. Play around 

and see how much you need to 

see to get the hits you need. On 

a really close shot, eg., a mansized 

target at five feet, all you 

might need to see is the target 

in general, then any part of your 

gun anywhere on the target. 

Practice and play until you know 

how much you need to see to get 

the shot, then don't shoot until 

you see it! Anything less is a 

waste of time. Let you vision 

and your sights tell you when to 

shoot. 

Let your vision FIRE THE 

SHOT. You've found the target, 

you saw your sights in clear 

focus on the target, but you still 

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missed. Why? The seeing and 

the shooting didn't happen at 

the same time. A common 

mistake is seeing the sights, 

then starting the trigger pull 

and letting your vision move to 

the next target. The gun doesn't 

fire when you start your pull, it 

fires after the hammer has 

fallen and the firing pin has hit 

the primer. You really aren't 

done shooting that shot until the 

bullet actually leaves the barrel. 

How do you know when that 

is? You won't see a muzzle flash 

until the bullet has escaped from 

the muzzle. Look for an orange 

flash or the sights silhouetted 

against orange. Watch for the 

front sight to lift. You can go by 

feel. When you feel the gun 

recoil, you know the shot has 

gone off, but it's tricky. It is 

easy to fool yourself and start 

shooting with your eyes closed. 

Let your vision fire the gun. Let 

your eyes continue to see as you 

pull the trigger. Start your 

trigger pull when you see what 

you need to see then keep seeing, 

keep seeing, keep seeing, 

THERE'S the flash, there's the 

recoil; move to the next target. 

Let your vision control your 

shooting. Let your eyes find the 

target, align the sights, set the 

pace, and fire the shot. Trust 

yourself. If you are shooting 

faster than you are seeing, or 

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slow down! As your body 

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advanced from a local game to a 

truly national sport, which I believe 

is what the majority of the members 

want. Being part of an 

internationally recognized sport is 

great, but the price we pay must 

not be excessive. 

I think you and the USPSA Board 

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111 TAME THE 

EQUIPMENT RACE 

I'm the shooter who called you 

last week with the question on 

making tactical class with a Para- 

Ordnance high capacity pistol. I've 

been giving the situation some 

thought and decided to write you 

a letter. 

I started out with a stock gun 

for about 6 months, then upgraded 

to a comp gun, which I've been using 

for quite a while now. It's recently 

become evident to me that highcapacity 

is becoming even more the 

difference between winning or losing, 

I also see optical sights as almost 

necessary as stages naturally lean 

more to upper "B'' zone shots and 

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general long range 

shooting. I expect this to 

naturally come about as 

more and more of the 

shooters setting up stages 

become equipped with 

optical pistols. 

If I had a chance to 

vote, I would cast my vote 

to tame down the 

equipment race in tactical 

class. 'When I called you 

last week, I was just 

considering building up 

a stock gun that would be 

competitive for a while. 

Personally, I would like 

to see this class limited 

to between 6 to 9 rounds 

and forget high capacity 

here. I like the "nothing 

over 3 oz. above box-stock" 

rule, no comps, no optical 

sights, etc. If we tell 

newcomers to our sport 

that 'Yes, you can use a reasonable 

street gun in our sport," we should 

have rules that make it possible. 

Also - there's some old-timers like 

us who are just tired of the 

equipment race and would like to 

shoot guns that are classics. There 

is a chunk of us folks out there who 

really don't want to add a scope to 

our comp guns and fool with 

batteries, switches, clearing jams 

with a scope on the gun, wiping lead 

off of the front lens, etc. Also, we 

call this tactical class. No real-life 

person with a real-life use for 

carrying around a gun all day 

(concealed or out in the open) wants 

to lug around a gun with a scope 

on it. Likewise, to a lesser degree 

many don't want to carry around 

a thick, heavy-with-bullets gun 

either. A tactical class with limited 

capacity would cover everybody. 

If a shooter sees that in order to 

win you have to shoot a weapon that 

he would never carry in real life, 

he's much more likely to say to hell 

with it. 

On a different subject - I wonder 

if it would be a good idea for USPSA 

to provide clubs with a computer 

program to use in each club's 

computer - so they can score 

uniformly vvith all new power factors, 

etc. A national program with easy 

to understand instructions might 

help things score better down at 

the local club level. 

Stan and Rocky Mullen 

A-10494 and A-14907 

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GOOD MATCH GREAT 

PLAINS SECTION! 

I'm just dropping a line to tell 

everybody about the 4th Annual 

Great Plains Sectional that was 

hosted by the Midwest Combat Pistol 

League (MWCPL) of Omaha, NE. 

The match director was Shari Freer 

with her assistant, George Leith. 

These two, along with the other 

members of the club, hosted what 

I felt was a very exciting and 

seemingly flawless match. There 

were four courses of fire with one 

being a classifier. The stages were 

not just "run and gun", but required 

some planning, and one was so easy 

I think it confused quite a few. After 

the match everyone was treated to 

a wonderful banquet. The 

impressive prize table included three 

handguns along with other prizes 

that had everyone keeping their 

fingers crossed. I think just about 

everyone who competed received 

a prize. All things considered, I 

think the Great Plains Sectional 

was a huge success and anyone who's 

in the area next year should try 

to make it to Omaha for some fun 

shooting, Thanks again Shari, 

George and the MWCPL for a fun 

weekend. 

Craig Fokken A-14551 

REVAMP THE 

CLASS SYSTEM? 

I have been involved with IPSC 

shooting for less than a year and 

recently shot my first major match 

last month in Reno. I'm writing 

this letter to you because of a 

weakness I have noticed with the 

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national classification system. The 

classification system itself is great, 

but the way some shooters take 

advantage of it by "holding back'' 

when shooting classifiers can make 

its results veTy inaccurate. With 

all the valuable prizes that can be 

won at these major matches I can 

see why some shooters would 

purposely hold back when shooting 

classifiers. 

I shot in the "D" class at Reno 

and I felt that I had personally shot 

a good match for my skill level. 

I finished in the high 50% range. 

When looking at the stage results 

there were several "D class" shooters 

that were shooting "A" and "B" class 

scores. While standing there I 

overheard another shooter say "It 

looks like you have to shoot a master 

class score to win in any class these 

days." After talking with several 

other people I could see that there 

were many other shooters that were 

discouraged about having to compete 

against other shooters that were 

clearly more advanced than the class 

they had signed up for. 

Don't get me wrong. I am not 

complaining. I had a great time 

at the match and look forward to 

the match again next year, but I 

believe I have thought of a way to 

make it so shooters at a certain skill 

level only compete against other 

shooters that are truly at the same 

skill level. I believe the solution 

is a simple one and will not give 

any one individual an advantage. 

If you were to determine the class 

winner by the shooter that shot the 

best score in that specific class 

percentage it would legitimize all 

competitors. If you are a so-called 

"C class'' shooter and you go to a 

match and shoot an "A class" score, 

then you could not win the ''C" class. 

You could only win the "A" class 

if your score was good enough. The 

"C" class shooter that ranked the 

highest in the designated "C" class 

percentage would be the "C" class 

winner. It would be impossible to 

"hold back" in this system because 

there would be no way of knowing 

how to shoot the match to end up 

first in the class you want to win. 

You would just have to shoot your 

best. If an "A" class shooter shot 

a "C" class score, then better luck 

next time. 

I believe that this system would 

motivate many discouraged shooters 

because now they would truly be 

competing against shooters at the 

same skill level. It would do you 

no good to get classified as a "C" 

and then go to a major match and 

shoot an "A" class score. You 

wouldn't win. Isn't that the true 

intention of the national 

classification system? To have 

master class shooters competing 

against master class shooters, and 

"D" class shooters competing against 

"D" class shooters. Shouldn't we 

take the ''game" out of the 

classification system? What good 

does it do to have a "D" class 

national champion that shoots "A" 

class scores? 

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This is a copy of a letter I sent 

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"I have been a faithful reader 

of American Handgunner for a long 

time and think the photography 

and articles are first rate for the 

most part. What really bothers me 

is the constant political and personal 

attacks Cameron Hopkins slams 

on anyone in USPSA that doesn't 

share his views. Why don't you tell 

it like it really is - that you want 

to gain financially by publishing 

the Front Sight magazine. I know 

you shoot the big matches. When 

wa.s the last time you supported 

a local club by setting up props, 

taking targets, etc.? 

"If your views are what the 

m.sjority of USPSA members believe 

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Director or President yourself? Also 

in your Sept/Oct 1991 issue you 

blast USPSA for voting to destroy 

old election ballots that were done 

by an independent agency and in 

the same magazine tell a reader 

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space. 

Gerry Churchwell A-10512 

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BASIC RULES OF COURSE DESIGN 

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This is good up to a point. 

However, too much freedom of 

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the demise of matches that 

otherwise would have been 

fantastic outings. 

In my travels shooters seem 

to quickly classify poorly designed 

matches in one of four 

categories: 

1. BUZZ MATCH - These 

are stages with close targets set 

up in full view. Usually won by 

"Fast-Draw McGraw" who can 

point-shoot, spray and pray, but 

can't hit anything beyond 15 

meters. DVC? (Heavy on speed) 

2. DRONE MATCH - These 

are stages with little or no 

forethought in design. No props, 

little movement, low round 

count, straight-forward drill setups; 

ie., an El-Pres, One-shot 

draw Virginia counts, etc. 

3. PROP MATCH - These 

matches depend heavily on 

equipment manipulations. They 

require more time doing nonshooting 

related tasks than in 

time of fire; ie., Loading bullets 

into empty mag (6 seconds), to 

fire on 3 close targets (3 seconds). 

Or retrieving pistol from 

locked box 10 yards away (15 

seconds) to fire 5 rounds in 2 

seconds. Practical? Maybe ... 

Test of shooting? NO! 

4. BLTLLSEYE MATCH - 

These are the most inflammatory 

to shooters. They present 

unrealistically difficult shots 

which lend a large factor to luck 

rather than skill. Some designers 

feel that these factors dignify 

their match by creating a "World 

Class" challenge. In reality 

they've undermined the DVC 

triumvirate, and it isn't an IPSC 

match at all. Every such course 

is painful to each shooter, who 

comes away with a sour taste, 

including the winner! There is 

no joy here. 

As you can see, a little of any 

Front Sight

one thing above is good. Too 

much is bad. A delicate mix is 

the ultimate. Here are some 

general rules in course set-up 

that I've found to be popular as 

well as a true test of skill in a 

well-rounded IPSC environment. 

DISTANCE/HIT 

AREA RATIOS 

Never set targets past 50 

yards. Never obscure any portion 

of a target past 25 yards. 

Always leave at least one-half 

body "A" zone visible at distance 

s past 1 2 yards. 

Swinger/movers should be accomplishable 

by any nationallyranked 

''C'' class shooter. Not a 

matter of spray n' pray luck. 

Any box to box movement should 

be at least 4 paces and at most 

8. Any less, advantages high 

capacity; any more advantages 

the track star. Never have more 

than 50% of total targets in one 

stage closer than 8 yards. 

PROPS 

Never allow procedures to 

spend more than 50% of a total 

run time in non-shooting activity; 

ie., doing a 25 yard sprint to 

box "A", and firing 6 quick shots. 

Always check shot angles from 

tip-toes and knees. The points 

of view from 5-footers to 6-footers 

must be similar! Be cognizant 

of advantage/disadvantages 

of larger and smaller shooters; 

ie., tunnels, walls, etc. Never 

require spare ammo retrieval 

from props! This old trick, 

advantages high-capacity beyond 

the catch-up. 

The general standard by 

which to rate good courses is in 

asking this: Can any "C" class 

shooter accomplish this stage 

with all the hits, given a reasonable 

amount of time? If the 

answer is yes, and your stages 

fall into the guidelines above, 

you've probably got a match that 

will be well-remembered by all. 

R,emember, when you give IPSC 

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plishable stages) and they hang 

themselves, they'll laugh and 

shake your hand. But if they're 

doomed before stepping into the 

box you'll get mutiny for sure! 

I've compiled my own personal 

booklet on course design 

which includes some formal 

guidelines drawn up by J. Michael 

Plaxco, who really put 

together some fantastic "A" to 

"Z" how-tos on the matter. They 

include many absolutes on hittarget 

area/distance ratios, 

shooting box distances, etc. 

As our sport grows and 

becomes more refined, I believe 

that the rules governing course 

design must become a bit more 

definitive. This will create 

standardization needed in all 

IPSC competition, and especially 

so on the international level 

where one can find some truly 

bizarre set-ups. 

Editor's note: The views represented 

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To be sure, as Barnhart 

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The requirements were to 

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Miller Champion. Todd Jarrett 

while a fourth bank of swinging 

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The shooter had to progress 

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FIRST LADIES ONLY MATCH 

at Tri-County Gun Club, Sherwood OR 

By: Jim McCausland A-9418 

The first Ladies Only Match 

at Tri County Gun Club in 

Sherwood, OR was a success. 

Lisa Munson, one of the top lady 

shooters in the country, came 

down from Marysville, WA, to 

win the match. Lisa's attendance 

at the match and her 

sharing of pointers generated a 

lot of interest from the other 

competitors. We had more RO's 

and helpers than we did shooters. 

The ladies were Queens for 

the day. No picking up brass, 

no taping targets, no score 

keeping and no RO'ing. They 

loved it. This also gave them 

the opportunity to talk to each 

other and exchange ideas. 

The Shoot-off was set up 

while the final scores were being 

calculated. Lisa Munson was 

the winner of the Shoot-off as 

well as winner of the match, 

with a total of 534.74 points. 

The top 8 ladies in order were: 

Lisa Munson, Monica George 

Caryn Kletzok, Shirley Angell, 

Martie McCormick, Pat Church, 

Linda Ray, and Margaret Camp. 

The first Ladies Only Match 

was kept fairly low key, with 

prizes amounting to entry fees 

minus costs. The purpose of the 

match was not to give out big 

prizes but to provide the lady 

shooters a good time with lots of 

shooting, and I think we accomplished 

this. 

If we have another Ladies 

Only Match next year, how do 

I generate more interest and 

how do I get a higher attendance? 

Would we need to get 

the word out better with mailers? 

Do we need big prizes? Do 

we need a bigger match, more 

stages, or two days of events? 

Do we need a shooting clinic put 

on by someone like Debby 

James? When would be a good 

time to have the match? 

What we really would appreciate 

is feedback. Write to Front 

Sight and let's hear what.you 

want. As the Nike ad says, 

"Just do it!" and have a Ladies 

Only Match at your club. 

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Began Practical Shooting: 

Late in 1985 

Firearm used to win U.S. 

Nationals: Para-Ordnance 

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Gunsmith: Blake Gann 

Holster/gear: Safariland 008 

I had a talk with Mike 

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I told Mike "I vvill be glad to 

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professional, I just don't have 

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they do." Mikes reply was 

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After the 90 Nationals I did a 

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I was disappointed with my 

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April 24-25, 1992 

Limited to first 100 participants 

Entry Fee: $85.00 if received before 4/51; $100.00 after 4/15 

11 Courses of fire - 4 rifle, 4 shodgun, 3 pistol 

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Match Fee $80.00; after Jan. 15th, $90.00 

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HOST CLUB 

USPSA is seeking a host club for the 1992 Three Gun National Championship. 

Interested clubs must submit written proposals by January 1, 1992 in order to be 

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staffing (two RO's per stage, set up crew, stats personnel). The Range Master will 

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administer the match. Range Staff may fire the courses on a different schedule, but 

they will not shoot the match! 

USPSA will provide sponsorships, registration, promotion, prizes and trophies. For 

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