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COVER STORY
40 Action At Area 1
By Dave Thomas
Cover: Area I jammed the Albany Rifle and Pistol Club with enthusiastic shooters.
"The bag stage- was a favorite, forcing shooters to engage targets strong-hand-only.
That's Keith Anderson shooting with Mike McCarter in the rear. (Photo by Dave Thomas.)
FEATURE STORIES
8 Vandals Strike!
Minnesota Sectional Cancelled
Original reports by Dan Bruzek
10 New Product Corner
By USPSA Staff
12 Selecting a 3-Gun
Scope, Part 2
by Erik Lund
13 Hanish, Eriksen Wed
By Tasha Hanish (Ericksen)
15 Training The Next
Generation
By Brad Sitton
17 Colorado State 2006
By Jerry Anderson
20 Spudgun 2006
by Mike Brown, Jim
Jatkewicius, and Kevin !mei
24 Safety Area: Mike
McCarter
by Arnonymous
COLUMNS
Nlember's lailbag
Inside USPSA 3
Inside NR01 4
From The Editor 5
Bulletin Board 6
Focus on Juniors 7
New Range Officers 3
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Area 1 Bruce Gary
Area 2 Chris Endersby
Area 3 Emanuel Bragg
Area 4 Kenneth Hicks
Area 5 Gary Stevens
Area 6 Charles Bond
Area 7 Rob Boudne
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30 2006 ST1 Euro Open
by David Thompson
36 IN THE GAME:
Emanuel Bragg, The
Missouri "Sleeper"
by Eric Stanleyf
50 Area 1 3-Gun
by Robin Taylor
54 Looking Back At
Cooper's Crucible: Columbia
Conference, Part 2
by Robin Taylor, USPSA Staff
64 When .45s Ruled
by Guy Neill
69 Looking to the Source:
Selections From the Columbia
Conference Official Minutes
by USPSA Staff
72 Classical Vs. Modern
IPSC
by Ron Avery
Upcoming NR01 Seminars 71
Neill On Reloading 58
Custom Gun Talk 60
Major Matches 77
New Masters 68
JP Enterprises 3-Gun Calendar 76
Advertisers' Index 80
Area 8 George Jones area8@uspsa.org
VP John Amidon dnroi@uspsa.org
Pres. Mike Voigt president@uspsa.org
ED Dave Thomas dave@uspsa.org
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Vol. 23, No. 5, September/October 2006
Publisher - USPSA/IPSC, INC.
Board of Directors
Charles Bond, Rob Routine, Emanuel
Bragg, Chris Endersby, Bruce Gary, Ken
nerh Hicks, George Jones, Gary Stevens
President
Exec. Director
Vice President
Mike Voigt
Dave Thomas
lohn Amidon
Editorial Staff
Editor
Dave Thomas
Asst. Editor Robin Taylor
Project Manager Roger Maier
Advertising Barbara Gibbs
Contributors USPSA MEMBERS
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September/October 2006 • FRONT SIGHT

MEMBERS'
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Explaining China,
Responses From 113SC HQ
Dear Sir,
In your May/June 2006 issue,
member Harv Arnold queried why
IPSC admitted China as an affiliated
Region when civilians in China cannot
own firearms. The answer is simple:
Article 3, Principle 1 of the IPSC Constitution
does not deal with firearms
ownership; it only requires that IPSC
competitions not be limited to public
servants.
In October 2002, I had the honour
of serving as Range Master for the first
IPSC Level III sanctioned match ever
to be held in China, and 120 competitors
from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan
participated in that inaugural
event in Beijing.
Unfortunately there were no competitors
from IPSC China, but this was
due solely to the Chinese desire to
firstly observe an IPSC match in action,
not because anyone was prohibited
Cautionary Note
READ THIS NOTICE FIRST
from participating. The two dozen or
so observers included members of the
highly successful Chinese Olympic
Shooting Team, plus representatives
from the National Sports Council, the
Tourism Commission, the Police, and
the Military.
I'd also add that IPSC was warmly
welcomed in Beijing, and our hosts
went to great lengths (and expense!) to
accommodate us, and they treated like
VIPs at all times.
Having said all that, the underlying
issue of IPSC recognition and affiliation
is often a "chicken and egg" situation.
However IPSC believes that we
should provide aspiring shooters every
support possible in their quest to introduce
IPSC shooting to their country.
Now if this means recognising a Region
first, before civilians have access
to firearms, so he it, but how could we
possibly claim to be a champion of
sports shooting if we excluded aspiring
shooters due to the attitude of their
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or approval or test-rating by or from USPSA. Certain advertisements may indicate that the advertised
good or service is 'legal for limited", or words to that effect. YOU should, before relying on that claim
or purchasing the good or service, contact the advertiser directly and ascertain if this is so hy asking to vies,.
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Approval or disapproval by USPSA for limited category or for any other reason does not and shall not impls
any testing or evaluation of the safety, reliability or any other attribute of the good or service advertised or
sold, and is specifically not any warranty or guarantee, express or implied, as to the goods or services.
Certain articles, whether wrirten hy USPSA employees, officers or directors, or others, may contain tech-
Inca! information about handloading ammunition, custom modifications to firearms, shooting techniques and
related topics. This information reports only the specific tools, parts, modifications, components, conditions,
circumstances, and techniques used by the reporting individual, hut all of this information may not be ins
hided in the article. Furthermore, the reporting individual may have extensive and comprehensive training,
education and experience in the subject matter which is absolutely required to duplicate the results, but which
may not he reported in the article. Accordingly, the user accepts any and all risks and responsibility from use
.4 any of the information reported in this magazine. Since USPSA has no control uver the use of any of the
technical information about handloading ammunition, custom modifications to firearms, shooting techniques
and related topics, it cannot accept any responsibiliry for any use of this information and specifically, USPSA.
its officers, agents or employees disclaim any anti all liability for any manner of damages. including bur RUE
liMited to, consequential or incidental damages.
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Government?
Our duty is not to appeal to the
lowest common denominator. Our
duty is to raise it.
Yours truly,
Vince Pinto
IPSC Secretary
USPSA Member B7
Regarding Returning To The
Roots Of Our Sport...
It's interesting that this thread has
come up, because I've been wondering
about doing just the opposite. While
SASS shooters are the social equivalent
of golfers using guns, and IDPA (at
least around here) shooters seem the
Walter Mitty type, IPSC shooters play
a game perceived to be fast, and highly
competitive.
So... what if IPSC was gamed-up
even more and promoted as an X-
sport. That could draw from a previously
ignored demographic of machochists
that could swell our membership
dramatically.
Scary thought, ain't it!
Michael Burke, TY-29182
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read in Nlember's mailbag last
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MEMBERS' MAILBAG continued on page 23.
2 FRONT SIGHT • September/October 2006

By Michael Voiw, t
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Rules, rules and more rules.
it seems I spend a large portion of
my life these days discussing rules. The
application, reality of enforcement,
unintended consequences, need for detail
and desire for brevity all need to be
addressed in rules.
While some would like to have a
rule book that said "Be safe, have fun
and be fair — the end," the reality is we
need to have a pretty detailed set of
rules to cover the usual items that come
up at a match.
The USPSA BOD is working on a
new set of rules for USPSA competition.
My goals for these rules include,
in no particular order:
Safety — As always, safety is our #1
priority. We also need to remember
we are competing in a sport
with firearms at high speed. Realistic
safety rules are necessary and
good.
USPSA content — USPSA has historically
used the IPSC rules and then
made some modifications to fit
USPSA needs and desires. Recent
political pressures in the world
have led IPSC to make changes in
several areas that do not best serve
USPSA, in my opinion. Our
unique freedoms allow us to stay
more closely aligned with the principles
of IPSC.
Explained purpose — one of the most
difficult tasks in recent years is
writing rules for the Production
and Single Stack divisions. These
"stock" divisions have so many
different reasons for different people.
Low cost, exactly as it came
from the factory, any modifications
with a stock appearance,
drive manufacturers to make bet-
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ter firearms available to the public,
and the list seems to be endless.
Realistic enforcement — we need to
have the ability' for simple, consistent
enforcement of rules. The
magazine gauge is a prime example
of a great enforcement tool.
The magazine fits or does not fit,
no interpretations or opinions
necessary. The gauge is available to
anyone at low cost.
Rules need to cover current times —
a double-barreled shotgun is a
practical firearm without a doubt.
I have used these while hunting
and in high level sporting clay
competitions, but I do not see a
double barrel SG division for
USPSA competitions (it was discussed
in an IPSC meeting I attended...).
Clarity — Our rules should not need
an "expert" to understand or enforce.
They should be reasonably
clear for consistency in use. If they
are too complicated or ambiguous,
they vvill not be applied across all
competitions consistently..
Coinmon sense — This is an area that
has been abused for some time.
The rule book should not be used
as an excuse for a poor run, poor
course design, etc. No rule book
can cover every possibility. To even
try this approach would result in a
1\sIDE
USPSA—
rule book that would need volumes
of printed material.
These rules will be adopted for use
starting January 2008.1n order to have
input from the membership, time for
the Rules committee and BOD to review
member suggestions and time for
membership to ready for 2008 rules
implementation — the following time
line has been put into effect.
Currently the USPSA Rules committee
is working on a draft for the
BOD.
Oct 2006 The next in-person
BOD meeting (Oct. 21-22, 2006)
should approve these rules for release
to the USPSA membership
for review and comment.
Dec 2006 Draft 2008 USPSA
rules will be released to the mernbership
for review- and comment.
Mar 2007 Final rules are approved
and released to membership
March 2007.
Jan 2008 2008 USPSA Rules
implemented for USPSA competitions.
Suggestions will be most welcomed
by the USPSA BOD and USPSA rules
committee members after the draft
rules are published in December. Contact
information for suggestions will be
included with the draft rules to keep
your suggestions clearly accessible by
both the rules committee and BOD
members.
This is your sport, please be heard!
See you on the range!
September/October 2006 • FRONT SIGHT 3

INSIDE
NR0
T he shooting season is moving
along very well. At the time of
this writing, the Multi-gun
Nationals is only a couple of
weeks away and the Limited Nationals,
a couple of months.
The number of members seeking
RO certification continues to grow,
and this is good for all in the sport.
Some new questions and answers
have come up since the last issue of the
magazine.
Applying the Nine-Shot Rule,
Locally
To some US 1.1.5.1 seems to be an
answer for everything Level 1!
Some local courses of fire are designed
that allow the shooter to engage
six to nine (more or less) from one
shooting position with the explanation
that "you don't have to shoot them all
from one position, you can move up."
In other words, you are not required
to shoot more than nine from
one position, but the competitor is allowed
"to eliminate a location ... in the
course of fire by shooting all available
targets at an earlier location or view."
This turns the course to one long
charge line, but there are no down-
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range concealed targets that have to be
advanced to.
I am under the impression that the
nine-shot rule from any one required
position is still to be used. The
departure from free style is to allow
easier set up at local matches by the use
of boxes instead of vision barriers?
Can you clarify this rule?
ANSWER
You are correct in your interpretation.
US 1.1.5.1 was put in so that lo-
cal clubs did not have to spend a lot of
money or utilize as many folks for
setup. The use of boxes to determine
where certain arrays can be engaged removes
the "engage when visible" portion
of freestyle, providing that the
stage description states "from Box A
engage only targets. . ." etc. The portion
relating to round count limitations
only means that local clubs do not have
to adhere to the 32-round maximum
count for long courses, but this by no
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a location or view.
Loading Magazines
Where can you load magazines or
speed loaders?
ANSWER
There is no rule saying where you
can load your magazines or speed loaders,
only a rule that says where you cannot.
As long as you do not handle
ammo in a safety area, then anywhere
else is fine. This would include while
taking the walk-through, providing
that you do not bring the loading device
up to sight on a target.
Are Inverted No-Shoots Illegal?
Rule 2.1.8.4 Static paper targas
greater than 90 degrees from
vertical.
I suggested at a local match that this
applied also to no-shoots. Some
members said it DID NOT apply to
no-shoots because they were not
targets.
Rule 9.4.2 Each visible hit ... of a
penalty paper target per
penalty target.
This leads me to believe that static
"no-shoots" are paper "targets"
and therefore must not be set greater
then 90 degrees from vertical?
Please advise if this is correct.
ANSWER
Yes, rule 2.1.8.4 applies to no-shoot
penalty targets as well. As per 4.1.3
they are recognized provided they are
INSIDE NROI continued on page 74.
4 FRONT SIGHT • September/October 2006

FROM THE
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What It's All About
One ot my New Year's resolutions
was to shoot more in 2006. Unlike the
"lose 40 pounds" resolution, I actually
kept this one. In doing so I've been reminded
of what a great sport this is and
what a wonderful group of people you
are. Those may seem like obvious
things, but it is very easy to sit in an office
head bent over a desk, engrossed in
work and forget why you are doing it.
That happens even if everyday work
involves helping to administer the
sport.
I would like to say "thank you" to
the match staffs and competitors I've
spent time with in Washington,
Wyoming, Illinois, Oregon, and California.
You are great friends. You have
renewed my spirit and enthusiasm
even though I didn't realize renewal
was necessary. I appreciate the privilege
of spending time with you.
USPSA Videos
As part of the arrangement that
brought Jim Scoutten's Shooting USA
crew to tape our national championship
marches, Jim prepared a short
(approximately 12 minutes) promotional
video on DVD for the use of our
clubs. He also graciously- provided a
copy of a program he had previously.
televised about a new shooter program
conducted by the Georgia Section.
The first disk, entitled "This is the
USPSA" is an exciting dynamic portrayal
of our sport. Jim takes time to
explain the need for interested shooters
to work through the local club, the
various Divisions and their equipment
needs, and even delves into 3-Gun.
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The second disk, dealing with the
new shooters class, takes a slowerpaced,
more cerebral approach to getting
started in the sport. In this case the
excitement builds as the students are
shown progressing through Eric
Lund's classroom instruction and onthe-firing-line
coaching by Dave Sevigny
and Julie Goloski.
All USPSA clubs and sections were
sent copies of both DVDs along with a
sampler of the other marketing materials
available from the office. It is our
sincere hope that this organizational
support will make it easier for clubs
and sections ro increase the grass-roots
level shooter recruitment so essential
to USPSNs long term success.
It has been fascinating to see what
some of our members have done with
those videos. Chris Scott of the Owensboro
Rifle tit Pistol Club, Inc. recently
asked for permission to add a club-specific
introduction, including contact
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Those kinds of projects are great as
long as USPSAs interests are protected.
I'm not speaking of a financial interest,
but rather the need to control how and
where our images are used. If, for example,
the video was placed on a web
page it could be downloaded and used
against us by any one of several antigun
organizations. Individuals can also
pose a threat. There seems to be a large
number of technically advanced but
emotionally immature people lurking
on the internet, looking for ways to
cause problems for other people.
USPSA has a vested interest in
knowing how its images are being used
and an obligation to ensure that they
are not being misused. I ask that you
contact me prior to any editing or internet
display of the videos. I can be
reached via email (daveq*uspsa.org),
telephone (800-995-5646) or snail
mail directed to the USPSA Sedro-
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use represents the sport in a positive
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BULLETI\
BOAR
I \ FOR1.1 \TION BIER`rONE SHOULD KNOW
By Val Reule
Val@uspsa.orQ
Good Reading
From time to time, our readers let
us know what they like or don't like
about the magazine. Recently I had the
pleasure of taking a call {mai a longtime
member, expressing his enjoyment
of the magazine and that he read
it cover to cover. This is what we like
to hear, that we are turning out a product
that our members will, indeed,
read, (Assistant Editor Robin Taylor
has a little sign over his desk that reads
"Front Sight = the foremost publication
on IPSC-style shooting in the
world.") That's our goal. Do you like
what you read? Let us know. Got a
Reader Question: What's That Grip?
Following the July issue, Front Sight got some inquiries from readers wanting
to know some of details about Erik Lund's carbines, in particular the vertical
fore-end, and the beavertail pistol grip shown below. Mr. Lund tells us the
beavertail pistol grip is a Magpull MIAD grip available at
http://grtactical.com/magpul_files/magpul_rniad.htm
As to the vertical
fore-grip,
Mr. Lund tell us
that's a standard
vertical pistol
grip available
from Advanced
Armament.
"It attaches to
a standard
Weaver or Picatinny
rail on
the six o'clock rail
on the free float
rube."
You will find
them at: www.advanced-armament.com/products/ar15.asp
bone to pick with an article? Let us
know. We want to hear from you!
New Clubs
We have four more clubs to report,
and a club that is reactivating! Last
time I reported two new clubs in Tennessee;
this time, the North Texas section
has two. Our new Texas clubs are
NTP Shooters at McKinney (remember,
we told you to watch for them?)
and Dallas Action Pistol Shooters at
Dallas; we also welcome Guthsville
Practical Shooters whose range is at
Orefield, Penn., and the United States
Shooting Academy out of Tulsa, Okla.,
that will be hosting our Open/Production
Nationals in October this year.
How's that for starting off with a bang?
(Excuse the pun.)
In addition, we want to welcome
back the Milan Rifle Club of Milan,
after a seven-year hiatus. Good for
you, Milan!
MI our clubs are listed on our web
page under "Find a Club" so be sure to
check out their information on our
vveb page. If you find you're in the
neighborhood, give the contact a call,
then go shoot with them.
A Pat on the Back. .
Congratulations to all the clubs
who are taking advantage of the upload
feature and sending classifiers and
matches electronically — it has streamlined
our work process considerably!
Another well-earned pat on the back
goes to all the clubs who have been really
paying attention to detail, and the
people who have been making sure
they have. Since I started processing activities,
I have never had so few items
"on hold." While there are still some
activities that have been uploaded for
which we are awaiting payment, I have
only one or two items waiting additional
paperwork. Way to go, clubs!
Tkk-Tock, Tick-Tock. . . .
By the time you get your next issue,
your club's contact people should have
their USPSA re-affiliation packet in
hand. Make sure your club has submitted
all its match paperwork to date, as
I will be looking at the number of submissions
each club has made to determine
which clubs will be eligible for reaffiliation.
If your club is nor going to
be able to make the minimum require-
BULLETIN BOARD continued on page 22.
6 FRONT SIGHT • September/October 2006

Focus o\
JUNIORS
By Larry Houck, It NIOR PROGRAll COORDINATOR
larry.houck@cis-11c.nel
USPSA junior Member's Area
www.uspsa-juniors.org
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where do I start this column
with so much going
on? As I write this, Camp
Shootout has concluded
for 2006. I am happy to report that 16
campers this year received a scholarship
on behalf of the USPSA junior
Program and the Brian Haas Trust
Fund. I spoke to Kay at Area 3 and she
indicated that 19 campers would be attending
this year. 1 love it that Kay
can't say no! If you would like to be
considered to attend in 2007, please
contact your area director in the late
fall and express your interest. Our directors
have a lot going on; they need
to know who would like to attend
camp so they can ger their slot taken
care of and not scramble at the last
minute. I will let you know more on
how Camp Shootout 2006 went in the
next issue.
I was fortunate enough to attend
both Area 1 and 3 in the same weekend,
though I'm not sure if I want to do
that again. I shot Area 3 on Friday and
had a young lady selling raffle tickets.
She did an outstanding job. I failed to
get her name, but thank you for your
efforts! I met about 10 juniors while 1
was jumping from stage to stage trying
to shoot. They watched me shoot a
stage. I only wish now that I could have
given a better performance. 'guess I do
better at selling raffle tickets than I do
at shooting.
I was then off to Area 1 to seek out
Mike McCarter. Mike currently is running
the number one junior program in
the United States. Mike tirelessly seeks
out juniors at his club. He has brought
in sponsors to outfit the group with
handgun, holsters and uniforms. Mike
made sure that 1 was put in the same
squad as some of his juniors. My junior
squadmates were Chris Cordoza,
Drew Jacobson, Andrew Wesley, and
Stephan. Each one of these guys had
their own personality. 1 laughed the entire
time I was shooting with them.
They even had the opportunity to
laugh at me when I shot a no-shoot
twice. 1 think the funniest part of the
weekend was when Andrew stuck a
cow cover on top of his hat and shot
the stage with the legs of the cow dangling
around his head. I wish I had a
picture. One thing I did notice about
the juniors in Area 1, they were everywhere.
There were juniors shooting
and working. It's a great program,
keep up the good work, guys! (Look
for them at the Production Nationals.)
Just remember folks, advertise that
we are the X-Games of shooting. Extreme
speed, extreme shooting, and
extreme fun, that is what USPSA is all
about. If you look for juniors at gun
shows or other sporting events, no
doubt you will get two members...not
too many times have I seen a junior
shooting without a parent!
Fundraising for our junior program
is occurring all over at many large
matches. Area 1 raised funds to send
their juniors to the nationals to the
tune of S3,000. Yes folks, that is no
misprint, three thousand dollars. Special
thanks to HK, Smith & Wesson,
and Black Hills Ammunition for making
that possible. HK and S&W each
sent their newest Production guns for a
plate rack side match: the HK USP
Combat/Competition, and the S&W
M&P. Black Hills provided the ammo.
In the end, Chuck Anderson and Dave
Sevigny walked away with these almost-new
handguns. Please ensure that
you thank the factory reps of these or-
ganizations for taking the time and effort
to provide this level of support for
our juniors. While at Area 1, I put my
junior squad mates to work selling raffle
tickets while awaiting the awards
banquet. I am happy to report that they
sold all the tickets that I had. The Summer
Blast just concluded, while we did
not do as well there as in Area 1, I am
pleased to report once again that the
100 junior raffle tickets 1 had were all
sold. We also conducted a shotgun side
match with half the proceeds going to
the junior program. That side match
raised $135. I would like to thank
Double Impact, Max Michel, and
Travis Tomasie. Travis conducted a
class the day before the Summer Blast.
FOCUS ON JUNIORS continued on page 9.
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Vandals Strike!
Minnesota Sectional
Cancelled
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ORIGINAL REPOR 1 , 1'1 ! ( ) 1 i A BY DAN BRUZEK.
nmetime between 9:30 p.m. June 2, and 8:00 a.m.
June 3, vandals struck Faribault Rifle & Pistol Club
in Faribault, Minnesota.
Faribault's still-smoking clubhouse.
away at the gate. Some of the shooters were from out of
state. More shooters were notified by cell phone if possible
as they traveled to the match. Many of the shooters who did
show up wanted to set up a small match and shoot it with
the remaining props to show support for the club, but were
not able to due to the range being declared a "crime scene."
The criminals broke the lock on the gate to gain entry.
They also pushed over the flag pole, still flying the American
flag. The flag could not be removed from the ground
until the area was no longer a "crime scene."
Faribault's clubhouse and pistol target storage shed were
fully destroyed by fire. Also the Minnesota Sectional match,
scheduled for that morning, was canceled since all the stages
that had been set-up were destroyed and the range declared
a "crime scene'' by the state fire marshal.
Along with the club house and target shed, the club's 200
yard rifle shed was rammed by a vehicle and damaged. Each
of the stages for the USPSA match was destroyed along with
many of the props used. Each of the over 100 target stands
in use were flattened to the ground. Most of the other targets
and props were also destroyed. All the props in the target
shed were destroyed when it was burnt to the ground.
The club house and its contents were also fully destroyed,
including the club's meeting / classroom and all the desks
and chairs. The clubhouse also contained a generator, furnace,
and much of the equipment for the club's rifle shooters.
Remnants of the target shed.
Approximately 40 shooters for the match were turned
r
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The club has had some other vandalism over the last
years. This was mainly spreading nails and glass at the entrance
and the burning of the outhouses.
Faribault is springing back to its feet, holding matches
amid the debris. Offers of support should be directed
through Dan Bruzek at westhope0 myclearwave.net or hy
message at (507) 332-8349.
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FOCUS ON
JUNIORS continued from page 7.
They contributed $140 to the match for a donation, which
is getting passed on to the junior program. Thanks Travis.
Our junior timer winner for this issue is Cody Zeeb of
Syracuse, Neb. Congratulations Cody! Special thanks to
Charles Hardy from CED and Dave Skinner of STI who
make this program possible.
Our spotlight this month falls on a young man named
Matt Sweeney thanks to information provided to us by
Matt's friend Denny Gelgut. let him do the talking:
"Last year Matt came to the Southern Illinois Gun Club and
began shooting in our monthly matches. From the start, one
could see that this 13-year-old was fundamentally sound.
Ironically, I found myself at a time when my hands were not
as fast or my eyes as sharp as they once were. I began to think
as to how I could help this junior shooter who wanted so
badly to improve. It dawned on me that I still had two clear
advantages; 1) I possessed the pistols and equipment to
shoot in any category, and 2) I had knowledge of the
"GAME."
"After conferring with Matt's father, I received the
"okay" to help him along the way. It was easy to share pistols,
holsters, and other equipment, but most importantly
TIME with Matt. He was eager as could be to learn and possessed
the most crucial trait...desire!
"It wasn't long before most all of our
club members were helping with the new
project, Matt. Some shooters tutored Matt
while others would offer words of encouragement.
I must admit that I feel a great
sense of pride in this junior shooter. I have
helped him along the way and in so doing
I have helped myself as well. I don't win as
many matches as Matt does, but I win with
every improvement he makes. If you want
to start winning, take the time to share
what you have with a junior shooter. So far
this year Matt has entered the following
major matches with the following results:
Single Stack Classic-winner D Class and
D Class side event
Area 6 Championship- winner D Class
Production and High Junior Production
Area 3 Championship- winner D Class
Limited and High junior Limited
"We would like to congratulate Matt on
these fine finishes. Once again, the pride
and dedication that I see with members of
our organization shine as in the case with
Matt."
receive
email from
folks letting
me know
about juniors
in their areas
or sections. If
you do that,
please take a
moment and
provide some
in-depth information
about
those juniors
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scores, then
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tabulation. The
ASS system works
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and the ASS software — an expensive combination.
"I first saw Auto Scoring System (ASS) at the World
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use the program, its potential to revolutionize our sport becomes
obvious."
Kirsch worked vvith Cunningham to create a more-affordable
version of the ASS system intended for individual
training and for running small marches at the local club.
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FROM THE
EDITOR continued from page 5.
nearly automatic. Thank you for your
cooperation.
Partner Program
Another recent marketing innovation
is the USPSA Partner Program. As
of this writing details of the program
may be found at www.uspsa.orgidocument_library
and new partners may
enroll themselves in the program at
WW. uspsa.org/dealers.
Briefly, the program allows local retailers
to list their shops on our web
page if they agree to promote USPSA in
their store. We provide a point-of-purchase
display, posters, Front Sight annuals,
and the DVDs discussed above.
A link to their shop appears in the
"club finder" if someone does a zip or
stare search that includes their location.
This is a "win, win, win" arrangement
for the merchant, the local clubs,
and USPSA. You can help make it hap-
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and working to enroll your favorite
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It's important that your club
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contact information for your club.
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your activity' they may well decide to
increase the amount of practical shooting
merchandise they carry. All of this
leads to growth, convenience, and local
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that that.
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if you need more information or other
assistance.
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Selecting a 3-Gun
Scope, Part II
STORY AND PHOTOS BY ERIK LUND
in Parr I of our series on selecting a
scope for a USPSA 3-gun rifle, we
explored several styles of rifle
scopes and discussed the challenges
a competitor is likely to encounter.
In Part II of this series we will
explore some of the main features of a
variable-powered scope and identify
which features are critical for 3-Gun
competition.
The first feature is probably the
most important, the variable magnification
range. Previously we concluded
that versatility is the dominant feature
required in a good 3-Guri scope. Rifle
stage designs frequently require a
shooter to contend with a wide span of
distances with very little time for scope
adjustments. A good rifle scope should
excel at both the long and short ends of
the distance spectrum. At this point,
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you might be saying, "Great,
I'll take the 1-12 power
scope!" Unfortunately, that
particular scope does not exist.
Scope magnifications
ranges are based on a factor
of three or four. Power
ranges generally run 1x3,
1x4, 1.5x5, 3x9, 4x 12, etc.
Understanding this, the
next question becomes,
"Which magnification range
is the best?" That question alone could
be the subject of another article, but
let's apply what we know about 3-Gun
rifle courses. We already- know the vast
majority of our shots will be inside 100
yards, with an even higher percentage
of those inside 50 yards. Based on this
information, selecting a magnification
range on the low-end would be prudent.
Most of the low-power variable
magnification scopes come in three
ranges: 1x3, lx4, and I.5x5. Although
one might think that 3, 4, or 5 power
might not be enough, consider the Trijicon
ACOG scopes in use by the military,
police, and several top 3-Gun
competitors use a 3.5 or 4 power fixed
reticle. A variable power scope with an
upper end magnification between
Accuracy counts. Magnification helped the author
hold the "B-zone" on this USPSA target at
200 yards. He says shooting this group would
have been much more difficult with a dot.
three and five power will provide
plenty of magnification for those distant
targets. The low end of the power
magnification scale is actually much
more important. In Part I of this series,
I made the assertion that a low-powered
variable scope is just a fast as an
electronic dor-style scope and I stand
by my statement, with one caveat. The
scope must have a true one-power reticle.
Many scopes on the market list
their magnification range as onepower
when in reality they are 1.25 or
1.5. The only way to be certain is to
check the specifications of the scope.
Why is having a true one-power
scope so important?' A true one-power
sc.ope actually offers zero magnification.
This feature is the most critical
feature to have in a variable
powered scope. The true
one-power reticle allows
the shooter to focus on the
target and superimpose the
crosshairs on target without
shifting their visual focal
plane from the crosshairs to
the target and back. This
zero magnification feature
is exactly what makes the
electronic dot-style scopes
so fast. Instead of a batterypowered
dot, you have a
crosshair. It may be a different
reticle, but it's just as
fast.
Another important feature
when evaluating a low pow-
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to dial in up to 3X if needed. The author feels it's not perfect, but it's close.
Note the 1X field of view and round reticle at left.
ered scope is the field of view (FOV.) number of feet at 100 yards. This is
FOV is generally expressed as "x" how wide a view your scope will have
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Ah pril 12, 1997. That date
doesn't mean much to too
many- people; how-ever, I can
ones* say it was a dare to
remember. That was one of the dates
at the 1997 Area 2 match in California.
It was Mark Hanish's first major
match since he started shooting, and it
was the day where we first met. Oh,
did I mention, that was the first and
only match where I beat him!
I started shooting in 1992, when I
was 11 years old, thanks to my parents
just wanting me to learn the basics
about gun safety. That plan failed
when Ray Sherrill, a local Oregon
shooter handed me his 9mm Colt
Commander. I fell in love. Ray talked
to rny parents about shooting and we
started as a family event. But, like
year.
most things, 1 took it
further.
Mark started shooting
in 1996, after convincing
his parents to
buy a gun and try it.
He, as many of you
noticed, took off with
the sport, shooting
and winning many
matches along the
way, and making his
way to the World
Shoot in Ecuador last
As most relationships start out,
Mark and I vvere range buddies. That
beautiful day in April when Mark saw
me, 1 saw him, and honestly, I thought
he was marriage material. But hey, I
was an up-and-coming female junior
shooter; men would do nothing but
get in my way. So we became shooting
buddies, talking on the phone, hanging
out at matches, etc.
Last year Mark and I got in contact
again after four years of my being separated
from the shooting sports. We
soon found out that our friendship
was still strong — so strong in fact,
that I moved myself and my 3-year-old
son; Daniel; to Scottsdale, Ariz., in
October to marry the man. That's
right! Mark Hanish and I got married.
at 100 yards. The larger this number,
the better. A large FOV allows the user
to find the next target "inside" the
scope without having to pull your head
up from the rifle to search for the next
target. Doing this is a huge waste of
time. A scope with a large FOV will reduce
the number of times you have to
dismount the rifle. When evaluating
scopes, look for a FOV with a minimum
rating of 75 feet at 100 yards.
Some of the newer scopes on the market
offer a FOV in excess of 100 feet,
which is quire impressive.
At this point, many readers may be
asking, "Yeah, all this is nice, but what
He proposed on Oct. 7, 2005 (the day
before the Ducks played ASU). We
were married on May 12, 2006, with
most of our family and friends present,
in Scottsdale, Ariz. And for those
of you who couldn't make it, we wish
you were there, and we'll see you at a
match soon.
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Sometimes you have to reach WAY out there, and a
magnifying scope is a great help at these distances,
The trick is balancing it with the need for speed up
close.
scope reticle should ger?"
Scope reticles are as numerous as
compensator designs with just as many
opinions as to which is best. It would
be a disservice to only dedicate a paragraph
in this article to reticle selection,
but I will discuss one feature. When selecting
a reticle, beware the "thickness"
of the reticle posts. While all of the
manufacturers offer a crosshair reticle,
there is no industry size standard for
the thickness of the actual crosshairs.
Some manufacturers' standard
crosshair reticles are very thick and are
difficult to use at a
long distance as they
obscure the target.
Unfortunately, this is
a trial-and-error
process. Do not order
a scope without
having seen the scope
beforehand. Know
what you are getting
before you order it;
this will save you
time, money, and effort
in the long run.
Another often-discussed feature
that manufacturers offer on some
scope models is a battery-powered illuminated
reticle. White this
seems quite desirable at
first, it is generally not
worrh the extra expense. It
you are looking for a scope
for your personal defense rifle
or for other tactical applications,
then illuminated
reticles are an excellent feature.
On a competition rifle,
illuminated reticles rarely
offer any advantages. There are very
few stages where having the illumination
is an advantage, and most of the illuminated
reticles are not bright
enough to be seen in daylight. Additionally,
scopes that offer illuminated
reticles are generally larger and heavier
than standard scopes. Considering
their small application for competitive
use, their additional size, weight, and
expense are difficult to justify.
Time for a quick review. When
considering the typical 3-Gun rifle
stages we encounter, versatility is paramount.
Variable power scopes offer
the most versatility compared to fixed
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tanding
4'3" and weighing 58
pounds, eight-year-old Brandon
Sitton has been watching
his father, mother, and sister
shoot for the past six years. To join the
action, he had to face two large
predicaments.
One was the adult fear of an eightyear-old
handling a gun. Second was
Brandon's lack of strength to cycle a
slide or cock a pistol. These issues
were solved when his father, Brad Sitton,
pulled out an Airsoft Glock 27.
The Airsoft solved both issues, and
training commenced in the backyard.
First on the agenda were the four rules
of firearm safety, followed by the basic
functioning of a Glock-style pistol and
USPSA range commands. Next he
learned the proper grip and sight picture,
and began shooting under the
watchful eye of his father, vvatching
occasional demonstrations from his
sister, Katie Sitton, herself a successful
USPSA junior (B-Open).
Brandon watched a training video
by a well-known professional shooter
for work with his reloads. In no time
Brandon was performing reloads in
under four seconds. While not overly
quick, they were so smooth that we
had doubts he was regaining a proper
sight picture. In fact, Brandon was
shooting with a proper sight picture –
as his practice targets showed.
After about nine hours of training,
and a check-out session with his
mother, Brandon was off to his first
match with his father and sister. Arriving
at the range Brandon realized that
we weren't the only ones there, that
today was a match and not another
practice day. Brandon tagged along
with our squad of 12 and since he wasn't
shooting to be scored, he was always
the last shooter. We expected
that when Brandon got up to the line
to shoot, the other shooters would
wander off to begin preparing for the
next stage.
On Brandon's first stage, not only
did the entire squad stay, but they encouraged
him with congratulations,
and even walked out to show him
where he hit and to rape the larger Airsoft
dents. Falling into the swing of
things, Brandon asked to help tape targets
and set steel, which he did under
the supervision of his sister. By the
third stage Brandon was being treated
as any member of the squad, and as
word spread, the crowd watching
Brandon began to grow as other
squads would stop by to watch him
shoot.
To our knowledge Bradon had just
five misses on steel for the day (the pellets
make clear "tings" on the steel)
and three misses on paper. He didn't
injure a single no-shoot and corrected
himself once when he stepped outside
of a charge line.
Between his other activities of
baseball and swimming, Brandon will
Photo by Brad Sdtoil
Eight-year-old Brandon Sitton at
his first USPSA match, using an
Airsoft G27.
be back with his Airsoft Glock. Kind
of makes you wonder what skills we'd
have if we started shooting at eight
years old!
Mr. Sitton's Airsoft Glock was
originally bought to help with training
at home, but just like his .38 Super,
which has been adopted by Katie, the
Airsoft bought for himself has fallen
into the hands of his son.
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RUNNINf-AND-GUNNIN'
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he 2006 Georgia State
Championship at
Gainesville's Cherokee Gun
Club is in the books, and it
was a blast! Thanks go to co-match-directors
Carlos Rubio and Roger Kooi,
Range Master Bobby Crump,
Cindy and Bill Noyes in the stat shack,
the various set-up crews, the
R0s, the list just goes on. The
author was a small part of the
40 or so ROs who worked the
match and I would like to
thank all who helped make the
2006 Georgia State Championship
one of the best matches
I have ever been a part of. Was
it perfect? No. But the Range Master,
CROs, ROs and competitors all
worked together to make it happen.
The Georgia State's course design
pushed shooters to their limits. Physical
demands, physical constraints,
long runs, and tight shots made you
think about your strategies.
Stage 1, "Cooper's Nightmare,"
bent you down to negotiate a Cooper
tunnel (with 100 possible procedural
points) that had three Classic targets to
be engaged inside a box with a port.
This did cause some problems for a
competitor or two, but the efficient
crew got it worked out. With 12 more
Classic targets in a "U" shaped shooting
area with lots of walls and at least
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four ways to shoot it, this was a very
fun stage. Max Michel Jr. posted the
highest factor here with Dave Sevigny
and Chris Tilley. within five percent.
Remember that Dave was shooting in
Limited, and Max and Chris in Open.
Dave is my hero!
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close and personal. Chris Tilley had
the high score here again with Dave
very close and K.C. Eusebio at 92.75
percent.
On Stage .5, "Back That Thing Up,"
you took off running again, but running
backwards! Shooters started
down range with their gun on a barrel.
They engaged four steel and a swinger
behind hard cover, then moved UP
range ro engage the remaining 10
1PSC targets that were lurking behind
walls and barrels. Nothing but fun
here. Chris came out on top with K.C.
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Remember what I said about physical
constraints? Shooters dealt with a
Cherokee Gun Club classic called
Chained Steel Redux. The shooters
started sitting at and handcuffed to a
table, with their gun and mags on the
table. Two Pepper poppers and six US
Poppers stood in the field before them.
Four of the US Poppers could be engaged
freestyle though a port in front
of the shooter, then you had the option
to try to take the remaining four
(two on the left and two on the right
side of a barricade that contained the
first port), with your
strong or weak hand,
straining to stretch the
handcuff chains far
enough to let you make
the shot. Max was king
of the steel with Randee
Uy nine percent back.
No surprise here, as
Max is the Steel Challenge world
champ.
And the winner is, drum roil please,
Chris Tilley with Max Michel Jr. less
than one half of one percent back.
K.C. Eusebio was third at 95.5 percent.
Dave Sevigny finished top Limited
and would have placed fourth
overall if we didn't have divisions.
High Limited 10 was Clint Upchurch.
Bob Bailey was number one in Production.
Ricky Sellers took Revolver
by almost 20 percent, and Tom Carpenter
is Single Stack top dog. Wendy
Clough came in high Open lady with
Bonnie Ryder (The Georgia section
misses you, Bonnie) less than four percent
back. julie Goloski (Good luck
with your new sponsor) finished at
high lady Single Stack. Angi Kelley
drove in from out of state to rake high
lady in Production. Georgia's Cindy
Noyes was high lady in Limited and
Anna Knoblock took high lady in Limited
10.
All in all, everyone had a great time
in Georgia. I would recommend to
anyone that they come to Georgia for
this match. You will not regret it.
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T
ST( MI. AND PHOTOS BYJERRY ANDERSON, TY-40188
he Eastern Colorado Section
pulled off another tough
championship match this
year, hosting the Colorado
State Championship/Mile Hi Showdown.
Match Director Bill Burkard,
Range Master Bob "Lizard" Waltzer,
the Pikes Peak Practical Shooting Club
and all of the Eastern Colorado shooting
clubs, did an excellent job of teaming
up to put on a great match.
Pueblo is known for its high temperatures
(mid 90's during the May
match) and throws in quite a bit of
wind. Things were going to be tough
just to keep your gun running and magazines
clean. Lots of people had the
shower caps from the local hotels on
their guns to help keep the dirt out. In
all, 132 competitors showed up to pit
their skills against one another over the
Colorado State's 10 stages.
Shooters came from all over the
country to test their shooting ability;
Jamie Foote came from Texas, Rick
Punu from Arizona, Leon DeNina
from Texas, Dennis Bauer from Montana,
and Ingrid Engelhardt came all
the way from Germany to shoot the
match. We had a great mix of local talent
and out-of-state shooters.
Course designer Bob "Lizard"
Waltzer had two hits with Stage S
"Speed," and Stage 6 "Courier Service."
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bobber thrown in whenever the timing
was right. And boy did that timing
throw some shooters off! I saw shooters
try every kind of plan on the bobber.
It hurt to see shooters shoot the
two arrays very quickly, only to see the
bobber disappear and come back
slowly. Paul Hyland had the high hit
factor on this stage, nosing out Todd
Snyder.
"Courier Service" started by shackling
a briefcase to the shooter's weakhand
wrist. Some shooters on our
squad were law enforcement personnel.
I told them I had never been in
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handcuffs before, so I needed a little
help on what to do to get out of them
quickly. They laughed, saying, "You
have never been arrested?" (When I
was young the police just took you
home and that was worse than what
the police would do to you.) This stage
had the shooter shooting 14 IPSC targets
as you walked (or ran) down a
long shooting area, with two targets
hidden over a barricade at the end. Ron
Avery (the Bionic Hand) had the best
score of all the entrants, with Dennis
Sevigny
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Jerry Wescott had a hit with
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dream. Imagine a big diamondshaped
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round "Flash Bang" had the shooter
start by throwing a flash bang (a can of
dog food) through the windows of a
mock building before shooting the targets
in that area. Seemed simple
enough. Some of the shooters would
throw the flash bang at the window
and miss and have to throw another.
One of the windows was very small, so
the shooter would have to carry the
flash bang with them and drop it into
the window. Ron Avery and RW Swainson
wanted to use real flash bang
charges but the cost was too high. They
joked that you wouldn't see anything
until the dust settled. Steve Hendricks
beat out Paul Hyland here, with Paul
Clark, Jr., third.
The match was a wonderful match
to shoot. Lots of tough targets, and the
speed shoots were fun indeed. Paul
Clark, Jr., won the Colorado State
Championship in Limited, despite
showing up a little late from a graduation
ceremony and having to scramble
to catch up with his squad. A little pressure
always helps good shooters shoot
better. Congratulations to Paul!
On the staff side, without Assistant
Match Director Roger Briden, Assistant
Range Masters Dan Madajski,
Steve Pitt, and Gene Bray, the match
wouldn't have run smoothly. Thanks
to Judy Burkard for registration, Greg
(The Chrono Man) Lent with his
Chrono skills, Carolyn Hudson on
stats and her assistant Wyoma Hanson,
and last but not least Deborah Borgo
for the great match logo. For all the
shooters in the Colorado area, I thank
them.
If you are looking for a challenging
match, the Colorado State Championship/Mile
Hi Showdown ranks with
the best matches in the country..
The top shooters were Paul Clark,
Jr. (Limited), Mike Nelson (Limited
10), Paul Hyland (Open), Ara Maljian
(Production), John Burkholder (Revolver)
and Rick Punu (Single Stack).
Honorable mention goes to Ron Avery,
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winners: Yong Lee (Open), Nate
Martin (Limited), Mike Brown
(Limited 10), Darion Holliwell
(Production), Dick Thompson
Yong Lee at the awards.
tained them during the match and
tore them down afterwards; Jim
Flack, who expended incredible
effort on set-up day with good
cheer; Kelly Beale and Nick
Welch, who worked unstintingly
during stage construction, "engineering"
stages which were imported
300 miles on paper and
then had to be built in the "real
world;" and Lyle Mettler, club
treasurer and logistics wizard who
amiably dealt with the strangest
requests for props.
Rich Redovian provided sage advice
to the green match directors and
contributed mightily to the success of
the match. Thanks Rich!
Others deserving special mention
for their efforts include: Tommy
Thompson and Janice Homburg for
setiip, Nick Homburg and Sam Robinson,
those princes among men who
made all of the target arrays, and Reul
Emery and Dan Orme who arrived
early, innocently expecting to set up
their camper on the range (hah!). Joe
Metz from Clarkston, Wash., came
down to help with set up and provided
range security on what must have been
an exciting Friday night. Richard Johnson
from Spokane and Bud Larson
from Whitefish, Mont., both made
long trips to help out.
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ment because of fire, flood or other
acts of God, please let me know, in
writing, as soon as possible that you
would like an exemption for 2006.
If you are holding on to paperwork
for several matches, please get it in
right away, so we won't be buried under
an avalanche of paperwork at the
last minute. (I'm the one on the bottom
of the pile with the shovel, remember?)
Believe me, we will all thank you!
From my Inbox:
Hi! How come my score shows in the
match results on your web site but it isn't
in my classifiers. Did I fall through
the cracks? I'm confused!
Dear Confused, this is nothing new.
A lot of people are confused by scores
showing up on the local match results
site but not showing up when they' look
up their classifiers. Clubs can put the
results on the site at any time after the
match is completed, but they also have
to submit the classifiers to us, along
with the fees, in order for us to enter
scores in the individual records. That
part of the site is only updated once a
month, around the middle of the
month, and contains verified score entries
that have been received here on or
before the 10th of the month.
I signed up for a membership online
on Saturday. It's Tuesday, shouldn't I
have my card by now? And what's my
classification?
We're happy to hear that you've
signed up for a membership, and we
hope you'll be very Happy with our organization.
We process new members
once a week and send out your membership
packet directly thereafter. You
aren't classified until we have four or
more valid scores in one division entered
for you; classification updates are
done on a monthly basis, and newly
classified or reclassified members are
sent a new card.
How come my Limited 10 scores
are showing as Limited? Can you
change them?
Yes, we can. If this was our error,
we will change it as soon as we are notified;
however, if the club erred, then
we need to have a correction request
from the club president or representative.
The change will show up at the
next update.
I've been shooting Single Stack, but
I'm going to a major match and want
to shoot Limited-10. Can you switch
my scores to Limited-10 so I can be
classified?
Sorry, but that we can't do. If you
shot scores in Single Stack, the score
sheets were marked for Single Stack
and they were submitted that way,
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an error was made in the submission of
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the makeup of the Special Classifier
match. Instead of the four maximum
(three for the special plus the regular
monthly classifier), you can now run
six classifiers in a single match. The
new application for a special classifier
is in the forms area under USPSA Information
on our web site. (While
you're there, you might just download
the Single Stack summary sheet. It's
helpful if you're still sending in handwritten
classifier papervvork.)
To go with the new Special Classifier,
we have I new classifier courses
with the 06 prefix. At the same time,
we have removed four classifiers with
the 03 prefix and one with the 99 prefix.
As of this writing, we are planning
to mail the corrected sheets, along with
the second quarterly report, around
the second week of August.
That's it for this time — now it's
time to go have some fun. Happy
shooting!
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fles remain minor power factor.
I couldn't disagree more. I certainly
feel that there is a place for rifles of
larger caliber than .223, but I have always
been baffled as to why the USA's
major battle rifle since the Vietnam era
was classified minor in practical rifle.
This strikes me like the gun magazine
argument that has been raging on for
years about the suitability and capability
of 9nam as opposed to 45 caliber. I
find it ludicrous that this caliber which
can reach out and wreak havoc as well
as any larger caliber at any comparable
distance could possibly be classified
minor. I have been hoping that the
practical world would come to its
senses and, much like the handguns,
create a division so .223 and larger calibers
are not competing with each
other.
I have not been involved with 3-
Gun for very long, but I have been a
member of USPSA for 14 years now. It
is obvious that 3-Gun (multi-gun) rules
are still evolving and still need a lot of
work before they become as mature as
our hand gun rules. I hope in the maturing
climate that .223 is not relegated
to minor as it has been.
Paul Thompson, L-1849
USPSA Missing The Boat?
Is USPSA ignoring a large segment
of its membership (and the American
population in general)?
The American demographic is
changing; the Baby Boomers are aging
and already at or nearing retirement.
They have the inost disposable income
of any age group; they have extra time
on their hands, are taking up new hobbies
and are ready, willing, and able to
travel to, as well as volunteer their time
for, sports and leisure time activities.
Isn't the membership of USPSA
growing in number with over 55 yearold
persons? (It is here in Area 8).
Doesn't this sound like a valuable resource
and one that we (USPSA) want
to pay attention to? We hear more and
more often how there are not enough
committed members to put on additional
match and/or help with the organization
and offering of club and
higher Level matches.
In my 5-plus years of shooting
IDPA and USPSA, I see more and more
of my contemporaries participating
and filling slots in both club and larger
matches. The "SUPER SENIOR"
SHOOTER. Yet, when and how does
the USPSA accommodate this group?
Super Senior is a "special category"
for USPSA matches, yet one category
that is not always recognized nor promoted
well to increase participation at
matches. "Ladies and Juniors" get special
dispensation, getting slots to the
Nationals and seem to not have the
same "category requirements" that Super
Seniors do.
EXAMPLE: When looking at all
the 2005 Area matches (in the Production
Division), none of them were
awarded an automatic skit to the Nationals
for a Super Senior. The reason
given was: "There were not enough
Super Seniors (5) in the category to
award an automatic slot into the Nationals."
Yet none of the same Area
matches had enough Junior nor Ladies
in their category (5) either, but they automatically
receive a number of "set
aside slots" for the Nationals. Does this
sound like equal treatment for all the
"categories?"
In any event, let's not make USPSA
look like an organization/sport for only
the GM and M shooter. They are not
the majority of this membership organization.
Let's also not make this a
sport for only the young, active, and in
shape athlete either. There is room for
the Senior (over 50) and the Super Senior
(over 60) shooters. They are seldom
recognized (look at most of the
R0s) and hardly appreciated.
SUGGESTION: Each Sectional and/or
Area match should have the Super Senior
category in each Division recognized
regardless of the number of
shooters registered in it (we neither
know nor control that before we get
there) and each Section and/or Area
should have at least one Super Senior
slot automatically assigned for the winner
in each Division into the Nationals.
There certainly' are enough slots available
to do so, and most Super Seniors
will attend the Nationals if they get a
slot.
Yes we are old, fat, and slow, but we
do shoot, we enjoy the competition,
and will contribute more than we take
from this sport. We have the interest
and willingness to do so. Pay some attention
to the "old guys" and as an organization
throw us a bone. We can't
compete with the GMs, but we sure do
value our plaques and Nationals slots
as much or more than anyone else.
Jim Martin, 'TY-48324
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Here are the answers to a few interview
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TM: When did you start with
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M/V1: I started in 1994. At ARPC.
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keep close tabs on our NV legislature when in session and work
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"I think that IPSC is one of the most enjoyable shooting
sports available to firearm enthusiasts
today, and USPSA offers great benefits to
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knowledge of the rules and how to play
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"I would like to thank all the officials
past and present who work tirelessly
to put on matches for all of us.
They often sacrifice being able to participate
in shooting the match themselves
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MM: I think there are three major challenges facing the organization.
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competitors.
Second: Junior Program. We don't have a "farm league" junior
system that gets kids involved in our sport. If you stop and think
about it, we have one of the few sports that Dad or Mom or
Grandpa can get in and shoot right alongside one of their children.
Juniors have a hard time participating in any of the
USPSA National championships because they have to earn their
slots against adults. Let's get a formalized USPSA Junior system
going that brings them together in their own Nationals, and
then we can watch our growth explode.
Third: Organization and scheduling. We need to organize major
events better to avoid overlap and get the word out sooner
so people can plan their vacation and travel around these
events. I also think we need to get more people involved in all
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help fuel the organization for years to
come.
As you can tell, one of Mike's passions
is the Junior program. had the opportunity
to run Chris Cardoza and
Stephan Kemper through my stage at the
match, and could tell they'd been getting
some excellent coaching and support.
Mac was obviously proud of both of his
wards when he introduced them to me.
During the awards ceremony at the
Multi-Gun Nationals, Mike and I found
time to discuss his progress with the local
junior shooters. In the spring of 2005,
Mike started working on increasing the
number of junior shooters at ARPC. He
started with four kids that wanted to
shoot, but were lacking the equipment to
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compete. He went to the board of
ARPC and petitioned them to buy two
Glock 17 pistols, holsters, inagazines
and 5,000 rounds of ammo to get them
started. The board agreed, and the
kids got their start, sharing the equipment.
Soon after that, a couple of club
members bought three more guns and
holsters for the juniors to use, and another
member anonymously donated
45,000 rounds of ammunition. Three
local GM shooters donate coaching
time. Parents and grandparents got involved,
and the rest, as they say, is history.
Today, Mike has a total of 12 juniors
under his wing, ranging in age
from 13 to 17, boys and girls. He has
slots for two of them at the Open/Production
Nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
hut he promised to bring six, and that's
what he's going to do. They're hoping
to get some of the rest entered on a
standby basis. If they don't get to
shoot, Mike says they'll support the
team, and learn as much as they can
while there.
Building up the Junior program has
had some other benefits for the club
and the kids: because of their son's and
grandson's involvement in the sport,
Chris' dad and Stephan's grandfather
have started to shoot, and many other
parents have expressed interest. Mike
says that equipment is still a problem,
but they are working on that, and he
"hasn't even contacted any sponsors
yet."
According to Mike, "one of the best
things about this junior team is that as
they progress in the sport, the older
shooters teach the newer ones. There's
a lot of camaraderie and teamwork going
on here. I wish I could get slots for
all my juniors and the means to take
them all to Nationals, but I think we've
made a good start. I'd like to challenge
each section in the United States to set
aside a slot dedicated to a junior competitor
from that section, and perhaps
we'll see a little 'team on team' competition,
or even a Junior Nationals."
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shooters this year. The match organiz-
Lots of small plates, partial targets, and no-shoots added to the need for accuracy,
even on the shorter distances.
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shooters to participate - and the match
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Five members of the STI Euro Team
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It was a good weekend for the ST1
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heading up the match administration,
which kept everything ticking over
properly. Saul Kirsch was not able to
make the match due to family commitments.
Philipsburg's ranges are among the best club ranges in Europe. Its 180-degree
back stops and portable bullet traps allow designers to build and shoot
any stage imaginable.
The team includes a total of six shoot- racy, even on the shorter distances, yet
ers, spanning Open and Standard Divi- there were also several stages of close-
sion. Saul Kirsch and Irene Canetta
shoot in Open Division, while Fabrizio
Pesce, Gregory Midgley, Herbert Jakob
and Ralf K. Jensen shoot in Standard
Division.
This was a demanding match with
the need for accurate shooting. There
were targets out to nearly 40 meters,
lots of 25-meter targets, some partial
or with no-shoots obscuring them. The
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After the shooting there was a barbeque
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Events like this one do not happen
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But somehow he doesn't get the notoriety or respect of
other super squadders. I don't know, maybe he lacks that allure
of a "steely eyed killer" so many GM's cultivate. He
used to be a schoolteacher. He goes to church, works with
junior shooters, and helps at his local club. He's an Area Director,
and a firearms instructor. He's a businessman, one of
the partners in ProTechCo, a company that among other
things supplies a lot of the trophies for our major matches.
Self-described as "42 going on 19," he just seems too goofy
and outgoing to be THAT good.
Yup, "Manny" is just your average family guy, with two
kids and a day job. An average guy who has bowled a perfect
300, shot a par round of golf and come within a hair's
breadth of winning the USPSA nationals a couple of times.
A guy who darn near stopped the greatest winning streak in
our sport's history last year. Clearly there's more to him than
there might first appear.
•
Manny's start at his first Area match will remind a lot of
you of how fun, and frustrating the sport can be. "I remember
it explicitly," he recalls. "The first stage was three plate
racks and three paper from three different shooting boxes.
I had just watched Jerry [Barnhart] nail the course one for
one in about 20 seconds. He went through it so smooth and
fluid, it was awesome. Of course with me it was a different
BY ERIC STANLEY
m eet Emanuel Bragg, one of the great,
overlooked nice guys in our sport.
You may not know who he is yet, or
have a face to associate with the name,
but you'll want to keep an eye on his scores at the
big matches. They should be easy to find. Regardless
of the field, look near the top.
This "sleeper" you never heard of got within one
"delta" of snapping Robbie Leatham's six national
win streak last year. He was fourth Limited in 2004,
and finished 2nd and 3rd at the last two "full field"
L 10 nationals. He's made the prestigious "top 16"
the last five years. Just recently, Manny won two
area matches in the same weekend. How'd you like
that for a set of "bona-fides" on your resume?
1
Photo 1), Roger Maier
Bragg came within two points
of winning the 20 5 Limited.
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Brass flies as
"Manny" Bragg
drills into a target
(above).
With Bragg's natural
athleticism
(right) it's hard to
believe he is
actually "slowing
down to win."
--Photo courtesy of Emanuel B ragg.
story, I had eight
10-round magazines, shooting minor, and I shot every magazine
dry in about three minutes, Man did I stink! But I was
getting my money's worth, so I called my buddy and said
bring more ammo! I'd only completed one stage but shot 80
rounds."
Naturally athletic, Manny was lured down the path that
seduces a lot of new shooters; that speed is everything.
Crash or win. Look cool. Fast splits and shooting on the
move are sexy, who cares if you hit anything!
Sound familiar?
After struggling in that mode for some time, Manny met
and trained with Fank Garcia. Frank is known as an accuracy
and trigger control nut, and has coached and developed
some of the top shooters to come along in the
last decade.
Manny admitted he was a little hard-headed and dubious
about the concept of slowing down to win, but after a
long year of hard practice and hard lessons, it started to
sink in. The light started to come on and Manny earned
his "Grand Master" classification in Open.
Then he put down the Open gun, focused on mastering
Limited gear, and became a force to be reckoned with.
I first met Manny in 2002. He was running the Area 5
match. Running away with it is more like it. He was still
a "lowly" Master in Limited and was winning Area
matches by comfy margins. I had only shot one match
against this guy, but after he beat me by 22 percent, I wanted
him out of my class. "Congrats, Manny. Good job. Do you
think you'll get the GM card now?" we joked.
Manny seemed to burst onto the scene fully grown when
he "snuck up on" the whole field at the 2003 Factory Gun
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Nationals. He was not squadded with
the leaders or even considered a contender,
hut when the smoke cleared he
finished an eye-opening second behind
Todd Jarrett atop a pack of the game's
great iron sight shooters, including his
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Limited 10,
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Wow, that was
awesome! I
couldn't believe
it could
actually happen.
What was
once a dream
was coining
true. What
Frank had
taught me was
actually work-
A dream realized through hard
work and clearly defined goals —
that's a recurring theme with Manny
and a simple recipe for his success. I
got to train with Emanuel in April, and
it was more about focused execution
and trigger discipline than any superduper
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I wouldn't dare give away all the
trade secrets shooters learn at a "Universal
Shooting Academy" course, but
be warned, if you go to train with
Manny, be ready to shoot a lot and be
ready to carefully place each round.
No hosing, and very little running, so
check your ego at the door. How about
a MOVING plate at 20 yards? Yeah, I
thought it was against the Geneva convention
too.
Not surprisingly, being an accuracy
nut, Manny enjoyed the World Shoot,
and like a lot of top shooters would like
to see some tougher matches on U.S.
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Having tasted international IPSC myself,
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In interviewing Emanuel for this article I asked what advice
he would offer developing shooters of different levels.
It seems a good way to wrap things up.
I . Set obtainable goals for the short and long term, not
only in shooting but life in general, because sometimes
you can't do one without the other.
2. Get a buddy to practice with who will hold you accountable.
3. Have fun.
4. Look at getting some professional training. It would
have sure saved me a lot of wasted bullets, to be able to
know how to practice early on.
and remaining in the shadows of bigger names, Manny
smiled a relaxed smile and said "Respect isn't awarded, it is
earned through time."
As the nationals approach once again, Emanuel Bragg
has paid his dues and now is certainly one to watch. He's
extremely goal oriented and, as he put it, "to this point have
obtained every goal that I have set except for one, and it
seems that Rob Leatham wasn't ready to use his walker yet,
so he didn't let me win the 2005 nationals."
5. Look at getting involved at your club, and give a little
bit back to the sport that you get so much out of.
6. Bring a friend male, female, or of course a Junior to the
range and get them involved in the sport.
7. Look into becoming a Certified RO. It is rewarding to
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in Wilsonville, Ore., June
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and category titles. Range Master Tom
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testing essential practical shooting
skills, some of which are not tested otten
enough. Match Director Everett
Mastrich had the event organized so
that everything flowed smoothly and
logically — from the Bruce-Gary-supervised
registration and stats to the final
awards and prize distribution
where competitors divvied up a prize
table valued at more than $100,000
thanks to Prize Master Chuck Anderson.
Area 1 is usually an international affair,
and this one was no exception.
Most members of the area are accustomed
to shooting side by side with our
Canadian brethren (former Canadian
champion Murray Gardner was in attendance,
among others), but it is not
every day we have the privilege of competing
with Norwegians. Oslo police
officer Lars Syversen contacted Mastrich
during the spring asking about thc
match. He and his family were planning
to visit the states and he was looking
for a shooting opportunity during
his tour of this country. He eventually
competed in Limited Division and did
well, finishing twelfth overall.
Further division match results may
be found at the end of this article.
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Host Tri-County Gun Club is one
of the oldest organized shooting facilities
in the Northwest, having been
founded in 1947. It currently boasts
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and built permanent safety areas.
Future plans call for continued expansion
of the facility with an eventual
goal of 30 bays, a revamped clubhouse,
and increased storage.
Stages
Tom Chamber's stages were balanced
to test both the competitors'
"hose quotient" and their ability to
control the trig,ger while maintaining a
working relationship with the front
sight or dot. They also, on several occasions,
reminded us that unaccustomed
body positions combined with
poor follow-through leads to a change
in point of impact.
For example, a large number of
people had penalty points on stage 7,
"Shoot 'till it Hurts." This was a simple,
straightforward stage with a lot of
no-shoots (typical for this match). The
penalties were, for the most part, on
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Across the divisions competitors averaged
over 20 penalty points on the
stage.
Body position wasn't the only challenge;
some stages simply required accuracy.
An example was stage 5, "Sack
'0 Shooting." The stage was peppered
with targets partially covered by noshoots,
many of which had to be engaged
while holding a heavy sack in the
weak hand. Most of the problems,
however, came from four (count them,
four!) bobbing and weaving targets
some 20 or 25 yards down range. They
were activated by placing the sack in a
box, and they really did "bob and
weave." The RAW Industries target operators
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These gave many shooters fits with an
average of 15 penalty points per
shooter.
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and follow-through matterecf
tremendously on stage 7. John
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still partially covered by hard cover.
Shooters found more hard cover- and
no-shoot-covered targets to follow,
culminating with two U.S..poppers and
three swinging targets at roughly 15
yards. If you didn't bring your 'X game
for accuracy, you could expect disaster.
Competitors averaged 17 penalty
points.
Don't think the match was just
about accuracy. The keynote was variety.
All skills were well-tested, including
run-and-gun. What stood out were
the "old time practical" stages that required
positions and accuracy not frequently
seen these days. Those of us
who are carrying more weight than is
essential for survival (read "fat") and
are chronologically challenged (read
"old") were especially impressed with
the fact that we haven't been practicing
enough or the right things. We are, after
all, supposed to be the sport that
tests the ability to shoot accurately
while shooting fast. As practical shooters
we are supposed to be able to shoot
standing, kneeling, prone, off-balancv.
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those skills. As USPSA President
Michael Voigt said, "Tom did a fantastic
job of course design with a good variety
of stages that recognized accuracy
and did a good job of covering skills."
Sevigny's favorite stage was four.
He said, "This was one of the more
technical stages. It had hard cover targets,
steel, activators and you had to be
smart about your set-ups and when to
shoot. It was a great stage".
Unfortunately not every stage came
off as planned. Stage 10, "Dummy
Enough," was the victim of communication
errors between match staff and
competitors. The result was that most
of the people shooting it on the first
day of non-staff competition would
have been required to reshoot the stage
for it to have remained in the match.
The decision was obvious. The only solution
was to remove the stage from
competition.
Prize Table
In 1999 former Area 1 Director
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Dave Carruthers made the decision to
run the Area 1 as a "trophy only"
event. Area l shooters, including the
author of this article and current Area
1 Director Bruce Gary, supported that
decision. The match has filled most
years, and enjoyed a relatively modest
match fee. However, the number of
Grand Master level shooters in attendance
has declined. Subsequent investigation
determined that at least some
of those people were unwilling to
travel much distance to compete for
the title and trophy alone.
Gary pointed out that the purpose
of the Area 1 match, and the driving
force behind all match decisions, is to
serve the menabers of the area. Specifically,
that includes providing a quality
match experience for those whose only
big match opportunity is represented
by the Area Championship. Part of that
experience is the chance to see shooters
they've only read about in action.
Furthermore, Area championship
scores can only be used for classification
purposes if there are enough GMs
to validate the match winner's "100
percent" performance. If enough GMs
don't show up in a given division, all
those competitors' scores are impacted.
With that trend in mind, the Area 1
match team adopted a hybrid prize
table. Division winners would receive
cash awards, but the merchandise
prizes would be distributed by random
draw. According to Gary, the purpose
of that approach was to "provide a service
to Area 1 members" by making
quality prizes available to all competitors.
With those decisions made, Prize
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in late November with the goal of
building a significant prize table. His
first efforts were via email, but didn't
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Anderson requested that Front
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we were supposed to do! He was stellar
and I always enjoy competing with
him."
On the Open side, Travis Tomasie
of the Army Marksmanship Unit won
Open Division over USPSA President
Michael Voigt and Open Division newcomer
Yong Lee.
Chuck Anderson beat the other 42
entrants in Production, despite being
hotly pursued by Mike Hughes and
John Flentz.
The Revolver competitors, long on
enthusiasm but short on number,.
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Open match winner Travis Tomasie
was on hand, representing the
Army team.
were represented in the winners' circle
by Tom Kettels. Kettels is pursuing an
"earned" master card in all five divisions.
Having already earned the Open
and L10 "M" rating, he started pursuing
his "M" in Production in 2005.
This year he's chasing "M" Revolver.
Watch for him at this year's revolver
nationals in Barry, Ill.!
John Moses Browning's design of
1911 is popular in the northwestern
and mountain states that comprise
Area 1, as witnessed by 64 entries in
Limited 10 Division and another 12 in
the provisional Single Stack Division.
Trevor Ott of Oregon won L10, defeating
Erick Warren of Nevada and
Peter Pack of Washington. Bill Mayne
was first among the "skinny magazine"
folks, beating Steven Zopfi, and Bobby
McGee, all of Washington state.
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Front Sight to acknowledge only
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entire USPSA membership extends
their sincere thank you to all sponsors
for their support of the 2006 Area 1
Championships as well as other
matches throughout the year.
48 FRONT SIGHT • September/October 2006

The Victors:
Limited:
Emmanuel Bragg, David Sevigny,
Tom Dean.
Dave Bridgman, top senior (7th
overall)
Lisa Munson, first woman (15th)
Barney Brook, super senior (30th)
Robert McBreairry, junior (48th)
Limited 10
Trevor Ott, Erik Warren, Peter Paek
Murray Gardner, senior, (5th overall),
Bob Higbie, super senior (14th)
Tracy Martinsen, woman (44th).
Single Stack
Bill Mayne, Steven Zopfi, Bobby
McGee
Paul Miner, Super Senior (4th Overall)
Dave Thomas, Senior (5th)
Shirley Angell, woman (9th)
Open
Travis Tomasie, Michael Voigt,
Yong Lee.
Robert Beal, senior, (12th
overall)
Joe Desimone, super senior
(15th)
Zachary Bright, junior, (40th)
Sue Polen, woinan, (43rd)
Production
Chuck Anderson, Mike
Hughes, John Flentz
David Farrow, senior (10th),
Chris Cardoza, junior (14th)
Tom Allen, super senior (18th)
JenneIle Wallis, woman (37th)
Revolver
Tom Kertels, Bruce Blair, Kal
Kirby.
Tom KerteIls, senior (1st)
Joe Metz, super senior (6th).
No juniors or women competed
with a "BRT."
Columbia Cascade Section Juniors
Among the shooters at the Area 1 was a group
noticeable because of their distinctive shirts
and their youth. They were all members of the
Columbia Cascade Section Junior Team.
Section Coordinator Mike McCarter
formed the team after talking to people who
had kids wanting to start shooting, but who
were unable to afford the equipment. Mc-
Carter approached the Executive Board of the
Albany, Oregon, Rifle & Pistol Club asking
that they purchase two Glock model 17s for
the use of the Junior Team. He chose Glocks
because they are easy to shoot and the 9MM
ammunition is relatively cheap.
The Albany board not only bought the
guns, but holsters and 5,000 rounds of ammunition
as well. Soon McCarter found himself
with four juniors sharing the two guns. All
the kids were required to successfully complete
the CCS safety class, and the emphasis is
on responsibility.
Then a section member made an anonymous
donation of three more G 17s and
45,000 rounds of 9MIv1 ammunition. Now
the team has 12 members, including three
girls, and has a waiting list.
McCarter is taking six of the team members
to the Open/Production Nationals in
Tulsa, OK, in October, even though only two
of them have slots. The other four will stand
in line hoping that space develops in the
match for them. If they can't compete, Mc-
Carter says that they will do whatever they
can do to support those that do get into the
match, plus helping the match staff as they
can.
Sevigny commented, "There are a lot of
people in our sport who help get the kids
shooting and Mike McCarter is one of the
best I've come to know. The Columbia Cascade
Section has a very successful junior program.
That's commendable."
David Sevigny also recognized the efforts
of the Area 1 staff to support the Columbia
Cascade juniors. Speaking of the two side
matches, Sevigny said, "I thought that was
classy and a smart investment to USPSA."
Oslo police officer Lars Syversen stuffs a reload home as he moves
into the low port on stage 7. This stage hit shooters with an
AVERAGE of more than 20 penalty points per person.
See Junior Coordinator Larry Houck's
column on page 7 to read of his experience
shooting the Area 1 Championship with the
team.
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September October 2006 • FRONT SIGHT 49

Area 1 3- un
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urn a seasoned competitor
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and you often see subtle
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harder. In the eyes of Limited division
winner Patrick Kelley, that's what hap-
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with a 3-Gun twist.
"The transitions are really tricky
here," he says. Using this match as an
example, Kelley told me, "overall, 3-
Gun has become sophisticated enough
that match directors are learning how
subtle differences can really turn up the
Trevor Ott placed high in Tactical,
using ALL borrowed equipment.
difficulty.-
Most of the stages at the 2006 Area
1 3-Gun were designed by the formidable
Joe DeSimone, winner of the
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the shotgun.
of the past five years (including 2006).
Set two weeks before the 3-Gun Nationals,
rhe Area 1 drew just 41 competitors,
but laid out a truly challenging
course for all those who came.
DeSimone and the Marysville design
team led by Gary Wall emphasized
the multi-gun aspect of 3-Gun, with
seven of the 10 stages requiring multiple
guns. Of those, several required using
all three. If your skills were deficient
with any of the three,
Marysville's stages showed you where.
"War of the 'Worlds" showcased
those "subtle differences" that Kelley
speaks of.
"War of the Worlds" employed all
three guns in a pistol bay. The shooter
started with a straightforward shotgun
set that you fired from a wobbly platform,
including two poppers that activated
swinging targets you would engage
later with other guns.
This start-now, shoot-later affair
sounds trivial, but adding the platform
and transitions caught shooters offguard.
Apparently, shooters associated
the pistol-side swinging target with the
shotgun, and mentally discarded it
once they switched to pistol. Two people
on my squad ran right past the pistol-side
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six meters), burning themselves with
two misses and an FTE penalty.
Likewise, the swinger on the right
side of that bay looked unremarkable –
two targets with everything but the
"head box" blacked out. With a rifle at
15 yards, that's simple, right? Of
course you had to do it through a barrel,
while bent in half.
For the rest of the match I heard
about how difficult it actually was to
track pistol-speed movement using rifle
sights that way – all while adjusting
for the bore offset. Many forgot that
last, hammering multiple rounds into
the blacked-out C zone right below the
neck. In the end, eight people had it,
excess of 30 points worth of penalties
on this stage, with another handful in
the 20s – that's a quarter of the competitors!
It was a tough stage, but it didn't
LOOK like it.
This theme continued throughout.
On the pistol-only stage, you fired your
first several targets as you moved forward
(tiny B-zones, one shot each)
while holding a bag of sand to your
chest with your weak hand. How much
strong-hand-only shooting have you
done while moving? As Mark Lisi
pointed out, when you used your rifle,
the Marysville crew frequently had the
barricades set up in such a way that you
couldn't-quite-sit, cou Idn't-quitekneel,
and couldn't-quite-stand. Instead,
the best strategy was to rest your
rifle on a prop and bend yourself in
half to get there. This negated Lisi's
years of experience with four-position
high-power rifle shooting. With the
shotgun, leaning around barricades
was common – yet reloading wasn't.
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Awkward? Why yes! Stats man Tim Bragg works his way into what
was probably the strangest start position required in the match Hands naturally
at sides, unloaded rifle on chest, muzzle between knees
The most popular stage at the
match was itself a twist. During "Vampire
Bats," contestants shot a round of
five-stand sporting clays – using their
tactically-inclined USPSA shotguns.
Practical shooters tend to use shotguns
as a kind of dumbed-down over-caliber
carbine. We shoot them at stationary
targets, occasionally load them with
slugs, and complain about how they're
always empty — in effect, about how
they really aren't much of a rifle.
Many of the USPSA shooters had
never fired at a thrown clay target,
much less enjoyed a round of sporting
clays, leading to a lot of humorous moments.
Under the watchful eye of
Marysville's shotgun coordinator Don
Jones and his son Travis (both non-
IPSC "shotgun guys") shooters missed
a lot and laughed a lot. Mostly they
stood back and "oohed" and "aahhhed"
as their cohorts shattered the fastmoving
clays. (Marysville's close-range
"rabbit" exploded like a firework
when hit.) Many learned a new respect
for the shotgun by breaking the fastmoving
targets their guns were designed
for.
"I loved the 5-Stand stage," said
Tactical Division winner Carl Carbon
"that was great!"
(In USPSA terms, we fired a 25-
round fixed-time standards course, in
15 strings, using disappearing targets.
Shooters earned 5 points for a broken
clay, and were not penalized for
misses.)
"Everybody that has walked away
from that stage has done so with a
smile on their face," says Range Master
Bruce Gary. "One of the things I liked
about that stage was it's about shooting,
not reloading."
Joe DeSimone had the highest
score in Open (23/25 –115 points) followed
by Burton Thompson in Tactical
(22/25 –110 points). Heavy Metal advocate
Patrick Kelley (19/25 – 95
points) led the short stack of Limited
shooters with his Mossberg pump.
The long-range rifle stage offered
another dose of learning on how awkward
positions affect accuracy. Here,
sturdy-looking props at odd heights
encouraged overconfidence – and going
faster than abilities allow.
"That long range stage was brutal,"
said Gary Roessel, a Marysville local.
"Our squad, we all know we could do
it in half the time we actually took."
Times on this 18-shot course
ranged from the low 60-second range,
to the downright embarrassing. Shooters
shot six plates at ranges staggered
out to 220 yards, then shifted positions
52 FRONT SIGHT • September/October 2006

and shot at another six targets at the
same distances (from a mid-height
port), then shifted a third tirne (to a
prone port) to do it again. Although super-simple,
getting off this I 8-shot
course having fired less than 30 shots
was art achievement.
On top of its difficulty, this stage
got high points for its ease of re-set.
Typical pistol stages "turn over" in four
to five minutes per shooter, from beep
to beep. Typical 3-Gun stages can take
considerably longer if the shooter has
to stage multiple guns, or if shooters
must travel more than a few yards
downrange to score and reset targets.
Here, self-resetting plates made by
R&R Racing, Inc. (RAW Industries)
turned re-set into a non-issue. When
one shooter unloaded and showed
clear, the ROs noted time and score,
then immediately started loading the
next competitor. Turnaround time was
shooter time plus one minute, tops.
"The self-resetting targets by R&R
were a great hit," says Gary. "They
were rock-solid reliable, the steel is
good quality, we never had a problem
with them."
This can't be said of some other
self-resetting targets used on a different
bay. Not only did these targets keep
waving back and forth after being hit,
one of them failed completely, leading
to a lengthy delay. When all was finished,
I helped with tear-down and
loaded the disassembled R&R targets
into the back of my car. I saw a nick on
one comer, but after being hammered
by .223 and .308 fire at as little as 80
yards, the faces of the R&R targets
were otherwise totally clean and
smooth.
Of all the divisions, Tactical was the
runaway favorite (24 entries), but in
Limited five of the nine entrants signed
up for the Heavy- Metal category.
MINs and .308 caliber ARs boomed
over the range, proclaiming the
strength of this USPSA sub-group.
Patrick Kelley led the Heavy Metal
squad, as well as winning high overall
Limited.
After a Subway-catered lunch the
first day, Marysville laid out a spread of
desserts on the second afternoon during
the awards ceremony. Prizes were
given out by random draw while we
ate, save for the best one — a heavybarreled
DPMS upper that went to the
closest person to 50 percent who
stayed for the awards ceremony: Roger
Arcoite.
Marysville showed its strength as a
club at the Area I 3-Gun. Not only did
they put forward an excellently designed
match, they brought in quite a
number of worker bees who don't
shoot 3-Gun and used them to keep
everyone well-fed, well-watered, and
running on time (Lisa Munson and
Steve Strabeck among them). Experienced
3-Gunners gave the match very
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Looking Back At
Cooper's Crucible:
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Part 2, The Growth Years
BY ROBIN TAILOR, USPSA STAFF, TY-19724
e were those weird guys with autopistols,- says Dave
‘ ‘ Stanford, the man who unified the rag-tag mess of
conflicting organizations that predated
USPSA/IPSC, Inc.
Rejected by the traditional shooting establishment, "practical
shooting" found itself in a situation something like the skateboarders
featured in the documentary „
"Lords of Dogtown." No one Speed without accuracy is useless, as
really knew what to do with is accuracy without speed, and both tothem.
Fewer wanted to be asso- gether may not suffice without power"
ciated with them. But what they
- From "Cooper On Handguns"
were doing fascinated onlookers
so much that a whole lot of people really wanted to play.
Stanford had helped launch NV/PPA in 1977, and soon started spinning
off satellite clubs. Bert Estes' crew in Texas was growing by leaps
and bounds, spawning so many clubs that they divided into sections,
then divided again.
photo from the Nyle Leatham collectior
Jeff Cooper holding court at the U.S. Nationals
in Milan, Ill., 1982.
Dave and Marilyn Stanford trekked to the 1978, 1979, and 1980 nationals and got a first-hand view of the problems
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54 FRONT SIGHT • September/October 2006

Photos courtesy of Guy Neill.
Cooper Assault, circa 1982. That's our reloading
columnist Guy Neill leaping the 4-foot wall as Richard
Cone looks on. Guy's shooting in Houston, one of the
spinoffs of Bert Estes' original organization in Texas.
Note the high physical demands, square-shouldered
"Item" targets, low round count, and weak-hand-only
finish. This version of the assault had already been
dumbed-down to make it less physical, but as Guy
says, "we had more injuries with the four-foot wall
than ever with the six-foot."
facing the organization. Marilyn would secure a win as high
lady overall. Dave Stanford would become law enforcement
champion, finishing 10th overall at the 1980 nationals
near Roanoke, Va.
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Photo from the Nyle Leathern col?ection.
Original group photo from the Columbia Conference, as printed in "Man Magnum" magazine.
"Back then the organization was
pretty well fragmented. There was lots
of dissention, even with Cooper there,''
says Stanford. "Everyone had their own
ideas, and it was much more of a martial
artists' mindset. They were trying
to implement the rwo ideas at the same
time, and the rules were constantly
changing, with variations coming out
locally, even at the nationals.''
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and debate until the advent
of affordable chronographs and
"power factor" made the idea obsolete.
Cooper had a massive cult of personality
following him,
and with IPSC so
loosely organized,
just getting rules
was a challenge.
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''It was THE cradle of IPSC," says
Rauch. 'Bruce Gray, Andy Stanford,
Mike Fichman and Mike Dalton, Jim
Zubiana (the assassin of Miami Vice
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Swensen, they were IT for IPSC in the
U.S."
Getting decent information about
technique was just as much of a challenge.
Rauch talks about how members
of his club went through quite a
process to get a copy of a book written
by Jerry Gore about how to shoot the
defensive pistol a la Jeff Cooper.
Since it wasn't available in the U.S.,
"we had to figure out how to buy this
book out of South Africa."
Guy Neill speaks of shooting SWPL
standard courses like the "Mexican Defense,"
"Advanced Military," and "Ambidextrous
Defense,'' - courses that
have long since passed into history.
With them passed requirements to en-
5 6 FRONT SIGHT • September/October 2006

Photo from the Nyie Leathern collection.
1991 Columbia Conference reunion. Search the faces and you'll find many influential figures, some from the Conference,
some not. Cooper is not in the photo, having disavowed his creation.
gage targets while moving forward or "They were somewhat wilder and
backward — only to be reborn under woollier days, with hot ranges, weak
the banner of IDPA.
hand draws and weak hand reloads. A
race holster was an old Anderson
Thunderbolt, or a similar rig from Milt
Sparks, with leg tie downs."
"Our 'range' was a construction site
with dirt pushed up in a berm on one
side," says Neill. "There were times
when construction equipment was left
there and we would incorporate them
into the match. We once started half
way up a ladder of some sort of hopper
deal, and had to engage the first target
from there, even though the target was
behind us.
Cooper was president in name in
the early years, but the whole practical
shooting universe had a tendency to
"go its own way" on rules and course
design. Arguments over equipment
shooter's hits were scored according to
a rnix of bullet weight, bullet speed,
and the cross-sectional area of the bullet.
Besides being painful to calculate,
the "power rating" gave the .45 a transparent
and insurmountable advantage
over other calibers. (A non-A with a
.45 scored 9 points, a full-house .357
magnum, 6 or 7, a standard .38 Special,
5.)
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Even if you use jacketed bullets in
matches, lead bullets offer more practice
for the money spent. Lead bullets
are also easier on the bore. I've seen
45s from the old days that had some
250,000 bullets through them (according
to the owner/shooter) and were still
going strong.
Some may fear cleaning lead out of
the bore after using cast lead. In my experience,
cleaning a bore after shooting
(good) cast bullets is no more difficult
than cleaning a bore after shooting
jacketed bullets. In fact, there are bores
I've worked that never did seem to be
rid of all the copper jacket fouling. The
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combination of brushing and a tight fir
ting patch normally clean the bore very
well after shooting lead.
There are a great number of cast
bullet makers to choose from. Laser
Cast is well thought of (for one), but
recently I've been working with bullets
from the Bulletworks (www.bulletworks.com).
These are cast bullets of
the traditional type. No coatings, simply
cast bullets with lube grooves.
Whether using jacketed or cast, you
should weigh a sample of the bullets to
have a clear idea of the bullet weight.
Remember, if your ammunition is
checked at a match, a bullet will be
pulled and weighed. You should have
your load adjusted for the weight so
that there is no problem making the
required power factor. As you can see
from the chart, the Bulletworks bullets
generally run slightly to the lighter side
(suggesting higher tin content and bullet
hardness). This is another example
of why I recommend having your loads
set at a power factor above the minimum
— to allow for variations.
The cast bullets from the Bulletworks
are well formed and, as the chart
shows, uniform in weight. The standard
deviations of the samples provided
were all less than a grain and diameters
were very consistent. Regrettably,
my Sacco lead hardness tester
was not available, so I could only sub-
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ject these bullets to the "thumbnail"
test, but they look to be adequately
hard. More importantly,
they showed a lack of serious
leading in the bore of my
test guns.
I say "lack of serious leading"
because it is not unusual to see a
trace of lead in the bore when using
cast bullets. The small
amount seen was not indicative
of bad bullets. I expect to see
slight leading when using any
lead bullet, so it is a matter of
how much. Really bad leading
covers the entire bore. Typically
this comes from very soft lead
bullets driven fast, but really hard lead
bullets may also lead the bore if they
don't fit the bore diameter properly,
creating problems like gas blow-by. Unacceptable
cast bullets continue to deposit
lead in the bore as shooting progresses.
The Bulletworks bullets, as
with other good cast bullets, slnowed
only a small amount of lead in the bore,
which did not grow or change as shooting
continued. This sort of leading
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amounts to a visible indication - not
an accumulation of lead.
When I was still casting bullets I
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were available. At .45 velocities at
least, no great problems with leading
appeared. My soft alloy bullets would
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but it did not change with continued
shooting, or adversely affect accuracy
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GUN TALK
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Getting the Most Out of Your
Compensator
To get the best performance from
your Open pistol, you need to maximize
how your compensator works. A
properly designed and implemented
compensator produces a systern that
helps control the recoil and muzzle flip
of your pistol. For the purpose of this
discussion, we will address the entire
"system" that includes both the compensator
and any barrel porting. We're
also going to assume that you will be
staying with your current gun and that
you will not be changing the barrel,
comp, or porting configuration.
A properly' designed compensator
performs several functions:
Gases escaping from the barrel hit
the baffles in the comp and push
forward, counteracting recoil.
Some of the gases are redirected upward,
which serves to push the
muzzle down, counteracting muzzle
flip.
To improve tracking up and down,
gases can be redirected to the side
by ports in the comp.
To some extent, the comp functions
as a barrel weight that absorbs
some of the felt recoil.
Many guns also have ports in the
barrel that vent gas and push the muzzle
down. Barrel ports will vent gas until
the bullet leaves the muzzle. Then
the comp takes over and the pressure
from the ports subsides. With this type
of barrel porting, you must realize that
any gas vented from the ports is not
available to work the comp. Consequently,
a pistol set up with barrel ports
will generally shoot flatter but it also
may hit your hand a little harder. How
your particular gun is set up and how
you want the gun to feel will determine
which direction you need to go when
designing a gun.
lf we assume that you are not going
to change the major components of
your gun, you can still affect the overall
feel of the gun by changing your
load and your springs. Changing
springs should be left until you have
decided on a load — the main function
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of spring selection should be reliability
with the load you have selected. So
how do you select a load that will maximize
your compensation system? Bullet
and powder selection are the two
variables that you have to work with.
A lighter bullet will require more
powder than a heavier bullet to get to
the same power factor. This is because
we are working with power factor (velocity
x weight), not just raw velocity.
To verify this, refer to any reloading
manual. Select a load using the same
powder, but select two different bullet
weights. Then choose velocities so that
the power factors are equal. You will
find that the lighter bullet load always
requires more powder as long as you
hold the power factor the same.
Lighter bullets also usually run more
pressure at the same power factor
(with the same powder). This is part of
the reason they work the comp a little
better. More powder and higher pressure
will result in more work by the
comp.
The type of powder selected will
also have an effect on your results.
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push the same weight bullet to the
same velocity. More powder works the
comp better, and the slower powder
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pressure also works the comp so sometimes
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powder while the other has ten
grains of slower burning powder, the
eight-grain load is running more pressure
to get the same effect out of the
comp. it gets complicated because
there is no hard and fast data on what
works a comp the best. You must base
your decisions on what "feels" best to
you and what produces the best scores
for you. Your buddy may pick up the
same gun and have a totally different
opinion. In all cases, be very careful in
working up a load. Loads for .38 Super
and especially 9mm major are, at
best, on the high side pressure-wise. At
worst, they can be downright dangerous.
Higher-pressure loads will wear
your gun out quicker than lower pressure
loads so also take that into consideration
when you are evaluating
what works best for you. I prefer
lower pressure loads with lots of gas
volume to work the comp - that means
large amounts of slow powders.
When determining a load, you also
need to consider the configuration of
your compensation system. Do you
have ports in the barrel? If so, how
many and what diameter? How many
ports are in your compensator? How
long are the ports in your compensator?
What is the total length of your
compensator? How long is your barrel?
How far from the muzzle are your
ports in the barrel? The answers to
these questions will determine how
much gas you need to work your comp
and/or barrel ports. You want just
enough gas/pressure to work the
comp/ports and have very little left
over to exit the end of the comp. Any
excess gas that exits out the front will
produce recoil.
After you have worked up a few test
loads, evaluate them to see what shoots
best in your pistol. Be careful here for
false results. Sometimes the flattest
load might not be the best. There are
trade-offs - a flatter gun usually hits
your hand harder. Hitting your hand
harder can lead to pulling shots left and
right if your grip is not set and you are
not lined up solidly behind the gun.
You can test your loads to see if you
have excess powder creating excess gas
that your comp is not using by firing
into a blank target at a range of one to
two inches (yes, one to two inches) and
check the blast pattern. What you are
looking for are nice crisp bullet holes
with a very minimal blast pattern.
Don't get too wrapped up in this test -
a little bit of gas going out the front is
not going to cause any problems. In the
picture, the shot on the left is from a
Limited gun with 5 grains of powder
and the one on the right is from an
Open gun with 9 grains of powder.
have circled the blast pattern on the left
shot so you can see it more easily. The
blast from the Limited gun was enough
to rip the target. This is quite an effective
reduction in the amount of gas,
even though the Open load had almost
twice the powder charge. The load in
the Open gun has been tuned for that
specific compensator and amount of
porting. If you wind up with two or
inore loads that all seem equivalent, I
would go with the one with the least
pressure.
Once you have your load you can
start testing springs. Your primary goal
is reliability, followed by what feels the
best. If you have a couple of equivalent
loads, test them both with different
springs.
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Once you have picked out two or
three powders and decided what bullet
to use (most people in Open are using
something between 115 and 125
grains), you are ready to work up some
loads. In order to compare loads, you
must make them all to the same power
factor. Use a chronograph to test your
loads for velocity. Look for pressure
signs and stick with loads that do not
show pressure - it will be easier on
your gun.
Once you have dialed in your load,
make up plenty of ammo and go out
and practice until the gun does the
same thing every time you pull the
trigger. You'll find that when you're
getting the most out of your compensator,
you'll be shooting a reliable load
that not only feels good but also minimizes
wear and tear on your gun.
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COOPER'S
CRUCIBILE continued from page 57.
points: Cooper himself, the Southwest
Pistol League, various section coordinators,
and a fledgling organization
calling itself USPSA, led by Da), e
Arnold.
USPSA published their own
newsletter (the Competitor) as did the
IPSC-USA group, led by Jake Jatras after
Cooper stormed out of a general
membership meeting. IPSC-USA's
Combat Aooting Report would eventually
evolve disappear and reappear as
Front Sight magazine under the Stanfords,
with Michael Bane as its first editor
— frustrating Cameron Hopkins
at The American Handgunner's efforts
to become the official magazine of
USPSA.
About the only thing people agreed
on was the supremacy of the .45 — at
least until the Devel Super-Gammon in
in .38 Super came along.
"The hot set-up back then was
Smith & Wesson K38 sights on top of
the Government Model," says Neill.
"Of course, with Swenson ambidextrous
thumb safeties and Barsto barrels.
Photo from the Nyle Leathern collection.
Ray Chapman and Jeff Cooper, circa 1976.
Note Chaprnan's low-slung, deeply dropped
race holster, rigged on a second belt.
There's no "concealed carry" here.
Photo courtesy of the American Handgunner.
An early photo of "Robbie" Leathern, long
before people started referring to Rob
Leatham as "the great one."
The K38 sights, though small, were
a huge improvement over the tiny, indistinct
sights that came on the 1911.
The S&W sights were stronger than
the adjustable sights found on a Colt
Gold Cup, and were readily
available • This, and the Swenson
safety were the beginning of
IPSC's transformation of the
1911. Although done for game
purposes, the changes greatly
improved the reliability, usability,
and accuracy of America's favorite
service pistol.
Although much has been made
of the martial arts mindset supposedly
employed by the early
game-players, it's hard to look at
the open-fronted, cutaway Milt
Sparks 120 tie-down rig and say
the vvord "tactical" with a
straight face.
In fact, one of the Columbia
Conference's first acts was to
outlaw the tie-down rig. Hidden
tie-downs could be used (an idea
soon scrapped) but the idea was
to separate "practical pistol-
craft" from the image of "Western
movies." From there holsters
moved up onto the belt, and
some went crossdraw, but "tactical"
practicality had a lot less to
do with it than "start position"
according to current USPSA
president Michael Voigt.
"We used to start with your
hands folded across your chest,"
says Voigt. "From there, a crossdraw
works great, you just drop
your hand and you're there."
Voigt says Tom Carpenter briefly
fielded a modified shoulder holster
that held the gun in the center
of his chest, specifically to
take advantage of those "hands
on your chest" start postions.
When he did that at a nationals,
the start position immediately
changed again, this time to
"hands at sides."
To my surprise Stanford told me
that "Comstock" scoring didn't come
around until approximately 1979 (supplanting
the "African Count"). "Virginia
Count" would appear at the nationals
(introduced at the nationals in
Virginia) in 1980 and 1981. Even the
target was, er, moving.
The "Option" and "Item" targets in
the 1978 rulebook would each change,
the Option becoming the "Milpark" in
time for the 1981 nationals, before
again changing to the ''boxed option" in
1983 (when the Item grew a non-scoring
border). Both were scrapped in favor
of the "Florida 8" in 1986, which
was itself scrapped in favor of the
wide-bordered "IPSC Paper Target" in
1988 which closely resembles the
"Classic'' target of today, but differs
from the 1988 target in the angle of the
shoulders and width of the non-scoring
boundary.
"One of the early rules fiascos was
the Cooper tunnel. Cooper had a scoring
system that put hits first. One miss,
and you were behind anybody that had
all their hits," says Stanford.
SeptemberOctober 2006 • FRONT SIGHT 63

When 45's Ruled
BY GUY NEILL
. - - - .
m y first custom pistol,
built by Gene Shuey in
1978, offers a glimpse
into the technological
"edge" of the post-Columbia-Conference
boom. In those days, Colt Go\ -
ernment models ruled the roost, but
no man dared shoot one stock. The
sights were too small, reliability too
iffy. The thing to do vvas to ship the
gun off to get it worked on by the likes
of Armand Swensen or Bill Wilson.
(USPSA offered lists of suggested corrections.)
While this gun is a Gene
Shuey, Shuey was a friend and collaborator
with Swensen's at the time the
pistol was made.
The squared trigger guard was
something of a trademark for Armand
Swenson. A Swenson gun was siinply
not "right- unless the trigger guard
was squared. (The first trigger guard
ever squared by Armand was on
Gene's gun, and Gene was there holding
the torch!) In those days the weak
hand index finger was placed on the
trigger guard, in a style later mimicked
in the popular 1980s TV show "Miami
Vice." In theory you were getting your
hands as high as possible on the gun so
that the recoil was directed more
straight back, reducing muzzle flip. 1
still shoot with my weak hand index
finger on the trigger guard. Rotating
my wrist so that all the fingers are below
the trigger guard, as is currently
taught, just isn't comfortable.
The ambidextrous
safety (another Armand
Swenson original) bespoke
a knowledgeable
shooter, with gun handling
savvy. Weak-hand
shooting played a larger
part in practical pistol
shooting back then, including
weak-hand
draws and weak-handonly
reloads.
Accuracy was a
problem in those early
Colts, and the factory
barrels often would not feed the lead
wadcutters that so many of US used in
competition. To fix that, you could
have the chamber throated and polished,
and the hood and lugs welded
up so it could be re-fit (as was common
with the bullseye guns of the period),
or you could buy a new barrel. Since
it was much easier to fit a new barrel
instead of welding and fitting the old
one, Bar-Sto did (and still does) a
booming business in barrels. My gun,
as pictured, has a Bar-Sto barrel
throated to accept semi-wadcutters.
The standard bullet of the day was
the Hensley and Gibbs No. 68. This
semi-vvadcutter, as 1 understand it, was
designed to duplicate the feeding contact
points of the military
230gr ball bullet.
There were various
copies of the
H&G 68, but most
changed the tip diameter,
thereby changing
the contact points
during feeding.
Other designs, such
as the Lyman 452460
had a much shorter
nose, but had a
proven history with
the bullseye shooters.
SEM K38 sights, left, early Bo- Once you had the
Mars on a 1980 vintage Wilson gun working, you
130, right.
Gene Shuey custom, circa 1978,
top. Bill Wilson "130," circa
1980, at left.
needed proper sights. A Smith &
Wesson K38 revolver sight was
ideal, until Bo-Mar's adjustable
sight supplanted it in about 1980.
The gun pictured was never completely
finished. The welding to reform
the trigger guard had some pitting
that we intended to have corrected,
and the front strap was to be
checkered, bur we simply never got
around to it. Gene reblued the slide
several years back as part of a video he
did on blueing, so it looks good when
compared to the frame.
Other aspects of the gun include
opening up the ejection port (porting),
and a trigger job. Gene was not yet a
full time gunsmith in 1978. The work
was accomplished evenings at his
house, as time permitted. Gene was a
busy man, and this gun was supplanted
by a Wilson 130 purchased in about
1980.
The principal difference between
the Shuey gun and the Wilson was the
use of a Bo-mar sight in place of the
K38 sight, and the Wilson gun was
"finished," having a checkered
frontstrap and a Metalloy hard
chrome finish on the frame beneath a
blued slide.
Today, Wilson does not build race
guns (save for 1DPA), but has a thriving
business building first class guns
for carry and self-defense. Gene operates
a custom gunsmithing operation
in Carson City, Nevada.
64 FRONT SIGHT • September/October 2006

COOPER'S
CRUCIBLE continued from page 63.
"The Cooper assault was Jeffs baby.
Ir had an eight-foot square wall. You
shot two rounds in each target on either
side of wall, then went over the
wall (after a hot reholster), and shot
two more targets on the front side of a
Cooper tunnel. From there you went
under a two-foot-high Cooper tunnel.
(Hot reholster again - editors.) You got
a 10-second penalty for each slat on
the tunnel you knocked down. When
you caine out, you drew weak hand,
and through a window you engaged
two more targets and hit a stop plate
weak-hand-only."
Remember, at these events "drawing
weak hand" means just that. Righthanders
were not allowed to draw with
the right and transfer to the left hand.
Weak-hand shooting simulated having
your strong hand damaged in a gunfight,
so all contact with the gun, including
reloads, had to be done strictly
with the left hand. Cross-draw holsters
were very popular as a result, since
.
drawing a gun with
the weak hand is
much easier, and
frequently safer than a strong-side
setup.
"This was Jake Jatras' first nationals,"
continued Stanford. ''One of their
guys did all the shooting, walked
straight through the slats, finished the
course, and came in ahead of 50 percent
of the shooters by not dropping
any hits.''
As Estes, Hackathorn, Stanford,
Bill Wilson, and many others launched
local clubs, and those clubs begat other
clubs, "IPSC'' began to garner visibility
in the popular gun press. No one had
ever done this kind of shooting on such
a scale, much less inserted this kind of
movement and physical demands.
While exciting, and generally newsworthy,
one can't say that IPSC was
fashionable. The idea that civilians
would eneAge in "combat style" shoot-
The (holster) tests include a 360° backward roll
on the ground, a standing jump over a 16" barrier,
and a 180° spring jump.
— From the Columbia Conference official minutes, May 19 76
ing was heresy to the competition
shooting establishment of the day. Associating
with this crowd carried a
stigma comparable to being a member
of the survivalist and/or militia movements.
The popular reaction to IPSC
was so bad, law enforcement would actually
infiltrate clubs to spy on them —
until they realized these shooters were
not armed revolutionaries.
IPSC's early association with Soldier
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"militia" stereotype. Rules against the
wearing of camouflage clothing went
on the books, and remain with us to
this day (rule 5.3.1, appropriate dress.
'The use of carnouflage or other similar
military. . .garments is discouraged.").
Gaining acceptance by the NRA
and its thousands of mainstreana target
shooters would take time. In 1975,
shooting more than five rounds in a
minute was generally considered
"rapid fire" and not allowed on many
public ranges. Shooting one round per
second will still get you thrown off of
many public ranges to this day. The
idea that anyone, particularly "untrained
civilians,'' should draw from
holsters and shoot at human-like silhouettes
at high speed was horrifying
to the NRA establishment.
To carry a concealed weapon was
all right with the NRA, but to teach
anyone to actually use such a gun in a
practical way was dangerous, and
morally suspect in their view. In the
popular
press, the idea of
advantage over conventional shooting...
carrying a gun
— From the Columbia Conference official minutes, May 1976
with the hammer
cocked was racy,
well you'd beveled out with a rat-tail
and widely viewed as unsafe. With file, that was a race gun."
practical shooters drawing cocked pistols,
firing multiple rounds per second,
then dashing around the range with
loaded guns, they were way outside
what the books said was ''safe." For that
and other reasons, participating in
early IPSC events tended to make
shooters into social pariahs.
gun If practical shooting is not truly practical it has no
"Jeff and myself, and Jim Cirrillo
(of the NYPD stakeout squad). . . went
to the Salt Lake city NRA show, to have
a meeting with the board," says
Hackathorn. "Talk about feeling like
whores in church! They blew us off,
saying 'this is crazy!'
"After that, John Bianchi got involved.
The Bianchi Cup was John
Bianchi's attempt to make IPSC easier
to swallow. It was politically-correct
IPSC. The first Bianchi Cup was what,
1979? Back then a 5-inch 1911 with
sights and a speed safety, plus a mag
Today NSSF is vvorking in concert
with USPSA to fund a series of ladiesonly
shooting camps that focus on
practical shooting — including drawing
from holster, speed reloading, and
rapid, accurate fire. NRA President
Sandy Froman recently attended one
such camp. The NRA training division
is working on a long-awaited course titled
"personal protection outside the
home'' aimed squarely at the concealed
carry market.
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fragile designs in their wake. Garage
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As the brute amount of shooting experience
and skill behind the average
"practical shooter" grew by leaps and
bounds, IPSC changed the nature of
the handgun market.
Sudden I y I PSC-savvy shooters
were testing powders, bullets, reloading
rnachines, and any product that
might help their game. Every weekend
they were telling all their friends how
those products fared, and comparing
notes. Deficiencies (such as the famous
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Novv, if a pistol instructor advocated a
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Looking To
The Source
Selections From
The Official
Minutes of the
Columbia
Conference, May
1976
Jeff Cooper's ornamental language and
global viewpoint made reading the original
minutes a joy for the editors here at
Front Sight. What follozvs are some of
the more colorful portions. We encourage
you to read the complete document,
available on the USPSA website
at www.uspsa.orgldocument _library
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of the Columbia Conference
was to bring together people
who represent the viewpoint of the
practical shooter in all parts of the free
world, so that some sort of organization
and direction could be given to the
sport of practical pistol shooting. The
previously established organizations
which support shooting competition
have not shown interest in marksmanship
which can be called practical. International
target shooting, such as organized
by the I.S.U. and the N.R.A.,
has become an uninteresting exercise
for the person who wishes to use his
pistol in a serviceable manner. Organized
target shooting, as now recognized
both in civilian and police circles
throughout the world, has failed to satisfy
the needs of those persons who
wish to use a handgun in a serious manner.
On the other hand, there are enthusiastic
shooters everywhere who
wish to perfect their skills with the
sidearm and who wish to compete
against each other with weapons which
make sense to them in a manner which
seems realistic. Such people cannot
find satisfaction in competition as it is
currently organized, and therefore,
wish to form their own organization.
Practical pistol competition started
In southern California in the late 50's,
and has now spread as far as Australia,
Central America, Europe, and Southern
Africa. We feel that it is time that
we organized ourselves into a practical
competition program. This was the
purpose, of the Columbia International
Combat Pistol Conference.
Plans for the Columbia Conference
were laid in the summer of 1975. All
interested groups that we knew of were
contacted and invited to attend. Membership
was held to 40, for reasons of
manageability. By April of 1976 - subscription
was filled. We realize that not
everyone came who should have, and
we also realize that some came who
should not. However, we did gather a
strong representation from all interested
parties throughout the free world
and we felt justified in taking steps to
begin our organization, remembering
that the interested parties could vary,
change, increase or decrease with the
coming years. We do not assure overweening
authority in this matter, and
are willing to take advice from competent
people. However, we did make a
beginning and we hope that people
who are genuinely interested in a sport
will take it from here.
While the general objectives to
which the conference were to be directed
were apparent to all in attendance,
the chairman presented, in the
opening session, the nature of the two
major questions which confront practical
shooting. These are: first, the problem
of power factoring in practical
shooting: and second, the problem of a
practical holster. No existing shooting
sports organization addresses itself to
these problems because they are not
part of the structure of conventional
shooting. Practical shooting insists
upon power and practical shooting
also conducts all, or nearly all, of it firing
strings from the holster. The practical
shooter starts with his hands free
of his equipment and draws when the
signal is given. Problems arise when
contestants seek to use weapons of inadequate
power, and when contestants
use holsters which are suitable only for
competition and not for daily wear. it
is up to the organization to determine
a system for rewarding the weight of
the blow struck by the contestant's
weapon, and also to establish some sort
of guideline for the use of holsters
which are truly practical and not simply
rule-beating devices. The chairmen
outlined these two problems to the
delegates and suggested that they give
them their most serious thought during
the forthcoming conference. No decision
was called for at the moment.
The conference then directed itself
to the current state of practical pistolcraft.
The need for armed defense of
the individual is increasing, rather than
decreasing, throughout the world.
Practical shooters may. offer a very
valuable aid to the public in perfecting
systems useful to police, military, and
private citizens in the defense of their
lives anci property. Various rnembers
pointed out that we can do society an
important service by developing
proper systems for personal defense.
This discussion was followed by the
agreement that the sporting aspect of
practical shooting must be heavily emphasized.
In many. parts of the world
any suggestion that a sidearm is to be
used as a weapon causes resistance,
whereas international sporting competition
is more readily accepted.
These rwo views were synthesized
in the position that practical pistol craft
can be both things at once, simultaneously
a means of saving lives in an increasingly
turbulent world; and an exciting,
demanding, exhilarating, and
ornamental sport.
BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR
COMBAT (PRACTICAL PISTOL)
COURSE DESIGN
I. Safety must not be prejudiced.
2. Scoring must encourage use of the
big bore combat pistol, through
calibre bonus.
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3. All courses should be either score
divided by time, or have a time
limit.
4. A 10" group within the vee in 4
seconds is preferable to a 2" group
in the vee in 6 seconds.
5. No restriction must be put on
loading of the weapon, except
that:
6. Extension magazines are allowed
on the reload only.
7. Enforced reloads are permissible
but bear in mind that the reason
behind this is to provide practice
of forced reloading under stress,
and nor to restrict firepower.
8. Impractical situations such as enforced
firing until weapon is
empty, etc., must be avoided.
9. No contest must be restricted ro
any one type of handguns, all rnust
compete together with no special
time advantage toward any rype.
10. Courses so set out as to favor any
one type, e.g., Hi-Power, revolver,
etc., must be avoided.
11. No restriction must be put on
shooting stance, position, or technique.
However, situations simulating
shooting through windows,
beneath or around obstacles, from
cars, etc., are permissible provided
they are practical.
12. Concealed or partially concealed
targets simulating assailants
firing from cover are permissible,
however, if contestant's fire penetrates
cover and hits target, such
hits may be scored.
13. Hostages, where used, should be
quickly identifiable.
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15. Standard silhouettes should be
used, or targets with similar configuration.
16. Holstering during movement
should be encouraged.
17. A target should not be re-engaged,
and multiple hits on any
one target should be avoided, to
encourage good technique and enhance
practicality.
18. Try to devise practical courses
which will give contestants the
benefit of practice upon realistic
situations.
19. Present the shooter with a problem
and let him approach it with
his own normal equipment.
20. Remember that we are trying to
promote speed, power, and accuracy.
To quote Cooper - "Speed
without accuracy is useless, as is
accuracy without speed, and both
together may not suffice without
power.''
CONCLUSION
The Columbia international Combat
Pistol Conference stands as a landmark
in the development of organized
competition with the sidearm. We did
not accomplish everything that we set
out to do, and we did not do everything
right, but we made a strong start.
If each of us now does his best to insure
the success of the world organization
so that it may become a truly operative
body, he can say that he has done something
useful and unique in the history
of both shooting and shooting sports.
Probably the most outstanding feature
of the Columbia Conference was
the expression of universal good will
and brotherhood amongst competitors
that was demonstrated by people from
such diverse backgrounds as Japan and
Great Britain.
It is now the function of all members
of the conference to promote the
SUCCeSS of the International Practical
Shooting Confederation. By doing so
we can eventually construct an international
sporting activity which will
both respond to the needs of sportsrnen
and further the knowledge and
understanding of practical pistolcraft.
As the temporary president of the
confederation I thank you all for your
cooperation and participation in this
enterprise. I call upon each of you to
do his best to carry into completion the
excellent plans that we made together
at this time. I solemnly promise to do
my very best to administer the organization
in its infant stages, and I hope to
be able to pass on to my successor an
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Classical vs.
Modern IPSC
I
BY RON AVER),
would like to thank those who
took the time to give me feedback
on the article I wrote for the
March/April issue. I would also
like to thank all the selfless individuals
who help design, orchestrate and run
the many matches that go on around
the country as well as the sponsors for
those events. Without you, IPSC cannot
continue and you have my heartfelt
gratitude.
The essence of my point of view
boils down to three areas of concern:
Intent, mission statement, and the
principles of IPSC. I am not trying to
"bash" the sport. It is my intent to
question what the intent, the mission
statement and the principles of IPSC
are in 2006 and beyond.
In other words, what is our identity?
No doubt there are those who want
to write about the efficacy of using
Texas Stars as a practical means of developing
target acquisition and timing
skills, and the relevance to defensive
shooting. No argument from me. I
happen to like them. Ditto for
clamshells, swingers and movers. That
isn't the essence of the debate.
I am asking more fundamental
questions. What is 1PSC as practiced in
the United States? Is it or is it not about
defensive shooting skills in defensive
situations? How would you differentiate
it from IDPA, action shooting, steel
challenge and other similar events? I
am not asking about equipment, guns
used, rules etc. I am asking about the
philosophies of IPSC/USPSA.
The next two questions narrow
down the focus of the debate.
What is the mission statement
of IPSC and USPSA?
What can you say as an organization
in one paragraph to define the
mission and intent of IPSC/USPSA? Re-
member you have to cater to a diverse
group of people with different interests.
What are you going to say in that
mission statement to attract that market
share of the population that bought
defensive handguns and want to find
some way to practice with them? What
would make them want to come to you
and not just go shoot IDPA? What
other markets are there that we might
attract to our membership?
Here is the current mission statement
for USPSA as stated on the
USPSA website.
"Our mission is to promote safe, fair
and fun participation in Practical
Shooting competition, for members
of all ages and skill levels,
through effective leadership, education,
communication and administration."
What are the principles of
IPSC?
I am not referring to the principles
of course design when I ask this question.
I am asking about the very nature
of IPSC. How many people know the
founding principles that JPSC is based
on?
Here is a reprint of the original
principles of IPSC as written in the rule
book around 1990. Bold print items
were actually written that way in the
rule book. Italics are mine.
They are also to be found under the
IPSC Constitution, Article 3, of the
World IPSC organization.
Principles of Practical Shooting (1990
- 1995)
1. Practical competition is open to
all reputable persons without regard
to occupation; it may specifically
not be limited to public servants.
2. Accuracy, power and speed are
the equivalent elements of practical
shooting and practical competition
must be conducted in such a
way as to evaluate these elements
equally.
3. Firearms types are not separated,
all compete together without
handicap. This does not apply to
the power of the firearms as power
is an element to be recognized and
rewarded.
4. Practical competition is a test of
expertise in the use of practical
firearms and equipment. Any item
of equipment, or modification to
equipment, which sacrifices practical
functionality for a competitive
advantage contravenes the principles
of the sport.
S. Practical competition is conducted
using practical targets,
which reflect the general size and
shape of such objects as the
firearms may reasonably be called
upon to hit in their prirnary intended
use.
6. The challenge presented in practical
competition must be realistic.
Courses of fire must follow a practical
rationale and simulate sensible
hypothetical situations in
which firearms might reasonably
be used.
7. Practical competition is diverse.
Within the limits of realism, problems
are constantly changed, never
permitting unrealistic specialization
of either technique or equipment.
Courses of fire may be repeated,
but no course may be repeated
enough to allow its use as a
definitive measure of practical
shooting skill.
8. Practical competition is freestyle.
In essence, the competitive problem
is posed in general and the
participant is permitted the freedom
to solve it in the manner he
considers best within the limitations
of the competitive situation
as provided.
The 2004 rule book (page 4) states
that the word "practical" was substituted
for the word "combat" in the title
"International Practical Shooting
September/October 2006 • FRONT SIGHT 71

Confederation" in deference to public
opinion. If you substitute the word
"combat" in place of "practical" in
these original principles you will get a
sense of the original founders' intent.
General Principles and Rules of
Course Design (1990):
Rule 2.00 Quality - The value of
practical competition is determined
by the quality of the challenge
and the visible relevance of
course design to hypothetical situations
requiring the use of a
firearm.
Rule 2.01 Practicality - To ensure retention
of relative practicality and
thereby the standards of competition,
designers wishing to receive
Confederation sanction for
courses of fire will primarily comply
with the Principles of Practical
Shooting.
Rule 2.05 Realism - The practical
challenge must be realistic.
Courses of fire should always follow
a practical rationale and simulate
hypothetical situations in
which firearms might be used.
These original principles and rules
were the guiding concepts that defined
the sport. These principles are akin to
the United States Constitution. Like
the rudder on a ship, they helped to
steer the sport in a direction in keeping
with the principles. The rules simply
define the boundaries while theoretically
maintaining the integrity- of the
principles.
The principles and certain key sections
pertaining to course design,
specifically practicality and realism,
disappeared in the 2001 edition of the
rule book. By omitting these key principles
and rules, a situation was created
where members prior to the date of
deletion are operating with one set of
beliefs, principles and concepts as to
what the sport is about and members
after that date are operating from a different
frame of reference.
IPSC was about defensive shooting
with guns and equipment that could be
worn and used on the street in hypothetical
defensive situations. It was designed
for real world applications, not
just entertainment. That was the original
intent.
In the current rule book, there is no
mention of realism. Yet the very intent
of IPSC dealt with realistic situations in
which a firearm could be used, i.e. defensive
situations. Classic shooting
drills such as El Presidente, Tactical
Presidente, the Dozier drill and many
others were clearly constructed around
defensive shooting situations.
Through omission of the principles
in the US rulebook, the gap between
the World 1PSC organization and
USPSA has been steadily growing in
terms of the original intent of IPSC.
(Editors' Note: IPSC eliminated the
original principles. USPSA later
adopted the IPSC rules — without the
original principles — in an effort to
streamline the rules bodies used by the
two organizations.)
Another disturbing trend which
contributed to the "bubblegum" discussion
is the lowering of the difficulty
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tional and area level. Now we have lots
of squirt-fest stages with one trigger
speed — flat out. Targets are moved a
lot closer; targets beyond 25 yards are
rare; really tight shots are not nearly as
common; weak hand shooting is rare;
six inch plates have largely disappeared;
50-yard standards are gone;
prone shooting has vanished, as have
"Cooper tunnels" and other skill
builders.
For local matches, this is fine. On
the world level, the dominance of US
shooters will be challenged because of
the reduction of difficulty of courses of
fire on a national level. This is not a
topic I will dwell on in this discussion.
The big draw of IPSC style shooting
for most people, especially law enforcement
and those who have purchased
firearms for defensive purposes,
is still the practice of self defense shooting
skills in hypothetical defensive
shooting situations with firearms they
would carry on the street. In spealcing
with representatives of USPSA earlier
this year, I gathered that they would
like to attract more law enforcement
and CCW carriers to the sport. If that
is the desired outcome then perhaps
acting upon that idea might be in order.
This translates into stages that do relate
to real life situations on a more frequent
basis.
If the intent is all-around shooting
skill development, then increase the
difficulty factor at area and national
matches. Put back standard exercises,
weak hand, prone, head shots at 20
yards, etc. Put in more accuracy instead
of blazing speed. Balance, balance, balance.
Additionally, without a clear mission
statement and guiding principles
as to the intent of the sport; stages,
rules, equipment and divisions are created
that send mixed messages. Is it
about self-defense shooting with
firearms in hypothetical defensive situations,
or is it simply the development
of all-around skill with firearms? With
a new mission statement and guiding
principles as to the intent of the sport,
we can position ourselves as an organization
with a distinct purpose and we
can differentiate IPSC/USPSA from
other organizations.
I firmly believe that IPSC offers the
greatest opportunity to build allaround
shooting skills than any other
sport. But in order to send that message,
we need to clarify what we are all
about up front; i.e. a clear mission
statement and principles of intent so
that people don't come in with one expectation
and then see something else.
I found the following definition of
the word "practical" in Webster's dictionary.
Practical - "designed for everyday
use." So what are the everyday uses
for a handgun? We have self-defense,
competitive shooting, hunting,
plinking, etc.
I would suggest a new mission statement
that goes something like this.
New Mission Statement
"USPSA is an organization dedicated
to promoting all-around shooting
skills and firearms safery for members
of all ages and skill levels by
conducting competitions and educational
programs geared towards
the safe, practical use of firearms."
Next, put in the broader definition
of "Practical."
Practical - designed for everyday
use: for hunting, self-defense,
sport, etc.
Then define what is practical by
having core principles. These define
the nature of the competitions, not the
principles of course design.
Example of a new core
principle:
IPSC courses of fire are, by design,
a test of the shooter's overall skill with
firearms and not necessarily limited to
defensive shooting skills or situations.
This speaks to intent. Now you
have positioned USPSA/IPSC in the
marketplace, not by omission but by
substitution with a new principle. This
is a better strategy for change. Now
throw in all your Texas Stars, floppers,
droppers, windmills, movers, etc. and
stick them anyplace you want.
Now you have the freedom, by mission
statement, principle and intent, to
develop courses of fire with or without
a defensive theme. The intent should be
stated as part of the course description
so the shooter understands the spirit of
the stage, then there is very little to debate.
You can make new targets that
don't need to be humanoid. You can
have matches with different themes to
appeal to a broader range of firearms
owners. You have much broader market
appeal and you clearly differentiate
the organization from other organizations.
There will be less confusion and
bias towards the sport because your
competitions will be in alignment with
your mission statement and principles.
If the U.S. organization would like
to concentrate on all-around shooting
skills then I suggest creating alternative
paper targets in addition to the humanoid
target. Personally, I don't like
the Classic target because it doesn't stay
on in heavy winds. It also frees us to use
different steel targets, equipment and
guns. It would make us more marketable
in terms of press and television
coverage and would stop a lot of the
bad press that IPSC gets in terms of tactical
relevance.
I would accept this new definition
of the word "practical," although I tend
to align myself with the original principles.
I would support a change of direction
IF the majority of the Board of
Directors chose a new mandate.
In my opinion, this matter should
be considered by the leadership of IPSC
and USPSA as well as the entire membership
of USPSA/IPSC by voting. We
need to define the overall intent of the
organization and have a new mission
statement and principles to guide us
into the future.
And then, the final questions: What
does IPSC/USPSA stand to gain or lose
depending on the direction we choose?
What is the best choice for IPSC/USPSA
as an organization?
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distinguishable from the scoring targets,
that is why a big X is drawn
through them, or the IPSC Metric or
Classic target is turned around and the
white side shown.
Confusing Holster Language
Here is the text of rule 5.2.6
5.2.6 IPSC Handgun matches will
not require the use of a particular type
or brand of holster. However, the
Range Master may deem that a competitor's
holster is unsafe and order
that it be improved to his satisfaction,
failing which it must be withdrawn
from the match.
And from the US Production Division
requirements we have:
Competition holsters of the race
gun rype specifically not allowed.
This seems to be a contradiction as
the US Production Division mandates
a type of holster that cannot be used
but 5.2.6 says we can't do that. Or
have I got this wrong?
I am not advocating a change to the
rules with regard to this issue. I just
think it indicates a contradiction that
may cause confusion. If a new shooter
to USPSA wanted to shoot Production
he can download the gun-list, if he has
questions about the type of holster
then he can do an online search of the
rule book which shows that there are
no restrictions on holster types and the
Production division statement that in-
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dicates a restriction on the type of holster.
When USPSA added its own holster
restrictions for this division they
probably did not notice the contradiction
in 5.2.6 or 5.2.6 could have
changed since USPSA added its division.
I don't know, all I know is that it
is confusing for a newbie.
ANSWER
5.2.6 has changed a little since the
2001 US edition, which at that time it
was 5.3.5, but the language to not require
the use of a particular type or
brand is still the same since the inception
of Production division back in
2003.
With the language we have in our
Production division, we are not requiring
you to use a specific type or
brand, we are telling you what you
cannot use. Much like 5.2.7.1
through 5.2.7.4.
The division criteria are posted in
the rule books on the web, they are
also sent to each and every new competitor,
our hope is that they will be
read and understood prior to purchasing
equipment. Even then, the rules
change, and should be kept up with by
the members.
In these days we have the fastest
means of communication ever seen in
sports officiating. I am at my computer
seven days a week, even on travel or
vacation, and I usually get back to
members within 24 hours with an answer.
Many folks email me rather than
look it up, but that is OK. That is why
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"Load And Make Ready" With
Someone Downrange, Who
Gets DO'ed?
At a recent club match I observed a
safety' issue which has been addressed
but a question remains. If a range officer
gives the command to load and
make ready and the shooter does so,
but it is then noticed that someone is
down range resetting or taping targets
and they are in full view, does the
shooter get disqualified? I would think
this falls under unsafe gun handling,
regardless of what a range officer may
say.
ANSWER
Rule 7. 1. I and 10.5.13 both say
it's on the RO. Why would the competitor
be DQ'd for following the direction
of the RO? lt is the RO's responsibility
to maintain safety on their
stage, giving the command to load and
make ready while someone is still
down range shows a lack of concern
on the RO's part for fulfilling his /her
duties. Of course there is nothing
wrong with the competitor pointing
out that someone is still down range
(should they notice them), and not
continuing to load and make ready until
the range is cleared.
Well, I guess that's all for this issue,
hope you all are have a great shooting
season and look forward to seeing you
on the range. In the meantime, remember
to shoot fast, shoot straight,
but most important, shoot safe.
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2006 Indiana Section Championships:
Our Greatest turnout ever!
T
STORY BY ARON BRIGHT A5/967
PHOTOS BY DAWD BALL TY43/69
he Indiana Section championship
took place during the
weekend of June 23-25 in
Harlan, Ind., near Fort
Wayne. The Fort Wayne Area Practical
Shooters (FWAPS) hosted the event at
their magnificent facility- nestled in the
countryside among many Arnish farms.
The range features three very large
level gravel bays, with two additional
bays that were more than adequate in
size. Walt Rosenquist, the Indiana Section
Coordinator, put the best possible
stages into the match that the range
would allow, and was quite successful.
One hundred seventy five shooters
pre-registered for the match — a
record number for the Hoosier state.
Indiana has hosted a section match
since at least 1996, but everyone
agreed this was the biggest and defi-
Tammy Kline leans into the target.
nitely one of the best. Walt and Mary
Rosenquist deserve a lot of credit for
their time and hard work.
The match was made up of seven
stages and shot in a haif-day format.
Competitors completed the entire
match during Saturday morning, Saturday'
afternoon or Sunday morning.
In lieu of a prize table, each shooter received
a t-shirt and a hat with their reg-
istration. The match
was set up to be nofrills,
providing a focus
on seven very
challenging stages,
each of them with
multiple options.
Three were 32-
round long courses
that featured moving
targets, three
were nine-round
speed shoots that
had plenty of steel
targets, and the last
was a 30-round field
Steve Marsden
course that sported a
bridge that shooters
traversed while engaging targets.
There were two pre-match concerns:
1) How could this match flow
well and not be plagued by backups?
2) Were seven stages enough? The
three speed shoots were all in the
same bay, keeping the shooter hot in
between so it was like a multiple string
27-round course of fire. Flow was
never a problem. Walt certainly
worked the bugs out of the half-day
format, and Range Master David Ball
swooped around like a bird of prey
and pounced on any and all problems
before they fully developed. A few
more quality stages certainly would
have been nice, however, a shooter
worth his or her salt is never satisfied
ith the round count or the number
of stages. For the facility it was the
perfect-sized match. The bays were all
close together and the shooters did
not have far to travel from bay to bay
or to the safe areas.
The slogan for this year's match
was "Shooting in the Corn," which
proved more than appropriate. The
164 shooters who showed up to shoot
were spread very evenly among the
USPSA divisions. In Open, 37 shooters
competed for the title. Jake DiVita won
the title over fellow GM Steve Marsden
with 96.9 percent. Indiana's GM
finished second Open at 96.9 percent.
Max Bedwell was finished ninth overall
at top super senior. Limited had a
field of 45 shooters making it the
largest division in the match. Matthew
Cheely finished as the champion, with
Jeff Gerak second at 84.15 percent.
Ralph Satelo took top honors in Limited
-10 besting a field of 33 shooters,
including Jake Martens at 94.65 percent.
Production included 30 shooters
with two Grand Masters: Bob Vogel
won the match over Petros Milionis
who compiled 95.08 percent of Bob's
score. Seven shooters chose to compete
in Revolver division where Steven
Lowe finished on top of the heap. Gary
Cuttitta and John Jawor finished right
on his heels with 99.85 percent and
99.28 percent respectively. The new
provisional Single Stack division saw a
full dozen competitors with Gary
Stevens finishing first. Mark Ratliff
managed 88.01 percent of Gary's
score.
The coolest and probably the
strangest event of the match was the fly
that David Crim shot during stage four.
The RO's were plagued by a swarm of
flies that covered the three paper targets
and caused confusion as to
whether or not the targets had been
pasted. After Dave's run, one of the
holes did not have the normal graygrease
mark, instead it had a red smear.
Range Master David Ball ruled that
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killing a fly was not prohibited by the
rule book, and while it was a marvelous
display of showmanship, it was not rewarded
with any bonus points. (In the
future it would be nice for Dave to hit
the fly a little lower and stick its wings
to the target.)
The loudest noise on the range was
not the Open guns, but the sigh of relief
when shooters walked up to stage
one and saw how tall the Cooper Tunnel
was. The overhead slats were 57
inches off the ground, making this version
of the Cooper Tunnel kinder and
gentler. Many shooters confessed that
they had been afraid of the tunnel and
how they would deal with it, but no
one expressed any regrets at its generous
height. (Jeff Cooper would probably
not approve of a tunnel designed
for truly big men, but he would take
pride in the amount of fear his invention
still generates.)
The match was fantastic from the
Enterprises, Inc,
shooter's perspective. The round
count was fairly high for seven stages;
each stage was a challenge and yet not
carnival in nature. Each stage included
multiple options and the shooters were
free to solve the problem in their own
way. Master Production shooter, Ken
Ja, was very pleased with the qualiry of
the stages and how smoothly the match
ran. "They were national level stages,
and this is the best match within driving
distance of Chicago where live,"
he said. Steve Moneypenny commented
online that he really liked the
RO doors on stage one because it kept
the RO out of your vision.
Perhaps one hang-up for this match
was the lack of an awards ceremony
and no posting of results at the range.
Most shooters did not seem to mind,
and the match director accepted corrections
via email until 8:00 p.m. Sunday
night before posting final results
on the USPSA website at 10:00p.m.
However, there is something to be said
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2. KY State Multi-Gun
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Lewisport, Ky., Sept. 1, 2006
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Contact: Earl Jull, ejull@hotmail.com
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for having an awards ceremony like
most other matches.
From an RO perspective, the shooters
were a great bunch with which to
work. Shooters displayed some impressive
feats of speed and accuracy
and blazed through stages so fast that
RO's had trouble keeping up. All of the
shooters were very polite and cooperative,
and it was a pleasure to be involved
in this match. All of the RO's
and the range master worked hard and
put on a first rate match and were successful.
As you begin planning next season's
shooting schedule, keep the Indiana
Section Match in mind. In the
Hoosier state, great matches that are
fun to shoot are commonplace, and the
Indiana Section Championship of
2006 was one of them.
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CALENDAR
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*I,' Lodge 59 Charity 3-Gun Match
Fayetteville, N.C. Police Department
Training Range Oct. 21-22, 2006
Contact: Lin Webb, Match Director,
(910)-423-8300 or Cell 910-678-3012
millcreekballistics@earthlink.net
http://www.swartout.com/FOP
7. Area 6 3-Gun
Championship
Anniston, Ala., Nov.3-5,2006
Contact: Mark Hearn, (256) 283-7382
wmhearnEkableone.net
www.uspsa6.org
8. Superstition Mountain Mystery
3-Gun
Phoenix, Ariz., March TBA, 2006,
Contact: Barbara Lamarca (480) 986-
2672, rlamarca@cox.net
76 FRONT SIGHT • SeptemberiOctober 2006

1. Area 5 Championship
Aug. 25, 2006, Holmen,
Wisconsin
Contact: Ronnie Casper (
715) 896.1965 ronnieql
casperracing.com
www.uspsa-area5.org
Level: 3
Point Series: Area Championship
2. TN Section Championship
Aug. 25-27, 2006, Memphis,
Tenn.
Contact: Bill Grewe (901)
369-0561
grewel4512@ gmail.com
Level: 2
3. Great Plains Sectional
Championship
Sept. 3, 2006 Omaha, Neb.,
Contact: Chris Davies (402)
332-5888
cddavies0 aol.com
www.engcinc.org
Level 2 - Pending
4. So Calif 1911/2011
Championships
Sept. 9, 2006 Chino, Calif.,
Contact: Robert Hostetter
(909) 881-9899
Mtrclassqbaol.com
Level: Unspecified
5. Minnesota Sectional
Sept. 8-9, 2006,
Contact: Douglas Benoit
(763) 208-9969, dbenoituspsa@
gmail.com or Lee
Wertheimer,
LWertheimer1963@
aol.com
http://mnuspsa.org/
Level 2 - Pending
6. USPSA Lim/Lim-10/Revolver
National Championship
Sept. 13-16, 2006 PASA
Park, Quincy, Ill.,
Contact: USPSA Office
(360) 855-2245
www.uspsa-nationals.org
Level: 3, National Champs
7. Long Island Championship
Sept. 17, 2006 Westhampton
Beach, NY
Contact: Joe Procopio (631)
563-2334 jlpro(y optoaline.com
Level: 2
8. Texas Limited
Sept. 23-24, 2006 Breckenridge,
Texas.
Contact: Artie or Jimmy
Mitchell (254) 559-1551
Level: 2
9. Missouri State Championship
Sept. 29-Oct 1, 2006, Rolla,
Mo.,
Contact: Michael Herman
pmherman@ earthlink.net
Level: 3 (pending)
Point Series: State Championship
(Pending)
10. W. Pennsylvania Sectional
Sept. 29-Oct 1, 2006, N.
Versailles, Pa.,
Contact: Steve Davidson
(724) 853-6773 sdavidson98@comcast.net
Level: 2
11. Oregon Glock Championship
Sept. 30, 2006, Albany, Ore.,
Contact: Mike McCarter
(503) 391.1712
nomikesOvhotmail.com
http:fiwww.nassonline.org/d
ocs/20060regon-
MAJOR-
GlockChampionship.doc
Level: recognized
MATCHES-
12. 2006 NC Sectional
Championship
Oct. 6-8, 2006, Creedmoor,
NC
Contact: Don Crafton (919)
847-9076 ncsection0 earthlink.net
or Glenn Scales
(919) 847-9076 stats(q.sirwaltergunclub.com
www.sirwaltergunclub.com
/match
Level: 3
Point Series: State/Sectional
pending
13. Ohio Section Championship
Oct. 6-8, 2006, Circleville,
Ohio
Contact: K. Farris (740)
548-0744,
ohiouspsa4aol.com
www.ohiouspsa.com
Level: 3
Point Series: State/Sectional
pending
14. Iowa Back-To-Back
1911/Rev
Oct. 7-8, 2006, Osceola,
Iowa
Contact: Brad Wade (515)
205-6581 bbdjwade(6 iowatelecom.net
http://www.ioweb.com/oops
Level: 2
15. USPSA Open/Production
National Championship
Oct. 11-14, 2006, Tulsa,
Okla.,
Contact: US PSA Office
(360) 855-2245
www.uspsa-nationals.org
Level: 3, National Champs
16. Bay Bridge Charity Clas-
sic
Oct. 21, 2006 Richmond,
Calif.
Contact: Pete Ahrens,
(510) 638-5225, prax@ nexialquest.com
www.tasc-ipsc.org/
Level: Unspecified
17. Illinois Sectional
Oct. 21, 2006 Quincy, Ill.
Contact: Ray Hirst
(217) 228-0428
rayhirst@ adams .net
www.pasapark.com
Level: 2
18. North Texas Section
Championship
Oct. 2006, Wichita Falls,
Texas
Contact: Michael Clark
(972) 743-6646 rgrshooter@
comcast.net
www.uspsatexassecnorth.or
g/2005_sec_champ.aspx
Level: 2
19. Area 2/Rio Salado Desert
Classic
Nov. 9-12, 2006, Phoenix,
Ariz.
Contact: Paul Caudill, (602)
989-1389, pcaudill0 cox.net
Contact: Barbara Lamarca
(480) 986-2672, rlamarca(y
cox.net
Level: 3
Point Series: Area Championship
20. South Florida Sectional/
Brian Haas Memorial Foundation
Charity Match
Nov. 2006, Naples, Fla.,
Contact: Erikka Thalheimer,
(239) 774-4912, (239) 261-
8422 erikka93930 aol .com
Level: Charity
September/October 2006 • FRONT SIGHT 77
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Name
Address
City & State
Work Phone
E-mail address
USPSA MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
Please print
Home Phone
Birthdate
I am appl3ring for the following type of membership. For renewals, note
membership number.
U.S. Associate Foreign
Annual $ 40 0 $25 H $50*
3-Year 0 $105 0 $75 Ll $135*
5-year 0 $175 0 $125 0 $225*
Life $500 N/A 0 $600*
Benefactor E $1000
*Foreign rate applies to members with foreign addresses only.
Note: Life and benefactor may be paid in four equal payments over a one- year time period,
Credentials issued on completion of payment schedule.
Visa Mastercard Exp. Date
Card #
According to the legal requirements of the United States, are you able to purchase and possess
fi rms? yes no
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
knowledge gained in
USPSA/IPSC practical shooting
only in lawful sporting activities
and self-defense, and that I will
conduct myself in such a manner
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 20
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• MATCH WEBSITE: www.universalshootingacademy.com
• Match Location: UNIVERSAL SHOOTING ACADEMY Frostproof, Florida
• Special rates in area hotels: Quality Inn, Econolodge, Super 8, Green Gables Inn, River
Ranch Resort, Days Inn, Highlands Park Village &Admiral Inn Best Western
• Limited to first 350 shooters
• Fee: $200.00 thru 1/10/2007; after 1/10/2007-$225.00 (No relunds alter 2/1/20071
• Trophies to match winner and lst thru 3rd place in GM-D iLimited. Open, High lady,
Law, Senior, Junior, Revolver, Military, International, Super Senior, Production, L-10,SS.
• Competitors vvill tour prize table in order of finish
• Every effort will be made to assure that everyone wins a prize.
• Shootoff Sunday after the match, sign-up at registration - FEE $25.00. Cash Payback
• Range Officers Needed. Please contact Barb at e-mail: spankyfl@bellsouth.net
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Shooting Format: One or tvo day match. Friday Shooters shoot ell 10 stages nn Friday. Pick your preferred schedule.
Friday Sat. / Sun. E - mail:
We will ho4d an IntermoriateAdvanced course Feh. 19 - 21, Course wiil be 'rimed to eight 18) students. Contact Us.
Attn: Frank Garcia
(863) 635-3425 Fax: (863) 635-5277
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Mailing address:
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78 FRONT SIGHT • Se ptembellOctober 2006

USPSA 1
411IV Area
The 2006 Area Championship was held
on June 1..1-18 this year. We had 31b
shooters including some of the best
competitors in the world. We gave away
over $105, 000.00 in cash and prizes to
our shooters. This was thanks to the
incredibly- generous sponsors listed
below.
2006 Area Championship
Sherwood, Oregon June 14-18,2oo6
Thank you to our sponsors.1
Match Sponsors
Blackwater Targets
Electronic Shooters
Protection
Gerber
Howard Leight
I-Shot Inc.
Nighthawk Custom
Oakley
Schuemann Barrel
Smith & Wesson
Springfield Armory
Staff Match
Sponsors
Front Sight
Heckler L4 Koch
Unique-Tek
Division Sponsors
Action Target
Armscor
Beretta
Blackhawk
Bob Marvel
Custom Guns
Briley
DPMS
Limbsaver
M2I Custom
Tactical
Montana Gold
Bullet
POF-USA
SKB Cases
SPA Shooter's
Depot
Speed
Shooters
Stage Sponsors
Alumagrips
Arredondo
Accessories
Black Hills
Ammunition
Blade Tech
Blue Wonder
BrowneIls
C-More
Cavalry Arms
Competitive Edge
Dynamics
CZ-USA
EGW
Glock
Gram's Engineering
Insight's Training
Center
Kaltron-Pettibone
Kramer
Limcat
Major Nyne Guns
Mike Gibson
Manufacturing
Millenium Custom
Oakley
Precision Delta
Pro-Tech Co.
R and R Racing
Safariland
Sportsman's
Warehouse
STI
SureFire
TacPro Shooting
Center
Techwear USA
TruGrip USA
Western Powders
XS Sight Systems
Special Event
Sponsors
Action Motor
Sports
Advanced
Performance
Shooting
Atlanta Arms and
Ammo
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Accessories
First Light USA
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ISMI
LRI
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Novak's
Handgunner Outlet
Olympic Arms
Otis
Para-Ordnance
Pelican
Precision Bullets
Revision Military'
Rugged Gear
Sierra
Speer/ ATK
These are the companies that support us.
Please thank them by using their products and services.
Starlight Cases
Starline Brass
ST Action Pro
Tactical Solutions
Watershed
Wiley X
Match
contributors
Alco Target
Anderson Tactical
Bagmaster
Bar-Sto
Bianchi
Buck Knives
Bushmaster
Caspian
Choate
Beaverton Massage
Clinic
Decot Hy-Wyd
Desantis
Detonics USA
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Harris Bipods
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Distributors
Mag-Na Port
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Nosier
Original SWAT
Pepsi
Progressive Machine
and Tool
Redding; Reloading
Robar
Silencio
Shooting Chrony
Streamlight
TechPlate
Tyler Firearms
Instruction
VZ Grips
Warne Scope Mounts
Wilson Combat
Woodland Industries
W.Waller and Son
Zero Bullet Co.
September/October 2006 • FRONT SIGHT 79

Advertisers Index
2006 Area 1 Championships 79 Grams Engineering 52 Shooter's Connection
2006 Area 6 3-Gun 80 Hogue 43 Sigarms
2007 Florida Open 78 lnnova Products 11 Single Action Shooting Society
acc-u-rail.com 70 Integrated Systems Management Inc. .61 Speed Shooter Specialties
Action Target 11 JP Enterprises, Inc. 47 Speed Shooters
Advanced Performance Shooting 51 Kimber 45. Back Cover Springfield Armory
Alco Target 25 Kfieger Accu-Rail 4 SPS, Inc.
AmericanTactical.org 14 Masterblasters Bullets 23 Starline
Arntzen Steel Targets 57 Matt Burkett 48 Strayer Voigt
Black Dog Optic Mounts 13 Mike Gibson Manufacturing 68 Tactical Shooting Technology
Blade-Tech 38 Millennium Custom 50 Talon Publishing
Brazos Custom Gunworks 67 Millennium Custom 34 Target Barn
Brazos Custom Gunworks 19 MLE Shooting Sports / I-Shot 17 Target Taper
Caspian Arms 59 Montana Gold Bullets 16 Taylor Freelance, LLC
Center Of Mass Tactical 74 Para-Ordnance 33 Team Thunder
Clark Custom Guns 24 Precision Bullets 9 Techwear
Competitive Edge Dynamics 35 Precision Delta 22 Techwearusa.ocm
Competition Electronics IBC Redding Reloading Equipment 26 TK Custom
Dawson Precision 30 Rescomp 46 UniqueTek, Inc.
Decot Hy-Wyd 62 Rose Distribution 29 Universal Shooting Academy
Dillon Precision 58 Rugged Gear 28 Zero Ammunition
DPMS, INC . 20 Safariland 55
Electronic Shooters Protection 18 Safe Vision 21
Goettel PowerPoint Productions 39 Secure Firearm Products 12
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2006 USPSA Area 6 3-Gun Championship
Nov 3-5 at Moss Branch Shooting Range, Anniston, AL
9 Stages. Trophies, Prize Table. Details: wwwUSPSA -Area6 -3Gun.org
Limited to 90 shooters on Sat & Sun. Limited Fri slots
Questions: Contact Mark Hearn. Match Director - ( 256) 283-7382
nmhearn a cableone.net
Name:
USPSA#:
Address:
State: Zip: Phone:
Email:
(Circle all that apply)
Class: GM M A BCDU
Squad Request:
Category: Junior Senior Super Senior Lady
Aggregate Division: Open Tactical Limited Rifle: Major Minor Pistol: Major Minor
Area 6 Member: Yes No
Entry Fee SI 25 Juniors S60 RO's Free
Make checks payable to: 2006 USPSA Area 6 3 Gun
Send entries to: Mark Hearn
1215 Lawrence Dr
Anniston AL 36207
80 FRONT SIGHT • September/October 2006

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W Review directly or set par time directly with up/down buttons
W Set shot dead time to eliminate echoes
IP Digital shot sensitivity adjustment
W Random start delay minimum and maximums are settable between .5 & 9.9
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Setting min. and Max. the same gives a fixed start delay
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IP Timer emits start beep then senses sound of shots to record time
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