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•of OP. Old D6riri 1'4 f_earrarici Photo of Melvin Gildow by Pat Kelley. USPSA's FIRST Area-Level 3-Gun Championships AA BY PAT KELLEY, A-14401 Oregon to Barry after the Sept. 11 attacks shut down air travel. That much pril 13th and 14th marked the next direction in USPSA time gave them plenty of time to talk, 3-Gun competitions: the to share ideas, and to dream. Originally their plan called for a regional 3- rea-level 3-Gun championship. One hundred and one shooters Gun event, but once the ball got flocked to Bend, Ore., for this historic rolling, it grew like a snowball. People event, bringing with them perspectives were signing up right and left, until finally Area Director Bruce Gary con- on 3-gun competition from all over the West. Shooters from California to tacted the pair and asked, "Why don't Washington shared notes and built we make it the Area 1 3-Gun championships?" friendships as they enjoyed this unique trophy-only event. Background: The Area 1 3-Gun Championships blossomed from the minds of two weary travelers on the road home from the 2001 Back-to-Back Nationals. Mike McCarter and Tom Chambers opted to drive 36 hours from western Gary squared things with USPSA, and Chambers and McCarter found themselves in the fast lane to USPSA history. As it happens, launching this match was a lot easier said than done. What range in Oregon could host the match? With plans for 150 shooters and nine stages, plus a side shoot for each gun, a range that big just wasn't available. The COSSA (Central Oregon Shooting Sports Association) range was available, but it only had a couple of bays. Sure, it had plenty of acreage for the rifle events, but six pistol bays and some open ground does not a major range make! As the dream grew, a plan started to take shape. Within a few months of their return, and with a lot of help from a small group of hard-core volunteers, the COSSA range was transformed. Ninety days before the Area 1 3-Gun Championships were to be held, the ground was cut, ripped, and piled high to turn six bays into 20! This range, still under construction, will host the USPSA Race Gun Nationals this fall. If the first 90 days of 2002 are any indication, we will have an excellent new 30 FRONT SIGHT • July/August 2002
venue for the traveling Nationals very soon! Match Day With representatives from the USPSA home office looking on, Mc- Carter, Chambers, and their crew showed a legion of shooters why three guns are bet-ter than one. Nine squads battled nine stages (three for each gun) and all that Mother Nature and Tom Chambers (who designed all the stages) could throw at them. While Tom did a good job, Mrs. Nature really made her presence known. Saturday gave us cool temperatures (around 40 degrees), mild winds (blovving sand), sunshine breaks, and a 90-minute rain squall. Despite what turned into a twohour rain delay on Saturday, the match still ran close to schedule. Sunday looked better as we left the hotel the next morning. Bright sunshine and beautiful blue skies greeted us that morning, only to find 20 to 40 mile per hour winds slashing across the range! Poppers fell constantly, props blew over – what a challenge for shooters and match crew alike! For those few at- Photo by Pat Kelley. Double - dot. 3-Gun Nationals Range Master Floyd Shoemaker drills some close targets using his double-scoped AR. tempting the long-range rifle stage, this did not bode well! The longest rifle shots appeared on rifle stage #1, "Oh say can you see?" where four self-resetting US poppers (painted green, arrgh!) were set at a reasonable 235 yards. Each popper had to be engaged twice. That 235 yards was reasonable until you fac- tored in blowing dust and bullet-deflecting winds — then things get interesting! More than a few shooters with iron sights gave up after the second magazine had emptied with some of those GREEN poppers still unscathed. I hated those green poppers! I hit them all, but the green was very tough to see over iron sights. p Enterprises, Inc. Performance Innovations tiro JP Grade 1 custom rifle package: Only $1595.00 for state of the art performance. Includes JP lower assembly with complete JP fire control system tuned to a precise 3 lbs. JP upper assembly in your choice of configurations for IPSC open or limited, tactical or precision/varmint applications. Upper assemblies feature detachable JP recoil eliminator, JP adjustable gas system, JP supermatch cryo treated stainless barrels, JP low mass bolt carrier, JP ventilated low mass free float tube, Harris bi-pod and more. Accuracy guaranteed. Don't forget about our Remington action shotgun package- without a doubt the fastest action shotgun setup available. We are also a Strayer Voight stocking distributor. Get ready for the next shooting season. Check out our web site for details! JP Enterprises, Inc. PO. Box 378 Hugo, MN 55038 Voice: 651-426-9196 Fax: 651-426-2472 www.jpar15.com July August 2002 • FRONT SIGHT 31
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