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The Michigan Action Pistol Matches for 2017 are as follows Point Blank Classic this is an indoor match held at Point Blank Shooting Range 1340 Territorial Rd Benton Harbor, MI 49022 March 26, 2017 Sunset Coast Regional Action Pistol Match Berrien County Sportsmans Club 2985 E Linco Rd Berrien Springs, MI 49103 May 20, 2017 Apple Blossom Cup Michigan State Action Pistol Championship Berrien County Sportsmans Club 2985 E Linco Rd Berrien Springs, MI 49103 May 21,2017 The match director is Martin Prillwitz and he can be contacted at prillmb@gmail.com Berrien County Sportmans Club is located in SW Michigan north of South Bend, Indiana and south of St. Joseph, MI. This is a beautiful facility along the St. Joseph River. Martin Prillwitz has years of experience both shooting and running Action Pistol Matches and these shoots are well run and very organized.

The Michigan AP dates are May 21 Sunset Coast Regional AP May 22 Apple Blossom Cup, Michigan State AP Championship Berrien County Sportsmans Club 2985 E Linco Rd Berrien Springs, MI 49103 These have been very popular matches for shooters on the way to the cup match. The range is open Friday before the match for practice and Monday after the match for a final warm up for the cup match. The facility is one of the best in the country and it is well staffed by people who have been working the AP matches for years. The match director is very experienced with AP and has shot many regional matches and the Bianci Cup. For additional information contact match director Martin Prillwitz at prillmb@gmail.com

Entry forms are available for the Michigan Action Pistol Matches in May. The Sunset Coast Regional will be held May 16th and the Apple Blossom Cup for the Michigan State Championship will be help May17th. Both matches at the Berrien County Sportsman's Club in Berrien Springs Michigan. These are popular matches for shooters who are on the way to the Bianchi Cup. Contact Martin Prillwitz at prillmb@gmail.com

The Michigan Action Pistol Matches are as follows; Point Blank Classic Indoor Match March 29, 2015 Point Blank Shooting Range 1340 Territorial Rd Benton Harbor, MI 49022 Sunset Coast Regional & Apple Blossom Cup State Championship May 16 & May 17 This will be the weekend before the Bianchi Cup match Berrien County Sportsmans Club 2985 E Linco Rd Berrien Springs, MI 49103 Contact Marty Prillwitz prillmb@gmail.com 269-463-3472

The Sunset Coast Regional AP match in Michigan will be May 10 and the Apple Blossom Cup Michigan State Championship will be May 11th. These have just recently been approved. We also have an indoor match in March. I have posted these to the Match Announcements where you will find contact information.

The Michigan Action Pistol Matches have been approved and will be as follows; Indoor NRA Action Pistol Shoot March 30, 2014 Point Blank Shooting Range Benton Harbor, MI. 2014 Sunset Coast Regional NRA Regional Action Pistol Championship May 10, 2014 Berrien County Sportsman's Club 2985 E. Linco Rd. Berrien Springs, MI 49103 2014 Apple Blossom Cup Michigan State Action Pistol Championship May 11, 2014 Berrien County Sportsman's Club 2985 E. Linco Rd. Berrien Springs, MI 49103 The contact for these shoots is Martin Prillwitz prillmb@gmail.com

A guy who trains armed security guards told me to try to put some pressure against the frame with my strong hand thumb. I shoot a Glock 17 and was shooting low left. When I applied some pressure to the frame with my thumb my shots straightened out and accuracy improved. When I got my 4th gen G34 I had to change the slide release to a flat G17 slide release in order to place my thumb in that area. Works good for me, may not work for you.

Michigan will hold the Sunset Coast Regional Action Pistol Match on May 18, 2013 with the Apple Blossom Cup Michigan State Action Pistol Championship the next day, May 19, 2013. This will be the weekend before the cup match.

Match dates for Michigan Sunset Coast Regional Action PistolMay 19th, 2012 Apple Blossom Cup, Michigan State Action Pistol ChampionshipMay 20, 2012 Berrien County Sportsmans Club 2985 Linco Rd Berrien Springs, MI 49103 Point Blank Classic, Indoor Action Pistol Shoot March 25, 2012 Point Blank Shooting Range 1340 Territorial Rd Benton Harbor, MI 49022 The contact for these shoots is Martin Prillwitz Prillmb@gmail.com

We are having a Regional Action Pistol Match in Berrien Springs, Michgan the weekend before Bianchi on May 19th, and an Action Pistol State Championship the next day on May 20th. Many of the guys shoot this match on the way to Columbia. We are also having an indoor Action Pistol match in Benton Harbor, MI on March 25th. In case you wonder why I post this here instead of in the Match announcements section of the forum, instructions in that section state that Action Pistol match announcements should be listed in the Action Pistol part of the forum and I thought that the Marketing Action Pistol thread may be a good place to advise you of an opportunity to shoot a regional and state AP match. Feel free to let me know if I should post this in a different place.

We have a 22 class here in Berrien Springs, Michigan for our regional out door in May and for our winter indoor match. My daughter started shooting AP when she was 14 with a 22. She has shot three regionals with a 22 and cannot wait for the annual regional shoot in May. The high school she attends even has a photo of her shooting the barricade event in the show case at the entry way of the school along with a letter from the NRA. Allowing rimfire on the local level really got her into the sport. We are now talking about shooting centerfire and going to Bianchi together.

The main reason I check this forum dailey is to get information on NRA Action Pistol. I especially look for posts by NRAActionPistol. Just so so know NRA Pistol Dept if you are still watching.

I always carry a right hand and left hand golf glove. I have the ends of the fingers cut out of the right hand glove which I use against the barricade in Action Pistol when shooting on the left hand side of the barricade. I shoot a 3rd gen Glock and sometimes I get a better grip with my left hand with the glove even though I have tape on the grip depending on the weather conditions. I did notice some other guys doing the same at a GSSF shoot.

It has been between one and two years ago that Dave Sevigney has two guns, range bag, and even his first aid kit stolen from his truck in Georgia in an Olive Garden parking lot after a match. He said his windows were tinted and there were no obvious signs that there were guns in the truck. He was upset about loosing the G34 that he had won so many major matches with. I suggested to him that someone may have followed him from the match but he said he was with a group and did not see anyone following them. He said he would be taking him guns in with him from then on.

As far as the distance to go prone, it may depend on your division also. My production gun with no mag well is very low especially at the closer distances and it is hard to get your head down far enough to see through the sites. I am told you cannot build up the pad on your mat in production. Maybe using a different position is an option?

Last year I shot about 8,000 rounds into the front yard, none this year because I wore out my gun. I did not even see any of them this year. They were not bio degradeable, don't know what happened to them. Plan to get another 8,000 to 10,000 in the yard in 2011.

Has anyone bought the do it yourself mold kit? Wonder if it makes decent hearing protection.

I have one of the gas blow back models that Manny sells for about $120.00. Shot 7,000 rounds through it and wore it out (one summer). Manny told me that he has gone through several of them using them for practice. The trigger was much lighter than my 17 with a minus connector but the trigger reset is VERY similar and I used it to learn the trigger reset when shooting my G17.

I own and shoot a G17. I shoot more accurately with a M&P Pro. I stay with the Glock because they are simple and easy for the owner to work with, durable, lots of parts available and reliable. You may also want to take into consideration that Glock has the GSSF (Glock Shooting Sports Foundation). These are shoots for Glock owners and the prizes are generous. Several guns are usually given away along with cash and memberships.

The gun Manny sells is an HFC. I bought one of these from someone else. Got about 7000 rounds through it (one summer) before it went to hell. Pellets roll out the barrel and spit out of the top. If you are going to buy one of these, buy it from Manny because he stands behind them. Fits in my G-17 holster, trigger pull is much lighter, about two pounds but the reset is very similar.

How can I get started in Steel shooting? I live in SW Michigan. There are no local clubs active in Steel shooting that I know of.

One day I was sitting in a chair waiting at the license branch and I pulled my pen out of my pocket and put my finger on the end of it and started pulling it like I was pulling a trigger. I noticed that I was moving the pen to the side when I pulled it back so I adjusted my finger so that it was touching the top of the pen near the end of my finger and I was pulling it almost straight back with my finger in that position. This may not mean anything but I thought it was kind of interesting.

A quote from Todd Bender in the December issue of Skeet Shooting.... "As screwy as it sounds, not trying to win a competition is the best way to win one." Todd Bender is the 2009 World Skeet Champion.

Ken, I have tried a couple of times to send you some photos that I took at the regional in Michigan but I dont you ever got them. You can PM me with an address if you did not recieve them.

This is also something I have also been thinking about. This summer there was a shoot at our local club that I had been looking forward to. On the day of the shoot I was not so excited about it but I went anyway to support the guy who organized the shoot. On that particular day I was not concerned with winning any more, just shooting as I had practiced. When the results were sent out I had actually won the match! I tried to think back about how I did it. What were my site pictures? How can I repeat this match? I could not remember any of the details of what I was doing in any detail. As Brian says, it was just about the shooting. I learned alot from that match that I almost did not attend.