Aristotle Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 (edited) My wife would like to visit her sister in Houston, TX this summer, and I want to shoot a big event. I'm not privy to this sections events, so I'm just throwing a hook out here to see if I can get any tips. My plans were to fly down to Houston, kiss the wife and kid and leave them with her sister, and drive 6 hours to Wichita Falls, TX to shoot Double Tap for the weekend, and drive back down and stay with her family for a few days and fly back to sunny Seattle. My concerns were flying with my guns, and of course driving 6 hours in a state I know little about. Thoughts, suggestions, concerns, tips? I just wanted to see what my other options were, I can hear my wife excitedly on the phone with her sister already. Thanks! Edited November 22, 2008 by Aristotle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 space city is ususally in late April, and in Houston.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aristotle Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 That would be even better, I tried to do a search and came up blank. Is there an official match site yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskySig Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 My concerns were flying with my guns... Flying with a gun is no big deal. mattk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket35 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 (edited) That would be even better, I tried to do a search and came up blank. Is there an official match site yet? I may be planning on going to this one too. Here is a link to their site about the match... http://www.texassouthsection.com/SCC/SCC_2008/ssc_2008.htm and here http://www.texassouthsection.com/ It will be April 10-12th in 2009... Edited November 22, 2008 by Rocket35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aristotle Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 That would be even better, I tried to do a search and came up blank. Is there an official match site yet? I may be planning on going to this one too. Here is a link to their site about the match... http://www.texassouthsection.com/SCC/SCC_2008/ssc_2008.htm and here http://www.texassouthsection.com/ It will be April 10-12th in 2009... Heck yeah, Do it Jay! We can squad up and you know I'll run the camera for you! I'm thinking that this may be a better option for me, and less hassle of having to travel an additional 6 hours in another state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aristotle Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 (edited) My concerns were flying with my guns... Flying with a gun is no big deal. mattk How about ammo? I'm thinking my best option may be to just mail it to my Sisters house in Houston, but I'm afraid if it somehow doesn't make it down there, I'm royally screwed. Edited November 22, 2008 by Aristotle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskySig Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 How about ammo? I'm thinking my best option may be to just mail it to my Sisters house in Houston, but I'm afraid if it somehow doesn't make it down there, I'm royally screwed. You can mail ammo to your family in Houston. You can fly with ammo pretty easily too. It just needs to be in boxes that were designed for transporting ammo. So what I do is save up factory boxes (CCI Blazer, Federal America Eagle) and load them up with my reloads. Then when I empty them at the match I just toss the box and don't have to worry about bring them home. You can also use those plastic boxes that you put your reloads into, but then you have to bring them back home. It's my understanding that different airlines have different policies when it comes to how much ammo you can travel with. Look into what the policy for the airline you are traveling on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Gaines Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 My concerns were flying with my guns... Flying with a gun is no big deal. mattk How about ammo? I'm thinking my best option may be to just mail it to my Sisters house in Houston, but I'm afraid if it somehow doesn't make it down there, I'm royally screwed. you may talk with our Section Coordinator, Landis Newbanks(Sidnal on this site). They may have a place that you can ship your ammo to. I believe you could ship it to the match, at least they did last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike4045 Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 The Tx state carbine match is Jan 18th in Corpus. About 3 hrs or so south of Houston. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken hebert Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Ooohhh!! TX State Carbine Match is a blast!!! I will definately be making that one again. Oh, and Space City ain't too bad either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nm3gnr Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Make it a double. Shoot the Double Tap at the end of March, and the Space City April 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry White Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Hell, just move down here and shoot them all.-----------Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatland Shooter Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Make it a double.Shoot the Double Tap at the end of March, and the Space City April 10. And so you don't go through withdrawal symptoms, there is the Bailey's club match on the south side of Houston the Sunday between the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken hebert Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I hold a match local to there on the first Saturday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenTX Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 How about ammo? I'm thinking my best option may be to just mail it to my Sisters house in Houston, but I'm afraid if it somehow doesn't make it down there, I'm royally screwed. You can mail ammo to your family in Houston. You can fly with ammo pretty easily too. It just needs to be in boxes that were designed for transporting ammo. So what I do is save up factory boxes (CCI Blazer, Federal America Eagle) and load them up with my reloads. Then when I empty them at the match I just toss the box and don't have to worry about bring them home. You can also use those plastic boxes that you put your reloads into, but then you have to bring them back home. It's my understanding that different airlines have different policies when it comes to how much ammo you can travel with. Look into what the policy for the airline you are traveling on. There is usually a weight restriction in the ammo also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aristotle Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 I hold a match local to there on the first Saturday... Which club Ken? We are seeing if we can get away with staying there a little longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken hebert Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 (edited) Southeast Texas Practical Shooters. USPSA at the Orange Gun Club on the first Saturday of the month, USPSA at the Golden Triangle Gun Club on the second Saturday of the month, and Steel Challenge back at the Orange Gun Club on the third Sunday of the month. All start at 9am. This is the Beaumont/Port Atrhur/Orange area of TX, about 75 min from Houston. Oh yeah, throw in a 3-gun match every once in a while... For more complete info of all matches in this section, check out www.texassouthsection.com Edited November 26, 2008 by ken hebert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Ken does great work, and they are fun matches, with a fun crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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