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FRONT SIGHT 

OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATES PRACTICAL SHOOTING ASSOCiArION/IPSC 

RY/FEBRUARY 1998 Volume 15, Number 1 S3.00 

Todd Jarrett 

1997 USPSA 

Open Champion

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THE OFFICIAL fOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATES PRACTICAL SHOOTING ASSOCIATION 

Vol. 15, No. 1, JanJFeb. 1998 

8 Todd Jarrett Wins 199 

Todd Jarrett carries "Rocco the 

"Temple of the Holey Pail" at 

Miculek turns a "Bad Day at 

Championship title. 

FEATURE STORIES 

7 Open Nationals 

Squirrel" strong-handed through the 

the 1997 Open Nationals. Kay Clarkthe 

Station" into another Women's 

Cover photos by Roger Maier 

14 A View From The Average Shooter 

36 Area Director Election Results 

37 1997 West Coast Championship 

55 The 1997 Area 5 Championship 

59 Storm Lake Machine's Linkless Top End 

65 The Chronoman Report 

66 The Bay Bridge Charity Classic 

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE 

4 A Matter of Principles 

30 The Open Nationals Questionnaires 

40 The Junior Program Is On Track 

62 Greenfield Wins 1997 Minnesota Sectional 

64 An Unfortunate Situation 

70 Product News 

COLUMNS 

Members' Mailbag 2 IPSC History 49 

Inside USPSA 3 Neill on Reloading 51 

Inside NROI 5 RO Seminar Request 80 

From the Editor 6 Membership Application 80 

Bulletin Board 7 Major Matches 81 

DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS 

Area 1 David Carruthers dcarruth@accutek.com Area 7 Randy Cestaro RPCAD70 aol.com 

Area 2 Jeff Nelson jeffn@safaniand.com Area 8 Mike Martin mripsc@ erols.com 

Area 3 Larry Bullock area3@uspsa.org VP John Amidon vpuspsa@aol.com 

Are,a 4 Keith Milberger isoinc@iacthy.net AVP Bill Maund maund@ aol.com 

Area 5 Steve Kalarnen skalamen@ skognet.com Pres. Andy Hollar andy.hollar @ uspsa.com 

Area 6 John Hurst areasix@aol.com EM Dave Thomas uspsasw scs. net 

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Thanks For The Concern 

It's the Monday before the Limited 

Nationals. The suitcases are 

packed along with all the gear and 

it's almost time to leave. The telephone 

rings and it's the doctor's office 

calling. "Your wife has had an 

allergic reaction to her medication 

she took this morning, and we had 

to give her something to counteract 

it. You need to come and get her because 

she can't drive. 

Those of you who know my wife, 

know she has MS and that there is 

no cure for it. Needless to say, I was 

unable to attend the Nationals this 

year. I did get to make one or two 

phone calls to let people know I 

wouldn't be there. However, I did 

get to stop down on Friday and visit 

for a couple of hours. 

The whole purpose of this letter 

is to thank everyone who saw me 

there and asked about Kathy and 

how she was doing. I just can't tell 

you how many shooters came up to 

me and asked. It seemed like I was 

just finishing telling one person how 

she was and someone else would 

come up. 

USPSA and the shooters have got 

to make up the greatest people in the 

world, and our sincere thanks go out 

to all of you. Kathy was speechless 

when I told her of all the people who 

had asked about her and hoped she 

was feeling better. Because of her 

condition, she is unable to attend the 

matches with me, but she does get 

to know the names of all of you who 

I shoot with and talk to on the 

phone. 

Once again, thank you for your 

concern, and God bless. 

Paul and Kathy Mason, L-1011 

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INSIDE 

USPSA 

1997 Nationals 

The 1997 Nationals were another 

milestone in practical 

shooting. Todd Jarrett 

added victories at both the 

Open and Limited Nationals to his 

current World Champion title and 

became IPSC's first "Triple Crown" 

holder. No three other matches can 

compare with the level of competition 

Todd faced in these events. He 

worked hard to win each championship 

and has our complete respect 

and awe. You are indeed a champion, 

Todd. 

No less awesome are Kay Clark- 

Miculek, who added the U.S. Open 

National Championship to her current 

World title, and Lisa Munson, 

who won the U.S. Limited Women's 

Championship. Both Kay and Lisa 

have also worked very hard for a 

long time to be where they are. 

There is simply no shortcut to championship-level 

skill. 

Junior shooters are finally showing 

their skill in force at our Nationals. 

Eric Grauffel, the current French 

Champion, was the top Junior at 

Open, and Jimmy Reed won top 

Junior at Limited. It should be noted 

that Jimmy was the only Junior 

shooter at the 1996 Limited Nationals 

and was disappointed by the lack 

of shooters in that category. He 

came back to win his title, and we 

are glad he reached his goal before 

time pushed him out of Junior competition. 

In 1997 there were eight 

Junior shooters at Limited and 13 at 

Open. All class and category winners 

are congratulated and have our 

appreciation and respect. 'The complete 

results are posted on the Internet 

and available from the USPSA 

BBS. 

The volunteer staff needs to be 

especially acknowledged. Range 

Masters Gary Stevens, Steve Kalamen 

and Randy Cestaro, and all the 

CRO's and RO's set a new high- 

water mark for professionalism. A 

total of 77 people worked one or 

both matches; some worked both 

set-up and match week for both 

events. The chronograph crew, stats 

officers, stage and shooter support 

personnel all gave 100 percent. We 

cannot express our appreciation 

enough. 

The "Shooter's Choice" awards 

for stage design went to Dennis Frazier 

for his Open stage called "Frazier's 

House." (I wonder what his 

wife thinks of that!) At Limited, 

Dean Brown designed a super stage 

called "Take-Out Windows" that 

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was the shooters' favorite. Both 

stages were characterized by open 

targets, multiple ways to solve the 

shooting problem, and close, fast 

shooting. All members are invited to 

submit stages for consideration for 

the national competition. 

As with every National match I 

have ever attended or conducted, I 

learned something and tried ideas 

that are best forgotten. I expect we 

made mistakes, and I know we can 

do better. Rest assured, though, this 

match was not the end of evolution. 

There is always room for improvement, 

and we learned plenty this 

year. We continue to improve, and 

that's what counts. 

Caracas World Assembly 

The twentieth IPSC General Assembly 

was held in Caracas, Venezuela, 

November 9, 1997. It was unusual 

because of the number of regions 

from the Americas 

represented there. These assemblies 

generally have been held in Europe, 

and, under those circumstances, the 

European countries tend to dominate 

the meeting, but that wasn't so 

in Caracas. Of the 28 or so regional 

directors attending, about 15 were 

from North or South America. The 

recognition of practical shooting in 

South America is growing by leaps 

and bounds, and we hope someday 

to see a Level IV "America's Cup" 

match which will include all the regions 

of the American continents. 

The feeling of the meeting was 

very friendly and upbeat. The 

agenda was highlighted by a unanimous 

vote to apply for recognition 

by the International Olympic Committee. 

If accepted by the IOC, the 

recognition would be a giant step 

forward for IPSC shooting. Our 

shooters would gain status as Olympic 

athletes, and new credibility 

would add credence to our sport as 

a legitimate 'sporting activity.' 

To add further excitement to the 

meeting, IPSC affiliation was transferred 

to the Hellenic Shooting Federation 

(SKOE), which is the sole 

sporting authority that supervises 

and develops all shooting sports in 

Greece. 'The executive committee of 

this prestigious organization has 

voted to support practical shooting 

as a demonstration sport at the 2004 

Olympics to be conducted in Greece. 

We offered our support to the new 

Greek Regional Director Monica 

Theodorou, IPSC's second female 

regional director. Greece will host 

the 1998 European Championship 

on the island of Crete September 6 - 

12. 

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New regions given final acceptance 

into IPSC include Aruba, Indonesia, 

and Jamaica. Provisionally 

accepted regions are the Dominican 

Republic, Argentina, Mexico, Poland, 

and Puerto Rico. The Philippines 

announced the date of World 

Shoot XII as October 31 - November 

6, 1999. 

On a down-beat note, United 

Kingdom shooters have turned in 

their center-fire handguns for government 

destruction. The UKPSA 

will continue shooting action events 

with rifles and shotguns, and they 

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will have 'flying squads' traveling to 

European matches. It is pure agony 

to have friends caught on the losing 

end of the gun-control efforts, and 

we must redouble our efforts to ensure 

it doesn't happen again, anywhere. 

The full minutes of the meeting 

and results of the South American 

Championship are available on the 

Internet at http://www.ipsc.org . 

NROI 

Range Officers 

Applications are now being taken 

for 1998 Nationals staff. 

If you are interested in working at either the U. S. 

Limited Nationals in Barry, Ill., or the U. S. Open 

Nationals in Las Vegas, Nev., now is the time to get 

an application and send it in. Dates of the match are 

September 14-19 for the Limited Nationals, and 

October 19-24 for the Open Nationals. 

Join the Nationals staff! 

Call (360) 855-2245 or (719) 254-3371 

for your application now. 

COMPLETED APPLICATIONS MUST BE RETURNED BY APRIL 30. 

(Preference goes to retuming volunteers.) 

Gift Catalog Mailed 

The new USPSA Official Member 

Gift Catalog was mailed to all members 

on December 4, 1997, just in 

time for Christmas shopping. This 

exciting new look for USPSA is the 

result of more than a year of planning 

and production work. The catalog 

contains more than 70 items including 

42 brand new products. 

New designs have been added to 

supplement the official USPSA logo 

as product decoration, giving the 

whole line a new, more modern 

look. In addition to the new product 

line, USPSA is offering much improved 

service with shipping within 

72 hours of receipt of orders. 

The cover of the new catalog displays 

the "flag ship" of the product 

line, the wool varsity jacket featuring 

lamb-skin leather sleeves and a 

chenille "diamond" design on the 

back. For a small additional charge 

your name can be embroidered on 

the front of the jacket. 

Watch for other services coming 

from USPSA. For example, if you 

lace a particular shirt in this catalog, 

it may occur to you that they would 

make really cool club shirts. We can 

now offer that shirt, at a quantity 

discount, with your club logo added 

to them. You can promote USPSA 

and your club on one shirt. 

Most sanctioned or tournament 

level matches offer shirts or other 

souvenir items to their competitors. 

Sometimes these are provided as 

"premiums," funded through the 

match fees and given to all competitors. 

Other matches offer the products 

for sale. In either case, catalog 

items can be used with or without 

the USPSA decoration shown. 

Are you looking for a way to say 

"thank you" to those indispensable 

range officers at your match? Do 

you need a means of malcing your 

match staff visible among the competitors? 

USPSA can help through 

the pages of the catalog. Select the 

item you want and we can embroider 

or screen print your rnatch logo 

for a distinctive look. Remember 

some NROI items are restricted to 

NROI-certified officials. 

Watch for more exciting services 

and programs from USPSA in the 

corning months. 

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by John AmIdon, NROI 

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NROI 

The latest in questions 

and answers 

Well, another season is over, and 

we are already looking forward to 

the next one. Major matches will be 

coming on us sooner than we think. 

Some recent questions have 

come up pertaining to the rules and 

their application. Some of these may 

look familiar to you, while others 

are new subjects. I believe it is important 

that we keep communicating 

on these questions until everyone 

is comfortable with applying 

them at their matches. 

While I was at the Limited Nationals, 

I had two people approach 

me regarding a slide racker or a 

charging handle on a Limited gun. I 

advised them that the ruling allowing 

those items was made some time 

ago and that according to the ruling 

they were allowed. They particularly 

wanted to lcnow how it would 

be handled on Stage 11 which required 

the gun to lie flat in a box. In 

order to comply with the requirements, 

the slide racker or c_harger 

would have to be removed, if possible, 

or the gun would have to lie on 

its opposite side. 

When I checked with them afterward, 

the CRO did, in fact, make 

them follow the stage description. If 

the gun must start in a flat position, 

it means that it cannot be propped 

up by artificial means or by additions 

to the firearm that would give 

an advantage to someone who has 

added things such as slide rackers, 

charging handles, or even by adding 

a screw to the slide or frame that 

could be put on for a stage that requires 

the gun to be lying flat and 

then removed afterward. 

Question: 

On a Virginia Count stage that 

requires you to fire two rounds each 

per target from one port, do a required 

reload and reengage with 

two rounds each from a second port, 

and then do another required reload 

and reengage from a final port, can 

penalties be assessed for someone 

who fires an six rounds on the first 

target, then does the same on the 

second and third from their respective 

ports after the required reloads? 

Answer: 

US Rule 10.03 states that for an 

extra round fired at a target which 

is not extra to a string, an extra shot 

penalty cannot be assessed unless 

the stage description requires the 

competitor to fire "only" a specified 

number of rounds per target. However, 

because the stage description 

stated two rounds per target, 12 procedural 

penalties would be appropriate 

for failure to comply with the 

stated course requirement. Some 

will argue that because the word 

"only" was not in the stage description 

there should not have been penalties, 

but the fact is that two rounds 

per target were required from each 

port. If you are told to fire two 

rounds at each target from a port 

and you fire six at the target, you 

have violated rule 11.00 and a procedural 

penalty is assessed for every 

shot fired over the specified number. 

Question: 

Would the same apply to a multiple 

string Virginia Count stage? 

Rule 9.01 states that you can score 

the targets only after the completion 

of the last string of fire. 

Answer: 

Yes. I would not score the targets 

between strings, I would just advise 

the competitors of their procedurals 

after each string, the same as I 

would if the procedurals were for 

foot faults. I have not scored the targets, 

but I can clearly see that there 

are six hits on one target and none 

on the others; therefore, procedurals 

need to be applied. 

Question: 

Can a competitor receive a DNF 

in Virginia Count solely for not firing 

the required rounds at a target 

after he is told to fire two rounds on 

each of three targets and only fires 

one round at the last target? 

Answer: 

This question has two answers, 

the first one is "Yes, but...". If the 

reason why the last shot is not fired 

is because of a gun malfunction, a 

squib round, loss of personal equipment 

(including ammo), or personal 

injury that does not allow the competitor 

to finish, he or she would receive 

a zero for that stage. 

The second answer is "no" if 

there is no malftinction of the firearm, 

squib load, loss of personal 

equipment (including ammo), or 

personal injury. The competitor cannot 

be given a zero for not firing the 

last round or rounds at a target. 

Other penalties would apply. Some 

to mention are misses and procedurals. 

When 11.09 was changed by the 

IPSC body from DNF to its present 

verbiage, there no longer became a 

simple DNF. Rule 8.08 now reads 

"Unable to Finish course." It lists the 

same reasons that I refer to in my 

answer above for giving a zero on a 

stage. 

INSIDE NROI continued on page 79. 


FROM THE 

EDITOR 

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Nationals 

The 1997 Limited National 

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to Todd Jarrett and Lisa 

Munson for their wins against stiff 

competition. Special note should be 

made of Todd's history-making win 

which makes him the first person to 

hold the three big titles, USPSA 

Open and Limited Champion and 

IPSC World Champion, at the same 

time. For those of us who have 

watched Lisa struggle against bad 

luck, bad equipment, and tall props 

for many years, her victory is testimony 

to the power of persistence. 

Kay Clark-Miculek won the 

women's title at the Open match. 

This is Kay's fourth such title which 

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hard for a week or more for no 

compensation other than the gratitude 

of the shooters and reimbursement 

of part of their expenses. Many 

of them donate their vacations for 

the privilege of standing in the heat, 

cold, wind, rain, and mud for eight 

or more hours per day conducting 

squad after squad of tense, seriously 

competitive people through the 

stages. There is little question that 

Nationals range officers are the best 

range officials in the world. They are 

also among the best people I've ever 

met, period. 

The "stats babes" (please don't 

write me letters, that's what they call 

themselves) Judy Sunderlin, Anita 

Augsburger, Kyoko Maund, Beverly 

Lent, Erikka Thalheimer, Suzanne 

McElyea, Michelle Lee, Carole 

Krummel, Ann Sutton, and Pat 

Johnson arrived early and were frequently 

the last to leave the range at 

day's end. They experienced extremes 

of heat or cold, and sometimes 

both in the course of a day. 

They had little time for more than an 

occasional brief break. At the Open 

match they had to enter and verify 

1,586 score sheets per day from 423 

competitors on 15 stages for a total 

of 6,345 over four days. At the Limited 

match 387 competitors firing 13 

stages created 5,031 score sheets or 

1,258 per day. The dedication of 

those working in stats to accuracy 

and fairness is one of the bedrocks 

of USPSA. 

"Chronoman" Gregory Lent and 

his faithful companion, John Krummel, 

work hard to make their corner 

of the match a fun, pleasant place to 

visit, except of course for those inevitable 

few who put too little powder 

in their cases. 'this year's Limited 

chrono station was particularly 

interesting as Greg describes in his 

story on page 65. 

EDITOR continued on page 79. 


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INFORMATION EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT 

BULLETI\ 

BOARD 

Welcome to the New 

Year 

Of course, we all know what that 

means. We resolve to work off that 

"Christmas jiggle," practice more 

and shoot faster. Club officials resolv 

e to rim better matches, do more 

classifiers, get results in to headquarters 

faster. To help with these 

resolutions, here are a few tips to get 

your year off to a good start. 

New Range Master 

Miles W. 

Cheatham, 

L-1925, is 

one of 

USPSA's 

newest 

range masters. 

Miles, a 

health care 

manager, is 

married to Valerie, who is also a 

USPSA member with a C class in 

Open. Miles and Valerie have 

two children, Shaun, 13, and Briana, 

11. 

Miles' credentials include 

USPSA membership since 1991; 

Life membership since 1995; B 

class Open; C class Limited; Certified 

RO since April 1993; Certified 

CRO since December 1993; 

IROA RO since 1994. 

He has been match director of 

the 1997 Area 6 Championship, 

and the 1995 and 1996 South 

Carolina Section Championships; 

associate match director of 

the 1994 Area 6 Championship 

and 1994 South Carolina Section 

Championship; range master of 

the 1997 South Carolina Section 

Championship and 1996 Georgia 

Section Championship; and chief 

range officer or range officer in 

about 15 tournaments or sanctioned 

matches since 1993. 

Applause, Applause! 

Some of the hardest-working 

and most underappreciated individuals 

in our organization are the 

SCs. Just as the clubs are the ribs and 

the area directors are the head, the 

SCs are the backbone of the association. 

They link the clubs in their section 

together, they bring the section's 

concerns to the director, they 

work to keep clubs affiliated, iron 

out problems, listen to complaints - 

a combination of organizer, troubleshooter, 

enforcer and mother. So 

whenever, wherever you see them, 

let them know how much you appreciate 

what they do. 

Reaffiliations 

The 1998 reaffiliation packets 

went out November 5, 1997, and by 

the following Monday we had two 

reaffiliations back! Congratulations 

to the "early birds" — Long Island 

Practical Shooting Association and 

Sart Juan Shooters. As of this writing 

(November 20), we have 37 returns. 

Remember, the deadline is February 

15. I'd like to see all our reaffiliations 

back well before the deadline. If you 

haven't received your packet, please 

call and let us know. 

Reminders 

1. There was a lot of material in 

the club reaffiliation packets. Please 

hang onto it, read it, and if you don't 

understand it, ask us. 

2. If your club officers change, 

please make sure that the supplies 

we have sent to the club remains 

with the club and is passed on to the 

new officers. That includes the Club 

Program Manual, the National Classification 

Course Book, club certificate, 

Easy Score program and the 

various mailings from headquarters. 

BOARD continued on page 67. 

1998 MISSION COUNT DEADLINES 

The following chart contains important information regarding submission 

of classifiers and mission count. Copy this and place it with your 

classification course book. 

01/31/98 All rnission count for 1997 is due no later than January 31, 

1998. There will be no exceptions. 

02/10/98 Final 1997 mission count report will be prepared and points 

per slot detemiined. 

03/31/98 End of first quarter. 

04/30/98 First quarter report will be prepared. 

06/30/98 End of second quarter. 

07/31/98 All mission count from the first two quarters is due no later 

than July 31. Classifiers shot in the first half of the year 

and submitted after this date will not receive mission 

count credit. There will be no exceptions. 

08/08/98 Second quarter report will be prepared. Clubs and SC's will 

be notified if the clubs have sent in little or no mission 

count. 

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10/31/98 Third quarter report will be prepared. 

12/31/98 End of fourth quarter. 

01/31/99 All mission count for 1998 is due by January 31. Classifiers 

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TODD JARRETT WINS 1997 OPEN NATIONALS 

by Roger Maier, A-14569 

The silence was noticeable. 

How often does the defending 

national champion 

have an accidental discharge? 

Never, to my knowledge, 

but the spectators sat in stunned silence 

after Jerry Barnhart let loose 

with a round before he was ready to 

engage targets. It happened on 

"Temple of the Holey Pail," the second 

stage for the men's Super 

Squad. The course requirements 

called for the competitor to remove 

a "pail" from a pedestal before engaging 

targets, but the pail had been 

replaced by an ornamental squirrel 

that weighed about four pounds. 

After the walk-through, the 

squad members experimented with 

various ways to pick up the squirrel 

and carry it from the start area to the 

finish area and still be able to get 

their shots on target. One thing they 

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couldn't practice was drawing while 

grabbing the squirrel. When it came 

Jerry's time to shoot the stage, something 

went awry during his draw 

and a round punched through a low 

barricade about 15 feet in front of 

him. 

As he was walking off the stage 

after showing clear, he said, "Well, 

it was bound to happen sooner or 

later." He chose to arbitrate the DQ, 

but the arbitration committee upheld 

the DQ on the grounds that it 

was unsafe gun handling. 

The Super Squad started the 

match on Stage 15, then moved over 

to Stage 1. These large field courses 

added up to 300 match points, and 

JoJo Vidanes started off with a hot 

hand by winning both stages. His 

13-point lead evaporated, though, 

with art extra shot on Stage 2, a 

multi-string Virginia Count stage 

with a no-shoot covering half of 

each target. Todd won this stage to 

put him 14.5 points up on JoJo. From 

then on it was a race for second as 

Todd shot a nearly flawless match. 

Todd's only noticeable error was a 

miss on the last stage, but even with 

the miss he finished 92 points ahead 

of Merle Edington. 

Merle, like Eric Grauffel, France's 

National Champion who is also a 

Roger Maier photo 

Kay Ciark-Miculek survives a "Cliff 

Hanger" on her way to her fourth Open 

National Championship. 

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Joe Kessler is too busy "Runnin' and 

Gunnin" to worry about the dog. 


Tawn Argeris gets two quick hits on a close target as he plays the role of "The 

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junior, shot the entire match without 

penalties or misses; however, their 

stage times were significantly 

slower over the course of the match. 

Merle's combined time for 15 stages 

was 150.47 seconds and Eric's time 

was 147.02 compared to Todd's time 

of 138.86. 

After six stages, the top three 

spots were pretty much decided. 

Jamie Craig and JoJo, although having 

more than their share of troubles 

throughout the match, managed to 

hang tough for fourth and fifth 

places. Jamie's woes included six 

misses and a no-shoot; JoJo had four 

misses and an extra shot. 

The women's race was a hardfought 

contest with Sheila Brey, Kim 

Stroud, and Kay Clark-Miculek all 

Jerry Miculek finishes up on "Every Which Way. 

holding the lead at one time or another. 

It was Kay, however, who 

had the lead when it counted the 

most, at the finish. Her margin of 

victory was 10.5 points over Sheila. 

Kim took third only four-tenths of a 

point behind Sheila. 

The women began on Stages 12 

8.r 13, two fast 40-point stages with 

turning targets operated by a computer. 

Of the top five women, Sheila 

was the only one to get through 

these two stages cleanly. Kay and 


Shooting "Ducks In A Barrel" isn't as easy as it sounds. Kim Stroud placed 79th 

on this stage. 


Sheila Brey gives Milford Lovett an 

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Sharon Edington had misses on both 

stages, and Kim had a miss on stage 

12. Tasha Erickson was shooting in 

a different rotation, but when she 

got to these stages on the first day of 

competition, she ended up with a 

miss, a no-shoot, and a procedural 

penalty on Stage 12 and a miss on 

Stage 13. Despite this inauspicious 

beginning, Tasha held on for a 

fourth place finish in the women's 

category, and Sharon took the fifth 

spot. 

Larry Brown won the Modified 

Division trophy by 22 points over 

Brian Enos. Bruce Gray, shooting 

with the new Fire Point electronic 

sight, took third followed by Luis 

Arias and Brad Bolz. Another Modified 

Division competitor was disqualified 

during the match, but 

chose to stay for the week as a volunteer 

helper on one of the stages. 

Other category winners were: 

Eric Grauffel, high Junior and high 

International; Darren Davenport, 

high Law Enforcement; Joe DeSi- 

mone, high Senior; and Merle Edington, 

high Military. 

The prize table would not have 

been possible without the generous 

support of the sponsors. 

Series Major sponsors - Colt's 

Manufacturing and STI International. 

Series Stage sponsors - Springfield 

Armory/Aimpoint, Gun- 

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Zeb Wardle (left), DJ Skinner (center), and 10-year-old lzak Arida (right) are junior shooters to watch in the coming years. 

Roger Maier photos 

January/February 1998 • FRONT SIGHT 1 1


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stage. This, to say the least, hurt his 

score. He spent the rest of the match 

telling other curious shooters what 

he did and how to avoid doing the 

same thing. Why? "VVhy not?" he 

told me. "It isn't as if I can count on 

the rest of the guys in my class to do 

the same thing." He smiled. "Besides, 

it's a good laugh, too." Mike 

placed third from last on this stage, 

but still shot well enough to place 

165th overall. 

On Stage 7, Ken Velardi of 

Faribault, Minn., found himself 

"The Courier" with a briefcase 

handcuffed to one hand and a Limited 

gun in the other. Again, why? 

"I wanted to go to the Limited Nationals, 

but the Open was closer and 

easier to schedule. When I make 

Master, then I'll build an Open 

gun." He didn't even have an Open 

pistol to shoot with? "No, not yet." 

Steven Smith found himself in 

the same boat as Jerry Miculek. How 

could this be? An average joe and a 

Grand Master demi-god in the same 

situation? Simple, they were both 

shooting eight-shooters. Steven was 

shooting a single-stack .45, and Jerry 

was shooting a revolver. Come 

again? A single-stack at the Open? 

Why? "lt's what I had." Steven replied. 

"I'm not going to wait until I 

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Nationals." Steven would step to the 

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next door at my hotel, but our 

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a hint of that beautiful Jamaican accent, 

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Jerry's jaunt from Louisiana is a 

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"How does he reload so fast?" Even 

with a briefcase stuck to his wrist, 

Jerry Miculek reloads fast. However, 

as a revolver shooter in the Open he 

was definitely working at a disadvantage. 

the first time in 1992." Assured by a 

fellow Italian shooter that to get into 

the United States with their handguns 

all they needed was the match 

bulletin, they arrived at Miami with 

no paperwork at all. "Lucky for us," 

Romano laughed, "the Customs 

agent was a shooter. He wanted advice 

on which Glock to buy." 

These days Laghi and Romani 

are much better prepared to travel. 

This year's trip took two flights and 

a rental car, for which they paid 

themselves. "There is no Italian 

team," Carlo lamented. "We have to 

pay our own way, even for the top 

shooters going to the World Shoot." 

There is a fair amount of shooting 

Italy, with sixteen matches each 

year, but reloading ammunition can 

be tough. Because Arnerican powders 

can be hard to find, they both 

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only have five kilos of powder at 

once," Romano explained. "Since 

you can't build up a stock of powder 

you have to load what is always 

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Sandy Thalheimer of Naples, 

Fla., could agree with CarIo arid Romano 

that sometimes the lot of a 

shooter can be hard. (He found it so 

hard in Florida keeping a range 

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and five other shooters got together 

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can't be kicked off of!") He traveled 

to the match with his young son, 

and would be joined later in the 

week by his wife who was taking 

care of the business for a couple of 

days. 

At the Nationals for the seventh 

time, Thalheimer was having a blast, 

but he also expressed some concerns. 

"The scoring system is so 

complicated." He shook his head. "I 

shoot it, and I can't explain it to 

someone who doesn't." He threw 

up his hands. "I'm shooting in this 

match, and I can't tell how I'm doing, 

and neither can anyone else." 

With a final shake of his head he 

told me, "We can't get on TV with a 

scoring system that needs a computer 

to total, especially if we need 

more than ten seconds to explain it. 

There has to be a simpler way." 

David and Julie Savitt of Colorado 

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been shooting for only a year and a 

half, and this was his first Nationals. 

His father got him started, back in 

Wyoming, and he has already advanced 

to "C" class. When I caught 

up with him, he had just finished the 

computer stages 12 and 13, "Yard 

Birds 1" and "Yard Birds 2." The 

timed movers had given him some 

problems. "Right now, I have a better 

chance of winning D class," Tom 

quipped. "I came to the Nationals 

because I could get out of school for 

a week." 

Another Junior shooter who 

didn't feel much pressure, but who 

has quiddy moved up the classifications, 

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through the classes, he wanted to 

make Grand Master in time for his 

18th birthday. Now, he thinks he 

can do it before he is 17. How 

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one month as an "A" shooter. 

His mother, Rosernary, and his 

grandfather, also Jimmy, accompanied 

him to the Nationals. "Kids 

who shoot only at club matches 

have no idea of the pressure," Rosemary 

confided in me while we were 

waiting for Jimmy to shoot a stage. 

"The only way to learn is to go to 

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If there's a record for showing up 

at the Nationals with the least 

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This time, she brought a comp gun 

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pointed to her pistol as she explained, 

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The record holder this year 

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She has shot for only six months, all 

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"This is exciting, the shooting and 

the match." As far as figuring out 

the new gun and practical shooting 

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"I'm learning about the equipment 

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shooting. Here I can talk to a whole 

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Cheerfulness in the face of adversity 

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Debora Cheek of Indianapolis, getting 

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Gun: Not specified 



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Gun: SV Infinity 

Caliber: 9mrn Super Comp 



Bullet: 130gr jaciceted 



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Gun: Entreprise Arms 

Caliber: 9x23 






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Gun: Tanfoglio Hybrid 



Ammo: Loaded on Dillon press 


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1106.4123 

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1102.0919 88.29 

1100.2029 

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1079.3733 86.47 

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879.1745 97.97 

832.4688 92.77 

687.1097 76.57 

511.0011 56.94 

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of the USPSA bylaws. The 

results, as reported by Julleen Synder, 

CPA, for Jacobson Jarvis & Co., 

PC, are as follows: 

AREA 1 - Three-Year Term 

David Carruthe i - 

No votes, write-ins, etc 2 1% 

20" return 

AREA 2 - Two-Year Term 

jett Nelson 99' 

No votes, write-ins, etc 

18% retum 


Larry Bullock 

No votes, write-ins, etc 5 

25°/0 return 

AREA 4 - Four-Year Term 

Keith Milberger 360 97% 

No votes, write-ins, ck. 10 3% 

24% retum 

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Steve Kalamen 438 

Sam Spiteri 144 

35°. return 


Jol-m Hurst 411 99' o 

No votes, write-ins, etc 1 ln;, 

18% retum 


Randy Cestaro 244 .S4'370 

Peter G. Goloski 209 46% 

4;" return 


\like Nlartin 306 

Michael Dolan 249 45% 

43% retum 

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election so that candidates 

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would be elected to terms of differing 

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area directors for Areas 2 and 5 shall 

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be modified as resignations from the 

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contested races. Unlike two years 

ago when six positions were being 

challenged, just three areas were 

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areas, only 21 percent of 

the ballots were returned. In contested 

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The results for the 1997 West 

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Participants from as far south as 

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east as Virginia, and as far west as 

Hawaii made the trek to Southern 

California for the "Running Gun Experience." 

For many, the event was overwhelming 

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downrange so the range officers did 

not have to carry timers and follow 

the competitors. The stages required 

between 32 rounds and 50 rounds. 

The match was billed as a highvolume, 

high speed, high energy, 

high intensity shooting event. The 

average winning hit factor for the 

Open Division was 11.68 for all eight 

stages while the average for the 

Limited Division was 10.06. Wow, 

11.68 or 10.06 points per second! 

While these speeds are seen on a few 

speed shoots or stages with no 

movement, these numbers were 

shot on field courses requiring 

movement. 

If we remove the factors from 

Stage 1, the all-steel stage, the numbers 

are now 12.21 for Open and 

10.61 for Limited. With numbers like 

these, the courses of fire were indeed 

high speed and at 32 rounds 

for the smallest to the 50-round 

house, this match did define high 

volume. 

To understand high intensity, we 

have to look at the stage times. 15.58 

seconds was the average winning 

stage time for this match with 304 

rounds. That's 2.43 rounds per second 

on a field course. That is high 

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Many were not ready for the 

start on Stage 2, "Clear and Present 

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in a Suburban and opened a briefcase 

which contained the pistol to 

start the tirner. "Very creative" was 

quoted most often as the competitors 

tried to figure the quickest way 

to draw the gun from the case. Todd 

Jarrett collected the check for this 

stage. 

When competitors arrived at 

Stage 3, "Desperado," many were in 

a state of disbelief. Here the competitor 

started as a bartender pouring 

a drink. When the glass was 

about half full, the weight of the 

fluid started the timer. "Whoever 

thought of this has a serious mental 

problem," was the response from 

Master class shooter Alan Tadano. 

Jojo Vidanes took home the check 

for clearing the bar. 

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in a Navy SEAL assault boat 

with his pistol on the HGS, the competitor 

picked up his pistol to begin 

this 36-round field course. JoJo Vidanes 

shot four more points than 

Jamie Craig, who was 0.36 seconds 

faster, for his second check. 

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the round was interrupted by a 34- 

round shoot-out. To start the stage, 

the competitor had to putt a golf 

ball. All of the shots were fired from 

the golf cart, fairway, and green. 

Laurie Aggas found the stage "cute" 

with all the trees and the fairway/green 

shooting positions. Mike 

Voigt displayed his expert golf skill 

for his second dip into the cash box. 

Stage 6, "Heat," was a 38-round 

field course. The competitor started 

in the driver's seat of an arrnored car 

and pressed the horn button to start 

the timer. While the match staff 

thought this self-start system was 

rather straightforward, a few competitors 

asked, "Where does all this 

self-start stuff end?" Others commented, 

"You guys are going to 

revolutionize the sport." Jamie 

Craig saved the day and prevented 

the robbery and also collected $500 

for his trouble. 

Stage 7, "True Lies," was a 40- 

round field course in which the 

shooter started the timing system by 

flushing the toilet while seated. This 

was not just a regular toilet, it had 

ambi-flushers (another Running 

Gun first). Many competitors had no 

comment about this stage and were 

seen just shaking their heads in disbelief. 

A left-handed competitor offered 

his sincere gratitude for thinking 

of those who do things from the 

wrong side. Greg Way found the 

"truth" which was worth $500. 

Stage 8, "Escape From L.A.," had 

a total of 50 rounds. This houseclearing 

exercise had the competitors 

press the doorbell before entering 

the house to start the timer. "After 

all the other self-starts, this 

doorbell stuff is a piece of cake, but 

the 50 rounds, UNREAL!" said Earl 

Serrato after completing the stage. 

JoJo Vidanes was 1.03 seconds faster 

escaping from L.A. and found his 

third $500 check for the match. 

The Norco Running Gun program 

was well represented in the 

winner's circle at the West Coast 

Championship. The match winner 

was Norco's JoJo Vidanes, and the 

Limited Division win went to Darren 

Davenport, also from the Norco 

Running Gun program. Ron Filho 

was the Open division winner in 

Master class with the Limited win 

going to Dave Uchida. Horacio 

Cariello took the Open A class title 

and Randy Palmer devastated the 

Limited competition with his win in 

A class. The Open B class winner 

was Dan Banta with the B Limited 

going to Tony Hurstel. Richard 

Presby was the big winner in C class 

Open while Leslie Sevilla won the 

Limited C class. A 9-year-old competitor, 

K.C. Eusebio, crushed the 

field in D class Open, and Chuck 

Yerry took the Limited honors. 

There you have it, eight self-start 

field courses in one match. Is this the 

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1981, also in Virginia. The gun I 

used in 1981 could still be competitive 

in 1997 except for the singlestack 

magazine. There were, however, 

a fair nurnber of shooters using 

single stacks at the 1997 Nationals, 

so that, by itself, does not rule out 

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The gun I used in 1997 was an 

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barrel gun with high capacity, if you 

can find the pre-ban magazines. Fortunately, 

there are a good number 

still around, though prices rnay 

make you wonder how available 

they really are. 

The gun I used in 1981 was a Colt 

customized by Bill Wilson in what 

he termed his No. 130 package. It 

was accurized, and had Bo-Mar 

sights, a Bar-Sto barrel and Metalloy 

on the frame. The STI Edge lacked 

the Metalloy plating, but also 

sported Bo-Mar sights and basically 

carne from the factory accurized. 

The calibers are different, too. 

The Colt is a .45 Auto while the STI 

is a .40 S&W. The power factor was 

different in 1981, which I believe 

was 170. The current 175 limit for 

Major means somewhat more recoil, 

but most people will not see much 

difference. I do not recall what 

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1981, but in 1997 I factored 188.8. 

That was a bit stouter than I would 

have intended, but it was factory 

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had developed changed. 

I suppose the greatest contrast 

between the two matches was the 

distances from which targets were 

being engaged. From what I could 

tell of the 1997 Nationals, you could 

engage all targets from a maximum 

distance of fifteen yards. In 1981 

there were some targets in the 30- to 

40-yard bracket. 

I will also mention that, except 

for the indoor portion of the 1981 

Nationals, we shot at all steel. 

Mostly they were Pepper poppers, 

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I also discovered during the indoor 

stage that the powder I was using 

was not suitable for use in the 

dark. It flashed a brilliant white 

upon firing, about the same as a 

flashbulb going off in front of my 

face. 

The 1997 Nationals, in contrast, 

had no long-distance targets, nor 

did it have any indoor or dark 

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Nationals several years ago that we 

ran through and engaged one or two 

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The most unpopular stage was 

probably "Six Chickens," where 

only about one-third of each target 

was exposed behind a no-shoot. The 

distance was only about ten yards, 

but the set-up must have been intimidating 

since many shooters had 

a very tough time on this stage. 

The 1981 Nationals were physically 

tougher, requiring more running 

as well as negotiating a Rhodesian 

wall, a climbing wall and a tunnel 

— in one course. As I recollect, 

it was a stage termed "Smash, Crash 

Sr Dash." I remember it quite well, 

having tripped and fallen during negotiation 

of the course. Fortunately, 

I was able to control the muzzle and 

did not DQ. 

Perhaps the most memorable 

part of the entire match came about 

from a DQ. One of our group from 

Texas managed to DQ on the first 

day on the first stage. He had 

changed from the crossdraw holster 

he normally used to a behind-thehip 

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evolution had not progressed as 

far as we see today.) As he drew, he 

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on the holster and was jerked out of 

his grip. Needless to say, he was 

devastated. He had worked very 

hard to earn a slot to the Nationals 

and now he was done. Mickey 

Fowler, a top shooter then as now, 

took it upon himself to spend some 

time with this individual and relate 

some of his own royal foul-ups. It 

cheered the shooter tremendottsly 

and is a real tribute to Mickey for 

having done so. It is an outstanding 

example of the camaraderie and 

willingness to help others seen 

within our sport. 

The 1981 Nationals saw the first 

of what would grow into the Open 

class guns. John Shaw won the event 

using a "Pin Gun." Pin guns were 

standard .45 Autos with a weight attached 

to the barrel, very similar to 

today's compensated guns. The difference 

was that the pin gun had no 

ports, expansion chamber or such. It 

was strictly a weight that also held 

the front sight. The extended sight 

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Not long after that, Mike Plaxco 

brought out true compensators 

based upon similar designs he had 

seen in South Africa. Now we saw 

the ports and expansion chambers 

that are so familiar today. The guns 

were still .45's, however. While 

some may have been looking at 

other cartridges at this point (1982), 

none of them were very successful. 

The 1997 Limited Nationals 

could easily have taken place in 1981 

as far as the types of guns are concerned. 

The addition of high capacity 

guns does make some difference, 

but the courses of fire did a good job 

of minimizing that difference. 

What has changed drastically in 

the years since my first Nationals is 

the skill level of the shooters. Today's 

top shooters have learned to 

shoot faster while maintaining good 

hits. Perhaps a good example of this 

is the way times for "El Presidente" 

have come down over the years. The 

fastest times are still with Open 

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fifteen years ago. 

This shows that, along with the 

skills, techniques are improving. 

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I was asked about the .45 Auto 

at a local match recently, particularly 

why I had not spoken 

of it in any of the columns. 

That's a valid question. Many still 

use the .45 and there is absolutely 

nothing wrong with it. I've shot it 

much more than the other calibers 

and I like it. 

With the interest in heavy bullets 

in the .40, interest has also increased 

concerning heavy bullets in the .45. 

This is not especially new. I shot 

250gr LSWC bullets in my .45 at the 

1984 Second Chance match. Heavy 

bullets have fallen out of favor with 

that crowd because there was a tendency 

for the slow heavy bullets to 

bounce off the hardwood bowling 

pins and hit the shooter, or one of 

the other shooters, which was not 

popular. 

The present Speer manual (No. 

12) lists loads using Speer's 260gr 

JHP bullet. Any velocity over 673 fps 

will yield a Major power factor. The 

lowest loads listed by Speer exceed 

this level. Accurate Arms' manual 

also shows heavy bullet loads for 

the .45 Auto, and it includes both 

lead and jacketed bullets. Not all the 

listed loads exceed the level needed 

for rating Major at the beginning 

level, but they make it handily as 

you move toward the maximum 

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Hodgdon and Sierra also list 

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Given all this available data, developing 

a heavy-bullet .45 load 

should be no different than any 

other normal load development. Developing 

loads for the .40 was somewhat 

different because it was a new 

cartridge with no history of heavy 

bullets to go on. On top of that, the 

.40 operates at 30,000 to 35,000 psi 

whereas the .45 operates at only 

18,000 to 20,000 psi. Things are 

touchier at higher pressures. Combine 

this with the smaller capacity of 

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Because it is a low-pressure cartridge, 

the .45 Auto does not lend 

itself well to hot loads. The large extractor 

groove leaves an area of the 

case unsupported at the feed ramp 

and this can cause problems. 

Efforts to increase the power of 

the .45 Auto have generally taken 

the approach of changing the extractor 

groove to match that of the .308 

Winchester. This leaves much more 

material in the head of the case. Efforts 

have also included the .451 Detonics, 

.45 Win Mag and, more recently, 

the .45 Super. 

The first question which must be 

asked in loading the .45 to higher 

pressures is, "Why?" Over the years, 

the .45 has gained an envious record 

for its ability to work defensively, 

and more power is not needed in 

competition. So why do more people 

believe more power is needed? 

The .45 Win Mag is a magnum-level 

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and serves no purpose other than 

for hunting or silhouette competition. 

Modem expanding bullets are 

made to expand at normal .45 Auto 

velocities, so the added velocities 

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sion. For use in IPSC competition 

there is no need to load hotter than 

normal .45 loads. 

When you are testing loads, remember 

that there can be problems 

other than with the load. Some years 

back I converted from Winchester 

231 powder in my .45 to Accurate 

No. 5. The reason I changed powders 

was to lower the pressure since 

231 was operating at the top end of 

the load tables. With No. 5, the same 

velocities could be obtained with 

loads in the middle of the tables. 

Shortly after changing over, I began 

to experience gun malfunctions 

in which the bullet failed to feed 

completely into the chamber. Nothing 

else about the loads had 

changed except the powder. I immediately 

changed back to 231 and 

found that the problem persisted. 

After having the gun examined 

by three known gunsmiths who 

were unable to rectify the problem, 

I finally traced the problem to the 

magazine springs having weakened. 

This illustrates how important it is 

to note all aspects of the problem 

and analyze the possible causes. 

One item that I cannot envision 

happening with a .45 is primer flow. 

If this is experienced, it means that 

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firing pin tunnel is too large. The hot 

loads used in the various nine millimeters 

in Open, however, show 

much different results. 

Some years back my efforts with 

the 9x21 showed primer flow that 

gave me fits. It still does as I again 

tried the gun recently with a new 

load. The primers flowed into the 

firing pin tunnel and were sheared 

off as the case ejected. The bits of 

metal then interfered with the full 

travel of the slide. This does not 

make for a reliable gun. I know the 

problem was with the loads because 

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is properly fitted to the tunnel. 

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have to consciously back things up 

to get a double charge. This does not 

include the possibility of powder 

bridging or some other malfunction 

of the powder dispenser. 

As I may have mentioned at another 

time, I saw the results of a 

double charge at Wilson's Gun Shop 

some years ago. The intended load 

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been doubled and the gun was destroyed. 

When I saw the gun in the 

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could be salvaged. The slide was 

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were found. The bottom half of the 

case was still in the remains of the 

chamber. Not having seen the gun 

after it was disassembled, I do not 

know if the frame was damaged, 

though I expect it was. To my 

knowledge the shooter was not injured. 

Adding to the disaster was 

that he had only gotten the gun the 

day before from Wilson. 

One fortunate aspect of handgun 

blow-ups with conventional handguns 

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riously injured. The Remington XP 

blow-up related in my last column 

is a different beast and blows up differently, 

but conventional handguns 

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the force is projected upward. Since 

the gun is normally held in the 

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"Super face." Revolver blow-ups 

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small hand lacerations and minor 

burns; however, the loss of the top 

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As a testimony to the strength of 

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bore and firing another behind it. 

This is usually the result of a 

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more extensive damage. A bulge at 

the forcing cone of a revolver can 

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I have been told that the primer 

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match staff, and top competitors. 

Now add ankle-deep mud, near 

constant drizzle, and raincoats as far 

as you can see. Welcome to the 1997 

Area 5 Championship! 

For two weeks the rain fell constantly 

on Gas City, Ind., the home 

of the Deer Creek Conservation 

Club and the 1997 Area 5 Championship. 

The puddles from more 

than seven inches of rain in the four 

days prior to the match filled every 

depression, ditch and gully, as well 

as most of the ranges. Just days before 

the match started, members of 

the Deer Creek Conservation Club 

moved over 110 tons of mud and 

water in an attempt to channel the 

standing water off the range. More 

The 1997 Area 5 Championship 

And the shooters came two by two... 

Jerry Barnhart added the Area 5 

Championship to his long list of match 

wins. 

than 10 tons of gravel was trucked 

in and spread out in low spots and 

in areas where shooter movement 

was expected. During the match the 

ground beneath the vendor's tent 

was covered with straw each day, 

only to be pushed under foot into 

the ooze of mud as quickly as it 

could be spread. 

On the brighter side, the pistol 

ranges of the Deer Creek Conservation 

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for this match. The newly finished 

pistol bays are arrayed in a horseshoe 

shape, with the vendor's tent in 

the center, making it very convenient 

for shooters to move from one 

stage to the next. The match was 

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this was one fun match. 

This year's match was aptly 

managed, even under such adverse 

conditions, by Area 5 Director Steve 

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Stage 5, "Smoke-Um," sponsored 

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Stage 6, "Cheese Heads," was a 

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In it, the shooter found himself 

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enough to beat Jerry Barnhart, with 

Todd Jarrett, Rob Leatham, and 

Ethan Grant making up the remaining 

top five. 

Stage 7, "April Fools," was sponsored 

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slot in the center. Jerry Barnhart, 

Jamie Craig, Dave Schlief, Rob 

Leatham, and Ron Jones were the 

top five finishers. 

Stage 8, "Standards," sponsored 

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Timing was the key to shooting this 

fixed time stage as the targets, three 

turning targets and one drop target, 

would alternately appear and disappear. 

Although the original course 

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yards, because of the weather problems 

the range could not be finished 

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kneeling, added up to 32 rounds and 

the highest point value of the match. 

Todd Jarrett came out on top in this 

important stage with Michigan 

shooter David Clark finishing a 

close second, followed by Rob 

Leatham, Jerry Barnhart, and Jamie 

Craig. 

Stage 9, "Motor Man," sponsored 

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weak-side window, and then pull 

the strong-side rope with their 

strong hand to engage targets 

through the strong-side window. 

Sound confusing? You can bet sorne 

of the competitors thought so, too, 

but it was a really fun stage. Jamie 

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this stage. Jerry Barnhart finished a 

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Stage 10, "Which Way Do I Go?," 

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lst M Mike Padgett 787.7024 83.814 

lst A Thomas Suit 704.3310 74.943 

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1st M Chuck Bradley 678.7249 88.961 

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of all the old range officers who 

have worked dozens of Nationals 

and are full of shooter stories. 

In addition, there are the joys of 

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Barry, Ill. I've decided, though, after 

working five Nationals, that the best 

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This year the chrono gang was introduced 

to something truly new and 

from a manufacturer located right 

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Storm Lake Machine's Linkless 

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Va., and later at Barry. Bert Bastian, 

his wife, Beverly, and his son, B. J., 

were present at Fredericksburg to 

both show and demonstrate prototypes 

of the Storm Lake 1911-C 

Linkless System. While the guns 

were not used in competition, a 

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were allowed to get the feeI of 

the prototypes and fire off some 

rounds when the chronograph 

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The general reaction from those 

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was noticeably reduced, even in 

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a small six-person, family-owned 

business engaged in making gun 

barrels marketed under the Storrn 

Lake name as well as for several gun 

manufacturers and specialty parts 

suppliers. With their manufacturing 

facility only a stone's throw from 

my home in Oak Ridge, I decided to 

pay Bert, B. J., and their staff a visit 

for a close-up look at the new Storrn 

Lake 1911-C Linkless System, to see 

it being manufactured, and perhaps 

get an opportunity to fire one of the 

guns with the system installed. Bert 

agreed to loan me a gun and let me 

play with it, but in return I had to 

tell other shooters about the system 

and my experiences with it. 

First, let me explain what the system 

is. The system comprises the entire 

top end assembly of the pistol, 

plus two lower unit parts. Specifically, 

it contains the slide, ramped 

bull barrel, extractor system, firing 

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slide stop. The extractor is a completely 

new design that allows the 

tension to be adjusted externally. 

None of these components are interchangeable 

with standard 1911 

parts, with the exception of the firing 

pin and recoil springs, although 

they generally do follow the basic 

1911 design. Externally, except for 

the extractor system, the slide appears 

to be a standard 1911 unit with 

the same length, width, bore axis, 

and overall profile of the original. 

The system fits all 1911 frame systems 

(wide body or single stack) and 

will allow use of battered or mis-cut 

ramped barrel frames. 

Frame modifications required for 

installing the system (other than fitting 

the slide and frame rails, a 

standard match pistol assembly 

step) are machining away the original 

feed ramp or barrel stop and relocating 

the slide stop pin hole. The 

existing slide stop holes are 

threaded and tapered, then 

threaded plugs are installed in them 

and machined to match the outside 

of the frame. Next, the frame feed 

ramp area is cut to the same depth 

and bottom radius as the original 

barrel foot tunnel area immediately 

forward of the feed ramp area. 

Frame modifications are completed 

by drilling new slide stop holes at a 

specific location from the magazine 

catch. Although it sounds quite involved, 

this work is not much more 

tha.n that required for the installation 

of a ramped barrel, which requires 

one more milling machine 

setup. 

So much for the technical stuff. 

The question is, does it work? I 

found the answer to this question after 

spending half a day at the Oak 

Ridge Practical Shooting Club's 

Hickory Creek Range. The answer? 

Sure enough! In firing the gun, I 

took the opportunity to clean out 

my ammo supply of past year's reloading 

experiments. I took ammo 

with different bullet styles and 

weights, both lead and jacketed, and 

with different powders and primers. 

Obviously, accuracy varied with the 

various loads, but the gun did not 

seem to care what it was being fed. 

Feeding and extraction simply was 

not a problem; it just cycled, time 

after time, regardless of the ammo 

being used. 


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As to one of the gun's other major 

features, the reduction in recoil, 

I first thought that as an experienced 

shooter, but not a sophisticate, I 

might not notice the difference, but 

I did. The gun's recoil is noticeably 

less than my stock "Combat Elite" 

and approaches that found on some 

compensated guns. 

The bottom line is that I liked the 

system and would give it high 

marks. As to accuracy, it's there too. 

Bert showed me several test targets 

where the gun was fired from a Ransom 

Rest. The results were tight 

groups. 

In discussing the system with 

Bert and his staff, I learned that 

there are other reasons for using it 

besides those already discussed. 

Bert noted that the design goals 

were to improve functional reliability, 

durability, and lower long-term 

operating costs. All three of these aspects 

are related, as obviously a gun 

prone to breakage is neither reliable, 

durable, nor inexpensive to shoot. 

The practice of using heavy, hard 

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power factor with low recoil has 

brought the curse of frequent breakage 

in both Open and Limited competition. 

High pressure is just that, 

whether one's goal is making it at 

the end of the barrel in a compensator, 

or having the big pressure spike 

while the bullet is still in the barrel 

throat. The effects on the gun are 

much the same. 

As a barrel manufacturer, Storm 

Lake began the process by asking 

"What breaks before the inside of 

the barrel wears out?" The answers 

were barrel links, barrel link pins, 

barrel feet, and barrel lugs. Two 

more components were then added 

— slide stops and extractors. All of 

these, with the exception of the barrel 

locking lugs, have been eliminated 

or completely redesigned in 

the linkless system. 

What does the system cost and 

how about installation? The irtitial 

cost of the Storm Lake 1911-C 

Lin.kless System is cornpetitive with 

a standard match-grade top end at 

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I took the glut back to Bert, but I 

didn't want to. He said that Storm 

Lake presented the system at the 

1997 SHOT Show and received considerable 

interest. He also noted that 

Storm Lake will be offering the system 

as part of a complete gun some 

time in early 1998. Customers will 

have the option of guns with double-stack 

STI frames or single-stack 

Caspian frames. The price of these 

new guns is expected to be competitive. 

Bert and B. J. cart be contacted at 

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By Jeweteon Tuominen, A-36738 

In a closely contested match, 

Sherwyn Greenfield nosed out John 

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Chuck Holland. 

Open class and category winners 

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first B and overall winner; 

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first D; Nancy Bergeson, high 

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their skills on six courses of fire. The 

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which is why I am not using names, 

but the CRO's decision, however 

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having completed a course of fire, 

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clear, and the competitor removed 

the magazine and safely holstered 

his gun. 

The correct course of action was 

to DQ the competitor according to 

US rule 8.05 and international rule 

12.02(i). Unfortunately, an argument 

between the CRO and other ROs on 

the stage ensued as to what should 

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the range officer who was running 

the clipboard responded that since 

the competitor was disqualified, 

there was no reason to score the targets. 

The CRO argued that he had 

not disqualified the competitor because 

the round had struck the berm 

and that he had failed to "safely assist 

the shooter through the course 

of fire." Other range officers and 

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was reinforced. I understand 

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this situation and need to be 

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"the range officer must visually inspect 

the chamber of each handgun 

and instruct, with this command, to 

holster..." While it is true that the 

CRO failed to perform this function, 

U.S. Rule 8.05 Hammer Down clarifies 

what happens when a round is 

fired during this procedure. The rule 

reads in part, "If the firearm discharges 

when the hammer is 

dropped, the shooter is disqualified 

from the match regardless of 

whether the Range Officer also may 

have viewed the chamber. It is always 

the shooter's responsibility to 

insure his gun is safe. (12.02)" 

Because U.S. Rule 8.05 refers to 

rule 12.02, it is necessary to include 

that rule in the decision. Rule 

12.02(i) states, "Any discharge prior 

to commencement, or while loading, 

reloading, unloading (emphasis 

added), or during remedial action of 

a malfunction will be regarded as an 

accidental discharge and/or unsafe 

gun handling." Therefore, under 

both U.S. 8.05 and iuntemational nue 

12.02, the competitor is to be disqualified 

from the match for discharging 

a round while unloading 

and showing clear. 

Editor's note: The CRO's letter, which 

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By Gregory Lent, TY-14427 

owdy shooters! Well, did 

you make it to the "Big 

Time" this year? I know 

that many of you did 

judging by the familiar greetings I 

received in Chronoland. It was good 

to see old friends and to put faces on 

those with whom I correspond via 

e-mail. Now, on with the report... 

Were there any surprises at the 

chronograph this year? Yes! We had 

shooters dazzled, befuddled, and 

amazed by our Halloween screamer 

and pyrotechnical smoke pouring 

out of the Chrono-Coffin during 

each squad's visit this year! My 

faithful companion, John Kruminel, 

came up with the concept at Open, 

and we refined it so well at Limited 

that we came in second place in the 

shooter's vote for favorite stage. I'm 

sure this second place showing was 

due to some kind of wily feminine 

treachery by Ms. Pat LeGere, the alleged 

first place winner. After all, 

we encouraged Chicago-style voting—early 

and often! Be warned, 

Pat! No more Mr. Nice Guys next 

year, except to the shooters that is. 

Next time, cappuccino, gourmet ice 

cream, and NO ONE goes minor! 

That coupled with sound effects, 

MORE pyrotechnics, and maybe a 

couple show girls borrowed from 

the casinos, we'll have that first 

place in the bag! 

Speaking of in the bag... The 

usual six percent of the shooters at 

each National's event went the way 

of the "Mouse Gunners." This seems 

to be the case in every tournament 

where John and I run the chrono. 

The reasons have pretty much been 

standardized, too. In fact, we're 

numbering them ahead of time for 

the shooters' convenience. 

1. "Well, it made major at home 

in Kansas, in the afternoon, at 300 

degrees in the shade." 

2. "It's a new load and the loading 

book promised that it would 

make major to spare." 

3. "The bullet box said it weighed 

230 grains." 

The Chronoman Report 

Post Nationals Edition 

4. "Wadelya' mean 1 should 

chrono factory loads before a 

match!" 

5. "Calibration weights? Never 

heard of 'em." 

Fewer and fewer shooters are being 

sent to the match gunsmiths for 

thumb safety repairs. There were 

only four per match this year. It 

seems that sending ten to fifteen 

shooters out that way the past couple 

of years has paid off, or at least 

we weeded out the safeties that had 

been neglected for some time. At 

any rate, the IPSC ranges are a bit 

safer for that. 

On the news item front, a gas-operated 

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Chronoland at Open. It's sort of a 

cross between a Ruger MkII .22 and 

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By Mark Van Zevern, A-32422 

The Fifth Annual Bay Bridge 

Charity Classic, benefiting 

the Marine Corps Toys For 

Tots program, is now a 

memory for the 117 shooters who 

participated on October 11-12, 1997, 

at the Richmond Rod & Gun Club in 

Richmond, Calif. 

For the officers and members of 

the Tuesday Action Shooting Club 

(TASC), however, the job is only half 

over. We must now go out and 

spend more than $8,800 to purchase 

toys. Working with Wal-Mart stores, 

which will once again give us a sizable 

discount, we will be buying 

nearly $14,000 in toys to be delivered 

to the Marine Corps Reserve. 

They, in turn, will be delivering 

them to needy Bay Area children for 

Christmas. 

Work on the 1997 match began 

early in the year with a committee 

charged with the task of putthig together 

sponsor lists, stages, meals, 

etc. The members of TASC worked 

hard and are proud of what they 

have accomplished. Set up of the 

range and building of the stages was 

accomplished on Friday, October 10. 

Extra help from the U.S. Marine 

Corps, which sent out a platoon, and 

10 volunteers from Project 90 Inc. 

sure made the work easier. 

Stage 1, "Red Ties for Tots," designed 

by Thomas Chan and the 

Over The Hill Gang, was a straightforward 

"shoot 'em as you see 'em" 

40-round Comstock course. Overlapping 

targets caused many a 

shooter a dreaded "mike," proving 

once again that speed kills. 

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Stage 2 was the classifier "CM97- 

21." Much to the dismay of some 

shooters and the joy of others, this 

stage had to be thrown out of the 

match because is had not been set 

up the same way for all squads. 

Stage 3, "Breakout," designed by 

Rick Stephens and California 

Gunsports, was by far the most 

talked-about stage. Shooters were 

heard talking about this stage with 

each other, and a number of shooters 

were heard talking to themselves. 

You started the stage with a 

rifle at port arms, and, at the signal, 

engaged a simulated mine field of 

six-inch plates. From there, shooters 

had to pick up a five-pound medical 

kit, shoot steel which activated a 

roller coaster carrying two disappearing 

targets which in turn activated 

a single target which moved 

across the sky. A Cooper Tunnel and 

a steel stop plate which raised the 

Stars and Stripes completed the 

course. I'm sure some people are 

still talking to themselves about this 

one. 

Stage 4, "Trouble in Toyland," 

designed by Len Fyock and TASC, 

was a 35-round Comstock field 

course which required you to defend 

Toyland. The stage started you 

out with a bag of toys in your hand. 

From there, you engaged a variety 

of paper and steel around and 

through barricades before tossing a 

hand grenade. 

Stage 5, "Valley Run," designed 

by Charlie Granger and the Valley 

Practical Shooters, was another 

Comstock course with 34 rounds. It 

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pearing targets, steel, and a door 

lock which needed to be shot to 

avoid procedurals. 

Match and Open Division class 

winners were: Russ Wakida, overall 

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Rod Maeda, first Master; Steve 

Wong, first A; Max Flora, first B; 

George Washnak, first C; and Walter 

Lile, first D. Limited Division match 

and class winners were: Ben 

Derama, Limited match winner and 

first A; Sandy Matthews, first B; Roy 

Gong, first C; and Ken Huey, first D. 

One thing that sets the Bay 

Bridge Charity Classic apart from 

other matches is that all shooter 

prizes are distributed by raffle, not 

order of firtiSh- Additionally, a secondary 

raffle is held during the banquet. 

Both raffles are well stocked 

with valuable items from our spon- 

SOTS. 

This year's (1997) grand prize in 

the raffle was a joint effort by Frank 

Bay, of A&B High Performance Firearms, 

and TASC member Gillis 

Johnson. The prize was a custombuilt 

.40 S&W STI International pistol 

with the match logo, Toys For 

Tots logo, and the Marine Corps Reserve 

50th Anniversary logo engraved 

on the slide. 

Our match sponsor, Smith & 

Wesson Performance Center, 

headed up a large list of sponsors 

who generously donated nearly 

$25,000 worth of prizes for the two 

raffles. Stage sponsors were LimCat 

Custom Product, A&B High Performance 

Firearms, E. Reyes West 

Coast Karate, Wannafish Youth 

Camp, and RJL Enterprises. Cosponsors 

were Benchmade Knife 

Co., Oregon Trail Bullet Company, 

Caspian Arms, Grams Engineering, 

McLearn Custom Machines, San 

Francisco Dry Dock, ATPA, Chip 

McCormick, Bar-Sto, Para-Ordnance, 

RidgeLine, 5 Star Products, 

Bennett Automotive, STI International, 

Sierra Bullets, Mateo Tools, 

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If something comes up missing and 

there's no way to trace who has it, 

we can replace it for a nominal fee. 

3. Membership brochures with 

applications and safety check cards 

are free. If you need them, ask for 

them. 

4. Please ask competitors to print 

legibly on the score sheets. If they 

aren't sure of their USPSA numbers, 

they should check their cards, not 

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Here's an idea. Why not make 

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Range Officers Outside 

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capacities with our foreign affiliates 

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USPSA/IPSC. Many of these individuals 

may not know about the 

changes in NROI policy which took 

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As reported in the December 

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no longer have to log their hours or 

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In order to maintain certification, all 

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pass with a score of 80 percent or 

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If you are a range officer living 

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please write or fax your request to 

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On the Flip Side 

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Be sure to send in all changes of club 

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Check to see that you are using the 

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Don't discard those score sheets, 

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E-mail is an easy and fast way to 

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Fax your requests for Specials or new 

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Juvenile consent forms are available. 

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Range officers are a great asset to any 

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Specials need to be requested 60 days 

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Take time to check your classifier or 

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Unless we all hang together, someone 

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Value your shooting buddies and 

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shooters into the sport: PC class, 

magazine limits, new-shooter 

classes, .22 IPSC, you name it. What 

hasn't been discussed is re-opening 

USPSA/IPSC to the largest section 

of the handgun owning public — revolver 

shooters. 

I, like much of the membership, 

started shooting USPSA/IPSC with 

a revolver. I later switched to an 

automatic, but the ability to compete 

with a revolver allowed me to enter 

the sport. 

At that time, revolver-neutral 

course design was the law of the 

land, and perhaps eight to ten percent 

of the membership shot revolvers 

as their "main" match gun. Today 

there are no revolvers in 

USPSA. Why? 

After years of advocating "revolver 

neutral" course design, 

USPSA abandoned revolver shooters 

in the fall of 1992. Switching to 

eight-round ".45 neutral" designs 

for the first USPSA Limited Nation- 

als burned off all the revolver shooters 

still in the organization. With 

them, .45-neutral burned off interested 

new shooters with less than 

eight-round guns (notably revolvers 

and seven-round 1911's). This was 

done by administrative whim — not 

by any grand action of the membership. 

Although USPSA has left them 

behind, America's revolver shooters 

are still out there. America's bedstands 

hold more revolvers than the 

entire match arsenal used by the 

membership of USPSA — yet not 

one of them can be used effectively 

in our sport? 

Jerry Miculek wins the Second 

Chance bowling pin shoot with a revolver, 

revolvers compete for the Bianchi 

Cup, own PPC, and compete 

effectively at the Steel Challenge 

every year. ICORE and its International 

Revolver Championship have 

appeared, creating a form of 

USPSA/IPSC solely for revolver 

shooters. Why are we turning them 

away? 

Robin Taylor, TY-19724 

All Right, That's it! 

All right, that's it! I can't take one 

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ficient with their firearm and increasing 

their sense of safety and 

self-confidence in a scary world, 

then a Sig is just as good as a $2000 

Limited gun. If, however, they're 

only interested in winning the 

rnatch, it doesn't matter what new 

category you create. 

Who am 1, and what do I lcnow 

about it? I've been shooting IPSC 

matches for four years, drawing my 

single-stack carry gun (five-poundplus 

trigger) from my carry holster 

(behind the hip) and reloading with 

spare mags that are also located behind 

my hip. No mag well (it prints 

against clothing), and no extended 

magazines. From Day One I never 

wanted to use a race holster. I carry 

a gun every day, and if I ever have 

to draw my gun under stress I don't 

want to have to think about which 

holster it's in. I want muscle memory 

to take over. And yet, horrendously 

handicapped equipmentwise 

as I am, I've still managed to 

shoot myself well into B class, winning 

my class occasionally at our local 

matches. Am I complaining because 

it's all so unfair? "Whimper, 

Whimper. I shouldn't have to com- 

pete against those erector sets some 

people call holsters." No! 

I have a blast at every matc_h 

attend, and winning a match has 

never been a priority. If it was, I 

wouldn't have used this identical rig 

at the 1997 Limited Nationals. I 

shoot to improve my sldll level and 

have fun. Shooting is just like mountain 

biking or skiing. Yes, you can 

spend a lot of money on equipment, 

and you'll have to if you ever want 

to become famous, but it's not necessary 

if you just want to have fun 

and improve yourself. The best Limited 

shooter at our club uses what I 

consider a junk gun, but he practices 

his draw half art hour every day. 

If new shooters come to your 

club and seem intimidated by the 

$3000 race guns, ask them why 

they're there. If they see IPSC as a 

sport and want to win matches, tell 

them to practice, a lot, whether they 

cart afford a custom gun or not. Artd 

if they're just interested in becoming 

a better shot, again, tell them to 

practice. Tell them to draw and dry 

fire at home, visit their local range, 

and shoot at matches regularly. And 

if they're serious, tell them about 

Gunsite or Thunder Ranch. A visit 

to either of those institutions costs 

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them a lot more good in the long 

James Tarr, 'TY-25200 

A Tip For "Tactical Types" 

I am a full-time defensive shooting 

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IPSC History column 

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"10 Deadly Competition Habits" in 

the January/February 1998 issue of 

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77

The bottom line is that if you optimize 

your actions during a match 

for the goal of street survival rather 

than that of first place overall, you 

will probably not finish ahead of 

those who tailor their shooting 

strategies to the specific scoring system. 

This holds true even if you participate 

in the new Practical Carry 

class. 

ff developing true tactical prowess 

matters that much to someone — 

and they still wish to participate in 

USPSA/IPSC events — there is a 

simple answer: March to a different 

drummer without regard to the 

score sheet. Complaining because 

no one forces them to "do the right 

thing" shows that they are, in the 

words of Mr. Neill, "more concerned 

with their placement in the 

final results than in practicing particular 

skills under the stress of the 

clock." 

Andy Stanford, A-37396 

Stay Out Of It 

In our club, we set aside one 

match for a 3-Gun match and one 

for what we call a pocket gun match, 

which is our version of that op- 

tional-for-now carry division. Somebody 

got an idea of a .22 IPSC match 

to help those who need the last push 

to join our club. Well, we may try it 

using the IPSC rule book as a 

ground and adjusting the rest of it 

to the particular situation. But we 

don't make anybody (optionally, of 

course) accept the pocket gun division. 

We don't need to ask Washington 

(either of them) what to do. We 

just do it. We don't need a new division 

which will evolve the same 

way that today's Limited division 

did. We just allocate one weekend to 

some new idea. 

We won't get more members by 

having or not having an out-of-thebox 

stock, CCW, or whatever-youcall-it 

division. What it comes down 

to is that an IPSC shooter brings a 

buddy to a match, once to watch and 

a second time to shoot with borrowed 

holster and mags. That's the 

way I see it in our club, and you big 

guys sitting on IPSC Olympus, like 

any big government, should stay out 

of it. 

Petr Hartman, TY-29039 

Correct ICORE Phone Number 

Thank you for your work in promoting 

the shooting sports. I appreciate 

the intense energy and dedication 

that it takes to continually support 

such a large organization. 

Please make note of these two 

items in reference to art article in 

your Nov./Dec. issue on the S & W 

627: The correct contact phone number 

for ICORE is (719) 262-9377; the 

eight-rounder the author used for 

the article was #IRC004, on loan 

from the S & W Performance Center. 

This is important because Smith & 

Wesson and the ICORE organization 

has made a commitment to the 

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EDITOR 


Through it all, the range officers 

and staff maintain good humor arid 

professionalism, providing a safe, 

fair and fun experience for the competitors. 

It is impossible to explain 

in logical terms why they do what 

they do. It's a case of, "If you have 

to ask why, you wouldn't understand 

the answer." It is a simple fact 

that neither of the national championship 

matches could be held without 

the dedication of the volunteers. 

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. 

Elections 

The 1997 area director elections 

are over, with Steve Kalamen and 

Randy Cestaro winning re-election 

in Areas 5 and 7 and Mike Martin 

replacing the retiring Jerry Wisecarver 

in Area 8. We all owe Jerry a 

big "thank you" for his many years 

of service to USPSA. All other areas 

had the incumbents running unopposed. 

Detailed election results appear 

on page 36. 

Our elections have one unfortunate 

characteristic in common with 

U.S. national elections in that only a 

small percentage of eligible voters 

participate. In the three contested 

races an average of 41 percent of the 

ballots sent out were cast. Low voter 

turnout is easier for me to understand 

on the national political scene 

than in a small forum like USPSA. 

The feeling that your vote counts for 

little is understandable in a presidential 

election that may have been 

decided before you get to the polls, 

but USPSA is not like that. Two of 

the area races were decided by slim 

margins. In Area 7, it was only 35 

votes. Your ballot does make a difference 

to USPSA's future. 

You are not required to agree 

with the winners. In fact, the organization 

will be better served if you 

view their work critically, point out 

their mistakes, and argue your 

points vigorously. However, all 

those who run for a USPSA office, 

successful or not, deserve your 

gratitude and respect. They care 

enough about your sport to devote 

a lot of time, effort, and money to 

make it work. They are people who 

put themselves at risk for you. Be 

sure to honor their commitment. 

People 

The two subjects discussed 

above have at least one theme in 

common, that of the people in- 

INSIDE 

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Limited Sight Rulings 

In my last article, I mentioned 

that I would be making a ruling 

regarding the Middlebrooks Pro- 

Sight and the Fire Point as far as 

their use in Limited Division is 

concerned, and that I would post 

it in my next article. 

After reviewing the rules and 

researching previous rulings regarding 

sights for Limited, I find 

nothing that will keep the Pro- 

Sight by Middlebrooks from being 

allowed in Limited. It has a lot of 

similarities to the Casper sight approved 

in 1995. The Casper is 

STARING AT 

1,1 "too/ 

The 

made by C-More, and it also has a 

clear plastic ring in the rear sight. 

The plastic does nothing more 

than what a piece of glass does in 

your home. It does not magnify, 

nor is an image projected onto it. 

You still need to reference two 

points when aligning the sight picture. 

The Fire Point sight, however, 

is ruled illegal for Limited. This 

decision is based on the fact that a 

battery is used, therefore putting it 

into the electrical category. 

I hope your holidays were safe 

and enjoyable, and I am looking 

forward to seeing many of you at 

some of the major matches in 1998 

In the meantime, remember to 

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NROI RANGE OFFICER SEMINAR REQUEST 

Club or Section Narne 

Contact Name 

Address 

City & State 

Daytime Phone number 

We would like to hold a 7 Level 1 

Please pont 

Preferred date Alternate date 

Other dates 

Special Considerations: 

Zip 

0 Level 2 Range Officer Seminar. 

Please indicate which level seminar 

you would like to schedule. 

You may schedule both levels if 

you like. Choose at least two 

dates which are at least three 

months from the time you submit 

your request. Mall this form to 

USPSA Headquarters to the attention 

of NROI at PO Box 811, 

Sedro Woolley WA 98284. NROI 

will send you a confirmation of 

your request when it is received. 

If you would like a particular instnictor 

to teach your seminar, 

please note it in the Special Considerations 

section. 

You can fax this form to (360) 855-0380 or e-mail the information to lyn-uspsa@sos.net 

USPSA ME1VIBERSHIP APPLICATION 

Name 

Address 

City & State 

Please pont 

Daytime Phone 

I am applying for the following type of membership. For renewals, note 

membership number. 

0 Annual (U.S.) $ 30.00 0 Foreign Annual $ 40.00* 

0 3-Year (U.S. only) $ 75.00 0 Foreign Life $ 600.00* 

0 5-year (U.S. only) $ 120.00 0 Benefactor $ 1000.00 

0 Life (U.S.) $ 500.00 

Note: Life and benefactor may be paid in four equal papnents over a oneyear 

time period. Credentials issued on completion of payment schedule. 

Visa Mastercard Exp. Date 

Card # 

Zip 

I hereby make application to join 

the USPSA under the plan and 

terms as noted above. I certify 

that I will use the skills and 

luiowledge gained in 

USPSA/IPSC practical shooting 

only in lawful sporting activities 

and self-defense, and that I will 

conduct myself in such a marmer 

as not to bring the sport of practical 

shooting into disrepute. 

(Please sign and enclose check 

for the appropriate amount. 

There will be a $15 service 

charge for all returned checks.) 

Date 19 

Signed 

According to the legal requirements of the United States, are you able to 

purchase and possess firearms? yes no 

USPSA/IPSC 

PO Box 811 

Sedro Woolley WA 98284 

*Foreigm rate applies to members 

with foreign addresses only. 


SCHEDULED TOURNAMENTS AND SANCTIONED MATCHES 

mAioR 

MATCHES 

1. FIPT '98 

Titusville, Fla. Feb. 20-22, 1998 

Ray Lambert (904) 428-0042 

2. Superstition Mountain Mystery 3-Gun 

Mesa, Ariz., Feb. 26 - March 1, 1998 

Dan Furbee (602) 985-8555 

3. Coyote Classic 

Global Shooting Center, March 14-15, 1998 

(805)1345-7025 

4. Area 2 Championship 

Pala Range, Calif., April 23-26, 1998 

Ron or Chris Pearson (619) 295-5061 


Anderson, S.C., April 24-26, 1998 

Jerry James (864) 225-6847 

6. North Carolina State Championship 

Southport, N.C., May 15-17, 1998 

Tim Timberlake (910) 371-6391 

7. Tennessee State Championship 

Knoxville, Tenn., May 22-24, 1998 

Dwight Warren (423) 483-6984 evenings 

8. Area 4 Champion.ship 

Texarkana, Texas, May 29-31, 1998 

Keith Milberger (972) 529-1253 

9. Long Island IPSC Championship 

Westhampton 13each, N.Y., June 7, 1998 

Dave Olsen (516) 587-6767 


Harvard, Mass., June 12-14, 1998 

(603) 898-3695 7-10p.m. EST, e-mail racegun@hot-shot.com 

11. West Coast Championship 

Norco, Calif., June 12-14, 1998 

JoJo Vidanes (909) 738-8248 


Reno, Nev., June 19-21, 1998 

David Carruthers (702) 883-6161 


Rolla, Mo., June 25-28 

Larry Bullock (573) 634-8529 

14. North American Championship 

Barry, June 30 - July 3, 1998 

Russ Cluver (217) 335-2827 Evenings 


Erie, Pa., July 9-12, 1998 

Connie (814) 868-6923 

16. AWARE Invitational 

Albany, N.Y., July 15-19, 1998 

Patricia LeGere (518) 765-4834 

17. USPSA 3-Gun Nationals 

Princeton, La., Aug. 28-30, 1998 

R.T. McManus (504) 673-6034 8-10 p.m. Central Time 

18. Columbia Cascade Section Championship 

Portland Ore., Sept. 12-13, 1998 

Mary Renfrow (503) 775-7939 e-mail chambers@teleport.com 

19. Limited Nationals 

Barry, Ill., Sept. 14-19, 1998 

USPSA (360) 855-2245 

20. Open Nationals 

Las Vegas, Nev., Oct. 19-24, 1998 

USPSA (360) 855-2245 

21. World Shoot XII 

Philippines, Oct. 31 - Nov. 6, 1999 

Advertisers Index 

A-Zane Bullets 70 Evolution Gun Works 59 Practical Shooting Academy 60 

A&B High Performance Firearms 58 Firearms Advisory Service 17 RidgeLine Inc. 24 

Acc-U-Rail 57 Gaspan & Associates 29 Roze Distnbution 25 

Acc-U-Rail West 32 Grams Engineenng 74 Shooters of Columbus 39 

ADCO Inside front Image Industries 37 Shooters Connection 6, 49 

AFTEC 28 Integrated Systems Management 13 Sierra Bullets 2 

Al s Custom 50 JP Enterpnses 45 Smith & Alexander 15 

Alai Target Company 16 K&S Fabncation 76 Speed Shooters International 62 

AlIchin Custom Gunsmithing 75 Kimber 36 Speed Master 38 

Amtzen Corp. 33 Konigsmark Supply Company 51 Sprinco USA 72 

Arredondo Accessories 43 Krebs Gunsmithing 19 Starline 67 

Austin Precision Products 7-7 Krunch Products 65 STI International 44, 68 

Bob Krieger Inc. 25, 36 Kustom Ballistics 56 Strayer-Voigt 48 

Buchanan Bagworks 66 Ky Tac 70 T&S Security 50 

C-More Systems 47 Leisure Time Marketing Sales 32 Tactical Shooting Technology 55 

C.V.!. 30 Les Baer Custom 41 Target Bam 20 

Caspian Arms Back cover Matt Waki Custom Products 54 Taylor Freelance 69 

Checkmate Custom Gun Refinishing 64 Mike Gibson Manufacturing 23 TCE as 

Chip McCormick Corp 18 Millennium Custom 14, 78 TNT Industnes 12 

Clark Custom Guns 40, 79 Mullins Ammunition 76 Mangle Shooting Sports 71 

Competition Electronics Inside back Nolan Innovation 24 Universal Shooting Academy 26 

Conc,ealed Carry Clothiers 38 Nowlin Manufactunng 27 USPSA Store 42 

Craig Ltd. 52. 73 Olo Dot 69 Vandenberg Custom 33 

D&J Bullets 53 Oregon Trail Bullet Company 63 Waller & Son 64 

Denny s Shooter Supply 31 Pearce Grip 51 Wayne Bergquist Custom Pistols 61 

Don Fraley Custom 23 Porta Target 34. 35 Zero Ammunition 22 

Efficrent Machinery 25 Practical Shooting Supplies 21 


1998 ALABAMA SECTION 

WSC CHAMPIONSHIP 16:0%, 

MARCH 21 & 22, 1998 

Hosted by the Dixie Shooters FOP Range, Inc. - Pleasant Grove, AL 

641)2e/.(1„s-g Paybo 

rk 

ses) 

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of fire 

MATCH ENTRY FEE $90.00 Po C 

"/17/0/. 0// 

7 Stages 

($125.00 After March 7th) "iketioti. 

Make Checks Payable to: Dixie Shooters 

Mail to: Derrill Dunkling • 7633 William Howton Road • Mulga, AL 35118 • (205) 436-4519 (After 8pm CST) 

R.O.'s Needed, Call for Information 

Are you an Alabama Section Member? Y N • Which Club9 

Squad Requests Must Be Mailed Together! 

Name: 

USPSA# 

Address: 

City: State: Zip: 

Phone: ( 

) Age: 

Open: Limited. 

Pistol Class: 

Senior Law: Lady. Major Minor 

No Refunds after March 7th / Match Hotel (205) 942-0919 Howard Johnson $39.00 AL IPSC 

THE HOME OF PURE SPEED IS BACK!!! 

WELCOME TO HOSER'S HEAVEN 

1998 WEST COAST CHAMPIONSHIP 

MATCH SPONSOR: BROLIN ARMS 

JUNE 12, 13, & 14 

8 RUN AND GUN SELF START STAGES / 300+ ROUNDS 

2 DAY SHOOTING FORMAT / GREAT PRIZE TABLE 

LIMITED TO 300 SHOOTERS / USPSA RULES 

NAME PHONE # USPSA 

ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP 

CIRCLE ALL THAT APPLY OPEN LIMITED LAW SINGLE STACK LADY SENIOR JUNIOR 

MAJOR MINOR GM M A BCDU SHOuTiNG HAYS FiciiSAT FrilinSUN SAT/SUN 

ENTRY FEE $150 (AFTER MAY 15 S175) 

SHORT SLEEVED SHIRTS $15 STATE SIZE AND QTY $ 

LONG SLEEVED SHIRTS $20 STATE SIZE AND QTY 

HATS S15 STATE QTY 

TOTAL S 

MAICE CHECKS PAYABLE TO RUNNING GUN IPSC,2210NORCO DR., NORCO, CA 91760 

SEND ENTRIES EARLY TO RESERVE PREFFERRED SHOOTING DAYS. FOR MATCH INFO 

CONTACT JOJO V1DANES CI 909 738-8248 OR JOHNNY LIM @ 510 252-9255 


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APPLICATION FORM 

Name: 

San Joaquin Valley Action Shooters 

invite you to 

Shoot the Coyote 

at Global Shooting Center 

March 14-15 '98 

/ 

USPSA# 

Entry fee: 

$125 

$150 after 3/1/98 

includes t-shirt and 

Saturday banquet 

Address: 

Class: 


r 

Phone: T-Shirt Size: Match Sponsor: 

Send application and fee to: Coyote Classic at Global 

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5750 Herring Road, Arvin, CA 93203 

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(PH: 805-845-7025 or FX: 805-845-7945) 

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150 Shooters! 

MI prizes hm the prize tables 

will be awarded "Heads Up" 

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Match Directof Dan Furbee j602] 985-8555 

CF(divriurcerm OrG IRVitarceh ri-1) 

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You can still shoot only one or two guns if you wisb, howeuer. 

points will be Accumulated and there will be TWO (2) prize tables 

One for Limited and the other for Open classes 

Marne: 

Address: 

Cite : 

St: 

Phone I - 

USPSA Clam: 

Be sure to attend the Shooter's Dinner on Saturday night. 

Advance sale Tickets $1 00 $1 2.00 at Door 

match Foes 

lista T-ShIrts $12.110 Smolt! Is UREMBI 

11110wer Tickets 

Raffle Tickets for the Remington 1100 shotgun T_insi 

Customized by illaliracy Speaks 

may be purchased at any time before drawing 

Sunday March 1st 1998 Vag na" bir /1""At 

Rails I Tickets 

r17 ri Tend 

Handgun : Auto/Rov/Opon/Lirnite.cl 

Shotgun: Auto/Purnp 

111fla: Iron Sights / Scoped 

Ladles 

Senior 

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Make Checks Payable to: 

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BEST OF BOTH WORLDS 

A BIG MATCH WITH A. 

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LONG ISLAND IPSC CHAMPIONSHIP 

JUNE 7, 1998 

47417 

44, * 

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Hosted By: Long Island Practical Shooters Location: Westhampton Beach, N.Y. 

Featuring: 9 Stages over 200 rounds !!! Prizes: Trophies and Plaques 

Match Fee: S45.00 (must be received no later than 5/16/98) 

Mail Entry To: Dave Olsen, 119 Beatric,e Avenue, West Islip, N.Y. 11795 

Make check payable to: L,ong island Practical Shooters 

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1 

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1 

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I Name: USPSA # 1 

1 

: Address: City: 

: 

' I State: Zip: Phone: ( ) Class: 1 

: Category: Maj Min Open Limited Rev Lady 

: Squad me with: 

LONG ISLAND 

PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

For more info call 

Dave Olsen Match Dir. 

(516) 587-6767 

Directions & Match 

info will be sent by mail. 

MILE-. 

SHOWDOWN 

. 

UNITED STATES 

PRACTICAL SHOOTIlsIG 

ASSOCIATION 

• • v 

THERE WILL BE NO 1998 MILE-HI SHOWDOWN 

BEST OF LUCK TO ALL AT THE NORTH AMERICAN IPSC CHAMPIONSHIP 

A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OUR SPONSORS 

SEE EVERYONE IN 1999 

84 FRONT SIGHT • January/Febniary 1998

1998 North Carolina State Championship 

UNITED STATES 

PRAcricAL siocrniaa 

ABSOCIAlltal 

May 15, 16, 17 

Anthill Shooting Club 

Southport, NC 

Entty Fee: $65.00 before April 18, 1998 $80.00 after. 

Trophy Match: All prizes distributed in free raffle. 

Please Print /Check all that apply. 

Name: USPSA #: 

6 Courses of fire. 180 rounds 

Saturday night fish fry ffree to .competitors) 

- 

Address: City: State: \ 

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Open: ..: -L'imited: Maj: Min: Lady: Law: Jr. Sr. Military:A , ..:1 

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T-shitis $15.00 each: XXL: XL: —1: M: S: Extra Meals ($10): . Total: ,,,-.' , 

4 .... ..,s,--- P ease prepay T-shirts and extra meals %,v-P' 't .,5,0' 

-,,,.. . 

Official Hotel: Sea Captain Motor Lodgel.-910-45:775263 Reservations should*,n119-by Apnl 18,1998 

For good rates on Beach Condos call Margaret Rudd Realtors: 1-800-7337$21j 

RO's and CRO's needed, Please call for details. 

No refunds after April IA,. 1998 A 

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Checks payable to: Anthill Shooting Club, 10017 N. Olde Towne Wynd. Leland NC 28451 Tull Timberlake (910) 371-6391 

1997 WEST COAST CHAMPIONSHIP 

THE HOMES OF SPEED WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A BIG THANK YOU 

TO ALL THE GENEROUS SPONSORS, COMPETITORS AND VOLUNTEERS 

THAT MADE THE MATCH A HUGE SUCCESS. LAST YEAR'S CASH 

AND MERCHANDISE PRIZES TOTALLED OVER $35K 

MATCH SPONSOR: BROLIN ARMS 

PRINCIPAL SPONSORS: LIMCAT CUSTOM BRILEY PISTOL DIVISION GUNGAMES 

ENTREPRISE ARMS A&B HIGH PERFORMANCE 

STAGE SPONSORS: C-MORE SYSTEMS GRAMS ENGINEERING INFINITY STI 

ARREDONDO ACCESSORIES RESCOMP SAFARILAND 

CRIMSON TRACE CORPORATION 

BANNER SPONSORS: LES BAER CUSTOM SECOND CHANCE CARBON CREATIONS 

BENCIIMADE ICNIVES PEARCE GRIP ALCO TARGETS CASPIAN 

CONTRIBUTORS: YZF BO-MAR HODGDON REDFIELD STARLINE SIERRA BULLETS 

SPYDERCO BARSTO PRECISION ROBAR INDUSTRIES HOGUE GRIPS 

ALLCHINN GUNSMITHING PRO-SHOT PRODUCTS DOUBLE L MFG 

OREGON TRAIL BULLETS BUCHANAN BAGWORKS HOWARD LEIGHT 

SMOKING HOLE PISTOL DESIGN REDDING RELOADING EQULPMENT 

ACCURATE PLATING & WEAPONRY ALFONSO'S OF HOLLYWOOD 

MCLEARN CUSTOM MACHINES SHOOTER'S CONECTION DR DOT 

SCOPE WORKS YARY PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION ELECTRONICS 

ACCU-RAIL WEST MIKE RAAHAUGUE ENTERPRISES MIDWAY 


jr.. April 

AREA 6 CHAMPIONSHIP 

24-26, 1998 - Anderson Practical Pistol Club 

SKIP-J Range, Anderson, South Carolina 

9 Stages - 200+ Rounds - All Cash Payback 

Name: USPSA # : 

Address: USPSA Class : 


Phone: 

Circle the following: 

Open Limited Maj 

Min Lady Sr Jr Law Rev 

Make Check to: 1998 Area 6 Championship 

Mail to: Jerry James, Match Director 

514 Pioneer Lane 

Anderson, SC 29625 

(864) 225-6847 

Entry Fee before April 1 is $125 

Entry Fee after April 1 is $145 

(Entry Fee includes Match 3 button shirt) 

Circle shirt size: L XL XXL 

Cash awards will be determined by the number of paid shooters overall and by class. 

1998 NW Area 1 Championship 

Reno, Nevada June 19-21 

Presented By: Nevada Section USPSA 

Sponsored By- Strayer-Voigt INFINITY 

10 Fun Stages----200+ Rounds! 

Open to 300 Competitors! 

Limited & Open Matches! 

Trophies +Reduced Emphasis Prize Table 

Slots awarded to Nationals! 

Awards Ceremony! 

Peppermill Hotel/Casino! 

Entertainment! 

Nevada Hospitality! 

Beautiful Lake Tahoe! 

Area 1 residents only will be registered from Jan 1 to March 15. All others will be processed in the order received. 

Match Fees:$100 before March 15, $135 after March 15, $200 at the door. 

NAME TEL X( ) USPSA 

ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP 

CLASS: GM M A BC DU (Unclassitiea Wil ■G; OVC:3!! r,■■?rPment OnIV) 

DIVISION LIMITED 

OPEN 

CATEGORIES: LADY LAW ENFORCEMENT JUNIOR(under 18) SENIOR(50+) INTERNATIONAL Parent/Child Team 

YOU WILL BE ASKED TO WORK 1/2 DAY! I AM A CERTIFIED: CRO RO WARM BODY 

PLEASE SQUAD ME W1TI-1 

MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO : NWAIC '98 

SEND REGISTRATION TO 1998 AREA 1. PO BOX 2438, CARSON CITY, NV 89702 

For more information call David Carruthers at (702) 883-6181 


A USPSA Charity Match to benefit We Are A.W.A.R.E. 

July 15-19, 1998 (Arming Women Against Rape and Endangerment) dedicated to providing women 

with information and training on how to deter and repel violent assault, 

ARE 

Invitational 

Hosted by Watervliet Practical Shooters, Albany N.Y. 

12 Freestyle Stages *195+ rnds *IPSC Level III Sanctioned* 

Over 60 sponsors & $25,000 in prizes in 1997; more expected in 1998* 

* Sunday afternoon shootoff sponsored by Millennium Custom * 

* Friday evening mini-seminar with Matt Burkett, GM author of Practical Shooting Handbook* 

* STI Contingency Program for 1998 will apply at the AWARE Invitational* 

*REGISTER EARLY - Slots are strictly limited to insure small squads! 

Name: _ 

Address: _ 

Telephone: ( ) email (if any). _ 

USPSA # Classification Open or Limited 

Circle all that apply Major Minor Lady Sr (50 Revolver Law 

• NYS law prevents us from accept ng Juniors without a NYS pistol permit_ 

Preferred Squad Time: (indicate 1st and 2nd choice) 

Wed 1 pm (primarily workers & sponsors)) Thurs 8am Thurs I pm 

Fri 8 am _ Fri pm Sat 8am Sat 1 pm Sun 8 am 

Shooters wishing to be squadded together should submit their forms in one 

envelope. NO squadding changes after 7/1/98! 

The 1998 Area 8 Championship is scheduled to be held in 

ultifirlfttli24 Erie PA - a scenic 6 hour drive from Albany - the weekend 

„../ 501-1, 194E%tie:::::". prior to AWARE, providing an ideal opportunity to combine 

' two major matches with a family vacation 

For tourism info dial 1-800-CALL-NYS 

Match Fee i0 00 

T-shirt $12 each Size(s) M L XL Xl_ 

Evening Meals - NE'VV CATERER FOR 1998! 

Friday 1/2 Rotisserie Chicken Dinner 

adults $ I 4 Child(5 -12) @ $7 

Saturday Barbeque 

adults @ $17 Child(5 - 12) @ $8 

Total endosed (US funds only) 

Make chedcs payable to WPS - No refunds after 6(25/98 

Mail to:AWARE c/o LeGere, 271,8 New Scotland Rd. 

Voorheesville, NY 12186 

For more information contact Match Director Patricia LeGere 

or Range Master Warren LeGere at (518)765-4834 

or via e-mail at eregel@globa12000.net 

AWARE is pleased to announce that the Howard Johnson Hotel. 1614 Central 

Ave, will (rice again serve as Match Hotel The hotel is located 2 miles from the 

range; the dinners and barbeque will be held in the poolside courtyard. All 

rooms are held for AWARE participants: call -800-293-3794 to reserve at the 

special rate cf $49 per night, regardless of # of occupants. Meals will be served 

from 6:30 - 0:00. and indude soda, beer and wine_ 

UNITED STATES 

PRACTICAI SHOOTING 

ASSOCIATION 

EGW 

1998 AREA 8 CHAMPIONSHIP 

JULY 9"1-12th, 1998 EVOLUTION GUN WORKS 

ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA 

MATCH FEE: $100(1NCLUDES MATCH TEE-SH1RT) 

) 

NAME USPSA # CLASS 

OPEN / LIMITED MAJOR / MINOR WOMAN SENIOR REV 

ADDRESS 

CITY STATE ZIP PH( 

MATCH WILL BE COMPLETED IN A HALF-DA Y; INDICATE 1sT8 r CHOICES 

(SQUAD REQUESTS SHOULD BE SENT IN TOGETHER) 

THURS PM FRI AM FRI PM SAT AM SAT PM SUN AM 

SHOTGUN SIDE MATCH $25 (Fri,Sat,Sun) SUN PM SHOOT OFF $10 (ALL CASH BACK) 

SATURDAY EVENING BBQ $15 

T-SHIRT(INCLUDED) S ; M 

MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: 

EAGLES NEST PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

MAIL TO:CONNIE BURCH 

1218 KUNTZ RD 

ERIE, PA 16509 

VELOCITY CAP 1500 FPS (3 SHOT AVG) 

; L ; XL ; 2XL ; 3XL ; EXTRAS $12 EACH 

QUESTIONS? CALL CONNIE AT OR CALL: JOE KESTNER AT 

814-868-6923 814-864-0116 

YOU MUST BE A USPSA MEMBER 

OR E-MAIL JOE AT 

TO SHOOT THE MATCH. 

jkestner@ncinter.net 


• Located in Harvard, MA (15 miles west 

of Boston). 

• Approx 180 rounds in 8+ stages. 

• A fee of $10 applies to cancellations by 

June 1, 1998. (No refunds after that 

date.) 

• All your shooting is done in 1/2 day. 

We will have small squads to minimize 

waiting time. 

• Registrations wilI be promptly confirmed. 

• Hotel and MA gun law info will be sent 

with your registration confirmation letter. 

• Saturday night pizza party at clubhouse 

included. Extra tickets $5.00 

• Rifle side match at Devens ($25). 

• Man on Man Sunday afternoon, $10. 

Cash payback in class. 

1998 Area 7 Championship 

June 12, 13, 14, 1998 

Harvard Sportsmen's Club, Harvard MA 

Name 

USPSA 

Address Open Ltd Class _ 

City Zip Lady Jr Sr 

Phone Email Law Mil Rev 

Squad Time (please indicate 1st and 2nd choice. Groups wishing to be squadded 

together should send applications in together) 

Fri 1:00PM Sat 8:30 AM Sat I :00PM Sun 9:00AM 

Can you work as an RO? If so, when? NROI Cert: RO_ CRO RM 

Match Fee $110,00 

Late Fee ($15 after May 16, 1998) 

Short sleeve T shirts, Size 

Long sleeve T shirts, Size 

Polo shirts, Size 

@$20 ea 

Extra pizza party tickets@S5 ea 

Total 

@$10 ea 

@$15 ea 

1998 AFtEA II CHAMPIONSHIP 

April 23rd thru 26th, 1998 

Pala Range, San Diego County, California. 

Send registration to: 

P.P.S/Area 7 

PO Box 1054 

Pelham, NH 03076 

603-898-3695 (7- 10PM est) 

racegun@hot-shot.com 

Make checks payable to 

"Area 7 Championship" 

A_Championship Series Tournament - 8 Stages / 250 + Round& 

$135 Entry fee - $150 after March 1st - Limited to 350 CompetitOrs 

(ENTRY FEE INCLUDES SATURDAY EVENING BBQ and KULTIPI CHANCES_AT RAFFLE) 

BIG_PRIZITABLE RAFFLE held daily during match - Plaques to Category Winners & to Top 3 in Class 

Stake Shoot - Awards Sunday - Slots Awarded to Open & Limited Nationals 

For information call: Ron or Chris Pearson, Asst. Match Directors at (619) 295-5061, Fax: (619) 299-2362 

Match Director Mike Muller Can Be reached at gnmaster@ix.netcom.com 

Mail the form with check payable to: 

Linen de Fuego - Area II Championship 

3403-C Reynard Way, San Diego, CA. 92103 

Name: Phone* ( 

Mailing Address: 

E-Mail Address 

USPSAN 

Squading Preference: 

Circle the following: I will RO: Yes No RO Cert. Level THUR FY4 FRI: ern_ prii SAT: am prn _ SUN: arn 

(RO two half daws and receive S50.00 refund miter =stele - Special RO RAMC 

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