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11-17-10, 00:05
So the 2010 competitive shooting season is almost over.
I thought we might get a bit more discussion going here with this question, what is your favorite match you shot in 2010 and why.
For me I would break it down this way
Favorite single gun match:
(rifle): Steel City Tactical Carbine Championship 2010 in Hoover, Alabama. Dave Tapp, Stefan Wiggins and Randall Webb put on a fantastic championship rifle match, recognizing irons, optics, heavy irons, and heavy optics divisions. Great stages that are worthy of being called "championship level quality, a scoring system that is efficient and easy to work with, plus a great prize table and low entry fee. Its no wonder the match fills up fast. In my opinion, it is a match not to miss if you live in the Southeastern United States.
(shotgun): This was a toss up for me as this year I participated in two shotgun events, the Pan American Shotgun Championship (Park City, KY) and the High Plains Shotgun Challenge (Okc, OK). In all honesty, it was a lot of fun to meet and shoot against foreign competition over 4 days and 30 stages of shotgun at the Pan American. I personally thought the stages at the High Plains Shotgun Challenge were more interesting from a traditional USA 3 Gunner's standpoint. The Pan American was an IPSC shotgun match and adhered to a different structure than most 3 gunners are used to. Both matches were a blast and I am glad I was able to participate in each one. Unfortunately, The Pan American Shotgun Championship does not occur each year so, however the HPSC will be back for 2011 in a slightly different form. It gets my vote as a not to miss match, for 2011 if your in the Central part of the United States. Note, it looks like the match is going to be dubbed the "High Plains Rifle Challenge" and will feature rifles not shotguns for 2011. regardless, it is a not to be missed event if you live in that part of the USA. The HPSC stages are designed by Trapr Swonson and Kurt Miller and are always fun yet challenging.
Favorite Multi Gun/3 Gun match:
This is an even tougher decision, I have shot quite a few multi gun/3 gun events this season however I was not able to attended many of the matches out west (RM3G, SMM3G, Ironman) so this is just one mans opinion on the matches he did attend. The Ozark 3 Gun Championship right outside Osage Beach, MO is one of my favorites. Chad Francis, Kirk Broyles, and the rest of the Adams Arms guys hosted and put on another solid match. Some great stages and a great prize table. USPSA Multi Gun nationals was also a great match, the stages were very very well done this year and I am confident they will be just as good if not better next year. Desert Sportsman did a great job as a host range outside of Las Vegas, NV too.
My overall favorite match of 2010:
Without a doubt goes to Dean DeTurk who put on the TAPS 3 Man 3 Gun event in Topton, Pa. This match was very interesting as it was the first one of its kind I ever participated in. It consists of 3 man teams and the stages might involve rifle, pistol, shotgun, 3 rifles or some combination thereof. Shooters might shoot in a relay format or in a "rolling thunder" where all 3 shooters shoot at the same time on the clock. The cost of entry to the match for 2010 was very low (60 dollars per shoot or 180 per team) and the match featured 7 quality stages designed by Dean and they were very very fun. The match is already scheduled for 2011 and I heard its filling up fast. If your in the Northeastern, USA I strongly urge you to grab 2 buddies and sign up for this event. Its is by far and away the most fun you will have at a shooting event and you have a team of buddies to shoot with you. What could be better? There is always the fact that Dean put together a nice prize table and everyone walked away with something nice.
Sign up and entry forms for the 3 Man 3 Gun can be found here:
2nd Annual 3 Man 3 Gun Team Event scheduled for June 19, 2011
http://www.toptonfga.org/IPSC/2011_3m3g.html
Im curious to hear what your favorite match was for this year, don't be shy!
I thought we might get a bit more discussion going here with this question, what is your favorite match you shot in 2010 and why.
For me I would break it down this way
Favorite single gun match:
(rifle): Steel City Tactical Carbine Championship 2010 in Hoover, Alabama. Dave Tapp, Stefan Wiggins and Randall Webb put on a fantastic championship rifle match, recognizing irons, optics, heavy irons, and heavy optics divisions. Great stages that are worthy of being called "championship level quality, a scoring system that is efficient and easy to work with, plus a great prize table and low entry fee. Its no wonder the match fills up fast. In my opinion, it is a match not to miss if you live in the Southeastern United States.
(shotgun): This was a toss up for me as this year I participated in two shotgun events, the Pan American Shotgun Championship (Park City, KY) and the High Plains Shotgun Challenge (Okc, OK). In all honesty, it was a lot of fun to meet and shoot against foreign competition over 4 days and 30 stages of shotgun at the Pan American. I personally thought the stages at the High Plains Shotgun Challenge were more interesting from a traditional USA 3 Gunner's standpoint. The Pan American was an IPSC shotgun match and adhered to a different structure than most 3 gunners are used to. Both matches were a blast and I am glad I was able to participate in each one. Unfortunately, The Pan American Shotgun Championship does not occur each year so, however the HPSC will be back for 2011 in a slightly different form. It gets my vote as a not to miss match, for 2011 if your in the Central part of the United States. Note, it looks like the match is going to be dubbed the "High Plains Rifle Challenge" and will feature rifles not shotguns for 2011. regardless, it is a not to be missed event if you live in that part of the USA. The HPSC stages are designed by Trapr Swonson and Kurt Miller and are always fun yet challenging.
Favorite Multi Gun/3 Gun match:
This is an even tougher decision, I have shot quite a few multi gun/3 gun events this season however I was not able to attended many of the matches out west (RM3G, SMM3G, Ironman) so this is just one mans opinion on the matches he did attend. The Ozark 3 Gun Championship right outside Osage Beach, MO is one of my favorites. Chad Francis, Kirk Broyles, and the rest of the Adams Arms guys hosted and put on another solid match. Some great stages and a great prize table. USPSA Multi Gun nationals was also a great match, the stages were very very well done this year and I am confident they will be just as good if not better next year. Desert Sportsman did a great job as a host range outside of Las Vegas, NV too.
My overall favorite match of 2010:
Without a doubt goes to Dean DeTurk who put on the TAPS 3 Man 3 Gun event in Topton, Pa. This match was very interesting as it was the first one of its kind I ever participated in. It consists of 3 man teams and the stages might involve rifle, pistol, shotgun, 3 rifles or some combination thereof. Shooters might shoot in a relay format or in a "rolling thunder" where all 3 shooters shoot at the same time on the clock. The cost of entry to the match for 2010 was very low (60 dollars per shoot or 180 per team) and the match featured 7 quality stages designed by Dean and they were very very fun. The match is already scheduled for 2011 and I heard its filling up fast. If your in the Northeastern, USA I strongly urge you to grab 2 buddies and sign up for this event. Its is by far and away the most fun you will have at a shooting event and you have a team of buddies to shoot with you. What could be better? There is always the fact that Dean put together a nice prize table and everyone walked away with something nice.
Sign up and entry forms for the 3 Man 3 Gun can be found here:
2nd Annual 3 Man 3 Gun Team Event scheduled for June 19, 2011
http://www.toptonfga.org/IPSC/2011_3m3g.html
Im curious to hear what your favorite match was for this year, don't be shy!