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    Phoenix PCC Challenge!! Sunday March 8 2020

    in Match Announcements - Pistol Only - USPSA, IPSC & Misc.

    Posted · Edited by BSmith
    Also there will be random draws for prizes!

    PCC ROCKS AND THE DEER TRIBE GUN CLUB presents the Phoenix Pcc challenge. FEATURING $5000 in cash and  Prizes..

    Overall winner $1000 

    2nd $500

    3d $300

    4th $200

    5th $100

    4 _$100 random drawings for the competitors. 

    A history  making match.! The first all PCC man on man steel match! 

     

    8 stages of man on man steel. 4 rack stages and 4 Steel stages

     

    USPSA PCC gun rules apply

    Being held at Ben Avery practical pistol range 

    Sunday March 8 @7am

    The scoring and format is the same as the former American Handgunner and Pheonix Handgunner matches!! 

    Contact Brian Smith at 615 497 1555 or Bob Buffa by face book messenger for more info. No pistols just Uspsa legal Pcc's.

    Seniors/super Seniors- Speak Up Now For Equal Recognition

    in USPSA/IPSC Shooting

    Posted

    Most of the candidates for office are officially on the record as being in complete support of a self funded official USPSA team, while others are conditionally supportive. As to many incumbents, they must not care about the Seniors as the silence is deafening, particularly those not up for election.

    Please let all of the USPSA leadership know that the issue of equal recognition for Senior shooters IS NOT GOING AWAY!

    For the record current Area 6 Director Charles Bond and current Area 5 Director Gary Stevens are in favor of a USPSA Seniors team. The President has not issued his official position, but several of the Presidential candates are very much in favor of giving the single largest group of USPSA members the respect and recognition they deserve, including Gary Stevens and Ray Hirst.

    Another inequity to address is while Seniors comprise by far the largest group of shooters at the Nationals, the awards system does not award Seniors in the same manner as Juniors and Ladies.

    The relevant email addresses are:

    area1@uspsa.org;

    area2@uspsa.org;

    area3@uspsa.org;

    area4@uspsa.org;

    area5@uspsa.org;

    area6@uspsa.org;

    area7@uspsa.org;

    area8@uspsa.org;

    president@uspsa.org;

    vicepresident@uspsa.org

    How Much Power for Pins?

    in Other Shooting Sports

    Posted

    Bobby (Gene) Carver and I shot 230 jhp .45 loaded to 230 pf in both spacegun and stock gun classes at Second Chance. Bobby set many records and was always a contender in all Masterblaster gun categories. I struggled along in OSS.

    When Brian Enos talks of one shot one pin, all I can remember is how those hot 230 jhp rounds would levitate a pin and slam it straight to the back stop, even with a side hit. Of course, by the end of a 1000 round week we had to work on our tendinitis.

    Boy, I really miss the independent state of Second Chance- it was a magic place at a magic time. The bonfire evenings were the best.

    Best regards, Brian Smith

    ps- I had more luck at other pin matches shooting 195 pf .38 super ipsc loads. The gun was more controllable, but you surely had to hit the magic sweet spot in the center of the pin. The 230 pf rounds, there was more room for error in pin hits. Except for the time I blew up a gun on the line with a double charge- that's a different story for a different day

    Seniors/super Seniors- Speak Up Now For Equal Recognition

    in USPSA/IPSC Shooting

    Posted

    I was a Senior but I hear they are taking it away from us 51 years old guys and making us wait a couple more years. I'll jump on this bandwagon then.....

    Mick, the age for senior at the world shoot -IPSC is 50, for some unknown reason USPSA is moving to 55. So you have 2 chances to shoot Senior on a USPSA seniors team at the World Shoot before you make Sr. in USPSA ( depending on your current age). Best regards, Brian Smith

    I think any four shooters ought to be able to put together a team and call it whatever they want. I also think USPSA should do some coordinating of those teams, especially ones made of recognized categories. I don't really want to sit through the awards ceremony though.

    I agree, USPSA should be serving ALL of its members. Best regards, Brian Smith

    Seniors/super Seniors- Speak Up Now For Equal Recognition

    in USPSA/IPSC Shooting

    Posted

    Seniors and Super Seniors,

    As one of, it not the largest, dues paying groups in USPSA/IPSC it's time to ask for equal recognition. Below is a request to the USPSA leadership for USPSA recognised self funded Seniors and Super Seniors teams to the World Shoot.

    If you support this endeavor please let the USPSA BOD and Leadership know, thier email addresses follows the letter. Best regards, Brian Smith

    Subject: USPSA recognition of Seniors and Super Seniors for the World Shoot

    As an active USPSA competitor, member, and match sponsor, I ask for your support of official USPSA recognition of a self funded effort to win the World Shoot awards for Senior and Super Senior.

    IPSC does in fact award world championship awards to Senior and Super Senior, so how about a USPSA recognition of a team of Seniors and Super Seniors who are striving to win these individual honors?

    If this group pays it's own way, how much of a "burden" could it be to USPSA?

    Baby boomers are the most active, affluent group to hit senior status and are totally redefining the concept of "being old." We're going down kicking and screaming and living a life no one envisioned 20 years ago.

    If USPSA wants to attract this demographic market as shooters, officials, sponsors, and active dues paying members maybe a little recognition of their ambitions and accomplishments would help in that endeavor. And in fact, Seniors and Super Seniors are, if not the largest group of USPSA members, certainly larger than other special interest categories.

    The Seniors tour doesn't seem to have hurt the golfing world any, in fact it has become a huge profit center for the sport.

    Let's all admit that we aren't competing for the money (except for a handful of professional shooters). We shoot for the feeling of self accomplishment and a few seconds of recognition by others that we are good at we we set out to achieve.

    USPSA loves to showcase champions-to have the best mens, womens, and junior shooters in the world. So just add the best Senior and Super Seniors in the world to the list. Where's the down side to the sport and USPSA?

    There is huge recognition difference in going as a "private citizen shooter" vs earning a spot on the USPSA team. And in fact the Senior World Champion may be a private citizen shooter.

    But every coach, leader, and motivator will agree that the simple (and inexpensive) act of recognition is a huge motivator and reward in itself. Just being able to say "I made the US Team" is an honor in and of itself.

    And that's what I'm asking the USPSA leadership to do. Simply give some Seniors and Super Seniors a little more motivation and incentive and inexpensive reward -earning a spot on the USPSA team to compete at the world shoot for the World Championship at their own expense.

    Just the simple dignity and respect afforded Juniors, Ladies, and the Super studs.

    To not do so is at best unfair and at worst discriminatory.

    Best regards, Brian Smith fy25058

    Brian L. Smith

    Smith.Sholar.Associates.PLLC., Attorneys

    1164 Nashville Pike

    Gallatin, TN 37066

    615-452-5282

    615-451-1033 fax

    bsmith@smithsholar.com

    www.smithsholar.com

    USPSA leadership and BOD email addresses are: : Office@uspsa.org; area1@uspsa.org; area2@uspsa.org; area3@uspsa.org; area4@uspsa.org; area5@uspsa.org; area6@uspsa.org; area7@uspsa.org; area8@uspsa.org; president@uspsa.org;

    Any Major Matches In March?

    in Match Announcements - Pistol Only - USPSA, IPSC & Misc.

    Posted

    Just wondered if there are any major matches scheduled in March, 2006? I understand the SC state match is penciled in for April 7 weekend and thought I read earlier on this board that an ALA open match might be in the works. With all of the really good matches jammed into June, spreading a few out early and late might help attendance at all of them.

    It's great to live in Area 6 where virtually every state/section has a match. It would be great if they all got posted in the USPSA calendar so we can start making our agenda now. I don't know about anyone else, but looking forward to a match in 2, 3, 4 5, 6 months pulls me through the bull**** of work and makes practicing more worthwhile. Best regards, Brian Smith

    World Shoot - Lessons Learned

    in Miscellaneous Topics That Do Not Fit in Any Other Forum

    Posted

    This was my first world shoot and international match and I definitely intend to shoot more. Armscor is to be commended for all of their efforts. I used my ammo until it ran out and then Armscor provided ammo for the rest of the match. The only problem is that my gun (open .38 super) doesn't like Armscor ammo and shot a 20" group at 20 yards with it. It was great to be able to finish the match but I know my scores didn't reflect my abilities.

    In order to legally carry enough ammo to shoot the entire match you must have a non shooting companion to travel with you. The shooters I know that brought enough ammo to shoot the entire match (800 rounds +/-) admitedly busted all of the TSA and airline rules and gambled that they were not going to get caught. If you are unlucky, then enough of your ammo gets taken so that your are stuck with not enough to shoot the match without bumming ammo from friends and shooting ammo unsuitable for your gun. For a serious competitor this takes you out of contention for your class.

    I've shot all over the US and I have never had the lack of information problem posed by the world shoot. From the beginning of the process to the very end most information was furnished at the last minute and was often incomplete.

    For example, at the Hilton, the schedule for the Bus to the range was posted AFTER the bus had already left. There was no printed who, what, when, where, and how schedule of events furnished by the match administrators. The opening ceremony location was a mystery up until the last minute. There was no central headquarters at the range to ask simple questions. The entire process could have used some basic journalism help.

    The match itself and the RO's ran very, very smooth stages.

    If USPSA wants US shooters to be competitve in all classes and categories we all collectively have to figure out an ammunition solution and PUBLISH THIS INFORMATION.

    Best regards, Brian Smith

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