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THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATES PRACTICAL SHOOTING ASSOCIATION / IPSC 

Jan./Feb. 2009 

Vol. 26, No. 1 

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COVER STORY 

26, 32 Jessie's Amazing Year! 

Clock's Jessie Abbate won virtually everything she reached for in 2008. 

(CovER: JESSIE ABBATE AT THE LIMITED NATIONALS IN TULSA, PHOTO BY RoctR MAI( R.) 

FEATURE STORIES 

11 Left The Range: Chris 

Tikonoff 

Courtesy of Greg Gilman 

12 The Space Race: 

H. Smith Magazines 

By James Tarr 

14 Helping Vets On The 

Range 

By USPSA Staff, Owen Emery, others. 

16 The Mile High 

by Jerry Anderson 

20 SAFETY AREA: Why 

RO? 

By Robert Porter 

23 New R/V1 John Baier 

by John Beier 

24 America Fights Back 

Review by Robin Taylor, Front Sight staff 

25 USPSA's Local 

Leadership Workshops 

by Dan Bernard 

26 Multigun Nationals 08! 

COLUMNS 

by Dave Thomas, USPSA ED 

Member's Mailbag 

Inside USPSA 3 

Inside NROI 4 

From The Editor 6 

Focus on Juniors 9 

Bul letin Board 10 

Custom Gun Talk 64 

DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS 

Area 1 Bruce Gary 

Area 2 Chris Endersby 

Area 3 Emanuel Bragg 

Area 4 Kenneth Hicks 

Area 5 Gary Stevens 

Area 6 Charles Bond 

Area 7 Rob Boudrie 

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New Calendar, T-Shirt 

by USPSA Staff 

U.S. Shooting Academy 

by James Tarr 

Lessons in SCSA: 

The Eddy Brown 

Memorial Metal Match 

by Robin Taylor, USPSA Staff 

The MFS Open, an 

IPSC Level III in 

Debrecen, Hungary 

by David Thompson 

Hoo-Rah! The MGM/ 

USAMU Junior Camp 

by Rhonda Gibson 

The Shooter With Half 

A Brain 

by Mark Miller 

Meet USPSA's National 

Match Series Sponsors 


Meet the LPR National 

Staff 


Neill On Reloading 68 

New Range Officers 20 

New Product Corner 8 

Maior Matches 78 

Steel Challenge 5 

Advertisers' Index 80 

Corrections, Errors, Goofs 58 

Area 8 Alan Meek area8@uspsacarg 

VP John Amidon dnroi@uspsa.org 

Pres. Mike Voigt president@uspsa.org 

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Publisher - USPSA/IPSC, INC. 

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Bragg, Chris Endersby, Bruce Gary-, Kenneth 

Hicks, Alan Meek, Gary Stevens 

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Exec. Director Dave Thomas 

Vice President John Arnidon 

Editorial Staff 

Editor 

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Asst. Editor Robin Taylor 

Project Manager Roger Maier 

Advertising Barbara Gibbs 

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MEMBERS' 

'MI LBAG 

COMME \TS FROVi THF ME ASBERSHIP 

MD, Staff Show Great Restraint 

At The Area 8 

While participating in the Area 8 

Championship earlier this year, an incident 

occurred which I feel our organization 

should be aware of. 

On one stage the start position was 

with loaded gun with barrel "flat" on 

table with "no prop.'' The first shooter 

was a Super Squad member shooting 

an Open gun that day who also happened 

to have his wife shooting in our 

squad as well. Upon placing the loaded 

weapon on the table the RO pointed 

out that the slide racker on the gun was 

not allowable because it was acting like 

a prop. The shooter, obviously upset 

by this decision, began questioning and 

explaining VERY professionally to the 

RO that this starting position couldn't 

possibly be correct. He felt it would be 

a safety issue to put his gun down on 

the opposite side with no slide racker 

and have ro roll it over to pick it up. Ali 

of a sudden another shooter from our 

squad who was a guest in our country 

for this match from our good neighbor 

to the north, Canada, races forward 

and begins to verbally assault, scream 

at, and attack the RO using language 

that I will omit from this letter. The RO 

showed true professionalism as well as 

restraint in this tense situation. 

A call was made to the match director, 

who arrived promptly, only for 

himself to be attacked verbaily by this 

arrogant individual continuing to show 

zero respect and creating an unecessary 

scene. The match director corrected 

the official start position and very 

calmly but firmly "backed down" the 

over-angered individual causing the 

problem. And to boot, throughout the 

entire day this guy constantly used the 

"F" word very loudly around the only 

female shooter in our squad. I can only 

imagine how she felt hearing this all 

day. 

I don't know if this type of behavior 

is acceptable up north, but I would 

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certainly hope not. Lastly I would like 

to point out that the entire staff of the 

East Huntington Practical Shooters deserves 

a big hand for an excellent 

match. I drove seven hours from Connecticut 

to attend and surely would 

do the same again next year. 

Sincerely, 

Lou Nistico, A-44920 

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2 FRONT SIGHT • January/February 2009

INSIDI 

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By Michael yogi, USPSA PRESIDENT 

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hat a year we 

had in 2008! 

when they come up in the next few years by writing to your 

representatives! 

Looking back, we experienced 

good growth in our membership, 

triumphed at the World 

Shoot, and our industry contacts 

have been generous in 

spreading the word that 

USPSA is a safe, exciting sport 

through special firearm promotions, 

posters and other 

means. On that front, Paul Erhardt 

has been a great asset with helping us market USPSA. 

Our growth is due to many efforts put in place to encourage 

shooters to come to a match. 

Makin' ft Stick 

The critical component in all our new shooter marketing 

is how a competitor perceives his first USPSA experience. I 

have received many positive comments from new members 

expressing how they were warmly welcomed and how much 

they learned about safe gun handling at their first match. 

Let's all keep up the intensity to bring one new person to a 

USPSA match. We need to show as many people as possible 

how safe and fun our sport is. Knowledge of our sport will 

always help us in the long run. 

We have just watched an amazing display of media power 

in the recent elections. I am stunned at the success of a plan 

to mobilize voters without knowledge of what they were actuallv 

voting for... Be sure to fight irresponsible laws if and 

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World Shoot XV 

On a MUCH better note, the Americans cleaned up at 

the IPSC World handgun championships. Altogether, we 

collected 13 Gold, 4 Silver and 7 Bronze medals. With the 

US national anthern played for every Gold medal, 1200 people 

heard it played loud and clear many times — GREAT JOB 

to all the U.S. delegation — you made us proud! 

The 'PSC General Assembly met just prior to the World 

Shoot. There were several major rule changes that were 

NOT approved by the rules committee (mandatory reloads 

on medium and long courses, no mixing of large/small poppers 

on a stage, reduced size targets with no allowance to 

mix them, untraversable areas and a few others) — these were 

all referred back to the rules committee and not passed. IPSC 

did approve changing the name of the "Classic" target to the 

"IPSC" target and also doing away with the Metric target 

from IPSC handgun competition. Greece won the vote to 

decide the venue for the 2011 IPSC World Shoot. USA won 

the bid of the RDs present, but the proxy votes favored 

Greece. 

The National Championship location and dates are just 

about final. By the time you are reading this, the Phoenix 

Board of Directors meeting will have concluded and Nationals 

dates and locations will be on the USPSA websites. I 

expect the best of the familiar and several new twists will 

make this our best nationals yet! 

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By John Amidon, NROI DiR[croR 

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wcil it's the start of a brand new season. I hope everyone enjoyed the 

Rifle, Shotgun Revisions Now 

holidays and got all kinds of good toys to play the sport with for 2009. 

On-Line 

Since their introduction in January, 

Mr. Amidon has made a number 

Before we go too far into 2009, let's take a moment to reflect back on 2008 and 

of small corrections to the rifle and 

World Shoot XV held in Bali, Indonesia, and recognize how well the United States 

shotgun rules available on-line. If 

and the members of our teams did. (See below.) 

you're using those rule sets, be sure 

When N, ou see these guys and gals on the range he sure to congratulate them for you've got the latest revision! 

a job well 

USPSA Gold Teams 

done! The US teams did a job to be proud of. 

ALL of the USPSA-sponsored teants shown here won the team Gold medals in their divisions. 

Open Men's 

KC Eusebio 

Max Michel 

Chris Tilley 

13J Norris 

Standard 

Travis Tomasie 

Shannon Smith 

Taran Butler 

Emanuel Bragg 

Additional US teams not sponsored by USPSA 

Modified: Gold 

Jo Jo Viclanes 

Michael Voigt 

Barry Dueck 

James Ong 

Individual Overall Winners 

Open 

2nd KC Eusebio 

3rd Max Michel 

Open Ladies 

Ka) \ I iculek 

Athena Lee 

Eva Beecroft 

Lisa Munson 

Production 

Matthew Mink 

Robert Vogel 

Angus Hobdell 

David Olhasso 

Open Juniors 

Brad Balsley 

Shane Coley 

Forrest McCord 

James McGinty 

Men's Standard Senior: Bronze 

Robert Novak 

Steve Miguez 

Paul Clark Sr. 

Open Lady 

1st Athena Lee 

Open Junior 

1st KC Eusebio 

2nd Brad Balsley 

3rd Shane Coley 

QUESTION 

saw something interesting this weekend at a 

major and was curious what the correct call on this 

would be. 

The shooter placed one magazine on the shelf 

and his loaded gun per the stated procedures. 

However, when the timer went off, the shooter 

slammed his hand on the gun causing the magazine 

to drop. He then grabbed a full magazine off 

of his belt, loaded the gun, and shot the three targets 

on his first pass. Then he performed his reload 

from the shelf per the instructions. 

The RO wasn't sure how to deal with it so he 

issued a single procedural for not following the 

stated instructions "loaded gun and magazines to 

be used on the shelf under the counter as per ready 

condition in rule 8.1.1 and 8.1.2." The question 

was, should the shooter have had one procedural 

for each shot fired? The penalties stated are "Failure 

to perform mandatory reload will result in one 

procedural penalty per shot fired." But this was 

before the reload and even first shot. Did he really 

gain any advantage to warrant the one per 

shot? 

Standard 

Production 

1st Travis Tomasie 2nd Mathew Mink 

2nd Blake Miguez 3rd Robert Vogel 

3rd Shannon Smith 

Shoot-Off Winners 

Open Lady Open Junior Production 

Kay Miculek BJ Norris Angus Hobdell 

Modified 

1st Jo Jo Vidanes 

3rd Michael Voigt 

Modified 

Michael Voigt 

ANSWER 

am not sure I follow this, the shooter lost an 

enormous amount of time by doing this, and he 

started with a loaded gun, did a mag change on the 

start, and then followed the procedure of the second 

reload. The briefing states that he must use 

the loaded gun and magazine on the shelf, which 

INSIDE NROI continued on page 67. 

4 FRONT SIGHT - January/February 2009

STEEL 

Building On Our Success 

lr you have never participated in 

the Steel Challenge, you are in for a 

grand new experience. The atmosphere 

present at the Steel Challenge is 

unique. Although the match is demanding 

of the competitor, it also provides 

periods where one can laugh at 

their failures. With USPSA's help, Steel 

Challenge Shooting Association grew 

wonderfully in 2008. Regional and 

state matches are cropping up all across 

the United States, the European Championships 

were a success, and the Challenge 

itself came off well despite some 

little problems along the way. 

As Steel Challenge shooting expands 

as an international sport, we're 

laying some groundwork to help that 

happen. I just returned from my first 

sit-down planning meeting for the 

2009 Steel Challenge season with the 

USPSA/SCSA staff. The world championships 

will stay here in Piru, on the 

same weekend, using the same divisions, 

with the same stages that we've 

used for the last many years. We talked 

about a lot of things at the meeting, but 

one item in particular was streamlining 

our range commands. The idea is that 

no matter what language is being spoken, 

the commands need to be understood. 

To keep things as uniform as we 

can, at this year's Challenge we're going 

to get all the ROs together and have 

a little training session. We're still 

working out the details, but it sounds 

like we'll line up the SCSA range commands 

and safety rules with USPSNs — 

so that everyone is on "the saine sheet 

of music." 

Looking at Divisions: 

The Steel Challenge allows for lots 

of choices for the competitor. 

You can enter the main match in 

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By Dave Thomas, REG, TIVE DIRECTOR 

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USPSA Web Page Member's Area 

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Change; The Good, The Bad, 

The Ugly 

As this is being written on an airplane 

to Orlando in mid-November, 

the echoes of change ring loud. We've 

just come through the longest, most 

expensive political campaign in United 

States, if not world history, which featured 

"change" as a central, if undefined 

theme. Many USPSA and Steel 

Challenge Shooting Association 

(SCSA) members see the new reality resulting 

from the election as threatening 

to their sports and to gun owners in 

general. 

Those concerns, coupled with 

worry about the economic decline over 

the past few months, has some under- 

standably thinking carefully about 

where (and if) they should spend their 

recreation dollars. At the same time 

gun stores can't keep firearms, ammunition, 

or reloading components in 

stock. Obviously buying decisions are 

individual and it would be highly presumptuous 

of me to attempt to offer 

advice. 

I can, however, share with you 

what I hope and believe will be the 

USPSA/SCSA approach. We will continue 

to grow and expand. We will remain 

aggressive in marketing our 

sports and we will continue to search 

for better ways of doing what we do 

We will never stop looking for ways to 

add real value to USPSA/SCSA membership. 

We will recommit ourselves to 

providing better service to our clubs 

arid sections and to listen to the concerns 

of those doing the work of 

USPSA at ground zero. We will continue 

to improve the competition experience 

for those who attend our national 

events. We will continue to work 

toward being better partners with our 

advertisers and sponsors. We will remain 

optimistic about America's future. 

And we'll do all that without a government 

bailout, I promise. 

I hope others in the industry will 

share those goals and attitudes. At the 

moment we are seeing caution in the 

firearms market place. While that is 

understandable given the business real- 

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ity of living or dying on the ability to 

generate profit, there are times when it 

is necessary to invest in an uncertain 

future or risk watching that future devolve 

from uncertain to none at all. 

Caution may be evidence of wisdom; 

surrender makes caution irrelevant. 

As of this writing USPSA is going 

gangbusters. We are finishing our 

fourth consecutive year of growth with 

membership just over 17,000. We are 

financially sound and we are more visible 

and respected in the industry than 

we have ever been, 

We are poised to launch services, 

programs, and partnerships designed 

to create the same kind of growth and 

prestige for SCSA. Watch Front Sight 

and the SCSA web page 

(www.steelchallenge.com ) for further 

information as events unfold. Stay 

tuned! 

Success At World Shoot XVI 

The 25th IPSC World Championship 

was held Oct. 22 through Nov. 

2 in Bali, Indonesia. USPSA supported 

(funded) five teams; men's Open, Production, 

and Standard (Limited), and 

women's and junior's Open. Other 

USPSA members attending the match 

organized themselves into men's Modified 

and senior men's Standard teams. 

With one exception, those teams won; 

all of them, a clean sweep. (Even the 

exception, the senior men's Standard 

team, brought home the bronze 

medal.) 

Travis Tomasie capped his USPSA 

National Limited Championship by 

wining the World Standard Division 

Championship and JoJo Vidanes won 

Modified Division. Athena Lee won 

her second women's world title and 

KC Eusebio took the top junior spot. 

USPSA Shoot off winners were Angus 

Hobdell (Production), Michael 

Voigt (Modified), BJ Norris (Open Junior), 

and Kay Miculek (Open Lady). 

Congratulations to all team members 

and individual champions. Well 

done! 

Look for more extensive coverage 

of the World Shoot courtesy of Mike 

Carraher in our next issue. 

Local Leadership Workshop 

I've just returned from USPSA's 

third Local Leadership Workshop 

(LLW) this one held in Orlando, Fla. 

(See article on page 25.) 

Organizing and facilitating these 

workshops is always reinvigorating. 

They help me connect with the people 

at the pointy end of the USPSA stick 

and remind me how fortunate USPSA 

is to have quality people who volunteer 

to lead clubs and sections and to produce 

competitions. I have the opportunity 

to get to know these people and 

without exception I've been very impressed. 

This most recent workshop provides 

illustration. Seventeen people 

gave up a very pleasant weekend to 

meet in a hotel conference room. Most 

of them spent their own money for the 

privilege, although USPSA will reimburse 

some of their expenses. They 

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law enforcetnent officer, retired businessmen, 

retired and active duty military 

people, and a sprinkling of technology 

folks. Some run clubs or are 

about to assume those duties. One is a 

section coordinator and another told 

me that he intends to run for that position 

in his section. 

All demonstrated interest in finding 

ways of doing their jobs in new and 

better ways to serve their organizations. 

Some came to the room seeking 

solutions to specific problems. Everyone 

in the room contributed to solving 

someone else's problems. That sort of 

synergy is exciting to see and fun to be 

part of. I very much appreciate the 

friendliness, humor, and good will of 

these fine people. 

I anticipate that we will conduct between 

one and three such workshops 

in 2009. Watch for more details in future 

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NEW PRODUCT CORNER: 

Para Moves To North Carolina? 

— And Plans To Make Rifles? 

Para-Ordnance recently announced plans to consolidate 

its manufacturing, assembly, and warehousing in the Charlotte, 

North Carolina area. Renovations are underway at the 

facility that will house Para USA, Inc., and should be complete 

by the time this magazine reaches you. 

According to Para-Ordnance press releases, one 

of the first pistols to be assembled in Charlotte 

will be the new entry-level "GI Expert" 1911 pistol. 

However, of much greater interest is the announcement 

of Para-Ordnance's entry into the 

rifle market. As their press paperwork says: 

"The second phase of production at the 

Charlotte manufacturing facility is expected to 

get underway in January 2009. It will allow 

Para USA to deliver the first of it new Expert" 

rifles." 

The new rifles will showcase something 

called the DIGS " system, which "substantially 

enhances accuracy by destroying recoil..." 

"Destroying" recoil? This we gotta see. 

Para-Ordnance intends to be finished with 

the move by June 1, 2009. However, their customer-service 

operation "will remain in their 

Tennessee Customer Service Center through 

the transition period or until further notice." 

DIVA Ears? 

Dan Nigro, founder of Pro Ears, recently 

announced a partnership agreement with Judy 

Rhodes, founder of The DIVAS, a women'sonly 

shooting organization. 

Nigro noted, ''At Pro Ears we are committed 

to the shooting/hunting sports and are 

proud to support the DIVAS." 

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"Our goal is to introduce 

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through a vast array 

of programs including 

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seminars and outdoor 

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country." 

Pro Ears now has, "pink and pink camo model hearing 

muffs," which, according to Rhodes have been "an overwhelming 

hit with all our ladies. Now we can protect our 

hearing and look good doing it." 

Winchester® Introduces First Powder Designed 

Specifically For Compensated Pistols 

Chris Hodgdon, Public Relations Manager for Winchester® 

Smokeless Propellant, recently announced 

a new powder for competition pistol 

shooters called "AUTOCOMP." 

According to Hodgdon, the propellant is "ideally 

suited for delivering optimum pistol compensator 

performance." 

"AUTOCOMP was developed specifically for 

the calibers .38 Super, 9mm, .45 ACP and .40 

S&W. It's the perfect burning speed to boost 

compensator effectiveness with a higher volume 

of gas. With AUTOCOMP competitors 

get off faster shots with better accuracy; it's a 

winner." 

AUTOCOMP data is now on-line at www.wwpowder.com. 

For more information call 913- 

362-9455 or write to 6231 Robinson, Shawnee 

Mission, KS 66202. 

Winchester's press release data shows .40 

S&W 180 grain bullet with 7.2 grains Power 

Pistol® =1013 fps VS. 6.3 grains AUTO- 

COMP=I053 fps 

New Bullet Puller Design 

Forster Products' new Universal Bullet Puller 

fits virtually any standard reloading press. 

Forster claims their new puller makes pulling 

bullets much easier, quicker and safer than using 

a hammer- style puller. 

Forster's puller grabs the bullet, while the shell 

holder pulls the case down. To accomodate different bullet 

sizes, the "Universal Bullet Puller" relies on diameter-specific 

collets, available in 21 sizes frorn .17 to .458. To get the 

collet to grab properly, the user tightens the collet screw with 

a 9/16" wrench. 

Pullers and collets 

can be ordered 

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Front Sight wekomes press releases 

that figure directly on USPSAIIPSC 

shooting. Because of space restrictions 

we cannot print all the releases we receive. 

To submit a press release, contact 

advertising coordinator Barbara 

Gibbs at barbaraqi uspsa.org 


FocLs oN 

jUNIOR 

USPSA Junior Member's Area 

WNW. Li spsa-juniors.org 

usernarne: dvc passworck juniors 

By Mike McCarter, JLNIOR PROGRAV 

COORDINATOR norilkes@holmail cnrn 

Photo courtesy of Marlene Coley 

USPSA's Gold-Medal-Winning Junior Team included 

James McGinty, Shane Coley, Brad Balsley and Forrest 

McCord. 

U.S. Junior Team Wins Gold at World Shoot 

Congratulations to the U.S. Junior IPSC team who won 

the gold medal at the recent International Practical Shooting 

Confederation (IPSC) World Shoot XV in Bali, Indonesia. 

Marlene Coley, junior team member Shane Coley's mom, 

sent us the following statement. 

"The U.S. Junior Open team gave the U.S. its biggest margin 

of victory with a 646-point lead over the second place 

junior squad from the Philippines. Team members included 

Shane Coley, (Leland, Miss.,) Spc. Brad Balsley, (Uniontown, 

Penn.,), James McGinty, (Tabernacle, N.J.) and Forrest Mc- 

Cord (Houston, Texas). Australia and Germany finished 

third and fourth respectively. 

"In the individual awards, the U.S. enjoyed 

a clean sweep. All three medals, 

were awarded to USAMU members Spc. 

K.C. Eusebio, Brad Balsley, and Shane 

Coley, respectively. In the Overall Open 

Division competition, which included 

353 shooters from 53 countries, Balsle's. 

finished 8th, Coley - 15th, McGinty - 

35th, and McCord - 66th overall." Thu 

U.S. Junior Team finished 5th among the 

approximately 30 Open teams. 

Great job guys and thank you for taking 

the time to represent all the iunion, 

who shoot in USPSA sports shooting. 


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Keep your eyes 

posted on upcoming 

information 

about a new shirt 

available to USPSA 

members with the 

logo of the East 

Baghdad Action 

Shooters in Baghdad, 

Iraq. (See 

page 31 — editors.) 

USPSA recently 

joined forces with 

LTC Donn H. Hill, 

of the 10th Mountain 

Division (stationed 

at FOB Loyalty, 

Baghdad), and 

Bob Novak of 

Techwear USA, to 

produce a shirt 

with the logo of this 

shooting group. I 

think all of us 

would be proud to 

wear one of these 

shirts to any USPSA 

match, and the best 

STI Royalties Pass $12,000 

Sales on STI's official USPSA 

commemorative pistols have climbed 

to more than 120 specially-engraved 

handguns, with three months yet to 

go in 2008. 

Photo by Nathan Reynolds Et Barrett Sexton 

STI's USPSA Single-Stack commemorative 

first appeared in the 

pages of Front Sight in January 

2008. They offer a high-capacity 

model for Limited Division as 

well. Both guns are state-of-theart 

racing machines. 

As of the third quarter of 2008, 

STI International had remitted 

$12,300 to USPSA. Thank you STI! 

To learn more about STI's custom 

serial-numbered USPSA commemoratives, 

log on tO 

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The Numbers Grow . . 

As of November 19 last year, we 

had 17,250 members, 366 affiliated US 

clubs, three Foreign Classifier Affiliates 

and one Military Affiliate (did you see 

their article in the last issue? Welcome 

the East Baghdad Practical Shooters!). 

We also show nearly 300 SCSA members 

and 42 SCSA clubs. In the prior i2 

months I sent out 71 affiliation packets 

to potential clubs and we affiliated 26, 

four of which were previously affiliated 

and were returning to USPSA. 

Should we say - way to grow, USPSA? I 

think so! 

Starting the Year Right 

On Nov. 14, we sent out re-affiliations 

to all eligible clubs. We got three 

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to Milan Rifle Club, Cool 

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Practical Shooters! I'm looking forward 

to all the clubs getting reaffiliated 

by the Feb. 15 deadline. You can rnail 

'em, fax 'em, send 'em as email attachments, 

just get 'em done. 

If your club got a low-activity 

memo but you still want to re-affiliate, 

please let me know right away at 

valio suspa.org so we can arrange for 

an eruption for this year. 

Surprise! You're a Club Contact! 

Has someone come to you in the 

dead of night, dropped a box of "club 

stuff' in your lap and said, "Here! I've 

been transferred to Australia," leaving 

you feeling stunned and shell-shocked? 

Even if you feel like you're way behind 

the learning curve, you're really not 

alone. Here are some things that 

should help: 

1. As a club contact, you should 

have the Club Program Manual, 

the National Classification Course 

Book, and the EzWinScore 3.06 

scoring program. If any of those 

items are missing, you can request 

replacements from us at cost. 

EzWinScore updates are available 

at www.uspsa.org, under "additional 

content" (select the EzWin- 

Score Support link). The current 

update is 3.06, so if you're using 

EzWinScore, make sure you have 

this version on all your club computers! 

2. You can download any of the 

current classification courses and 

the Club Program Manual in .pdf 

format from www.uspsa.org . 

3. If your club is not yet uploading 

activities, contact Roger at 

roger@ uspsa.org and request a 

Welcome New Clubs! 

v1/4 AC Practical Shooters of 

Tampa, Fla., and Higginsville Organized 

Practical Shooters of Higginsville, 

Mo. 

New SCs 

Mark Miller takes over from 

Larry Birkelbach in the West Texas 

section. Welcome, Mark, and thank 

you, Larry! 

club password. Uploading bypasses 

the hassle of printing, gathering 

paperwork, writing a check 

Chas anyone seen the club checkbook?"), 

finding an envelope, finding 

stamps, standing in line at the 

post office and worrying whether 

the paperwork will get to the 

USPSA office by the 10th - if at all 

- and yes, we have had things that 

were lost in the mail. When you 

upload, you just push a few buttons, 

enter the credit card information, 

and presto! You're all finished 

and ready to set up for another 

match! 

Getting Activities in 

Clubs, remember the final deadline 

for club submissions for 2008 is 

Jan. 31 - no exceptions. After that, we 

will still enter scores, but the clubs 

will get no additional credit, so if you 

have classifiers from 2008, get them 

in right away! 

The Beer-Truck Test . . 

Do you knov, what would happen 

to your club if tomorrow you went 

rushing across the street to get to the 

post office - and got hit by a beer truck? 

Whether you are the club president, 

treasurer, stats person, Mr. Fix-it, the 

secretary, or their one and only CRO, 

the effect could be devastating. Do you 

1 0 FRONT SIGHT • January/February 2009

have someone who can step into your 

shoes while you're laid up? 

Training takes time and mentoring 

takes effort, but it will pay off in the 

long run for the stability and growth of 

the club. So if you do get bashed, 

crashed or even just burned out, you 

can be assured there will be someone 

who can pick up the pieces and go forward. 

Major Matches 

ihis is the tune of year that clubs, 

sections and areas are planning major 

events, such as special classifiers, sectional 

or state matches, and Area championships. 

If your club/section/area is 

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in this planning stage, remember 

there's more to it than choosing a few 

stages and saying, in effect, "I've got a 

barn, let's put on a show!" 

All clubs running a Level I Special 

Classifier match are required to have 

their SC's approval ahead of time; the 

form for his/her signature is on page 9 

of the National Classification Course 

Book, and can also be found on the 

web site under "Forms." If you intend 

to upload the results, the form can be 

faxed, mailed or sent as an email attachment 

ahead of time, or it can be 

sent with the paperwork if you mail it 

in. 

Any event that is to be billed as a 

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Members interested in running for 

Area Director in Area I, 3, or 7 are 

encouraged to contact Val at USPSA 

HQ immediately. Candidates may 

submit nominating petitions as late as 

June 1, but will miss the chance to 

participate in some Front Sight candidate 

coverage. 

state or sectional match, or other major 

event, must be a Level II or higher. 

The Form C is also found in the National 

Classification Course Book, 

page 16 (or again on the web site); this 

must be submitted, along with the 

courses of fire, to John Amidon for approval 

at least 30 days prior to the 

match for Level II and 90 days for 

Level III. 

If you have any questions, please 

contact John at dnroiOpuspsa.org or 

fax him at (315) 458-4053. 

Finally . . 

Welcome to a brand-new year! Let's 

all resolve to make it a fine year for all 

of us. 

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Aug. 27, 1971 - Nov. 7, 2008 

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Photos courtesy of Michael 

Chludenski. 

0 ur dear friend Chris died suddenly on November 7, 2008. Chris was an extremely 

active member of Area 7, and a fixture at the rnatches in the area. He 

remains a highly respected competitor and contributor, having worked alongside 

myself and the Hopkinton Heavy Hitters at both local and area level 

matches. He also frequented the Independent Sportsman's Club in Foxborough, Mass. 

Always there to lend a friendly jab, equipment, or an ear- he was never known to not have 

something nice to say. 

It soon came to be known that if you wanted to have fun on a squad, find where Chris was 

shooting. 

Chris and I took an "Introduction to USPSA" class offered by the Hopkinton Heavy Hitters 

in 2002, and soon came to be great friends and inspirations to each other. I always knew 

Chris to be one of the first to show, and last to go at the matches. He helped me design and build countless stages at 

Manville Sportsmens' Rod and Gun club in Rhode island, and together we have seen the sport grow, 

and brought a few people on the way with us. 

He is survived by his wife Carine, dog Otis, and family in Massachusetts. 

Chris, you are greatly missed, and in our thoughts. 

Greg Gilman, L-28.57 

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January/February 2009 FRONT SIGHT

THE SPACE RACE 

BY jAMES TARR A25200 

1 n the last five years, there have 

been rio substantive advancements 

to the guns used in Limited and 

Open Divisions. Since the introduction 

of long dust covers and the C- 

More sight, competitive pistol technology 

has been more about tweaking 

what's there rather than inventing 

something completely new. Some of 

the tweaks have been useful, some not 

so much (anyone remember ghost ring 

sights for pistols?), and more seem to 

be about personal taste and preference 

than performance. 

For most of those last five years, 

one thing that hasn't changed is magazine 

capacity. Depending on the gun 

being used (SV/STI, Para), and what 

combination of basepad/spring/follower 

was installed in the tubes, the 

magic number of rounds which would 

fit, even with all the available combinations 

of parts, varied by no more 

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than one between brands, and that 

number was usually never more than 

20+1 in .40, and 29+1 in .38/9mm. 

There were rare exceptions, due to vagaries 

in manufacturing tolerances, but 

those were the standard, dependable 

numbers. Until now. 

If you examine a standard SV magazine, 

you will notice the indentations 

running up the sides of the mag body 

designed to keep the double-stacked 

rounds aligned as they move upward 

under the force of the follower and 

spring. John Bolen noticed that indentation, 

and decided it needed some adjustment. 

Bolen is known as a manufacturer 

of high quality, low-profile followers 

and basepads, and he developed a jig 

that enabled him to remove most of the 

indent in the sides of SV magazines, 

thereby making their interiors roomier. 

Combine that added space with his 

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complete with custom engraving 

and extra witness holes. Smith's 

tuning runs between $40-$140 per 

supplied magazine, depending on 

what you want done. He sells them 

in groups on Shooter's Connection, 

tuned, polished, and jigged to hold 

more rounds. Five .40S61/V 140mm 

mags for $700, three 14Orrim and 

one 170mm gmm mag for $600, subtract 

$40 for .38 Super. 

spring, follower, and basepad, and the 

result is an SV magazine that easily 

holds 21 rounds and is reloadable into 

the gun all day long. Some SV magazines 

after being worked over in the jig 

will even hold 22 rounds, although getting 

them to seat can require some 

oomph. 

While Bolen does still tune the occasional 

magazine for friends, he 

prefers to stay in the parts 

business...followers, basepads, and 

springs, available from a number of 


Smith mags featured 

Dawson basepads, also 

engraved. The 170mm 

Open mag pictured with 

this article is one that 

Smith did for John Bolen. 

"Completely pimpecl 

out,'' is how Smith &- 

scribed the magazine. 

with a red Bolen basepad, 

personalized engraving, 

round-count index holes, 

and mirror polishing. Oh 

yeah, and it holds 31 

rounds of 9mm Major. 

For maximum capac- Bolen-tweak ed 

ity in Limited Division, 

and parts. 

Bolen and Smith both recommend the 

Rescomp tube, which always seems to 

be in short supply. The Rescomp does 

not have any indentations in the sides 

that need to be removed, and with the 

proper basepad and follower holds an 

easy 22 rounds of .40. That's a 22- 

round mag which is reloadable into the 

gun on the move. The pictured bluedbody 

Rescomp-tubed magazine with 

the blue Bolen basepad holds 22 

rounds of .40 with room to spare. 

Twenty-three rounds in 

the gun at the start of a 

22-round stage can mean 

the difference between 

winning and not, and 

Manny Bragg attributes 

at least two of his wins 

last year (partially) to the 

use of Bolen's parts on a 

Rescomp .nnagazine-he 

didn't need to reload, and 

everybody else did. He's 

not the only pro shooter 

using Bolen or Smith 

mags, but they're not 

magazine about to advertise the 

fact to the competition. 

Like 1 said at the start, this is not 

necessarily reinventing the wheel, only 

refining established technology, but 

when an extra round or two in your 

gun can win you a stage, the value of 

one or two of these mags on your belt 

suddenly seems worth the extra 

money. Howard's contact number is 

(513) 314-1060. 

Tell him you heard about his work 

in Front Sight! 

Not so pretty, but high value. The 

Rescomp .40 magazine has minimal 

indentations, giving it lots of internal 

volume. 

Front Sight advertisers. Where, then, 

can one get a jigged-out, tuned complete 

magazine? Frotn Howard Smith, 

who just so happens to be friends with 

John Bolen. Howard Smith-tuned 

magazines are available through 

Shooter's Connection (www.shootersconneciion.com 

), and he does more 

than just tweak their capacity. 

The first time I ever saw an H. 

Smith magazine in person it was on the 

belt of Matt Cheely, a local GM. He 

had three of them across his waist, and 

I had to blink and shield my eyes when 

the sun hit them. "Wow, those are too 

pretty to shoot," I told him. 

Smith offers various levels of tuning, 

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Helping Vets 

On The Range 

1 

BY USPSA STAFF, Ott I N EMERY, OTH- 

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t started with a fishing trip. 

When VFW Post 7272 Post Commander 

Denis Auger took on his 

role as District 5 Surgeon four years 

ago, he consulted with friend Owen 

"Mickey" Emery on how he could get 

veterans out and moving. 

"Why don't we do something right 

Leeman brought a group of 14 veterans, 

10 of whom are hospitalized, 

to the Bellingham, Mass., Police Department's 

firing range this year. 

here?" Emery suggested, pointing OW 

over Auger's back yard to Lake Hiawatha 

in Bellingham, Mass. "You 

have the boats – we could join forces 

and take the disabled vets from the 

Brockton VA out for some fishing." 

The idea stuck, and on August 23, 

the fourth annual Disabled Veterans' 

Picnic at Lake Hiawatha hosted almost 

30 disabled veterans and 70 volunteers 

— including the Boston Bruins' Harry 

Sinden. 

Richard Leeman, assistant director 

of volunteer services at the Brockton, 

Mass. V.A., said the veterans look forward 

to the event. 

"The sun won't shine like this in a 

hospital ward," he said. "If it weren't 

for these programs, they would just be 

sitting in the hospital." 

With the annual picnic and fishing 

outing off the ground, Auger and 

Emery took on a new challenge: an 

outing for veterans to practice their 

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shoot took place Sept. 13, 2008 with 

the Bellingham, Mass., Police Department 

lending the use of their firing 

range. The veterans shot various pistols, 

Henry rifles, and Ruger Mini-14s. 

Auger and Emery are working to secure 

the equipment and volunteers to 

incorporate steel shooting and USPSAstyle 

practical shooting into next year \ 

event. 

"It's all about finding creative wa), 

to keep vets active," said Auger. "Ideally, 

we'd like to be able to get more 

VFW posts involved in the shooting 

event and organize a national competition 

— it's just a matter of organizing 

the resources to make it happen." 

This year, firearms came in from 

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has many benefits, from reduced 

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something people don't consider 

— it will improve your shooting. Yes, 

that's right, it will improve your shooting. 

When you RO a major match you 

see somewhere between 100 and 350 

people run your stage and they all have 

a different approach to the stage, even 

if on the surface it looks like there is 

only one way to run the stage. 

An example of this is a stage !set up 

after seeing a video of Eric Graffuel 

shooting in Europe. The stage had 

three targets and two mini poppers set 

up to the right of a dividing wall and 

the same mirror array on the left side. 

The start position was standing in/on 

Area A, arms wrapped around a 6-inch 

telephone pole, hands grasping the opposite 

elbow. The gun starts loaded in 

the holster. On signal, draw and engage 

all the targets from Area A. 

'saw no less than 12 different ways 

to run the stage and at least that many 

more ways of reaching around the pole 

AND/ OR hanging on to the pole, 

plenty of ways I would NEVER have 

though of. As an RO you make notes of 

these creative wa ■ 

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yourself when 

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first. 

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the squad is finished 

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way he ran it and 

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Running a stage 

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With the high number 

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You will find it's the little things 

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At the Texas Limited I RO'ed a 

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ooking up from a pile of books at the SHOT Show, I saw two old acquaintances, 

the Second Amendment Foundation's founder Alan Gottlieb 

and Northwest author Dave Workman. Their latest project: "America 

Fights Back" blends the old arguments about why Americans own guns 

for self-defense with a deluge of real-world examples. 

Peggy Tartar° captured the concept in five words: "... part textbook and parr 

Dragnet,. .." 

I love the idea, and I sat up until 2am one night to finish it. I even found myself 

re-thinking why I sometimes carry a gun. For a jaded "gun guy" of so many 

years, that's an accomplishment. Unfortunately, "America 

Fights Back" preaches the same sermon the pro-gun 

side of the gun control divide has been preaching for 

years – with a lot of the same spin. 

Amid their good points about guns and crime, 

Workman and Gottlieb reveal shooting after shooting 

where the shooters were saints, and the shot, little 

more than pond scum. It makes for interesting intellectual 

voyeurism as "scumbag" after "scumbag" 

meets a poetic, if untimely end, but the real world 

doesn't always fit into such a neat, tidy box. 

In the dozens of defensive shootings recalled, 

there isn't a "bad shoot" aniong them. Nobody 

shoots their daughter's amorous boyfriend trying to 

sneak in a window, and the worst any rank-and-file policeman does 

(other than confiscate a gun now and then) is arrive late to the scene. 

Fresh Meat For The Debate — 

While I disliked the "see no evil" editorial posture, the pair's discussions of 

gun control in the National Parks, the failure of gun-free zones, and the failure of 

gun bans in England and Australia add fresh meat to the fight. They've collected 

the recent research on media bias, which (while no surprise to lawful gun owners) 

lays out that bias in scientific terms. I sat right up in my chair as I read about 

the disparity in the number of reporters on a specific story who mentioned if a 

defender was armed. How glaring, obviously-important elements of the story 

were overlooked because, apparently, they didn't fit the reporter's desired narrative. 

If you have an interest in those topics, get a copy of this book. Tartaro's comment 

on it being "part text book" is right on. In addition to their own work, the 

work they rely on is attributed in detail in the text, and in a complete reference 

list in the back. 

I'm a fan of Dave Workman's writing. He's a guy that can make the most blase 

fish story memorable. He's also an excellent, if little-known custom holster maker. 

(Workman invented a holster — marketed by a third party as "rhe Workman" — 

which conceals a gun under a rucked-in dress shirt). I did my internship under 

Gonlieb, and he's a guy I respect tremendously as a patriot and conservative activist 

(his organization helped fincance D.C. vs. Heller, among other things!). 

While the spin of this particular book leaves me flat, the "textbook" end of it 

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Now THAT'S A Shootini Truck! 

While taking pictures of the action at the 2008 Multigun Nationals in Louisiana 

I noticed what has to be the best "go to match" vehicle I've ever seen. Jim Poor, 

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recently had the opportunity 

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16, 2008. This USPSA-sponsored 

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This is a new program, with 

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for the -2008 M ultigurf National Z.- 1 

Championship Matc.b4 Unlike past 

.Multigun ettedt111;Fedl. in the e!IV, , 

climes of La4 Veg. as, or the sand .1 4 

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USPSA's Area 4 k pai-ticuldly strong in 

Multigun, ivith-thf.Miculeks leading the 

charge. Wayne Milrer and Ken Hicks have 

-been the go-to pys for big pistol 

matcheisin Area ill for years, so it was 

natural that th should get the nod to 

be co-match rectors. Shooters were 

greeted. by 'mat weather (a blessing), 

a c9nvenient venue, and 1.2 

excelleit stages presenting a full sr,: . 

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ange of firearm-appropriate tests. For 

creature comforts, the nearby cities of 

Bossier City and Shreveport provided a 

wonderful variety of restaurants and 

ample entertainment opportunities to 

occupy competitors and their families 

while not shooting. 

Over the next three days, Jerry 

Miculek added another 

bead to his long string of 

3-Gun and Multigun 

National Championships 

by holding off 

Chris Tilley and 

Michael Voigt by margins 

of 25 and 27 points 

respectively. This is 

Miculek's third win in 

the past four years. Kay 

Miculek kept the rest of 

the Open Division victory 

celebrations in the 

house by finishing first among women. 

Tactical Division has become the 

most popular of the Multigun choices 

with 66 entrants this year. Tactical Division 

applies Limited Division equipment 

rules to pistol and shotgun (no 

optics, rifle comps limited in size) but 

allows a single optical sight on the rifle. 

Taran Butler has dominated in Tactical 

Division in recent years, and continued 

to do so here, finishing nearly 77 

points ahead of Keith Garcia and 80 

points ahead of Phil Strader. Jessie Abbatte 

capped her amazing year with yet 

another national ladies championship. 

Bruce Piatt, Kelly Neal, and Ted 

Puente, all past champions, duked it 

out in Limited Division, finally finishing 

in that order. Limited is the most 

challenging of Divisions given the need 

to engage targets at 300-plus yards 

with open sights. It takes wondrous 

skill supplemented by excellent vision 

to not only hit the targets but to do so 

quickly. No women competed in Limited 

Division. 

Fall in Louisiana is an interesting 

time of year weather-wise. Chances are 

it wilt be hot and humid, but 

there is the possibility of a big 

wind. Fortunately the match 

took place after Messrs. Gustal, 

and Ike had roared out of the 

gulf coast and exhausted themselves 

across the American Midwest. 

Unfornmately, the residual 

effects were still being felt. 

"We lost some competitors 

and staff to the hurricanes," said 

Co-Match Director Wayne 

Miller. Fortunately, "lost" in this 

instance only meant that some 

USPSA members were forced to 

stay home to care for families, 

homes, and businesses. Fol 

those people and thousands ol 

others, the storms will not be 

quickly forgotten. 

Open Ladies' Champion Kay 

Miculek works her way through the 

trees (above} while Ken Skeeters 

chronos a competitor's rifle. 

were adequately staffed, hut without 

any extra people. (At times Miller and 

Co-Match Director Ken Hicks doubled 

as stats runners.) 

Stage design was widely praised 

with a number of interesting tests for 

all firearm types, though some felt that 

the Multigun theme went a bit too far 

with only two of the 12 stages devoted 

Phil Strader on one of several pistol 

phases. 

The reduced numbers of 

both groups were noticeable 

during the match, which attracted 

competitors from as far 

way as Finland. The 12 stages 

Don Bednorz ditching his shotgun at one of 

the exchange points. 


Some days you're the bat, other 

days you're the ball. Chris Tilley 

takes a pair of folding pliers to his 

AR-15. 

to a single gun. That was a minor issue 

given the pure fun presented by such 

innovations as a mover with four 8- 

inch plates instead of paper targets, 

and "classic" targets appearing and disappearing 

very rapidly one after the 

other in a straight line. The Clark 

Range offers a combination of short 

pistol bays and a long, open rifle line. 

Course designers made the most of 

both, employing those wild swingers in 

the pistol bays, and stretching the long- 

range targets out to 300 yards or 

more. 

The first of those devilish delights 

was found on stage 10, "Finish 

Your Plate," designed by Co- 

Match Director Miller. Competitors 

engaged the first eight IPSC 

targets, four left and four right, 

with a rifle while moving down a 

center shooting area. They exchanged 

the rifle for a shotgun and 

engaged eight poppers before 

abandoning it and drawing a pistol. 

Two more poppers sat on either 

side of the slider apparatus, 

which was hidden by vision barriers 

to the left and the right. The 

right side barrier had a horizontal 

port about four inches high running 

the length of the barrier. 

Knocking down either popper released 

the slider that carried four 

8-inch steel plates. The slider came into 

view from behind the left side vision 

barrier and slid rapidly down toward 

the right-side barrier, disappearing 

from view. Those who failed to successfully 

engage the plates before the 

slider reached the end of its travel were 

forced to shoot them through the 4- 

inch slot or take the miss. 

Stage eight, "Ying or Yang," was a 

pistol/shotgun (slug) stage designed by 

Frank Thompson. Frank worked the 

match as a CRO on a different stage, 

probably to protect himself from the 

wrath of shooters. Shooters began this 

stage by plucking their shotgun from a 

table and engaging six Classic targets 

with slugs, then racing ahead toward a 

pressure pad, disposing of the shotgun 

and drawing their pistol on the way. 

Touching the pressure pad released 

three Classic targets and two no-shoots 

that became visible very quickly, in sequence. 

The first two targets and both 

no-shoots disappeared but the fourth 

remained visible at rest. 

Early USPSA Multigun national 

matches were a serious challenge for 

range officers whose only experience 

was with pistol. That is still an issue for 

some, but the knowledge gap is closing 

quickly with the introduction of a Multigun 

NROI module. To ensure that 

the officiating was accurate and consistent, 

Range Master and NROI Instructor 

Carl Schmidt conducted a class for 

the staff the day before the match. That 

made for a daunting schedule, but was 

well worth the effort. 

USPSA Multigun competition provides 

a great test of a variety of skills 

not addressed in a pistol-only match. 

Plan to stretch yourself in 2009 with 

Multigun. (The 2009 match date and 

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be glad you did. 

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The Victors: 

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1. Taran Butler 

2. Keith G. 

3. Phil Strader 

Tactical Women 

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2008 LPR Nationals = Very Good 

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the results, which could be viewed on 

a huge screen inside the USSA Lodge. 

Let's take a moment here to reflect 

on something. This was the Smith & 

Wesson 2008 Limited/Production/Revolver 

USPSA National Championships. 

Not very long ago, the relationship 

between Smith & Wesson and 

USPSA could best he described as 

"strained." After the USPSA-bans-the- 

.356TSW debacle of the 1990s, other 

than Jerry Miculek's S&W 625, there 

wasn't a lot of common ground. Then 

came Production Division, with its emphasis 

on come-as-you-are guns, and 

the subsequent introduction of the excellent 

Smith & Wesson M&P autoloader. 

Suddenly there was a middle 

ground. Team S&W is a now major 

force in the sport, competing for the 

most part with stock factory guns. Gun 

companies have fielded teams before, 

but S&W has upped their participation 

to a new level — sponsoring every aspect 

of a National Championship, 

from naming rights to trophies and 

fielding a professional team. The 

match enjoyed the support of many 

other sponsors (STI and NSSF in particular), 

but given the history of strife 

between USPSA and S&W, this was remarkable. 

On paper the 19 stages looked 

great, and in person they- were even 

better (if harder). Of course, I am not 

36 FFiONT SIGHT • January/February 2009

eferring to the 40-yard Quad Standards. 

If I can never refer to them 

again, I will be happy, and so will many 

other shooters. This par-time threestring 

stage featured turning targets 

and no audible start signal. Good GIVIs 

in Limited Division were happy getting 

two-thirds of the available points. 

Our squad's first two stages featured 

more moving targets than were 

seen at the entire match last year. In total, 

there were 30 moving targets at this 

Nationals -turners, swingers, bobbers, 

sliders, and flippers. The only 

The Victors: 

Limited: 

1 Travis Tomasie 1659.2205 100.00°/0 

2 Todd Jarrett 1627 3703 98.08% 

3 Ted Puente 1616.1959 97.41% 

4 Shannon Smith 1615.7391 97.38% 

5 Emanuel Bragg 1606,5967 96.83% 

6 Taran Butler 1581.5097 95.32% 

7 Robert Leathern 1569.5086 94.59% 

8 Michael Voigt 1565.1776 94.33% 

High Lady: Jessie Abbate, 1245.3171 

75.05% 

Production 

1 Robert Vogel 1701.5251 100.013% 

2 Dave Sevigny 1697.4703 99.76% 

3 Beniamin Stoeger 1601.3759 94.11% 

4 Angus Hobdell 1544.5836 90.78% 

5 Matthew MInk 1528.6325 89.84% 

6 Bradley Holt 1504.1505 88.40% 

7 David Olhasso 1481.6087 87.0r0 

8 Rodney May 1478.2598 86.88% 

High Lady: Randi Rogers, 1184.9574 

69,64% 

Revolver 

1 Jerry Miculek 1785.4511 100.00% 

2 Ricardo Lopez 1559.6703 87.35% 

3 Mike Carmoney 1502 3677 84.14°/0 

4 Cliff Walsh 1463,8736 81,99% 

5 Matthew Griffin 1424,0874 79.76% 

6 Elliot Aysen 1417,2609 79.38% 

7 Allison Vericio 1376,4202 77.09% 

8 Dave Williams 1348.0168 75.50% 

Hrgh Lady: Annette Aysen, 1107.3657 

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Not a good sign, Front Sight found Michael Seek!ander 

in the safety area, tearing apart his 1911. 

complaint from this year's match had 

to do with delays on the first day 

caused by the steel activators for those 

same moving targets. Apparently 

shooting things until they fail down 

can be hard on them. Tom Drazy spent 

most of the first day on Stage 11 welding—yep, 

welding. Many afternoon 

squads didn't start shooting until an 

hour or two after their designated start 

times, and our squad didn't finish that 

first day until 6:45 p.m. Of cotirqe, we 

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sun was going down, 

so who can complain? 

The LPR Nationals 

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half-days of shooting. 

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The rest of the match featured partial 

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and walls, or open targets so far 

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to shoot them on the move. Exaggeration? 

Travis Tomasie had a hit 

factor of 8 or better on only five 

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Jessie Abbate's exceptional year 

continued in Tulsa, where she won 

the high lady title in Limited. Supported 

by Glock, Abbate has become 

"the one to beat" in ladies' 

practical shooting 

body straight. 

Stage 6, "Dropper II," was a 26- 

round stage with slots, windows, and a 

lot of movement and two drop-out targets, 

hence the name. Reportedly, 

every single person in the Production 

Super Squad shot this stage a different 

way. That was mentioned to SV's Doni 

Spencer as we were looking at the 

stage, and she said, "Now that's good 

stage design." 

The Limited Super Squad shot 

Stage 12 at the end of Day 2, and both 

Travis Tomasie and Manny Bragg got 

reshoors due to problems with the 

moving targets. The re-shoot gods 

were not nice to either of them. 

Manny went first on his re-shoot, and 

had serious problems hitting the cluster 

of steel at the end of the stage. I 

think that's the first time I've ever seen 

him with anything other than a smile 

on his face. 

Travis Tomasie had problems with 

the distant steel as well, one of which 

activated a nearby disappearing turning 

target. He was a little too slow getting 

to the turner, and shot it in the 

back. Afterwards, he was a little short 

with Rob Leatham, who asked him in 

surprise, "Are you mad at me?" 

"No, I'm mad at myself," Travis assured 

him. At the highest levels of this 

or any other sport, it's as 

much about mental focus as it 

is physical ability, and every 

one of the top dogs struggled 

this year. Travis has finished 

near the top of the board at 

the Nationals, winless, more 

years than he'd like to remember, 

but any problems he 

might have had in the past 

with focus at the end of a big 

match are now just that, history. 

Robert Vogel shot his way 

to his first Production National 

title, defeating multiyear 

champion David Sevigny. 

Congratulations, Bob! 


The next day, after his last stage but 

before he found out he'd won the 

match, Tomasie apologized to me for 

his behavior at dinner the night before. 

"I was kind of nervous," he said as an 

explanation. Tomasie is one of the 

nicest people you'd ever want to meet 

(hence Robbie's surprise), and the behavior 

he was apologizing for was textmessaging 

his mother during the meal. 

No, I'm not kidding. At that table were 

Taran Butler, Lee Dimaculangan, and 

P.J. Benson, with Mike Voigt stopping 

by briefly to share a hilarious story 

about another pro shooter—trust me, 

Travis was not the worst-behaved person 

at that table. His "sponsor," the US 

Army, should be very- proud. 

I talked to Phil Strader after the 

match, and he was really happy for 

Travis. "1 think he and Manny (Bragg) 

are the best shooters who've never won 

a Nationals," Phil said. I think he 

should've included himself in that 

group, but that's Phil for you. 

When their last stage was over I 

heard Phil Strader and Rob Leatham 

talking. Rub was guessing he would 

finish about tenth (he ended up 7th), 

and Phil wasn't happy with his performance 

either. Leatham tried to help by 

putting things in perspective. "I've 

won more Nationals than you've gone 

to," he told Phil, "and I've lost more 

than I've won." 

Later, Rob Leatham said to me, 

"Usually- consistency is my strength. 

Not this match. I finished 140th on a 

stage." I thought he was exaggerating, 

and looked it up. Stage 2, "Triple Flip 

II," 140th Place: Rob Leatham. 

I also spoke with most of the Production 

Super Squad off and on 

throughout the match. My question to 

thern was not if they had any penalties, 

but how many — that's how tough the 

stages were this year. The stage designers 

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putting steel at distances usually reserved 

for airstrikes, and surrounding 

A-zones with no-shoots. Every one of 

Production Division's Top 16 had 

penalties. Ben Stoeger finished 5th last 

year, and after the second day, he told 

me, "I think I'm going to do better this 

year." He was right, and came in third 

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possibly be as nice as they first 

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me, Dave, and Ben (tied for the 

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sounding more excited than 

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close, but Robert Vogel, the 

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Champion. Not only did he 

beat Dave Sevigny (which has 

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a Glock (which is a first!). 

Michelle DeHan and Photomotion 

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year, their cameras set up on the most 

photogenic of the stages, "Twolls Under 

Da Bwidge." Twolls was a 31- 

round long course which featured a 

kneeling start, a wooden bridge that 

activated two bobbing targets, and a 

double slider at the end of the stage 

which seemed so slow nobody thought 

they could miss it (but quite a few people 

did). With handheld and downrange 

remote cameras, Michelle captured 

shooters at their best (and worst). 

In addition to action shots, she had 

each squad pose together at the bridge 

for a memorable group shot. One of 

the shooters on our squad decided to 

blow his gun up with the last shot on 

this stage, and the ROs had their hands 

full trying to decide which of the holes 

on the double slider were from .40 bullets 

and which were from pieces of .40 

barrel. Everyone walked away with all 

their fingers and toes, so it could have 

been much worse than just a reminder 

that ours can be a blood sport and that 

safety is no accident. 

In Revolver Division, 29 competitors 

(including three Grand Masters), 

slugged it out for the title. Jerry 

Miculek won 12 of the 19 stages and 

finished near the top on the others, 

which was enough to give him the win 

over the increasingly-talented competition. 

Renee Tyson finished well, ousting Lisa Munson 

to take third lady in Limited behind Nancy 

Huspek. 

The majority of shooters at the 

range, 236, competed in Limited Division. 

More than a tenth of them, 26, 

were Grand Masters. Travis Tomasie 

won the match by being consistent--of 

the 19 stages, he only won one, the 

same number as Todd Jarrett, but he 

finished in the top ten 12 times to beat 

Todd Jarrett by nearly two percent. 

Even with four stage wins apiece Ted 

Puente and Manny Bragg couldn't beat 

that, finishing at third and fifth, respectively. 

The Nationals are a 

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don't necessarily guarantee a match 

win. Dave Sevigny had twice as many 

stage wins as Bob Vogel but still came 

in second — by less than one quarter of 

one percent, less than five match 

points. 

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the last two years, but most 

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what the Academy offers. Brendan 

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Eddy Brown 

Memorial 

Metal Match 

2008 

BY ROBIN TAYLOR, FRONT SIGHT STAFF 

F :dy Brown brought Steel 

Challenge shooting to the Pacific 

Northwest and Canada, 

acting as a kind of extra-extralarge 

Johnny Appleseed with pink-handled 

raceguns. It's only fitting that the 

match named in his memory should become 

one of the first matches in the Pacific 

Northwest to affiliate with the 

Steel Challenge Shooting Association 

following its purchase by USPSA earlier 

this year. 

I've shot the Eddy Brown match for 

years, covering it in these pages first in 

2001. It's known for a jovial, low-key 

atmosphere, in keeping with the way 

Eddy would have run it. The stages include 

older Steel Challenge designs like 

"Zig-Zag," alongside current stand-bys 

like "5 To Go." 

Exchanging the relatively slow 

"Outer Limits" for the crazy-fast "Zig 

Zag" means the combined times don't 

compare to those shot on the current 

mix of stages, which suits Match Director 

Bill Sahlberg just fine. 

"It's a memorial match to remember 

Eddy," he points out. "That's the 

main focus — along with having a good 

time. The older stages are part of that." 

Wayne Schoonmaker pounding the 

steel. 

July 26-27. A schedule change often 

hurts attendance, but not this year. A 

few days before the first shot was fired, 

registrations were cut off at 54, with 

the understanding that a few more 

might show up on match day. When 

another dozen showed up the morning 

of the match, guns in hand, they made 

the 2008 Eddy Brown Memorial Metal 

Match the largest held to date. 

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the match, donating several thousand 

rounds of their new Blazer Brass ammunition. 

Sahlberg made this available 

to anyone who wanted to use it, allm% - 

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s 

ing several shooters to compete in the 

match for very little cost. Many were 

grateful not to have to dig quite so 

deep for ammo — and for a chance to 

try the new load at the same time. For 

at least one of the competitors I met, it 

made shooting centerfire possible. 

RIMFIRE OPPORTUNITY = 

GROWTH 

Shortly after Sahlberg affiliated 

with SCSA, he started to get phone 

calls from Washington-based rimfire 

specialists like Mike Galhon, encouraging 

him to open his nornaally centerfire-only 

match to rimfire guns. 

Sahlberg agreed, and soon had a 

healthy contingent of .22 drivers registered 

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traditionally welcomes about 50 people 

from three states (Washington, 

Idaho, Montana) plus southern British 

Columbia. This year the match got 

bumped out of its traditional early-July 

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The man with no sights. Patrick Kelley 

tore the sights off his Glock 

halfway through the match and 

went into "Zen Master" mode. He 

shocked us by making up enough 

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Since the Steel Challenge portion of 

the Eddy Brown happens on one day, 

this is traditionally a pick-your-gun affair. 

By opening the match to rimfires, 

a number of centerfire shooters were 

able to bring their kids, shooting subcaliber 

conversion kits, Buckmarks, 

and the ever-popular Ruger autoloaders. 

On my squad alone, Rick and 

Becky Schoonmaker brought their 

children Ryder and Kira. Mark Carbon 

brought his two young sons (Bryce and 

Riley) as well. The young Carbons didn't 

shoot for score, but shot a stage or 

two as time permitted. Finding so 

many young shooters on the field was 

a big surprise compared to previous 

years! 

Sahlberg's success with the rimfire 

crowd has him considering expanding 

the match to include a time slot just for 

rimfires. If he does, I predict he'll see a 

lot of shooters opting to shoot rimfire 

in addition to their usual centerfire di- 

\ ',ion. He'll see more people (the rimfire 

specialists and juniors he saw in 

2008) along with more entries per person, 

greatly expanding the match. 

Mary Nutter overcame full -bore .40 

recoil to finish well in Ladies' category. 

9mm, anyone? 

Adam Sahlberg surprised us all with 

how well his Open Division pistolshooting 

skills had survived his recent 

14-month tour in Iraq. Sahlberg bested 

the centerfire crowd by almost four 

seconds (including the formidable 

Frank Cook, Corey Troftbrugen, and 

Adam's brother Luke). On the Limited 

side of the coin, Patrick Kelley and I 

maintained a running comedy of errors, 

each giving the lead to the other 

until we eventually succumbed to 

Adam McIntosh. At one point Kelley 

became so frustrated with his inability 

to concentrate on aligning a new fiberoptic 

front sight that he whipped out a 

pair of pliers and RIPPED THE 

SIGHTS OFF THE GUN. Shooting a 

now-sightless Glock 34, Kelley says he 

had "a number of Zen master moments" 

on Zig Zag and other closerange 

stages, winning a stage and clawing 

his way up to second Limited. But 

Zen or no, it wasn't enough to beat 

McIntosh, who jovially ribbed Kelley 

and me about it that night over dinner 

at a local restaurant. 

Prizes at the Eddy Brown are given 

away by lottery, but the big plaques 

with Eddy's picture on it went home 

with Sahlberg and McIntosh. 

SHOOTOFF 

One of the things that makes the 

Eddy Brown stand out in my book has 

always been the shootoffs. The match 

management has followed different 

schemes, but there's always a big chunk 

of man-on-man excitement on Sunday 

morning following the main match. 

This year the menu included 

shootoffs for Open, Limited, Auto 

Shotgun, and Pump Shotgun. If you 

shot all the divisions (as Kelley did) it 

was a boatload of shooting — including 

a knockoff of an old favorite man-onman 

course, the "Pepsi Challenge." 

(The shooter must knock down a certain 

number of steel targets, then engage 

a can of soda on a stand at about 

40 yards.) If you try this one at home, 

just remember to use club soda — flavored 

soft drinks attract wildlife, especially 

bees. 

Sahlberg's crew experimented with 

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Respect Rimfire. The big lesson of the Eddy Brown centered on rimfire. Lots of kids showed up to compete 

alongside their parents and a few rimfire specialists. Odds are rimfire will double the size of the match in 2009. 

a new man-on-man elimination system 

that ended up producing some very 

strange results, but other than that, the 

match ran smoothly — doubly so when 

you consider it ran at 40 percent above 

its normal maximum capacity. 

I spoke with several of the competitors 

afterward, including Kelley, 

who volunteered that even though he's 

a "shotgun guy," he'd prefer to leave 

the shotguns at home, keeping the 

match focused on pistol. 

"It's just too much," he says. 

Change is in the wind for the 2009 

Eddy Brown, changes that will bring a 

lot more shooting opportunity. If 

Sahlberg opts to open Friday afternoon 

or Sunday morning for rimfire competition, 

the match will look much different 

(and be much bigger) than it did 

in 2008. Keep an eye on the Spokane 

Practical Pistol League website 

(www.sppl.us) for details. 

Eddy's memory is indeed well-retnembered 

in this part of Idaho. It's an 

honor to 

him, and 

to his 

longstanding 

friend 

Bill. See 

you there 

next year! 

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BY. DAVID THOMPSOA 

1 

ith increasing freedoms 

n Eastern Europe, many 

new IPSC regions have 

cropped up. These regions 

have quickly established themselves, 

producing some of the Europe's 

best IPSC competitors and organizing 

some top-drawer matches. Hungary's 

MFS Open (an IPSC Level III Championship) 

took place on Oct. 9-12, at the 

DVLE Apaffay Shooting Range in Debrecen, 

Hungary. Match sponsor MES 

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Debrecen is Hungary's second city. 

tions, including target shooting and 

hunting. 

Not being especially familiar with 

Hungary, at first I was hesitant to go. 

However, after talking to Vincze 

Zoltan, Hungarian IPSC Regional Director 

and MES Open organizer, I decided 

to attend. The range was wellprepared 

for the competition and supported 

by an excellent website. Having 

a look at the stages revealed that this 

was going to be a tough match. There 

were a lot of tight shots around and 

through barricades, low shooting apertures 

in the middle of the stage, and 

many partial targets and small steel 

plates to slow you down. 

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minimum round count of 286. Moving 

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common, placed between two and 40 

meters from the competitor. Combined 

with the partials and small steel 

plates, this combination of targets required 

most competitors to shoot more 

than 300 rounds. 

Competitors came to Hungary 

from all over Europe, both from the established 

IPSC regions and the emerging 

regions of Eastern Europe. International 

attendance drew from 15 nations 

(including a large group from Israel 

and two from Canada), adding 

greatly to the atmosphere. To the Hungarians' 

credit, all the travelers I spoke 

with agreed that it was well worth the 

journey. Canadian Steve Kadlecsik's 

family background is Hungarian, so he 

came over to take part in the match and 

visit his ancestral homeland, but most 

of the others were here for the shoot. 

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The ranges at Debrecen were originally 

used by the Hungarian armed 

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and Hungarian law enforcement. Although 

the range lies just beside the 

city, the land around it has not been 

zoned for industrial or housing development. 

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of ranges set up for 'PSC 

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Production World Champion Adam Tyc was in ro the range. Saul Kirsch set 

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Standard and 

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78 and 67 competitors 

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Open drew 30 

shooters. 

international shooter Saul Kirsch held his own, finishing 

Match Results second in Open. 

Open division 

was a two horse race between Holland's Saul Kirsch and Czech competitor Martin 

Kamenicek. Both were having a good match, competing with each other stage 

for stage throughout the event. Saul had a slight lead, right up to the second to 

last stage, where a jam cost him several seconds and a lot of points. This wa.,, 

enough to let Martin overtake him for the win. Watching Martin I could see that 

he was performing at his peak and shot a solid match. 

In Production Division current World and European Champion Adam TyL. 

from the Czech Republic was obviously the favourite to win, which he did. Slovakian 

shooter Marian Wysny beat Serbian competitor Ljubisa Momcilovic into 

third place. 

In Revolver Division Canadian 

Hugh Black used his S&W 625 to take 

first place. Hungarian wheelgunners 

Laszlo Babits and Attila Belme were in 

second and third. 

Gregory Midgely of the STI European 

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CZ Team and Czech Republic top 

shooter Petr Znamencek to take first 

place in Standard Division. Hungarian 

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JUNIORS continued from page 8. 

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United States Army Marksmanship 

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We ha% c been reporting tor the last 

couple of issues about the USAMU Junior 

Camp. Please take a look at the 

pictures of the juniors who took part in 

this camp (see page 52). Some day you 

may be seeing some of these young 

competitors taking awards at Area, National 

and World matches. I'm especially 

optimistic about the ladies' delegation, 

which includes Sara Drake, 

Kelsey Price, Tori Nonaka and Sara 

Irish. 

CED Timer Winner 

Congratulations to Joshua Joyner 

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Joshua is a 13-year-old USPSA member 

from Palm Harbor, Fla. Thank you 

Charles Hardy from CED and Don 

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bi-monthly give away program for a 

USPSA junior category member. We 

know that practicing with a good timer 

helps improve scores at the next 

match. 

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Thank you John Moore (junior) of 

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stage before rhey shoot, we members 

of "compering" clubs sat down together 

and discussed the challenges that we all 

face and tried to help each other determine 

the best courses of action. 

Attendees included the Central 

Florida Section Coordinator and representatives 

from clubs throughout 

Florida (and one from North Carolina). 

It seemed that although we all 

shared common concerns, each club 

present had a completely different situation 

and problem set. One club is 

just months old, and while they are not 

having trouble attracting shooters, 

they haven't had time to establish a 

cadre of club members to share the 

work; (three people do everything). 

Another club, older and long established, 

recently had to relocate ranges, 

and as a result lost many shooters, including 

some key members. Yet another 

club (my club) seems to have the 

opposite situation, where our number 

of shooters has grown so much that 

our Tuesday- and Friday-night fun 

matches have turned into four-plus 

hour events: which is not so good 

when you have to work the next day. 

While each of our clubs faces different 

situations, there were key 

themes and insights from the LLW that 

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one of Mr. Thomas' main points, was 

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All of us have seen the negative 

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The IDPA categories do require the use 

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By Bob Londrigan, Brazos Custom Gumorks, 

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Get Your Extractor Right the 

First Time 

The extractor is probably the most 

crucial component to a reliable autopistol. 

Since it is especially important 

in 9, .38, and .40 caliber guns, I 

think an in-depth discussion focused 

Measuring 

EGW tool. 

1' - 

3, V 

the firing pin stop slot with the 

on these calibers will benefit most competition 

shooters. Many of the same 

concepts apply to .45 cal extractors, 

but the procedure is a little different. 

If you have a well-functioning extractor, 

you can still benefit from having 

a backup that you know works reliably 

should you need it. Extractors 

can wear out or break and need to be 

re-tensioned frorn time to time. It is a 

better plan to have a backup already 

tuned and tested in your gun rather 

than attempt to re-tension or replace a 

problematic one at the match. 

First we need to look at how an extractor 

functions. The cycle 

starts with a loaded round in 

the chamber. When the gun 

goes off, the slide and barrel 

move to the rear. The barrel 

unlocks and moves downward 

and slightly to the rear until it 

stops on the frame. The slide 

continues rearward, taking the 

extractor with it. Since the extractor 

hook is over the rim of 

the brass, it starts to pull the 

spent case to the rear out of the 

chamber. It will continue to 

pull the case to the rear until 

the case hits the ejector. Once 

the case hits the ejector, the 

ejector rotates the case around the extractor 

hook until it releases from the 

hook and is ejected out the ejection 

port of the gun. The slide continues to 

the rear and the next round in the 

magazine pops up, The slide comes to 

a stop against the frame and then begins 

its forward travel. Once the 

breechface gets far enough forward it 

contacts the top rear of 

the next cartridge and 

pushes it forward until 

Measuring the width of the firing 

pin stop. You need to measure the 

width of the raised portion as well. 

the nose of the bullet contacts the feed 

ramp. The bullet continues up the feed 

ramp smoothly and, as this is happening, 

the rear of the case cams up the 

breechface. It is important to understand 

that the case is coming up the 

breechface at an angle, straightening 

out at the end when the cartridge is 

fully in the chamber. As the cartridge 

cams up the breechface, the rim of the 

case slides up under the hook of the extractor. 

The barrel moves upward and 

forward into battery, and then the gun 

is ready to fire again. 

It is important that this process is 

smooth and that the cartridge is under 

control during the entire cycle. You do 

not want the ejector to hit the case and 

knock it out of the gun. The case must 

stay in contact vvith the hook until it 

gir 

Measuring inside slide dimension for raised 

portion of firing pin stop 

Filing the firing pin stop slot on the extractor. 


Finished extractors, top and center. Stock extractor, 

bottom. Note the square corners on the stock part. 

has rotated approximately 90 degrees 

and the rim clears the hook. Likewise 

during the feeding cycle, you want the 

casehead in contact with the breechface 

and the nose of the bullet in contact 

with the feed ramp all the way up 

mto the chamber. You 

don't want the bullet 

humping the feed 

ramp and bouncing 

into the chamber. 

Some causes of this 

type of feed problem 

are overly fast slide 

velocity at the time 

the ejector strikes the 

case, feed ramp geometry, 

bullet profile, 

and OAL of the bullet. 

Length of the ejector 

(or lack thereof), 

shape of the ejector, 

or shape of the extractor 

can also contribute 

to the problem. 

Now that you have an 

understanding of how 

the extractor works, 

we can talk about how to install this 

part. First, check your firing pin stop 

for fit to the slide. EGW makes a nice 

gauge to check the width of the firing 

pin slot in your slide. Compare this di- 

mension with the width of your firing 

pin stop. You want the firing pin stop 

to fit the slide snugly. You may have to 

get an oversized firing pin stop if your 

slide is oversized in this area. Fit a new 

stop if this dimension is much more 

than 0.001 over the dimension of your 

firing pin stop. Prior to fitting the 

width of the stop make sure your slide 

is wide enough to accept the raised position 

of the firing pin stop in the middle 

of the stop. If this dimension on the 

slide is too narrow, widen it a little on 

the slide using a file. 

Once you have the firing pin stop 

sliding into position snugly, it is time to 

work on the extractor. Begin by making 

sure the firing pin slot in the extractor 

is wide enough to accept the firing 

pin stop. If it is not, you will need 

to file the slot a little wider until the firing 

pin stop slides in easily. Then install 

the extractor in the slide and check 

to see if the firing pin slot will fit in. 

You can use the EGW gauge again at 

this point, If the firing pin stop is too 

tight then take a little off the extractor 

or the firing pin stop until the firing pin 

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stop can slide in. Make sure you keep 

all surfaces square so that the extractor 

is straight up and down when it is finally 

installed. The extractor should 

not be able to rotate in the slide (this is 

Measuring the hook to breechface 

clearance using a I/16 -inch drill bit. 

called "clocking") as this can cause 

malfunctions and inconsistent extraction. 

It also helps to take the sharp 

edges off the sides of the firing pin stop 

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Now take the extractor 

out and begin 

working on the 

hook. Most stock extractors 

have a sharp. 

square hook out of 

the package and will 

need to be smoothed 

up for best reliability 

and feeding. First 

take some of the 

brass that you are going 

to use and test 

how the hook fits the 

brass. You need to the inside edge o 

know whether the the brass. 

extractor will contact 

the brass on the rim or in the belly of 

the extractor groove. This will affect 

how you tune the hook. If it is going 

to ride in the belly of the extractor 

groove (this is what I prefer), then you 

need a little bit more of a radius on the 

bottom of the hook. If it is contacting 

the belly, the belly of the extractor will 

need to be smoothed. Radius the bottom 

of the hook so that when the extractor 

cams over the brass, the hook 

will slide smoothly. Also slightly radius 

the bottom of the hook from front to 

back. This will help the brass cam under 

the extractor as it goes up the 

breechface at an angle. This is important 

because if you don't break this 

edge, the extractor will gouge the brass 

and may stop the slide from going forward. 

Once you have tuned the extractor, 

re-install it in the slide and check two 

more dimensions. The distance between 

the breechface and the extractor 

hook needs to be at least 0.064 inch. 

(You can use a 1/l 6 drill bit to test for 

this. If it fits under the hook you are in 

good shape.) This is so that there is 

enough room for the brass to cam up 

the breechface at an angle without 

binding. If you need more clearance 

you can rake a little material off the 

back of the firing pin groove on the extractor. 

This will let the extractor 

move a little farther forward. Next 

place a piece of brass under the extractor 

and push it back against the breechface. 

The brass should not contact the 

extractor tip at the top of the extractor 

groove on the brass. If it does, you will 

Finished extractor install. Note the clearance between 

f the extractor hook and the rim on 

have to remove enough material from 

the extractor for clearance. 

Now set the extractor tension — the 

extractor should hold the case firmly. 

Too firm is better than too loose. 

Check to make sure the brass slides 

smoothly under the extractor. If you 

feel a catch, figure out where the edge 

is and round it a little more. Don't go 

too far with this or you won't have 

enough hook to reliably hold the brass 

in place. If the brass is sliding smoothly 

under the hook on the extractor and 

you still get a stoppage as the round 

slides up the breechface, make sure you 

have enough clearance between the 

hook and the breechface for it to cam 

up and that it is not catching on a sharp 

edge on the firing pin hole. If you are 

ok in these two areas, take a little tension 

off the extractor until you get 

smooth feeding. 

Once you are done you should have 

a reliably extracting gun that throws 

the brass consistently out of the gun. 

Test fire the gun to check it for function 

and make adjustments to the extractor 

tension if needed. The tension on the 

extractor should be checked each time 

you clean the gun and readjusted back 

to the setting that you found works 

best if it has changed. The extractor 

channel in the slide should be cleaned 

regularly also so that the extractor can 

move in the tunnel and is not restricted 

in its motion by compacted grease and 

di rr. 

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66 FRONT SGHT • January/February 2009

INSIDE 

NROI continued from page 4. 

he did do, I do not understand the tnultiple penalties. 

Let's put this another way, supposing while grabbing the 

gun, he hits the mag release button and loses the mag, had 

he had a second mag on the shelf (I usually do just for this 

sort of mishap) and did the reload using one of the remaining 

rwo, there would have been no penalty, the fact that he 

used the one from the belt becomes the issue and there is no 

advantage gained, more like lost. I see it as one procedural. 

Production Holster Position 

ihp,.c a question related to equipment in the Production 

Division. Appendix E3 of the 2008 rule book shows a picture 

of equipment positioning. Is rhis picture for the purpose 

of the position of holsters and magazine holders on the belt 

relative to the body? My question is, can you have your magazine 

holders tilted to your desired cant in this division? I 

don't see anywhere in the rules where it specifically prohibits 

this other than this picture showing equipment position. If 

there are any magazine holder restrictions in the Production 

Division can you point me in the right direction? 

ANSWER 

Appendix E3 is to show the position of equipment as it 

relates to the hipbone, this Appendix is used only for Production 

and Single StaLk Divisions. A cant on a rnag pouch 

is allowed, as long as the bottom or top end does not end up 

forward of the hipbone. The only restrictions on mag 

pouches are referenced in item I 0 of both Appendix D4 and 

D5 which refer to the 2" rule (5.2.5) and shown in Appendix 

E2, and of course item 12 of both Appendix D4 and D5. 

No Kimbers On The Production List? 

1 noticed that there wo-crit any Ki mber handguns on the 

approved gun list; are Kimber vveapons not allowed in 

USPSA competitions? 

ANSWER 

The guns listed on the website are for Production Division 

only, Kimber makes a single action gun, and single action 

guns are not allowed in Production. However, a Kimber 

pistol can compete in Single Stack division as well as 

Limited and Limited 10 (though it will not be as competitive 

in Limited due to its low ammunition capacity). 

Flat-Topped Single Stack? 

I have a question about Single Stack. I currently have a 

Colt Government model 5-inch, military issue. A previous 

owner flat topped the slide and added a Bomar rear sight and 

a dovetail front sight. I know the sights are legal. I have been 

told both ways on the flat top cut. Do I need to replace the 

slide to make this gun Single Stack legal, or does the fact that 

other manufacturers make 1911 clones with flat top slides 

make this alteration legal? 

ANSWER 

Flat top is OK for single stack, per rule Appendix D5 

Item 23, Permitted features 

• External extractors, firing pin blocks, and other factory 

safety features. 

*Slide – milling permitted only to duplicate a mass-produced 

factory slide available to the general public or as 

required to insert sights. 

Single Stack Mods, Part II 

I have a question regarding permissible modifications to 

a pistol in the Single Stack Division. Are any external modifications 

permitted (other than those listed), or are they all 

prohibited? 

Is the Single Stack Division the Production Division analogue 

for the 1911? In that case your ruling on aftermarket 

parts for the Glock might apply to the 1911 as well — "Aftermarket 

parts are allowed but restricted to those listed in 

Appendix [D5], any other part must be OEM, either offered 

on an approved model for [Single Stack] or in their catalog." 

FYI — I am interested in making one or more minor 

modifications such as magwell, oversized mag release buttons, 

wide thumb safeties, stippled grips, hard chrome finish, 

etc. 

ANSWER 

Single Stack has nothing in common with Production; 

parts do not have to match the gun's original manufacturer. 

Single Stack is more in line with Limited, minus the slide cuts 

and prohibited items like bull barrels. 

The items you inquired about are all good to go, the only 

caution is the overall weight of 43 ounces. 

Until Next Time 

That is it for now, once again congratulations to all those 

who participated in the World Shoot and especially those 

who won. For those who did not place in any awards, may 

your next attempt be fruitful for you. In the meantime, remember 

to shoot fast, shoot straight, but most importantly, 

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or six firings. He noted that he had not 

seen this problem when he only reloaded 

the cases two or three times. 

His question was whether or not the 

repeated firing was responsible for the 

primer pocket expansion. 

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"Super Face" and the .356TSW 

It is possible to run high-pressure 

cartridges in a 1911-type pistol, but if 

you're getting to the place where your 

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pressure and a potential safety problem. 

In the early days of loading the .38 

Super to make Major, I was against the 

practice with all the reports of "Super 

Face." I did not feel the gun technology 

was suitable. However, gunsmiths 

rose to the challenge, and the reports 

of Super Face disappeared, and we 

soon saw the development of the .356 

TSW and 9x23 Winchester. 

(A .38 Super case failure in an unsupported 

1911 sends gas and brass 

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gun and into the shooter's face. The injuries 

usually aren't serious, but the 

shooter can end up looking like they 

have a bad case of acne, hence "Super 

Face" — editors.) 

Technology has caught up, and I became 

an advocate that the industry at 

large should move forward into a 

brighter, higher-pressure world. 

Before the .356 TSW and 9x23 

Winchester cartridges, the highest 

pressures for handgun cartridges came 

in around 40,000 psi or less – mostly 

less. (Standard 9mm Luger (9X19) is 

rated at 35,700psi, 9inm Luger +P at 

38,500, .357 Magnum at 46,000 – editors.) 

Rifle cartridges had been loaded 

68 FF1ONT SIGHT • January/February 2009

to 50,000 psi or more for quite a while, 

but handguns plodded along at the traditional 

pressure levels. I knew the 

groundbreaking .356 TSW and 9x23 

Winchester were rated above 40,000, 

but Chris Hodgdon at Hodgdon powders 

dug up the original SAAMI standards 

for both: 50,000 psi and 55,000 

psi, respectively. 

Great ideas, perhaps, but they. were 

both failures in the marketplace. 

Deja Vu, or, er... 

TSW, All Over Again? 

And now we are shooting Major 9s. 

While in theory shooters can and 

should be maintaining the pressures of 

a 9mm -FP, for some risk-talcers, it's the 

.356 TSW all over again. True, the .356 

TSW has (had) a 21.5mm case compared 

to the 19mm case used to make 

Major 9, but it was intended to work in 

guns with a slide cycle designed for 

9x19 length cartridges. At the time I 

understood that the original design of 

the .356 TSW was a 21mm case since 

the 9x21 loaded to make Major was in 

vogue. The emphasis was for the S&W 

shooting team to use the new guns and 

cartridge. TSW stood for "Team Smith 

& Wesson." 

Something less than a year after 

S&W announced the cartridge, and 

that the team would be using it in Limited, 

IPSC mandated that Limited Division 

require bore sizes of 0.400" or 

larger to be scored Major. That tripwire 

all but killed the .356 TSW on the 

spot. 

Since the .356 TSW in an auto was 

giving comparable ballistics to the .357 

Magnum in a snubnose revolver, I reasoned 

that the .356 TSW could work 

well in the Model 3913 line of compact 

9mm pistols. When I first suggested 

to S&W that they should be 

looking at the .356 TSW as a defensive 

round, they told me that it would live 

or die in the competition arena. 

By that time it was already dead in 

the competition arena, but I persisted 

in trying to get S&W to save the cartridge 

by offering ir in a defensive 

mode. There must have been some 

talk in that direction, because Federal 

did introduce a Hydra-Shok round for 

the .356 TSW It was, as I understand 

it, not loaded to the full capability of 

the cartridge, so it was received with a 

resounding ho-hum from the shooting 

community. Plus, the only guns being 

chambered for the .356 TSW werc 

from the Performance Center. 

The Performance Center builds 

first class semi-custom guns, but what 

was needed was a standard production 

gun using the .356 TSW I finally suggested 

to S&W that they send me a 

Model 3913 and I would have it 

rechamberd to use the .356 TSW and 

test it to see how it held up. They said 

they had already done that. When I 

asked how it did, they said it did fine. 

Since then, Federal has discontinued 

the ammunition. With so few guns 

out there, there was no demand for the 

cartridge. 

Loose Primers By Design? 

In all likelihood, repeated reloading 

of the .356 TSW would be expected 

to cause loose primer pockets 

well, but here again, we're talking pressures 

approaching 50,000psi — not 

something you'd expect (or tolerate) 

from safely loaded Major 9. Brass has 

a tensile yield strength of about 21,000 

psi at best. Cases are not commonly 

heat treated to obtain this strength — 

especially when the case was not originally 

designed for use in a high pressure 

application. Peak pressure is of 

very short duration, but repeated exposure 

will expand the casing — and the 

primer pocket. How many firings you 

can get from a case depends on the 

pressure, the thickness of the brass, and 

the temper of the brass. The 9x23 Winchester 

case is one of the strongest, if 

not THE strongest automatic handgun 

cartridge case precisely because of its 

thickness and temper. 

What this means — at least until new 

technology appears — is that we will 

have to live with expanded primer 

pockets and short case life if we push 

the envelope. Major 9 does develop 

high pressures, but when properly 

loaded, it should not exceed SAAMI 

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loaded to make Major (at 175 

power factor, not 165) were running 

around 47,000 psi. The 9X19 has a 

smaller case, but with modern powders 

and a much lower power factor, there's 

no reason to accept stratospheric pressures. 

(For example, Atlanta Arms & 

Ammo has a factory Major 9 load 

available over the counter — editors.) 

ld West shorst me machine. J° 

Robert Heinlein is credited with 

the expression TANSTAAFL (There 

Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch) 

and that describes the situation with 

the Major 9. Cases may be low cost, 

but if you overpressure them, they 

won't last as long. 

As mentioned, I believe the technology 

is there for a higher-pressure 

cartridge in the 9mm envelope. The 

9X19 may be able to fill that role, and 

current technology can handle it. The 

main problem I have with over-pressure 

Major 9, or any hot-rodded cartridge, 

is the potential for the rounds to 

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World Class Steel Presents 

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Friday June 5th„ and Saturday June 6th, 2009. 

Hosted at: Old Bridge Rifle & Pistol Club. Old Bridge, New Jersey 

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Name: 

Address: 

City: 

Phone: 

State: 

Zip: 

Seven Stages of Static Steel 

Minimum 175 Rounds 

Prizes: 50')/0 Cash Payout will be awarded in each gun division. 

Raffle: Random Drawing for sponsor donated prizes. 

Match Fee: $85.00 per gun (Includes food & beverage). one entry per form, onb, one entry per firearm. 

One raffle entry per paid registered competitor. Pre-registration is required. 

if you want to squad together, send entries together. 

Match limited to 200 competitors. 

Checks Payable to: 

Mail entry with check to: 

John Soltesz, World Class Steel Account 

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clo Old Bridge Rifle & Pistol Club 

P.O. Box 586 

Old Bridge, NJ 08857-0586 

Sessions: 

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Business Activity: The National Shooting Sports Foundation is the trade association 

for the shooting, hunting and firearms industry. Formed in 1961, the National 

Shooting Sports Foundation is a not-for-profit organization with a membership 

of more than 3,600 manufacturers, distributors, retailers, sportsmen's organizations and publishers. 

Our purpose is to provide trusted leadership in addressing industry challenges and to deliver programs and services 

to meet the identified needs of our members. We will concentrate our efforts on measurably advancing participation 

in and understanding of hunting and the shooting sports; reaffirming and strengthening our members' 

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America's traditional firearms rights. 

Target shooting varies from leisurely hobbies to competitive local leagues and from collegiate athletics to the 

world stage of the Olympic games. As the trade association for the firearms, hunting and recreational shooting 

industry, the National Shooting Sports Foundation develops programs designed to ensure the future of shooting. 

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) partners with a number of organizations and programs that 

promote participation in recreational shooting sports. From fundraisers to competitions, NSSF is proud to contribute 

to the success of these efforts. 


Sponsors 2008 

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A firm leader in supporting shooting sports, Smith & Wesson sponsors a wide 

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in American Firearms 

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in that sub-category of USPSA 3-Gun shooting. 

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Business activity: Manufacturer of some of America's most popular singlestack 

1911 pistols, Springfield Armory has long been a consistent supporter 

of USPSA shooting. Long range marksmen and 3-Gunners also know Springfield 

as the manufacturer of the M lA , the classic "Heavy Metal" gun used 

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Business activity: Retailer of a wide range of self-luminous sights, Trijicon is a 

market leader in low-light sighting devices. USPSA shooters know them for their excellent metallic sights, and 

rifle optics like the ACOG. Trijicon recently launched a shooter rewards program for USPSA shooters, viewable 

at their website. 

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Name: Winchester Ammunition 

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Address: 427 N Shamrock, East Alton, IL 62024 (618) 258-3609 

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AMMUNITION 

chester has been one of the most popular ammunition brands in the Practical 

Shooting universe for decades. Winchester makes the most popular pistol primer in the sport (the WSP), and has 

been a consistent supporter of the shooting sports. 

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for all competitors, match officials, and spectators. 

Please remind course designers that although 

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shooters can always get down, even if they have to go 

prone. Short shooters can not get any taller than what 

their toes will provide. If a short shooter can't obtain a 

clear sight picture even from his toes, an unfair advantage 

is provided the taller shooters and an unsafe shot 

has been made. 

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Brownells 

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th Annual IDAHO "GLOCKS ONLY" 

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 

A USPSA recognized match hosted by: 

Gem County Speed Shooters at En-unett. ID 

April 26. 2009 (Sunday) 

Sign up begins at 7:30 a.m. — end at 8:45 a.m. 

Walk-thru at 8:30 a.m. Shooting begins at 9:00 a.m. 

• 9 stages, 220 rounds minimum ** Entry fee $20.00** 

• Entries in by April 24, 2009; Late entry fee $50.00. 

• Limited to 100 shooters 

• 3 Glock Divisions: Full, Compact, Sub-Compact 

• No classes., scored Minor — Mag length 140min maximum 

• Cash payouts & Trophies to Division Winners 

• All guns welcome — Only Glock Shooters eligible for cash/trophies. 

Name: 

City: 

State: 

Email: 

Glock Model # from slide: 

Send entries with check made payable to: 

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PioCarrie Homburg 

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Phone: 

(detennines Division) 

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Contact: Robert Porter, Phone: 940-692-3846 E-mail: seorch(ip,doubletapranch.com / Using USPSA On-Line Self Squadding 

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1. Florida Open 

Feb. 19-22, 2009 Frostproof, Fla. 

Contact: Frank Garcia (863) 635-3425 

spankyfl(Obellsouth.net 

Level: III (Pending) 

2. US National Steel Championships 

March 26-29, Titusville, Fla. 

Contact: Mike Calloway (541) 300-0453 

mike@ ussteeishoot.corn 

or Derek Janowicz (561) 628-2127 

derek@ ussteelshoot.com 

3. Indiana Single Stack and Production 

Championship 

March 28-29, Riley, Indiana 

Contact: Aron Bright (765) 301-0075 

abright@,ccrtc.com 

Or: Jake Martens (317) 828-5338 

jakernartens@ comcast.net 

www.wypps.com 

Level: II 

4. Golden Bullet Championship 

April 24-26, 2009 

Sloughhouse, Calif., 

Contact: Steve McCormick, (916) 549- 

23 I 6, steve1911qicomcast.net 

Or: John Hartsock, j_hartsoc-10, - 

global.net 

Level: III 

5. 2009 MISSISSIPPI CLASSIC 

May 15-17, Jackson, MS 

Contact: John Heiter 

(601) 925-5372 MSCIassic@TeamMag 

nolia.Com 

www.teammagnolia.com/classic/ 

Level: 1II 

6. Western States Regional 

Steel Challenge 

May 22- 23, 2009 Pueblo West, 

Colo., 

Contact: Tom Freeman, (719) 660-5442 

pueblosteel@juno.com 

www.pikespeakpracticalshooters.coni 

7. South Carolina Section Championship 

May 30-31, Columbia, SC 

Contact: Jack Suber, (803) 206-5917 

lightningjack@ bellsouth.net 

or Linda Chico, (803) 787,9693 

ichico@ msn.com 

www.southcarolina-uspsa.org 

Level: 

8. Washington State Steel Challenge 

June 6, 2009, Ephrata, Wash. 

Contact: Carl Carbon, ccarbon@scml.us 

(509) 76.5-1014 

9. The Infinity Area 5 Championship 

June 18-21, South Kent Sportsmans Club 

Contact: Carl Provan (248) 921-7556 

provancd@ verizon.net 

www.infinityarea5.info 

Level: III 

10. Summer Blast 

July 8-12, York, Penn, 

Contact: Larry Houck (571) 237-0991 

azone40(r-z eomeast.net 

Registration: Linda Chico, 

Ichico@'msn.com 

http://lchico.5u.com/blast 

Level: 

8 Steel Challenge Stages 

Single day match format 

Shoot 3 guns in 3 days 

Multiple Divisions 

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11. California Tri Tip 

July 1 l-12, 2009 

Morro Bay, Calif., 

Contact: Art Leach, (805) F101-0973 

artss2000@ sbcglobal.net 

Or: Nelson Dymond, (570) 690-2121 

nelsondymond@gmail.com 

http://slosa.org/uspsa/ 

Level: I 

12. Area 8 Championship 

Aug. 27-30, Fredericksburg, Va. 

Contact: Alan Meek (571) 217-5480 

area8@ uspsa.org 

Or: Lew Walker, radiolew@ gmail.com 

www.uspsag.org 

Level: 111 

13. 2009 Illinois Sectional Championship 

Aug. 28-30, Milan, III., 

Contact: Franklin Wolverton, (563) 676- 

0101, milanuspsa@ gmail.com 

http://milanpracticalsbooting.com 

Level: II 

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Alt„, 1. SPPL Long Gun Challenge 

Nii.r1;eig Rifle / Shotgun Match 

Coer D'Alene, Idaho, March 28 

Contact: Bill Sahlberg (509) 924-7230 

thesahlberg7@webtv.net 

www.sppl.us 

, 2. Seventh Annual Ephrata 

1441110C Spring Multi-Gun 

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April 18, Ephrata, Wash. 

Contact:Carl Carbon, ccarbon@scml.us 

(509) 765-1014 

3. Ruby Mountain 3-Gun 

May 1-3, Elko, Nev. 

Contact: Danielle Kohler, (775) 753- 

8825 dmk@arms-r-us.corn, 

www.NNRPA.org 

At, 4. Kentucky Multi-Gun SecrZrikot 

tional Champ 

May 22-23, Owencboro Rifle & 

Pistol Club Inc. 

Contact: Gary Welborn 

(270) 339-1918 or (270) 322-9451 

gwelborn@bellsouth.net 

http://orpci.org 

5.War Wagon 3-Gun Team Shoot 

Coer D'Alene, Idaho, May 30 



www.sppl.us 

6. Steel City Tactical Rifle Championship 

Birmingham, Ala., May 30-31, 

Contact: David Tapp - match director 

dkjtapp@aol.com 

www.scssa.org 

7. MGM Ironman 

Parma, Idaho, June 11-13,2009 

Contact:Mike Gibson (888) 767-7371 

www.mgmtargets.com 

8. Western Pennsylvania Sec- 

Nir,6,05 tional Rifle Championship 

\v- McDonald Sportsmen's Club, 

June 13 

Contact: Liz Polovina (412) 848-8507 

miatachic@comcast.net 

Or: Dave Dorisio (304) 491-0446 

NO CALLS AFTER 9PM, 

fast38super@yahoo.com 

http://mjbine.home.comcast.net/—mj 

bine/USPSA/2009WPRifle.pdf 

9. Sabre Defence/Johnson 3-Gun 

(IMGA) 

Pueblo, Colo., June 27-8, 2009 

Contact: johnson3gun@earthlink.net 

www.home.earthlink.net/—johnson3g 

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10.R & R Racing Muitigun (IMGA) 

Albany, Ore., July 11-12, 2009 

Contact:Robert Wright, (503) 551-7283 

sales@randrracingonline.com 

11.Courage Classic 

Kitsap,Wash., Aug. 1-2, 2009 (IMGA) 

12. JP Rocky Mountain 3-Gun Championship 

(IMGA) 

N RA Whittington Center, Raton, N.M., 

Aug.6-8, 2009 

Contact: JJ & Denise Johnson 

rm3gun@yahoo.com 

www.rm3g.com 

13. Tri-Gun Challenge 

Del-Tone/Luth Gun Club 

St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 21-23, 2009 

Contact:Lea Ramthun (320) 258-4448 

lear@dpmsinc.com 

www.trigunchallenge.com 

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14. Inland Empire 3-Gun Cham- 

Range Officer Seminars 

RO Jan. 17-18, Salt Lake CO, Lltah 

Contact] Jim Healis, 

ihealis@yahoo.com 1801) 712 - 1877 

Instructor: Jay Worden 

RO Jan. 24-25, Waco, Texas 

Contact: Arthur Brown, arthur@ctrpipsc.org 

(2541 749-2034 

Instructor. Flay Hirst 

110 Feb. 21-1, Billings, Mont., 

Contact: Scott Nielsen 

scottn@advancedtechmt.com 

Instructor Troy McManus 

3-Gun 

CALENDAR 

CRO Feb. 21-22, Milan, III., 61264 

Contact: Franklin Wolverton, milanusosa@gmail.com 

C563)676-0101 

Instructor: Ray Htrst 

RO Feb. 21-22, Sherwood, Ore., 

Contact: Pant Meier, 

pmdesignPmeierwebs.corn (503) 

866-0068 

Instructor Carl Schmidt 

RO Feb 28-Mar.1, P(ttsburg, Kansas 

Contact: James Pooe. 

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Instructor: Jay Warden 

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Coer D'Alene, Idaho, Sept. 26-27,2009 



www.sppl.us 

15.X3 Multi-Gun Monthly 3-Gun Match 

Pi ru, Calif., (old SWPL ranges), third 

Sundays. 

Contact:Jack Boyd (818) 769-0395. 

16. R & R Racing Multigun (IMGA) 

Monthly Matches 

Albany, Ore., Second Sundays 

Contact:Robert Wright, (503) 551 7283 

sales@randrracingonline.com 

17. Michigan IPSC Shotgun 

Championship 

- Oct.24-25, Brighton, Mich., 

Contact: Jeff LaFave 

(517) 404-1908 

jlafave@mich.com 

http://livingstongunclub.org/club 

18.2010 Pan American Shotgun 

Championships 

TENTATIVE:, June TBA. 

Contact:Jeff LaFave jlafave@mich.com 

(517) 404-1908 

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RO Feb. 28-Mat 1, Richmond, Calif , 

Contact: Bill tepter, leptorai`pacbeli.net 

Instructor. Cad Schmidt 

RO Mar. 26-29, Milan, tit, 

Contact: Franklin Wolverton, mi 

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Instructor. Ray Hirst 

RO Mar. 26-29, Poyatlup, Wash 

Contact: Dave Farrow. 

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Instructor. Gene Jones 

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5cheduting is done on a first-come first-seryed basis, so get your appOcation in eariy to insure your 

choice of scheduie. Please make sure your E-rnaii address is legilNe as COnfirrnatiODS WM be E-rnaiJed, 

Match location: universal Rhooting ACademy in Frostproof, Florida 

ChecK the MatCh Website For note! travei info: www.univerSOISflootingaCaderny.Corn 

Match 5ponsors: 

Rmith 4- Wesson 

rFI International 

Rpeed Rhooters 

Internationai 

BraZos CUstom 

Xtreme Rpeed PrOdUCtS 

CaSnian Arms 

Montana Gold BUI iets 

CPWSA 

CoCa Cola 

Mikenium Custom Guns 

Competition EleCtronics 

Clark Custom Guns 

Glocic 

Red DOt plooting, Inc. 

Maice checks payable to the universal Rhooting Acaderny and mail to q3oo CR fao East Frostproof, FL 33893 

Intermediate/Advanced courses will be held on Feb 17" 4- 18" and on Feb 23'd 4- Ve". 

For more information contact Frank Garcia at (863)635-3925, fax (8E0)635-5277 or frankgarCiaUSagYahoo.Com 

Range officers needed, please ContaCt Barb at spankyfl@beilsouth.net For more inforrnation. 


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The SIS Custoric.45 ACP features a stainless steel 

frame and slide, match grade barrel and trigger, 

night sights with cocking shoulder, premium 

KimPro finish and SIS slide serrations. 

The choice of LAPD's finest. 

The Special Investigaticm Su., - SIS - an 

elite plain-clothes unit specially trained in surveillance. 

SIS Detectives frequently stake out violent criminals and 

depend on their pistols even mom than tactical team 

members. Based on I,APD SNNAT's satisfaction with their 

Kimber pistols, SIS asked Kimber to create a family of 

191 l .45 ACPs that met both their high standards and 

unique requirements. SIS pistols are now available to the 

public in limited numbers. 

The full-size SIS Custom RC ;left) has an integral 

Kimber Tactical Rail' for flashlight mounting. 

The SIS Ultra' (center) has a rounded frame and 

mainspring housing, and a 3-Inch barrel makes it 

ideal for backup or concealed carry. The SIS Pro- 

,right) combines a full-length grip with a 4-inch 

barrel, perfect for duty or concealed carry in a 

belt holster. 

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Use and store arl firearms safety and lawfully. Kimber pistols and 

rifles are ShOped with a California approved cable lock Proper use 

of the [able lock is encouraged ar all times_ 02(168 Klrnber Mfg., Inc 

All rights reserved. Names of other companies, products or service 

may be the Property of their respectne owners. 

The choice of America's best. 

www.kimberamerica.com 

For information on products and dealer locations 

please send 52 to: 

Kimber, Dept. 155 

One Lawton Street, Yonkers, NY 10705 

Information is also available at (800) 880-2418

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