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sponsors contributed."<br />
Cheryl Lambert hung on my arm.<br />
"We'll be giving them out tonight at the<br />
banquet. Your chances are better than<br />
the Florida lottery."<br />
EASY AND HARD WAYS TO<br />
SHOOT AN ALPHA<br />
"Challenging, educational and<br />
fun," said Park Service policeman<br />
Morris Bray as he pointed to "Tight<br />
Squeeze Standards" sponsored by<br />
Frank Garcia's Universal Shooting<br />
Academy.<br />
As I surveyed the eight IPSC and 10<br />
no-shoot targets lined up against the<br />
backstop, I had to agree. I asked "How<br />
did you shoot it?"<br />
"You can aim for the head and get<br />
alphas the hard way, or you can hit between<br />
the no-shoots. I shot low. Much<br />
easier that way."<br />
I squinted. "We've got some high<br />
quality shooters here. I don't see many<br />
patches on the no-shoots."<br />
"They are good, they have to be."<br />
Morris pointed to the shooter poised<br />
like a ballet dancer on one leg. "Especially<br />
when you have to lean around a<br />
barricade to get the last targets in each<br />
string."<br />
SLIDING, SPINNING AND FLIP-<br />
PING<br />
While the range oificers<br />
reset the targets<br />
on "Mr. Hanky's<br />
Everything Moves," I<br />
snagged Larry Weber of<br />
Deland Fla., and asked<br />
"How did you like<br />
Mike Fordyce's propeller?"<br />
Larry looked back at<br />
the pair of spinning targets,<br />
the horizontal<br />
sliding one, and two<br />
flip-up disappearing<br />
ones arranged in eightshot<br />
arrays.<br />
"I'm an A-class shooter<br />
and go to a match ever\<br />
•<br />
weekend, but this<br />
stage has everything<br />
I ever<br />
feared in a competition."<br />
I said, "STI International<br />
sponsored<br />
this stage.<br />
They want to<br />
showcase their<br />
handguns."<br />
Larry asked,<br />
"Who dreamed<br />
up this one?"<br />
"Thank the<br />
SEPSA design<br />
team. We shoot<br />
stuff like this<br />
every club<br />
match."<br />
Movin' Ron Taylor puts<br />
the hammer down.<br />
Larry checked<br />
his score sheet<br />
and groaned,<br />
"Well, it made an honest man out of<br />
me."<br />
INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE<br />
As I wandered up to "Window<br />
Shopping," sponsored by C-More Systems,<br />
I realized virtually the entire<br />
squad was wearing the distinctive<br />
green-and-yellow jersey of the Jamaican<br />
team.<br />
"We're shooting competitions in<br />
Florida to prepare for the international<br />
match in Johannesburg, South Africa,<br />
this fall," said Ronald Brown as he<br />
watched his teammate Peter Hibbert<br />
maneuver through 10 IPSC and four<br />
Pepper popper targets hidden behind a<br />
wall and several barrels.<br />
I scribbled notes while talking.<br />
"Looks like a good place to do it."<br />
"Great practice. On this stage every<br />
target makes you lean, stoop or twist,"<br />
said Brown.<br />
While I took the Jamaican team pho-<br />
Take Aim! Author James Taylor takes on "Tight Squeeze Standards," one of the hallmark<br />
stages of the match.<br />
<strong>Jul</strong>y/<strong>Aug</strong>ust 2002 • FRONT SIGHT 43
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