Texas Carbine Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 (edited) Applications are now available for the 2015 Pirates of Texas Carbine Championship on Sunday, February 15th. You can download the application from the match website at:piratesoftexasmatch.com/application Unfortunately, Texas Carbine experienced a tragedy on April 8th of this year. Our dear, dear friend, Terry "Spider" Panknin passed away. Spider was one of our original four TC "core group" members and worked tirelessly to make our club a success. He was truly a Thomas Edison of his time and could fix or build anything we came up with.Consequently, we decided to dedicate this year's match to him and while we miss him dearly, we know he will be with us in spirit this year. We eliminated the "Real Carbine" Division but have added the "Real Rifle" Division which is for 7.62X51 caliber or larger with iron sights or one non-magnified optic.If you have any questions about the match, please check our FAQ Page first and if you can't find the answer there, email us. We have also added an Additional Info Page on our site with some updated information for this year’s match.There is a discount for early registration and the match will be limited to 140 shooters. We think it will be a fun as well as challenging match and we hope many of the South Texas shooters will join us. There will be approximately 25 slots to shoot with the staff on Saturday should you prefer to do that and there is a box to check on the app for this. Those slots just as those on Sunday will be first come, first served. For those who have never experienced this match, you can view the ATSN video of the 2012 match via the link below.Click here to view the American Trigger Sports TV video of the 2012 Pirates Match.Hope to see many of you from last year as well as some new shooters this year, it should be a great match. The TC Gang Edited November 7, 2014 by Texas Carbine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullauto_Shooter Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 So sorry to hear of Terry's passing - didn't know him well myself, but his reputation as a truly great guy was well-known. Always a fun, fast-paced match and hope to make it down to Corpus again this year. In addition to the match itself, some of the best seafood EVER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Carbine Posted November 7, 2014 Author Share Posted November 7, 2014 Thanks for the kind words regarding Spider, Doug and do hope you can make it again this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hercster Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 (edited) This is a major event on my calendar every year. I travel 1800 miles from Canada to get to my Corpus Christi winter home. This is a fun match and a great example of Texas hospitality. The TC people can't be beat at this stuff. I think I'm the only Canadian shooter in the gang so I could use some company. Y'all come on down! Edited November 8, 2014 by hercster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truegent2004 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 I hear ya Canada! It's 34 in Minnesota today! Corpus in February: beaches, warm weather, steak and seafood, I get to say y'all , AND a rifle match! App is in the mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Carbine Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 Just a reminder that the deadline for the discounted match fee, December 31st, is rapidly approaching. So, if you want to save a few bucks, head on over to our match website: piratesoftexasmatch.com and download the application. We're also adding some cool new props to the match as well and it should be a fun as well as challenging shoot. Thanks, The TC Gang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM2B Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 This is always a really fun and well ran match! I am going to try and make it this year. Hope to see you all there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Carbine Posted December 25, 2014 Author Share Posted December 25, 2014 Hope you can make it, too, Jeremy and for the others reading this, just a reminder. The deadline for early registration is December 31st and your app must be postmarked with that date or earlier in order to receive the discounted match fee. Regards, The TC Gang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM2B Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I am in!!! I cancelled arrangements for the other CC match and set up travel for this match! Nigtmare, I spoke with Hal on FB. I cant even load the match application with my bandwidth here. I can however promise to pay upon my arrival and if I dont make the match I would send a check. Look forward to shooting with you all!!!! Should be an FUN and interesting match. I have only shot once in 8 months.... Look I am already making excuses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Carbine Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 Jeremy:I talked to Hal and he is going to email you an application that you can fill out and email back to him. The app is only a 6mb PDF file which hopefully will get through whatever chokepoint is preventing you from downloading it from the match website. If that doesn't work, we'll try emailing you just the first page which I've massaged down to just 800k. No problem paying on match day but we'd really prefer to have the application beforehand. Hopefully this will solve the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Carbine Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Just a reminder that the deadline for receiving a free match t-shirt with your entry fee is January 15th. Apps must be postmarked by that date and here is what the shirts will look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hercster Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 My Pirates shirts are amongst my most prized souvenirs of Corpus and I'll be happy to add this one to the collection. Our friend Spider will be on every stage smiling and happy that we are having a great time. Thanks for posting Nightmare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glock17Girl Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Shot there match yesterday had a great time. I'm in for the pirates match also. Great match great people they have a few spots left get signed up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Carbine Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Thanks for the kind words, GlockGirl and you're correct, I was going to post just that this morning. All: We are rapidly approaching match sellout with less than 20 slots remaining so if you're interested in shooting the match, you need to get your app to us very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Carbine Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 Less than two weeks to go before the match and we only have a handful of slots left so if you're considering attending, go to the match website at piratesoftexasmatch.com, download an application, fill it out, and send it to the address on the app along with your check. Also, for the very first time, we are making the courses of fire available in advance. Just go to the match website and click on the "STAGES" menu option at the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Carbine Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 The weather forecast looks great and we're excited about this year's Pirates match. Unfortunately (or fortunately I guess,) we're full up except for two or three walk-ins on Sunday so if you're interested and want to reserve a spot, email us very soon. Look forward to seeing some of you readers at the range on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M118LR Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Went out today to watch the staff shoot. Some pretty good stages. Tomorrow ITS ON! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM2B Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Great match, fun stages, great staff, smoothly run match. Amazing to see Terry's son win the rifle!!! I believe the TC scoring was not fair on steel... Yes I hit them all but it was painful watching others go to war due to that rule! Starry has to get those berms higher signing a piece waiver will likely not excuse owner negligence!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maytag Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 First congratulations Jeremy for your first place finishes in both Open and Tactical and for his service to the country as a Naval Officer. Second, thank you for your kind words about the operation of our match. You are certainly entitled to your opinion about TC scoring on our steel stages; however I would like to explain our rational to those readers who may not be familiar with it. TC scoring was developed to keep shooters from playing games with the system to score better that someone who was trying to do their best. For instance on our Stage 7, a shooter could shoot five shots from each of the two shooting positions thereby engaging all targets in say 20 seconds, not hit a target and end up with a time of 70 seconds after points down, thereby besting someone who tried to do their best and hit nine out of ten targets and timed out. Our matches are designed for people who want to challenge their shooting ability on fun stages. Maytag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlillyskygod Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) Thanks to Texas Carbine, Dreadnaught Industries and Alex & Liota Wakal, for the awesome AR Kim won this past weekend! Edited February 22, 2015 by rlillyskygod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM2B Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Maytag, thank you again for a great match! I think it boils down to stage design and or penalty for a targets not hit. I totally understand the reasons for the rule. I hated watching a couple shooters with short attention spans get hammered by the rule! You guys were very clear in the morning shooters brief. I even listened and remembered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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