JasonL

This weekend is Alpha Mike's... Registration starts at 9:00 am Cedar Ridge Range - 7110 F.M. 1863, Bulverde TX

This Sunday is the River City Shooters Summer Shootout. Should be a big, fun event. Sign up is at 8:00am and hammer down at 9:00am. http://rivercityshooters.com/index_files/p...er_Shootout.htm This Saturday is the Bullet Hole monthly match. Registration at 9:00am and hammer down at 10:00am. http://www.bullethole.com

This weekend is alpha mike's. From the email... "This Sunday is Alpha-Mike, the best IPSC match in the state. Just North of San Antonio at our beautiful Cedar Ridge Range. $20 match fee covers everything. 9:30 signup. Match begins at 10:00. At Alpha-Mike, we're proud to have the finest shooters in Texas. You who receive these emails are part of the reason why. Come out this Sunday and make our June match memorable. Because if you know anything about Alpha-Mike, you know that we always have a blast! For a map and more info: http://alphamike.shred2.net/ "

No IPSC/USPSA, but we do have IDPA at River City this weekend on June 14 at the Blackhawk Range. Sign up begins at 9:00am. Hammer down at 10am. Linky...

Nothing on the calendar this weekend that I am aware of. If there is something in range please post it here.

River City is confirmed as a go this weekend.

This weekend we have the Bullet Hole USPSA match on Saturday Based on the calendar the River City Shooters USPSA match should be on Sunday. I have not received an email as yet however and their website shows the next match in June. If anyone can confirm the match please post here. Both are 9:00am registration and 10:00am Hammer down. River City does their shooters meeting at 9:45am.

This weekend is Alpha Mike's USPSA match at the Cedar Ridge range on this upcoming Sunday. 9:00 reg and 10:00 hammer down. Links to the club and range can be found in the OP. To the others who have been posting in this thread - THANKS!! help spread the word on everything pistol related in the region. Cheers.

Okey Dokey, No IPSC/USPSA this weekend that I know of. AASA shooting at the Bullethole and Steel Shooters at Cedar Ridge on Saturday and... River City Shooters is hosting an IDPA match this weekend on Mother's Day. They are letting folks run with .22s so it might be a real bit of cheap fun if you swing IDPA.

Whoops. Forgot to post last week with all that is going on in my life. I'll post this weekend's matches on the morrow.

Okey dokey, On the radar this weekend is... On Saturday April 25th the Bullet Hole Practical Shooters Club monthly USPSA match. Registration at 9:00 Hammer down at 10:00. On Sunday April 26th we have River City Shooters hosting their monthly USPSA match. Registration at 9:00. Shooter meeting at 9:45 with shooting commencing immediately after. Looks like it is a double fun weekend just due to the way the calendar lines up. I think I will shoot both, one with the revo and one production. I'll see if I can come in last in two tournaments in one weekend with two different guns in two different divisions! <--- mall ninja smiley.

Thanks for quoting the email Steve, I was in a hurry yesterday and just fired off a quickie. Cheers. On Edit: I was also looking forward to this one. Guess I'll spend the weekend in the garage with powders, primers & lead.

Just got the word that Alpha Mike's this weekend has been canceled.

In the local scene... Alpha Mike Shooters is hosting its monthly USPSA match on Sunday April 19. While I don't see the details posted I think they do a 9:00 to 9:30ish registration start with hammer down at 10:00. I'll be at this one, putting holes in all the no-shoots as usual. In the Texas scene... A lot of folks are heading up to Houston for the Space City Challenge over the upcoming weekend.

Okay, while the River City Shooters are not holding their monthly IDPA match on Sunday, they ARE holding an IDPA Classifier on Saturday April 11th. Set up at 8:00am, Registration at 9:00am, Hammer Down at 10:00am Details here I've only shot one IDPA event and I think I had as many penalty seconds as I did shooting time Might be time to take another stab at it.

Not a whole lot on the agenda with the holiday coming up. No IPSC/USPSA events that I am aware of. Only thing I know of to keep shooters busy is... On Saturday April 11th the Texas Steel Club will be hosting a "Steel Challenge" at the Cedar Ridge Range. Registration at 9:30am Hammer Down at 10:00am. I have to sign off. A cat just jumped on my lap and is trying to eat my lunch. Cheers.

Coming up this weekend... The The Austin Lone Star Practical Pistol Club is hosting its monthly IPSC match: Saturday April 4th, 2009 Registration - 9:30am Hammer Down - 10:00am While the following is not IPSC/USPSA I will post this as well... Sunday April 5th ASSC Steel Challenge match at Cedar Ridge Range, just North of San Antonio. 9:30 sign up, 10:00 start time.

Howdy folks, Since no one else seems to be posting local club level matches in San Antonio TX on this forum, I will do so via this thread. All I will be doing is passing along information I receive from the various club email lists I am on and a few that may slip through that net. This may be of limited value to seasoned shooters, since they will already be on the lists, but I figure I may catch a few noobs (like me!) who are in the "how the heck do I figure out the what and where of IPSC/USPSA matches" in the area. First up are the local clubs who host matches. Each club has a set schedule in terms of on what weekend they hold matches on. Click the link, see their schedule and for the most part you will never need this post again Bullet Hole Practical Shooters Club (click "USPSA Club") River City Shooters Alpha Mike Shooters The Austin Lone Star Practical Pistol Club In terms of full disclosure, I am a member of the Bullet Hole Practical Shooters Club. The clubs are listed in order of distance from my house smile.gif If there are other clubs you feel should be listed here, post em or shoot me a pm. Austin is about as far away I want to cover in terms of geographic range. To new shooters: I've met people from all these clubs and the vast majority are very friendly and willing to help you out (this seems to be a nationwide phenomena!). Just show up and follow the golden rule.

Figure I will play along too... I'm a new shooter. 1. Lots of USPSA, IDPA once in a while. 2. 2 - 4 times per month 3. Zero! I will in a year or so. Just picked up the sport. 4. Zero! 5. Yes. I intend to do an AASA steel match soon. Would love to do ICORE but no clubs within a convenient distance. I should be able to play with pins sometime this year I expect. I also want to dress up like Wyatt Earp and shoot single actions too, but that's got to wait until I can afford to buy 4 new guns 6. Honestly, it is just the way the gun feels in my hand compared to semi-autos. Not something I can put in words, it just feels right for me. 7. N/A

Pretty gun. I'm a native of the Dominion of Canuckistan, but I'm in Texas now I thought my location showed in the side panel, guess I did not activate it. Sorry for any confusion to all. I'm a perm. resident of the USA now (married a Boston yankee girl for the free healthcare... er crap.. I knew I did that backwards!) Thanks everyone for your responses. I'm currently digesting the contents of this thread.

Thanks for all the great replies gang. Yeah, the weight concern is based on the IDPA rule book which limits the weight of minor revos to an unloaded weight of 42 oz (according to the kitchen scale mine is 42.7 oz). Not a huge issue as the local clubs seem to just be happy to see a new wheelgunner. johnnybravo: I do have snap caps, and I am doing dryfire drills (draws & sight aquiring). I also taped a dollar store laser pointer to a fabric strap that I slip on the end of the gun to see how much "wiggle" I am getting when I pull the trigger. I put that on, look at the wiggle, correct the wiggle, take it off and practice trigger pulls, put it back on and see how I am doing. It seems to help, or it may just be that my trigger finger is getting stronger. JFlowers: thanks for the ebay links. Removing the "twist" from the HKS speedloader process will help. As a bit of theorygun: would I see more improvement spending $50 on these loaders or the same amount on the cylinder chamfer? Also, I am selling some surplus gym equipment (my garage looks like a Gold's gym, but all tucked into a 20'x15' area! I use it all, but I bang my shins too much anyway) and am getting some reloading equipment. Looks like I will be scrounging for primers with the rest of the world soon! RoundGunShooter: wow. thanks. you are an ambassador to your sport! oneton: thanks for clarifying the legalities in USPSA. I'm glad I was referred to this forum!

Hi folks, I own a Model 28-2 S&W (4"). I purchased this gun a month and a bit ago. At the time I had no idea competitive shooting existed beyond the Olympic rifle shooting. In fact, before 2 months ago I had never held a Handgun other than ancient museum pieces (I'm from Canada, "gun" there means a 12 gauge or the .303 you kill critters and food with). Well, after many range visits and taking some classes with a USPSA shooter (non-revolver, but still a great guy ) I started to get the twitch. I really enjoy the sport and hope to become as seriously involved as finances / time allow - I'm lucky, my wife has caught her own competition shooter disease as a bottom-feeder. I've joined a local pistol league (based on the USPSA rules) and I joyfully, yet ineptly, competed in an IDPA event last weekend. At the moment I do not have the option to run out and buy a S&W 625. I have plans to do so, but these plans require me to scrimp & save for several months to do so (wife and I are both PhD students & adjunct profs). I also want to ensure this "bug" is permanently biting before I lay out $800+ for a gun. However, the Model 28 is hardly an ideal revolver for USPSA (or even IDPA shooting - too heavy for minor and uncompetitive in major, and with the only readily available speed loaders being the HKS ones). This I recognize fully. It was however an ideal gun for what it was originally purchased for (home defence and shootin' on the line). Even worse, the cursed Model 28 has caused my love for revolvers, which originally was based solely on appearances, to deepen to an all out near monogamous commitment to the archaic beasts. (I do "cheat" on my gun while practicing as I want to become proficient with the semi-autos). I also do not wish to sell the Model 28 or get a moon clip conversion. All the above is a wonderful story of course, but hardly a reason to post a thread on a message board. I do however have some questions... 1.) Should I get some minor gunsmith work done on the gun - cylinder chamfer & some trigger work. Explicitly legal in IDPA, but I cannot tell if cylinder chamfering is legal in USPSA from my reading of the rule book (or looking through archived posts on this board). Worth the money? Is it legal? 2.) Should I focus on local IDPA club events as an SSR (that do not care that my revo is .7 oz too heavy) and ignore USPSA until I buy a moon clip ready gun? Or should I say "screwdriver it" and shoot both USPSA & IDPA and start worrying about being competitive when I get a different gun (and have many more months - that will lead in years - of practice)? I would still do the USPSAish club league in any event. 3.) Assuming I shoot USPSA - should I shoot .38 Sp as a minor power level or shoot .357 as a major? I've experimented with both, and the .38 seems the better choice as a) they are shorter and easier to load and b ) "double tapping" speed is slower with the .357 I've not found any issues from a stamina PoV with the .357 but the costs seem to outweigh the benefits (this includes financially as well!). If you have not noticed, I like brackets (really I do!) and I am sure this post is already exceeding the "willing to read it" length. Also, and perhaps most importantly, what questions should I be asking?