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COVER STORY 

36 Attacking The Multi-Gun Issue — 

Lessons from the Superstition Mountain 3-Gun 

By Patrick Kelley photos and cover by Nyle Leathern. 

Cover: hat's Officer Michael judd Whitfield of Tucson P.D. SWAT competing at 

the 200.5 SMM3G. Multi-gun competition raises the level of difficulty, both for the competitors 

and for match administration. 

FEATURE STORIES 

10 2004 Points Series 

By USPSA Staff 

50 Seduction of .40 Minor 

by Carina Bums Randolph 

13 Pennsylvania Tri-State 57 Divisions in Debate — 

Championship Scoring Philosophy in 3-Gun 

By Bill Warble 

By Robin Taylor, USPSA Staff 

16 Nationals Invites in 58 Left The Range: 

High Demand 

By Robin Taylor, USPSA Staff 

Steve Bloom 

by James Bloom 

18 A Gringo's Roadmap to 60 USPSA-Affiliated Club 

World Shoot XIV 

By Roger Madiou 

List for 2005 

by USPSA Staff 

26 Safety Area: Bill Helm 63 Surfing the USPSA 

By Kim Wiffiams Information Superhighway' 

27 NROI Inst. Conference by USPSA Staff 

Big Guns in New Orleans 68 TSA Travel Advisory 

By Troy McManus RE: Trveling with Ammo 

41 Heavy Metal at Rio 

by TSA Staff 

Salado 69 USPSA Section 

By Barrett Tillman 

Coordinators 

44 6.8 SPC, The End of by USPSA Staff 

Minor Rifle? 

by James Taff 

COLUMNS 

Member's Mailbag 2 Custom Gun Talk 

Inside USPSA 3 New Masters 30 

Inside NROI 4 New Range Officers 28 

From The Editor 5 Major Matches 75 

Bulletin Board 6 JP Enterprises 3-Gun Calendar 76 

Focus on Juniors 7 Advertisers' Index 81) 

DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS 

Area I Bruce Gary areal @uspsa.org Area 8 George Jones area8@uspsasorg 

Area 2 Don Bednorz area2@uspsa.org VP John Amidon jamidonl @twcnyttcom 

Area 3 Emanuel Bragg area3@uspsa.org Pres. Mike Voigt president@uspsa.org 

Area 4 Kenneth Hicks area4@uspsa.org ED Dave Thomas dave@uspsa.org 

Area 5 Gary Stevens area5@uspsa.org Web Site - Username: nationals 

Area 6 Charles Bond area6@uspsa.org Password: backtoback 

Area 7 Rob Boudne area7@uspsa.org 

Vol. 22, No.3, May. June 2005 

Publisher - USPSA: IPSC, INC. 

Board of Directors 

Charles Bond, Rob Boudrie, Emanuel 

Bragg, Bruce Gary, Kenneth Hicks, George 

Jones, Don Bednorz, Gary Stevens 

President 

Mike Voigt 

Exec. Director Dave Thomas 

Vice President John Amidon 

Editor 

Asst. Editor 

Project Manager 

Advertising 

Contributors 

Editorial Staff 

Dave Thomas 

Robin Taylor 

Roger Maier 

Barbara Gibbs 

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MEMBERS' 

COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERSHIP 

Quirks In My Canada Letter 

Dear Front Sight, 

Thanks for printing my letter to 

you about going to Canada with 

firearms. The Canadians felt that was a 

great payback for all the hard work 

that they did/do to help us. 

Just a couple of corrections on my 

part. Mike Dame finished 8th at L10 

Nationals. I am sure that the people 

who finished 6 arid 7th have probably 

contacted you to let you know. Please 

apologize on my behalf to them. Second, 

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it printed out. Jim Tarr laughed at me 

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paid for it. He is always working 

the angles. This was as he was using my 

club to do the article for the Rem 

6.8mm SPC because his home club was 

not an available to do it. Oh, well. 

Thanks again for publishing it. 

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The Clark family was at the Florida 

Open in Frostproof. I want to say 

"What a fun match!" The match was a 

holiday theme, and Frank did a great 

job putting it all together. 

I'm sending two pictures, maybe 

you can put one in the next issue of 

Front Sight. I took third lady Limited 

out of 10 women. I owe that to Paul 

Sr., and Paul Jr. 

See you at Nationals! 

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limited to, consequential or incidental damages. 

Debbie Clark fighting her way to 

third Limited Lady at the 2005 

Florida Open. She's shooting the 

stage known as "Halloween." 

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\SID E 

I have been hearing that USPSA and 

IPSC have changed from the 

"good old days." This is very true! 

1 have also heard that we have lost 

the practical portion that we were 

founded on. Nothing could be further 

from the truth! We have certainly 

changed firearm design for the general 

consumer, verified shooting techniques 

that are in use today across the globe, 

and unfortunately continue to have the 

same silly sport vs. martial art arguments 

among ourselves. 

Our sport was founded on some 

very direct principles. As long as these 

principles are followed, our courses 

will remain fun to shoot, challenging to 

sport competitors, and will keep practical 

skills and firearm modifications 

advancing. 

Point 5 of our 1PSC founding principles/objects 

says -Practical competition 

is conducted using practical targets, 

which reflect the general size and 

shape of such objects as the firearm 

used may reasonably be called upon to 

hit in their primary intended use." 

What does this mean to us? 

Targets need to reflect a practical 

use of a firearm; this does not mean 

they need to be easy to hit! 

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Handgun targets have been well defined 

over our long history of competition. 

Subtle differences have been 

made in outer shape and interior scoring 

zone dimensions for both competi 

tion and political reasons. 

Shotgun targets can be quite varied 

in size, shape, speed and location. Typical 

targets range from small clays for 

shot to full size IPSC targets for slugs. 

(Tip — a thin plywood "backer" behind 

a slug target will prevent wads from 

penetrating and causing scoring delays.) 

Rifle targets can be at a much 

greater distance than handgun and 

shotgun. Rifle targets may move across 

more distance, and at greater speeds 

than usually seen in handgun. One of 

the challenges in rifle targets is to indicate 

a hit without necessitating the 

shooter and RO walking several hun 

dred yards to score/tape a paper target 

after each shooter. Remote-hit-indicating 

metal targets are available from 

several companies that make this a 

breeze. 

Remember that while it is OK to 

test a shooter's skill in hitting a distant 

target, it shouldn't be an eyesight test 

INSIDE USPSA continued on page 70. 

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Handgun Nationals 2005 

Limited/Production/Revolver 

PASA Park, Quincy Illinois 

NEW DATES! — July 17-23 

Match Director: John Amidon - RMs: Troy 

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Limited to 320 competitors 

18 Stages, Round Count Approximately 360 

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Slot fees: $225 for earned slots 

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Slot deadline: April 8 -NO exceptions 

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There will be NO shootoffs for this match. 

Open /Limited 10 Nationals: 

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Match Director: John Amidon - RMs: Troy 

McManus & Ray Hirst 

Limited to 320 competitors 

18 Stages, Round Count Approximately 360 

(Subject to change) 

Slot fees: $225 for earned slots 

$275 for waiting list slots 

Slot deadline: April 8 -NO exceptions 

Waiting list opens April 10, $20 deposit 

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Match Registration July 20th 2pm to 

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Shooters meeting July 20th 5pm 

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All day competition July 21-22, 8am start 

Morning competition July 23 

Awards/Prizes Evening of July 23 in 

Quincy. 

There will be NO shootoffs for this match. 

May/June 2005 • FRONT SIGHT 3

\SIDE 

H ere it is time for another article; 

the year is really moving 

along. The Handgun 

Nationals are coming together 

well, featuring a back-to-back 

concept with 18 stages for both 

matches, approximately 325 rounds 

each. The golf carts worked really well 

last year and they will be available 

again this year; check the web site for 

the info. Please note that there will be 

no parking on the upper level other 

than staff vehicles this year. 

Some interesting questions have 

come in since the last article, so I 

thought I would share them with you. 

By John Amidon, NROI DIRECTOR 

jamidonl@twcny_rr.cum. 

applied to the holster, but not attached, 

similar to the Barnhart strap. These are 

used to secure the handgun in the holster 

while walking the range, picking 

up brass or taping targets, but can be 

removed on the "load and make 

ready." These straps are okay as long as 

they are not permanently attached to 

the holster. 

on the part of the RO whether an 

"edge hit" was a penalty hit on the noshoot 

or not. Two, shooters objected 

because steel no-shoots are not an "approved 

metal target" - 4.3 talks about 

poppers, mini-poppers and plates but 

does not mention metal "metric"-type 

targets. There *is* a rule about metal 

penalty targets that remain upright 

(4.3.1.8), but that talks about what you 

have to do to the targets - it doesn't refer 

to the shape of the target. 

Is the use of a "metric" metal 

penalty target okay? Is it okay at any 

match, or only at a Level-I, or...? Is it 

forbidden? If so, which rule(s) apply? 

Bungee Gun Locks? 

Over the last couple of years I have 

noticed several shooters permanently' 

attaching a small bungee cord to the 

bottom of their holster. In-betvveen 

stages they loop it over the grip of the 

gun effectively as a retention device. 

On "load and make ready," they load, 

holster, and leave the bungee dangling 

under the holster. 

It seems to me that if the cord is 

permanently attached to the holster 

then it MUST be employed in the 

ready position rather than being left 

dangling under the holster. (5.2.5.3) it 

would seem to me that a removable 

bungee cord which could be stuffed in 

your pocket at the LAMR would be 

OK ... but if it's permanently attached 

to the holster, then it should be in use 

prior to "stand by." I wonder if we 

could get an interpretation on this? 

Answer 

You are correct in your interpretation 

of this rule. If the device is AT- 

TACHED to the holster, it must be applied 

or closed prior to the "stand by" 

command. I have seen bungee cords 

Metal No-Shoots 

I recently shot a stage that had a 

number of steel no-shoots arrayed 

around other targets. If they had used 

paper no-shoots, the way the stage was 

configured, it would have created passthrough 

problems, but because the noshoots 

were steel, the bullets clearly 

could not pass through - they either hit 

the steel, or hit the target. 

Picture two steel no-shoots, with 

about a six-inch gap between them. 

About four feet behind them, there was 

a "shoot" popper. If they had used paper 

no-shoots, you could easily have 

shot through the paper and knocked 

down the popper. By using *metal* 

no-shoots, you could *only* hit the noshoot 

or the popper. Now, if these big 

metal things had been used as hard 

cover, there may be no problem. But 

because they were used as penalty *targets*, 

a couple of shooters had issues. 

At least two shooters objected to 

the use of steel no-shoots. One, because 

there was no "scoring border" - 

in other words it was a judgment call 

Answer 

First off, steel does not have nonscoring 

borders as do poppers and 

plates. The presence of a non-scoring 

boundary is only required on paper 

targets. 

It used to be in the blue book that 

steel targets in the IPSC target configuration 

could be used as steel no-shoot 

targets, but that went away with the 

red book. Now the only metal penalty 

targets per the rule book (4.3) are the 

Pepper Popper, the Mini Popper and 

steel plates. What it boils down to, the 

steel no-shoots in the shape of the metric 

target are illegal targets, but could 

have been used as hard cover only. 

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ant very new to the sport and even 

though I've read the rule book a couple 

of times now I still have one question. 

For Production Division: Can an extended 

magazine release be added to 

the firearm and still be legal? The folks 

from Beretta do offer an extended 

magazine release for the 92FS but I just 

INSIDE NROI continued on page 70. 


FROM THE 

By Dave Thomas, ExEcurm DIRECTOR 

da\,e(cPuspsaurQ 

USPSA Web Page Member's Area 

wwwuspsa.org/members 

username: nationals 

password: backtoback 

What do those people in the office 

do? 

Over the past eight months we've 

had some very atypical staff turnover 

that had us working two people short 

for a couple of weeks. That fact vividly 

illustrated how interdependent the 

members and the office team are and 

how much work these few people accomplish. 

While we were short 

handed, the remaining office staff 

worked extra hours to support the 

members, without breaks or complaints, 

and kept the ship afloat. They 

are an amazing group and deserve your 

thanks. They have mine. 

All of this has led me to reflect on 

the nature and amount of work done in 

this office, and the people doing it. 

Here in Sedro-Woolley we have eight 

full-time and two part-time employees, 

including me. Val Reule has been with 

USPSA for almost 14 years, while 

Roger Maier and Barbara Gibbs have 

served 13 and 12 years respectively. 

Kim, Robin, and Staci all have five or 

more years of service, while Bonnie 

and Jacquee replaced departing staff 

members Karen and Shelby this year. 

Tanya also started working part-time in 

2005. That sort of staff stability is both 

unusual and a major asset. In addition 

to the Sedro-Woolley staff, President 

Michael Voigt, and VP/DNROI John 

Amidon work from their homes in 

other states. 

The staff 's primary job is to support 

USPS/Vs 15,000 members and 350 

affiliated clubs. The 12 of us: 

Maintain all membership and affiliation 

records including 

Entering/Maintaining member data 

Entering 7,000 to 9,000 classification 

scores every month 

Mailing membership cards 

Produce six issues of Front Sight each 

year including: 

Writing 

Editing 

Soliciting advertising 

Laying out text and graphics 

Proofing 

Working with the printer 

Schedule and support NROI seminars 

Locate and schedule instructors for 

each class 

Mail course materials to the host club 

Produce and mail Range Officer certification 

credentials 

Mail RO recertification exams 

Grade RO recertification exams 

Mail RO recertification 

Attend to the USPSA Store 

Process on-line store orders 

Receive payment 

Purchase inventory 

Pull orders from stock and ship to purchaser 

Maintain accurate inventory records 

Support the National Championships, 

including: 

Soliciting match staff 

Purchasing match pins, name tags, 

sponsor t-shirts, souvenir merchandise, 

RO gifts, match trophies, and 

many other necessary materials 

Coordinating the efforts of the paid 

and volunteer staff 

Negotiating and scheduling match staff 

hotel accommodations 

Squadding 

Distributing slots, which involves hundreds 

of telephone calls and emails 

Receiving slots and registration of 

competitors 

Affiliate and Support Affiliated Clubs 

Track major matches 

Supply promotional materials 

Maintain club records 

Maintain Activity Credit and slot distribution 

papenvork 

The staff also supports the Junior 

Program, the Series Championship and 

Level III matches, maintains the web 

page match calendar, prepares the annual 

budget, pays the bills, and maintains 

the financial records. The staff 

works to promote USPSA through 

trade shows such as SHOT and NRA, 

and supports local efforts such as club 

presence at gun shows, county fairs, 

and similar events. We undergo an annual 

outside audit to ensure that incoming 

funds are handled properly 

and within generally accepted accounting 

procedures. Interspersed in all this 

are the tens of thousancis of telephone 

calls, emails, and letters that come into 

the office annually. 

The staff works in partnership with 

local volunteers toward our common 

goals of providing as many quality 

practical shooting opportunities as 

possible, bringing about membership 

growth, and promoting safe participation 

in the shooting sports. Working 

together there is no limit to what we 

can accomplish. 

FROM THE EDITOR continued on page 9 


BULLETI\ 

\ \t\TION EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW 

NEW CLUBS, NEW SCs AND A 

NEW SECTION! 

Spring is a busy time of year for us 

— new beginnings, new members, new 

clubs. Since the last reporting, we have 

had no less than seven new clubs and 

one return. Please extend a warm welcome 

to Griswoldville Practical Shooters 

of Griswoldville, Ga.; Maine Practical 

Shooters of Readfield, Maine (our 

first Maine club!); Porter County Poppers 

of Merriville, Ind.; Rocket City 

Practical Shooters of Owens Crossroads, 

and Rolling Hills Shooting 

Range of Theodore, Ala.; Alburg Rod 

& Gun Club of Rouses Point, N.Y; and 

Springbrook Practical Shooters of 

Omro, Wis. Our returning club, after a 

two-year hiatus, is Minnetonka Game 

& Fish of Anoka, Minn. If you find 

yourself near any of these clubs, give 

them a call and check them out! You'll 

find their listings on our web site in the 

"Find a Club" section. 

Besides our new and returning 

clubs, we have a new section in Florida, 

the Central Florida section, comprised 

of Phoenix Practical Shooters Club, 

Polk County Practical Shooters, Tampa 

Bay Suncoast Pistol Club and Gulf 

Coast Lead Slingers, formerly the 

Wyoming Antelope Club. The SC for 

this new section is Shannon Smith. 

Congratulations! 

We only have a couple of changes 

of SCs to report to you this time, that 

of Ronneio Jow for the Metro East section 

and Tonda Gilfillan for the East 

Texas section. If you see these individuals 

on the range, be sure to thank 

them for all they do — remember, they 

are volunteering for you! 

By Val Reule 

I SOSa org 

CLUBS, PLEASE MAKE SURE... 

When you upload your activities to 

the web site, please make sure you only 

upload it once! We have had a couple 

of instances where the upload was 

done twice for the same activity — 

which means that, once the duplication 

has come to our attention, we have to 

manually delete the second activity and 

arrange for a refund of the fees. If you 

upload and then pay by check, it is important 

that you send only a copy of 

the transaction report, not a complete 

copy of the activity. If we get a complete 

copy of the classifiers with a 

check, we will assume that this was a 

manual submission and treat it as such. 

Also, when you send in scores for 

manual entry, please be sure the paperwork 

is in such a format that we can 

easily enter the scores. This means each 

classifier needs to be separated out by 

division, and each division must be on 

a separate sheet. Please don't put all the 

scores on one sheet, copy the sheets 

back to back or cut them short. What 

you are saving in postage we have to 

spend ten times over in man-hours, recopying 

the score reports so they can 

be put in separate bins for entry. 

Oh, and one more thing — if you do 

decide to submit the scores in a different 

format, please be sure that the 

USPSA numbers appear beside the 

name of the competitor, even if you 

have to copy them in manually. Otherwise, 

we have to stop and research each 

name on the sheets, or ask you to resubmit 

the paperwork with the USPSA 

numbers appended. 

EzWinScore is still the easiest and 

best way to make sure you have all 

your ducks in a row, score-wise. It will 

put the classifier scores in an entryfriendly 

format, print all the forms you 

need (but please discard the Statement 

of Accuracy!) and even figure your 

fees. If, however, you are having trouble 

getting EzWinScore to operate 

properly, please call the office and ask 

for Roger, or e-mail him at 

roger@uspsa.org for help. 

About your competitors, please remind 

anyone who plans to become a 

member that they must have their 

membership to us within two weeks of 

the match. We cannot go back and enter 

scores shot in January or February 

for someone whose membership 

started the first of April. When you 

write a competitor in as "pending," be 

sure to use it only for those who are 

definitely going to become members — 

not for competitors who have long 

since let their memberships expire, or 

for competitors who "might become 

members some day." 

Remember, the system will take 

member scores up to 60 days after a 

membership has lapsed, but not after 

that. If you have someone whose membership 

has lapsed, remind them that 

they need to renew right away, or their 

scores may not count. 

MOVING? 

Things change. That is a given in 

any situation. That means that if things 

change for you, we need to know 

about it. If you move, change your e- 

mail address or telephone number, or 

change your name, we need to know 

about it as soon as possible. Every time 

we send out the magazine, we get literally 

scores of covers returned to us 

marked either with a new address or 

"moved — left no forwarding address." 

No matter what the reason, it costs 70 

cents for each return, and somewhere, 

there is a member who did not get his 

Front Sight. We don't want that to hap- 

BULLETIN BOARD continued on page 72. 


Focus o\ 

By Emmanuel Bragg, JUNIOR F.ROGRAM 

COORDINATOR ebCdprotechro.com 

USPSA 

F 

Junior Member's Area 

wwwuspsa-juniors.org 

username: dvc password: juniors 

inally winter is behind us and 

lots of shooting lies ahead. 

This will be my final article as 

junior coordinator, as I resigned 

the position to accept the Area 

3 director position. At least I'm getting 

the sarne pay as director as I was as Junior 

Coordinator, ($00.00) 

Taking over as junior coordinator is 

Larry Houck, L-2585. Most of you 

know Larry as the match director who 

keeps asking you if you are coming out 

to the Summer Blast! Larry has been 

in the sport for several years, and will 

do a fine job as the new Junior Coordinator 

— more about Larry in 

a moment. 

It has been a fun two and a 

half years. We've had several 

accomplishments and we have a 

few that are just now surfacing. Mike 

McCarter and the Columbia Cascade 

Section (CCS) clubs in Oregon have an 

amazing program in place. They 

formed the Columbia Cascade Junior 

Shooting Team,which currently has six 

juniors, all of whom shoot Glocks and 

use Blade-Tech holsters and magazine 

pouches (both companies are junior 

raffle supporters). The juniors must be 

USPSA members, be able to pass the 

section safety program, and be between 

the ages of 12 and 18. They 

shoot two matches and have one training 

session each month. 

It seems that most of the time the 

biggest hindrance with young shooters 

is equipment. Many parents, especially 

dads, want to see their children participate 

in shooting events but they do not 

have the equipment, nor do they understand 

what is needed. The CCS is 

providing firearms, holsters and am- 

munition thanks to some generous individuals 

(Bob Beal donated 10,000 

rounds of 9mm anuno). The Albany 

Rifle and Pistol Club itself purchased 

the firearms. 

The CCS Junior teatn plans on going 

to local matches, GSSF matches, as 

well as the CCS Championship this 

year. Next year they are looking at the 

Area land possibly the Nationals. They 

are shooting for growth as well, hoping 

to expand 

to 12 to 15 members on the CCS Junior 

team. In addition they have three 

coaches (officially) plus a cast of thousands 

at matches who want to help the 

kids out. USPSA Shooting is one of the 

few sports where a parent can watch 

their children participate and then join 

in when they want to. How many 

other organized sports allow adults 

and juniors to participate together? 

Remember that you could also have 

the same impact at your local club; all 

you have to do is put your best foot forward. 

It sounds like Mike McCarter 

and the fine folks up in the Northwest 

deserve a big thank you for stepping 

forward. 

Bill Warble and the fine crew from 

Area 8 will hold a junior fundraiser 

June 23-26 in conjunction with the 

area match at the East Huntingdon 

Sportsmen's Club. They will be raffling 

off a Dillon 650 that was donated by 

Dillon, selling tickets for $3 each or 

two for $5, 100 percent of which goes 

to the USPSA Junior program. So make 

sure to buy some tickets. You might 

win, and even if you don't at least the 

Junior program will! 

STI CONTINGENCY 

With a new season upon us, there 

are a lot of matches that you will go to 

that can benefit the Junior Program. 

Remember us when you win 

some STI dollars and donate 

some or all of it to the program. 

This progam is made available 

thanks to the generosity of Mssrs. 

Skinner and Kemble of STI, and 

of course, you! 

CAMP SHOOTOUT 

The 2005 Camp Shootout is just 

around the corner, spanning June 21- 

25, 2005. Jerry and Kay Miculek will 

again host the camp at the Clark range 

near Shreveport, La. It's looking like a 

sell-out crowd. If you didn't get in on 

the camp this year, send your resume in 

to your area director to get on the list 

for 2006 

JUNIOR TIMER WINNER 

This issue's winner of the CED 

8000 Junior 'Timer Drawing is Ian J. 

Colbert of Stewartstown, Pa. 

These six timer drawings per year 

are given through the generosity of two 

USPSA members, Dave Skinner at ST', 

and Charles Hardy of CED. They have 

pledged their support throughout the 

year to the USPSA junior program. 

Please thank and support these businesses 

for their continued support of 

FOCUS ON JUN/ORS continued next page. 


FOCUS ON 

JUNIORS continued from page 7. 

the Junior Timer Drawing. 

Congratulations again to Ian Colbert! 

JUNIOR RAFFLE 

The 2005 raffle is already underway. 

Contact Staci at the USPSA headquarters 

to get your new supply of raffle 

tickets for the 2005 season. The 2005 

sponsor list is again a large one. 

DPMS, CZ-USA, Clock, C-More, APS, 

Rescomp/CR speed, ST!, Tactical Solutions, 

Smith & Wesson, Blade-Tech, 

Universal Shooting Academy, Pro-Tech 

Company, Shooters Connection, Safariland, 

and many more to come. 

Now I encourage you to read the following, 

from New USPSA Junior Coordinator 

Larry Houck. 

New Junior Coordinator: 

LARRY HOUCK 

Thanks EB, for the introduction. As 

I sit in my living room writing this article, 

my wife is sitting here wondering 

when she is going to see me again. 

Many of you Icnow who I am if you 

live somewhere on the East Coast. I 

have been a member of USPSA since 

1991. I started shooting USPSA in Colorado, 

attending local matches with 

the infamous Chronodude. When you 

see Greg again ask him about our trip 

to a local match in a snowstorm, you 

will get quite a laugh. I took a leave of 

absence from shooting for about five 

years compliments of the U. S. Army 

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and I returned to active competition in 

1997. I primarily compete in Limited 

10 where last fall I finally earned my 

Master card (tried for a Visa card but 

was declined). 

I am 36 years old and currently 

work for a contractor with Homeland 

Security where I am a Force Protection 

Instructor (I get to shoot guns...and get 

paid!) I travel to many parts of the 

United States conducting training. I atn 

married to a great woman named 

Sandy; she puts up with me being gone 

all the time, my shooting schedule, and 

she even cuts the grass. We have a little 

boy named Brian who is four years old. 

Some of you have already seen him on 

the range playing in the dirt and mud. 

We reside in Charles Town, WVa., 

which is close to Harpers Ferry, but due 

to a lack of clubs in West Virginia, I 

shoot in Area 8. I am working on getting 

a club started in the area. 

As EB mentioned, I am the match 

director for the Summer Blast. I started 

the match in 2001 as a fundraiser for 

the Fraternal Order of Police. We have 

become one of the matches that people 

want to put on their shooting calendar 

to attend. Just remember for the number 

of people that I asked if they were 

attending the Summer Blast, EB followed 

right behind me asking if they 

wanted to buy a junior raffle ticket. 

Every time someone was talking to EB 

they were pulling their wallet out. 

During my years of association 

with USPSA, I have met some wonderful 

people, made many friends and 

have seen some great talent. This is 

why I originally put in for the junior 

coordinator's position when Bill 

Sahlberg resigned. I wanted to be a part 

of the growth of USPSA for the future. 

We owe the growth of the junior program 

to Bill. Emanuel Bragg and I have 

discussed the junior program many 

times, going over items and future endeavors. 

Emanuel has done a great job 

continuing with what Bill started and I 

want to continue to build this program. 

Thanks Emanuel for a job well done. 

Where do I see the junior program 

going in the next several years? Well, 

the sky is the limit. My question is to 

our juniors, where do you want it to 

go? This is your program; send me 

your thoughts and ideas. I serve as the 

liaison between you and USPSA, but 

this is your program. Our juniors have 

become some of the best in USPSA 

thanks to Jerry and Kay Miculek at 

Camp Shootout; just look at the top 16 

from the 2004 Nationals. Our major 

businesses continue to provide our juniors 

with equipment, STI and CED 

have combined to provide six timer 

drawings a year, however, both Mr. 

Skinner and Mr. Hardy have yet again 

added to the program. ST1 will be providing 

a shirt and CED will be providing 

a hat to go along with each timer 

given to a junior. Please take an opportunity 

to say thank you to each company 

that provides valuable merchandise 

to the junior program and raffle. 

I will continue to provide a focus 

on a junior for each issue of the Front 

Sight. Here is where I need the help of 

our field reporters. If you know of a junior 

who is up and coming, willing to 

help, or just getting startcd in USPSA, 

drop me a line. Let me know something 

about them and provide me with 

a contact and away we will go. Now I 

can't promise that every junior will be 

in the Front Sight, but we will try our 

best to make it happen. 

My hat is off to Mike McCarter in 

Oregon for taking the bull by the horns 

and getting their junior shooting team 

off the ground. Mike, I know you have 

a great support cast, but if you need 

anything, just give me a call. To the 

other clubs and sections, get our juniors 

involved, they are always eager to 

learn. Let them set up a match one 

weekend; you may be surprised at 

what you get. 

In closing, I want to thank everyone 

for the opportunity to be the USPSA 

junior Coordinator and I look forward 

to the challenges the position will bring 

and to meeting our juniors across the 

United States. If anyone has a suggestion 

or comment you can reach me at 

azone40@adelphia.net . 


FROM THE 

EDITOR continued from page 5. 

Growing The Association, Part 

Duex 

Any observer of social structures 

will notice that growth is an essential 

element of survival. In other words, 

that which doesn't grow dies. Fortunately, 

USPSA is growing and becoming 

stronger. Twice during 2004 membership 

hit all time highs, most recently 

in November. Most of the credit for 

that growth belongs to the local members, 

clubs, and sections. All growth is 

local. This office does what it can to 

support the grassroots efforts, but 

when all is said and done we need you 

to be there for us to support. 

It is essential to maintain the momentum, 

and USPSA is doing what it 

can to assist with that effort. In the 

March/April issue of Front Sight I used 

this column to announce several new 

tools available to clubs and sections to 

assist in telling the USPSA story and 

continuing building membership. Let's 

revisit those topics and see what has 

been accomplished and what is yet to 

be done. 

Posters 

By the time you read this, the contact 

person of each affiliated club 

should have received one of the new 

USPSA posters featured in my last column. 

If you haven't seen it, contact 

your club officers and ask that it be 

made available for public viewing. 

Clubs may request a reasonable number 

of additional copies to use to create 

excitement at events like gun shows or 

county fairs. Please note that we can't 

provide sufficient numbers of posters 

to allow everyone in attendance at the 

event to have one. We recommend that 

they be used as an incentive or premium 

for those who join or show unusual 

interest. 

Point-of-Purchase Display 

By the time you read this, your club 

should have received a letter explaining 

the retailer incentive program in 

detail. Under the program, clubs may 


request sufficient numbers of the POP 

displays to recruit local retailers to the 

program, part of which gives those retailers 

space on the USPSA web site for 

their own information. 

Amazon.com , and other Link 

Revenue 

Thank you to our members 

who have taken advantage 

of the link-through referrals 

found at www.uspsa.org . 

USPSA received over 1200 in 

Amazon.com commissions in 

the first three months of 

2005. Amazon pays USPSA 

approximately five percent of 

the amount of your order if 

you arrive at their site 

through their link on 

www.uspsa.org, and doing so 

does not increase your purchase 

price. 

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In the last issue we told 

you of the addition of the 

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ongratulations to Max 

Michel Jr., Travis Tomasie, 

Todd Sindelar, Larry Houck, 

and Sam Keen, the USPSA 

Points Series division champions for 

2004. 

Points Series competition has 

opened a new door, allowing shooters 

to compete for season-long achievement. 

For some, the series offers a kind 

of match-within-a-match or matchwithin-a-season, 

as traveling shooters 

like the Army's Max Michel and Travis 

Tomasie work the Points Series into 

their existing travel schedules. For others, 

the Series offers a way to plan a 

CHAMPIONSHIP 

season. For classified competitors in 

particular, the new series rules require 

less travel, letting them plan their calendars 

more strategically, and more 

cost-effectively. 

Within each region, Points Series 

competitors meet first at their local 

events, then again at such pivotal 

events as the Florida Open (the first 

Points Series Tournament of the year). 

By the time the handgun nationals rolls 

around, the serious competitors will 

know who to look out for. 'The Nationals 

is worth four times the points of 

a Sectional, and is usually the determining 

match of the year. After that 

match, Points Series qualified Section- 

2005 System Offers Simpler 

Participation, Higher Rewards 

als can draw an eclectic collection of 

Series shooters, as they fill in missing 

scores or improve substandard ones, 

building toward the Area 2 (the last 

Area match of the year). 

NEW RULES 

The main complaints about the 

2003 and 2004 Points Series focused 

on travel and reporting requirements. 

The USPSA Board responded by reducing 

the number of scores required, 

and simplifying the score reporting 

procedures. 

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Travis Tomasie 

Emanuel Bragg 

Sterlinq White 

Cole Gleason 

Paul Andrew Carlson 

Robert A Novak 

Carol Klesser 

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TY9616 

TY45562 

TY49897 

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Production 

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Scott Hattrup 

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L2627 

A38951 

L2339 

L2133 

TY46975 

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L10 

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Brad Bolz 

L10 

Grant Allen 

L10 

Tony L Shores 

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A49360 

A51235 

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Revolver A Mike W. Tilley 

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John W. Jawor 

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Scott Hattrup 

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Richard H. Gillette 

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A36120 

TY46975 

TY45680 

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M. Chris Tilley 

Ronald M. Francisco 

James A. Chestnut 

Carlos A. Rubio 

Wayne L. Patmore 

A26022 

TY38861 

A35324 

L1476 

A24841 

TY44163 

(the Nationals, two Area Championships, 

two "Other" tournaments, 

and four designated Section championships) 

many shooters who registered 

for the 2003 and 2004 series ended up 

with less than a full set of scores at yearend. 

This year, a shooter needs only 

Photo by Roger Maier 

Travis Tomasie laid claim to the Limited 

Points Series trophy. Apparently, 

joining the Army Marksmanship 

Unit was good for his game! 

five scores (the Nationals, one Area, 

two state/section matches, and one 

"other" match). A shooter can shoot 

more matches than that if they wish to 

improve a bad score, but the minimum 

number of scores is just five. 

SIMPLIFIED PAPERWORK 

The Board greatly simplified the 

record keeping. Last year each shooter 

needed to pay a small registration fee 

($10), then pay another $10 at every 

match they wished to have recorded. 

This ended up being 

unnecessarily 

cumbersome, and 

cost several 

shooters needed 

scores thanks to 

confusion over 

paperwork. For 

2005, the matchby-match 

fee 

structure has been 

scrapped in favor 

of a single $100 

registration fee, 

greatly easing the 

paperwork load. 

So long as the 

competitor regis- 

ters with USPSA, and the match reports 

the match using EzWinScore 2.25 or 

greater, all score recording happens automatically. 

NOT JUST A TROPHY 

While the Series title and trophy is 

a worthy goal, USPSA sweetens the pot 

a bit by sending a check along with it. 

The dollars won't pay your expenses, 

but the 2005 Points Series rules have 

been tweaked to pay larger sums to the 

winning participants. With $60 per 

Photo by Patrick Sweeney 

2003 Production Series champion Matthew Mink secured 

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competitor going to the class winner, 

plus another $20 going to the division 

winner, it's not hard to see how a prize 

pool can build, quickly. 

For example, the 2005 Series 

started taking registrations February 1, 

and by March 15 had stacked up almost 

half as many participants as had 

registered in all of 2003 - despite a 

much higher buy-in. With five divisions 

and six classes, the prize money 

tends to get divided out into small 

piles, but for shooters vying for the 

more popular division titles (such as B- 

Limited) the check should pay for a 

very nice celebratory dinner. Seven 

GM's shot in Limited Division at the 

Florida Open (the first Points Series 

match of 2005). Even if no other Limited 

GMs join the series for the REST 

OF THE YEAR, their participation 

alone means the second-place GM will 

earn a minimum of $420. We're assuming 

the top GM will win Limited, 

and THAT check will be figured on 

$20 for every competitor in Limited 

Division. 

Remember, I'm using the numbers 

as of March 15 - a good month before 

the first Area match has been fired. 

New Series competitors are signing up 

regularly. 

HOW DO I JOIN? 

Registration couldn't be easier. Go 

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he 

Tristate match has been 

improving every year, growing 

in shooters, unique stage 

design, and overall match 

quality. This year we had 175 shooters 

who enjoyed 10 well-balanced stages, 

testing all aspects of practical shooting. 

The stages ranged from eight-round 

speed shoots that made competitors 

think, to 32-round field courses that 

made them scratch their heads. Several 

super-squadders thanked us for an excellent 

tune-up for the Nationals. 

For those who have not traveled 

out our way, the dedicated staff of East 

Huntingdon Practical Shooters (EH- 

PSA) has been building our program 

for several years. We have a group of 

dedicated individuals and are fortunate 

enough to have great facilities, including 

12 pistol bays and a spacious clubhouse. 

We've taken those facilities and 

built a quality program; our monthly 

matches average over 80 guns, and 

we've even been over 100 guns at a 

monthly match! 

Most of the stages had interesting 

aspects to them. I'll highlight some of 

the most unusual ones. If the luck of 

the draw had shooters start on Stage 4, 

named "Move It, Open It, Run Under 

It," they had better have eaten a hearty 

Photo by Bill Warble. 

Gravity-actuated no-shoots and 

hidden no-shoots made even the 

speed shoots tricky. 


Photo by Bull Warble. 

Sinister Smile of "The Clown" left many shooters hanging their heads. "The 

Clown" has since been retired, but watch for similar devilry at the upcoming 

Area 8. 

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started harmlessly enough, sitting keep shooters moving down the plank 

down with the gun in a briefcase. Once while trying to engage each moving 

shooters got up and opened that case, 

everything started to move. There 

were rwo forward swingers, a regular 

swinger, and two poppers, all hidden 

behind walls and visible only through 

small ports. After this, competitors 

only had to run to open a door, move 

through a Cooper tunnel with two 

ports under it, then get to the last door 

behind which there were three 

swingers that no one could seem to 

time out. Chris Tilley and David Sevigny 

nailed the timing better than the 

rest, and both took the stage win in 

their divisions. 

Our creativity and all the movers in 

storage came out on "Walk the Plank." 

We had competitors starting out with 

sword in hand, and a parrot on their 

shoulder. Some shooters asked how 

we scored sword hits, but as John Amidon 

was not on hand for a ruling, we 

just had everyone drop the sword 

when they went for their gun. The 

course led them on to a plank, which 

had land mines on both sides. As they 

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wrapped up in the stage concept, trying 

to dive off the end of the planIc to 

get to the rest of the targets a little 

faster. Most stayed dry! 

The very next stage was our tribute 

to those IDPA shooters who participate 

in IPSC. Having shot at our local IDPA 

matches, I noticed how much shooting 

was done while backing up. Well, that 

had the creative juices worlcing on a 

way to get IPSC shooters to move 

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named "Backup." Competitors 

started at the front of the stage, 

then had to move back about 7 

yards while engaging targets. Next 

they worked their way through the 

middle of the stage, only to move 

back another 4 yards to finish at a 

port. There were many nervous 

faces that ended up changing to 

smiles, having never shot anything 

quite like that before. 

Stage 10 was an updated version 

of the previous year's Clown 

stage. For those who don't remember 

hearing about this stage, it 

was comprised of three wall sections 

having two ports and a third 

Photo by Bill Warble 

Watch the "mines" below the "plank." 

With targets stacked to both sides to en- 

prone port. The catch was that the courage movement, a shooter had to have 

ports had timed no -shoots closing his wits about him on "Walk The Plank." 

them off. The no-shoots moved 

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then closed again. The 2005 update included 

a 5-foot-tall beanie hat on top 

of the clown. We also moved some targets 

so they were visible around the 

walls making it easier to get the remaining 

targets through one port. It 

lured many shooters into trying to 

shoot through just one port, which 

proved faster to close than most were 

able to shoot. Once again this stage put 

a wrench into many a shooter's day. It 

was the only one that tripped up Dave 

Sevigny on his way to winning Production. 

Rest assured, the Clown has been 

retired. 

The remaining stages offered significant 

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Production 

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at eight rounds had some timing issues 

that had shooters sneaking a peek at 

other squads to try to find the fastest 

way to shoot it. The match was 238 

rounds that had a little bit of everything. 

Other points of interest were the 

large numbers of GM and M shooters; 

we had nine GMs and 17 Ms shoot the 

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who knows how the final 

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thanks to the one-match 

format of 2004, demand 

for slots to the Handgun Nationals has 

been unseasonably high. USPSA's 

phones lit up long before the waiting 

list became active April 10 with seasoned 

competitors concerned about 

nailing down their invitations. Invitations 

that many have taken for granted 

aren't arriving this year, and with so 

many Americans using the Nationals as 

a launch pad for World Shoot, their 

concerns are justified. 

"Demand is high," says NROI coordinator 

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slots from Area matches. That creates a 

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Rob Leatham, for example, did not 

earn a "returning champion" slot to the 

Open Nationals (he competed in Limited 

last year). Shooters like him are 

taking slots offered by Area matches, 

displacing other grandmasters, who in 

turn displace others. In 

Leatham's case, Leatham 

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With the 

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hurry-up mode, the slots question has 

become very real. 

USPSA moved the nationals to July 

in response to the World Shoot moving 

its dates from October to August. This 

forced section coordinators to deal 

with their slot distribution questions a 

month earlier than expected in order to 

meet the adjusted distribution deadlines. 

"I'm hearing from SCs who say to 

me, 'That's not enough slots for my section.' 

If that's any measure of demand, 

slot distribution is going to be pretty 

tricky," says 'Williams. 

The U.S. Nationals will be a popular 

venue for international competitors 

as well, raising the demand curve for 

competitors who had planned on 

pulling a slot off the waiting list. 

Advantage Juniors, Teachers 

While shooting in Barry, III., in July 

was nobody's idea of perfect timing, it 

did open the door to students and 

teaching faculty that would otherwise 

be barred from participating. 

USPSA has already heard from a 

number of juniors, and from a school 

principal and his son who plan to attend 

thanks to the new dates. 

This year, you will pay $20 to get 

your name added to the waiting list. 

Should you get your slot, that $20 will 

go toward your match fee. If you are 

offered a slot and decline, you forfeit 

your $20. However, if your name never 

makes it to the top of the list, USPSA 

will refund your money. When you get 

this article in your mailbox, the list will 

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a little over three weeks. If you have aspirations 

toward going to Barry in a 

few months, and don't yet have a slot, 

get on that list inunediately. 

Why bother emphasizing this? In 

early April, there was considerable discussion 

of exactly what HOUR the 

waiting list would open. Those passionate 

few involed in that discussion 

will be on the list already, but as we 

have learned, many of those people will 

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BY ROGER MADIOU, L-2200; PHOTOS 

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Ab s IPSC shooters in Asia 

bounce emails all over the 

Global Village discussing the 

est airfares and routes to 

Latin America and their counterparts 

in Europe and North America ponder 

the availability and potency of local or 

imported ammo, Ecuador is quietly 

amassing a small army of volunteers to 

welcome its international guests with 

"mucho gusto" to a World Shoot that 

has been a long time coming. 

Lingering doubts about World 

Shoot XIV's locale may have scared 

some shooters away from the Pan 

American Championship two years 

ago, but that match and last year's 

Ecuador Open exposed Ecuador's production 

teams to the pressure and rigors 

of international competition, giving 

them the opportunity to gauge 

their skills against World Champions 

Eric Grauffel, David Sevigny, and other 

top shooters like Martin Kamenicek of 

the Czech Republic and 

Frank Garcia of Florida's 

Universal Shooting Academy. 

Frank Garcia's recollections 

of Latin America 

made a compelling argument 

to travel to Ecuador. 

Upon a chance meeting 

with Frank in South Africa 

at the Johannesburg airport 

after World Shoot 

XIII, he recounted his 

memories concerning 

Ecuador: 

"I began my shooting 

career in Ecuador 20 years 

ago," said Frank on a late 

September day nearly 

three years ago. "The 

range in Guayaquil is 

small. I think it only has 

six or seven bays...But 

that was the average size of 

ranges in those days....I 

see no reason not to go to 

Ecuador." 

With Frank's words echoing 

through my head, the decision to work 

the Pan American Championship and 

subsequent Level III matches last year 

was easy and rewarding. If nothing 

else, Frank's comments aroused my curiosity, 

because they put a positive spin 

on shooting a World Shoot in Latin 

So, you want to go to Ecuador?..." Author 

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to the World Shoot paved with gracious, 

Ecuadorian hospitality from the moment 

they arrive. The chief of police, General 

Jorge Poveda, is an IPSC shooter, and is 

competing in the match. The general and 

the host organization collaborated to ensure 

that shooters clear customs quickly. 

Prior to the Pan Am, customs agents 

weren't really accustomed to inspecting 

race guns with any regularity. When 

Chris Thomas, an Open shooter from the 

show-me state, arrived early for the 

Ecuador Open he created quite a stir: 

"I was the test subject for the new airport 

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in a foreign land), they will readily accept your American 

dinero, because the U.S. dollar is king in Ecuador—a 

wimp every where else in the world at the moment, but 

numero uno there! Ecuador adopted the U.S. dollar as its 

official currency in 2000. Coins, however, still bear the 

images of past Ecuadorian presidents. So leave your quarters 

at home. Also, save $25 for the airport departure tax. 

But to fully appreciate the mindset of Latin Americans 

toward shooting, consider this conundrum. It would be 

inconceivable, not to mention impractical, for our Com- 

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ld West short 

time machine. 

Juergen Tegge of Germany kept a 

watchful eye on shooters at Pan 

Am's Stage 19 

They told me a little later that this was the 

first real gun and ammo they had seen. I 

told them to expect about another couple 

of hundred competitors who would be 

arriving in the next day or so....Then 

armed soldiers gathered around me as 

opened the bag to let them inspect the 

gun and the paper work, which went 

quickly; and I was then directed to the hotel 

shuttle." 

Clearing customs should be decidedly 

smoother during the World Shoot. After 

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mander in Chief to attend a U.S. nationals for security 

and political reasons. Despite our Second 

Amendment, the media would eat him alive. The 

president of Ecuador, by contrast, will preside at 

the extravagant, opening ceremony of the World 

Shoot, and, according to the match director, plans 

to visit the range during the match—at least once. 

The magnitude of this match is such that a phalanx 

of media—including one of the Outdoor cable 

channels--has signed on to blanket this event. 

And it's a safe bet that a military band will serenade 

President Lucio Gutierrez and visitors daily in the 

vendors' area during lunch. This is the type of parallel 

universe U.S. shooters will be orbiting in during 

the World Shoot. 

Making IPSC History 

Unbeknownst to most shooters, Ecuador hosted (Black 

the first Level IV IPSC championship in 1991 at a 

military base just outside Guayaquil. According to WS 

Match Director Victor Ferrero (who also served then as the 

MD), about 175 shooters from all over Latin and North 

Arnerica attended that match, which was called the South 

American Championship (SAC). The SAC served as the template 

for all future Level IV championships, which require a 

minimum of 24 stages shot over four days. Like a 

chameleon, the SAC changed its name twice before becoming 

known today as the Pan American Championship. 

Against this historical backdrop, Ecuador boldly bid for 

World Shoot XIV and the Pan Am Championship. Several 

regions questioned Ecuador's wisdom in bidding for both 

matches. Match Director Ferrero reasoned that building a 

new range in time for the Pan Am would simplify his life for 

the big event this summer. And it seems his strategy has paid 

off. With the construction of the new range complete, 

Ecuador received shooters from North, Central, and Latin 

Junior competitor Carlos Palma shows good form on Stage 2 

Rain) at the Ecuador Open. 

America, as it did tor the SAC. But, this unie, it also welcomed 

many European pistoleros to the Pan Am with full 

Latin American fanfare in the fall of 2003. And, due to the 

favorable reviews of the match, it appears that shooters in 

many regions will linger on waiting lists for World Shoot 

slots. 

Home on the Range 

World Shoot XIV competitors will play on a well-designed 

range. The complex has 28 bays in its new section and 

eight bays in the "old" park, which looks like a tropical rain 

forest and is at least 10 degrees cooler than the rest of the 

complex. Large iguanas seem to take refuge there because of 

the cooler temperatures, or maybe they like the sound of 

gunfire. Shooters who competed in South Africa three years 

ago at WS XIII will be happy to learn that berms on this 

range are high enough to eliminate rounds skipping all over 

the place like screaming patriot missiles. The entire complex 

sits on the grounds of La Herradura, an established, 

private equestrian club located 20 minutes outside of 

town amid fields of sugarcane. Clubhouses, a tennis 

court, clean restrooms, and a swimming pool grace 

the grounds. There's even a miniature runway for radio-controlled 

aircraft enthusiasts, and during the 

Pan Am army helicopters landed on site discharging 

dignitaries and offering joy rides. The army no 

doubt will be busy in August. 

Many shooters like Marcos Kruszewski cursed being handcuffed 

on this stage called "Damned Windows" at the Pan Am. If you look 

closely, you'll see that Kruszewski's wrist is cuffed to the table. 

Ecuadorian National Teams 

When Eric Grauffel and other top guns competed at 

the Pan Am, it gave local Open shooters Nicolas 

Blum (shooting 77%) and Nicolas Taramelli (67%) a 

chance to measure their skills against world champions. 

Junior shooters Ana "Anita" Moreira and Andrea 

Cordero, Carlos Palma and Anita's brother, 

Galo, exploited the opportunity as well. They 

learned the kind of discipline it takes to become a top 

shooter. Just as well, since junior U.S. shooters like 


LEFT: The Cooper Tunnel on Stage 

11 at the Ecuador Open was a hit with 

most shooters. BELOW, Ecuador's 

top Limited shooter, Mario De Genna, 

in action at the Ecuador Open 

Eusebio won't show them any 

mercy. 

Ecuador's top Standard shooter, 

Mario De Genna (shooting 76 % of Estuardo 

Gomez's first place score), faces an 

uphill battle against the U.S. team and 

other world-class warriors like Frank 

Garcia. But, who knows, often a home 

court advantage makes magic happen. 

Dark horses and underdogs sometime, 

prevail, just as the 1980 U.S. OlympiL 

hockey team did against the Russians. 

And the Ecuadorians are passionate about 

winning at least one division for their homeland. 

American shooters like Ralph Arredondo of California, 

Joel Dix of Florida, Julie Goloski of Georgia, Chris Thomas 

of Missouri, Marisa Hogan of Texas, and STI's Dave Skinner 

scoped out the Ecuadorian landscape, competing in either 

the Pan Am or the Ecuador Open last year or both. MI 

of them acclimated themselves to the foreign turf ahead of 

time, which is always wise. In fact, Ralph seemed so at home 

and at ease around town that he took high Super Senior, 

18th overall in Open at the Pan Am. 

Shooting with an STI/Dawson .38 Super, Marisa Hogan 

has competed worldwide. She said the 2003 Pan Am was a 

good precursor to the World Shoot, because it had challenging 

stages that forced shooters to do things like go 

prone. In 1997, she shot her first Pan Am Championship in 

Venezuela. Since then she has competed in Colombia, Costa 

Rica, and Guatemala, to name a few countries. And she advises 

gringos to prepare for plenty of pomp and pageantry at 

WS XIV, because 

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is infused with 

it. 

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Throughout all the Latin American countries she has visited, 

Marisa has never been hassled about her gun. If anything, 

she said, some customs officials are a little too 

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tion on this 32-round course was standing behind a barrel 

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Stages To Expect 

While hypothetically more difficult and formal than 

Level III matches, Level IV championships often have all the 

trappings of World Shoots, but are inherently less difficult. 

The Pan Am was cast in this mould, and it seemed like a 

Level III [national] match on steroids, with four classifiers. 

World Shoots, on the other hand, have to be difficult, and, 

rumor has it this one is going to push the envelope, with 

tight, long shots on many stages. It may not be as colorful 

and decorative as the incredible AustralAsian Championship 

held last December in Bali, but, according to Range Master 

Doug Lewis, even the short courses will be tough. Using the 

Pan Atn as a blueprint, World Shoot competitors can expect 

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shooting areas. And those five stages will account for almost 

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IROA personnel will be waiting to ensure 

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toying with the idea of competing with 

a 32-round Glock mag in the Open Division 

(one shooter tried at the Pan 

Am), don't go there! And please review 

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Local commercial ammo will be 

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Ecuador is Dillon country, and 

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BY KIMBERELY WILLIAMS, A-5034-4 Kim: Do you have any children? 

ill was tempting fate. As usual. 

Bill: Two two-legged, a boy and 

He was leaning back in his 

girl and two four-legged, also a 

, liair, perilously close to tipboy 

and a girl! 

ping over and I was trying in 

vain to get him to sit up straight so I Kim: Location? 

could get at least one decent shot of 

him for this piece. 

"Bill! I don't think I've ever seen 

one 'normal' photo of you in all the 

• 

BEER, DRINK & 

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TO G 

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Photo by Troy McManus 

Helm enjoying New 

Orleans during the 

recent USPSA Instructor's 

conference. 

Bill: What, the kids? They bet-ter 

be at school. We all live in Jackson 

Hole, Wyoming 

Bill Helm: jovial On The Lint 

years I've known you!" 

"Doesn't exist," he says, as he tilts 

back a little farther, raising and lowering 

his eyebrows and mugging for the 

camera. 

And so it went. The entire weekend 

of the instructor's conference in New 

Orleans I didn't manage one shot of instructor 

trainee Bill Helm where he 

wasn't making faces, cracking wise, or 

otherwise making my job impossible. 

God bless him. I would have had better 

luck photographing lions in the 

Serengeti. Arid that was just the photography 

session. Wait `til you get a 

load of the interview... 

Kim: Are you married, Bill? 

Bill: Happily. 

Kim: Har har. Do you work? 

Bill: As little as possible, but my 

wife and kids think work all the - 

Bill Helm, er, tempting fate... 

time. I sell real estate, do some 

business consulting, right now I am 

worlcing with an animal hospital, play 

bass in a jazz trio, and do computer and 

network consulting — and I teach 

some software classes too. 

Kim: How did you get started in shooting 

sports? 

Bill: When I was 11 or 12 the police 

department in the town I was living 

near had a target-shooting program for 

children at their indoor range in the 

basement of "city hall" and that is 

when/where my shooting sports activities 

started. We shot NRA small bore 

targets with single-shot bolt action 

.22's and worked all of the 

shooting positions. It was pretty 

competitive as I remember, but 

that was a long time ago. 

Kim: You gotta like any sentence 

that starts, "When I was 11 or 

12 the police department..." But 

I digress. How did you get 

started with USPSA? 

Bill: In 1996 I was selling a 

sporting goods store and my 

client and a gunsmith friend of 

mine and I were all sitting 

around the wood stove in the 

Photo by Kim Williams. 

back of the store and they told me I 

should go out to the range on Saturday 

as there was going to be an IPSC 

demonstration. They said should take 

one of my pistols out and try it; they 

thought I might like it. So I bought an 

Uncle Mikes holster for my Sig 220 

and went. Needless to say I was 

hooked by the end of the day. 

Kim: And how did you get involved 

Photo by Dave Thoma,, 

Bill Helm (center right) with the 

stage 18 crew from the 2004 Handgun 

Nationals. 

with officiating? 

Bill: One of my new friends was a certified 

RO and suggested that I take a 

class. He said that I would really learn 

a lot and become a better shooter. The 

HELM continued or: page 28. 


2005 NROI Instructors Conference 

NROI's Big Guns in the Big Easy 

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iosirahrs, 11 cbaent ct he la, 

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you where you got 

yo' shoes!" 'This challenge 

is pretty common down in the 

Big Easy, especially in the French Quarter, 

where street kids make a few bucks 

Photo by Troy McManus 

View of Bourbon Street during a break 

in the conference. 

off unsuspecting tourists. Not believing 

that the kid is clairvoyant, it's usually 

worth the sawbuck to prove him 

wrong. Of course, the kid doesn't lose 

because he really does know where you 

got your shoes: "On your feet, Bourbon 

Street, New Orleans, Louisiana!" 

On the weekend of March 11th, 

the NROI instructor corps had their 

shoes on their feet in New Orleans, 

La., for their annual conference. John 

Amidon, the director of NR01, called 

the meeting to order Saturday morning, 

with four instructors, two instructors-in-training 

and Kim 

Williams, the NROI coordinator in attendance. 

2004 seemed to be a year 

for change within the NROI instructor 

corps. Mike Braun, Arnie Christianson, 

and Bill Kehoe resigned and 

John Hurst is on indefinite hiatus 

from teaching. 'This left NROI with 

only five instructors: John Amidon, 


Jay Worden, John Amidon, and Ray 

Hirst poring over documents during 

the conference. 

Troy McManus, Jay Worden, Perry 

Wilson, and Carl Schmidt. NROI 

CONFERENCE continued on page 30. 

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BILL HELM continued from page 26. 

way our club matches were organized 

we all ran shooters at one point or another 

so it made sense to get certified. 

The nearest class was near Bozeman, 

Mont., and sponsored by GAS (Gallatin 

Action Shooters). As a relatively 

new club they were eager to get on the 

learning curve and I think we were 

around 25 shooters at that class. What 

a great time we had. The teacher, Bob 

McGarey, was real informative and encouraging, 

it was a lot of fun. At my 

CRO class a year later (also sponsored 

by GAS) most of the same students attended. 

Our instructor, Jay Worden, 

gave a great pitch to try out for the Nationals 

Staff. I tried it. I liked it. I'm still 

around. I've worked all but two national 

events since 1998 and a lot of 

area and local matches as well. About 

three years ago I joined IROA. Two 

years ago my true identity as a member 

of the notorious Lee family was discovered. 

Kim: Can you give me a breakdown of 

your certification levels and dates if 

you can remember that far back? 

Bill: Bob McGarey taught my RO class 

at the GAS range near Bozeman, Mont. 

That was 1997, I think. I took my CRO 

from Jay Worden a year later at the 

same location. Armageddon mentored 

me for my RM in 2000/2001. Now I 

am working as an instructor trainee. 

Kim: How many matches have you 

worked over the years? 

Bill: More than I can remember. I 

started working nationals in 1998 in 

Las Vegas and have worked them every 

year since. I have worked area championships, 

3-Gun nationals, and area 

matches. 

Kim: Now that you're so firmly entrenched 

in NROI, what are some of 

the biggest challenges and obstacles 

you think the institute is facing today? 

Bill: I think that the biggest challenge 

we have at the moment is getting 

everyone up to speed on our new rules. 

Some of the changes are pretty subtle. 

The most important challenge we face 

for the long term is recruiting and 

training enthusiastic and competent 

RO's. Our sport cannot happen without 

shooters or officials. 

Kim: What's the healthiest thing we 

can do to overcome those obstacles? 

Bill: I think that John (Amidon) and 

the whole Instructor Corps are doing a 

great job recruiting, creating enthusiasm 

and encouraging shooters to become 

certified range officers. I am 

looking forward to joining the team. 

The benefits of learning from my colleagues 

are astounding. 

Kim: What made you decide to go one 

step further and become an instructor 

for NROI? 

Bill: Well, when John asks me to do 

something I think he probably has a 

good reason. I had mentioned to one 

of the instructors at a "nationals" that 

I would be interested to put my name 

in for consideration if an instructor 

opening came up. I thought/think I can 

make a positive contribution. 

Kim: What motivates you to volunteer 

and do so much for the sport? 

Bill: USPSA/IPSC has brought so many 

ti 

Photo by Robin Taylor 

Helm (center) striking a typical pose 

at the 2002 Factory Gun 

Nationals. 

smiles to my face I want to help other 

people to have smiles too. I have a lot 

of fun shooting and officiating. 

Kim: Do you think USPSA is headed in 

the right direction as far as membership, 

marketing, juniors, divisions, etc. 

etc? 

Bill: Yes, but I think we have enough divisions 

at this point. 

Kim: What do we need to do to change 

or what do we need to work on? 

Bill: I feel that we are getting better at 

making our sport more attractive to 

new shooters and our biggest challenge 

is to retain them. We need to work diligently 

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Kim: What about NROI? What do 

you think we can do to improve RO recruitment 

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Bill: Whoa! Now that is a question. I 

think that holding more Level 1 seminars 

and reaching out to all of our clubs 

is the best way. I also think that all 

USPSA members need to set a good example 

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Kim: Do you see a problem with the Us 

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Bill: No. I think that it has improved 

greatly in the recent past. I spend a lot 

of my time on the range when I officiate, 

working on building good working 

relationships with shooters and other 

staff members. Remember range officers 

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Kim: What advice would you give nevi, 

shooters? 

Bill: Have patience. It takes a while to 

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Practice, Practice. As soon as you 

can, take a Level 1 RO course. It is a 

fantastic way to learn more about the 

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Kim: What advice would you give new 

ROs? 

Bill: Have patience! As with new 

shooters, it takes time. Listen to your 

CROs when you work your first big 

matches; they have a wealth of experience. 

Don't be afraid to run shooters, 

relax, keep your eyes on the gun and 

have fun. 

Kim: What do you think is the most 

fundamentally important thing to 

teach students attending your seminars? 

Bill: Safety, Safety, Safety... 

Kim: Any interesting, amusing and/or 

disturbing anecdotes you'd care to 

share with us? 

Bill: One afternoon Ug, Home, Har, 

Smell and the rest of the "Lee Family" 

and I were ... (Censored not fit to print! 

-ed) 

Kim: Okay, last question. If you were 

a gun, which gun would you be and 

why? 

Bill: Well, at first I thought a full blown 

race gun with a dot and a comp and all 

that trick stuff, no wait, I'd wanna be 

one of those cool DillonAero 50's, no 

wait, I'd wanna be a 50 BMG; but 

that's not me, but being a gear head 

those were what came to mind first. I 

guess in reality I'd be more like your 

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And there you have it, Bill Helm in 

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Bill, we look forward to welcoming 

you to the ranks...I think. sout 

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CONFERENCE continued from page 27. 

added two new instructors-in-training 

along the way, and we welcomed Ray 

Hirst and Bill Helm to the corps at the 

meeting. Gary Stevens, one of our new 

instructors, wasn't able to attend due 

to a prior commitment. 

Several items were on the agenda 

for the meeting. A new Power Point 

presentation for the Level I seminar 

was presented and discussed. The updated 

portions of the presentation include 

video and audio files to add 

punch to the seminar. NROI made the 

decision to go to a computer-based 

presentation last year, taking advantage 

of the ability to quickly upgrade 

the presentation material, and the need 

to keep the seminar material current 

with the rules. We also wanted to keep 

the seminar relevant to the students' 

needs. Since many of the visual aids 

were out of date, the instructors have 

been working on gathering current 

photographs and video for use in the 

presentation. If you have good, illustrative 

photos (either digital or prints), 

or video you'd like to share with us for 

use in either the Level I or II seminar, 

please contact Troy McManus at 

mactiger@eatel.net. Changes and improvements 

in the Level II (CRO) seminar 

material were also discussed. Improvements 

to the correspondence material 

were suggested, and the group 

discussed ways to strengthen the "live" 

Level II seminar, as well as be more customer 

service oriented. One item of 

particular interest is a compilation of 

computer-based course design templates 

to be made available on the 

NROI web page. Since we seem to be 

getting a majority of computer-generated 

courses of fire, we decided to 

gather course design templates for a variety 

of software and make them available 

to the membership. Again, your 

ideas and suggestions are welcomed. 

Kim Williams presented a report 

detailing problems she's encountered 

in her duties as NROI coordinator. 

Communications were the key to most 

issues involving scheduling classes, cer- 


tification and re-certification of range 

officers, and providing fresh, relevant 

content for the new NROI website, 

which Ms. Williams developed. Visit 

the NROI web page at www.nroi.org , 

and add your cormnents in the forum 

area. Kim showed the group new scoring 

overlays produced by a local print 

shop. The overlays are made of a more 

scratch-resistant material, with heavier 

markings for long life, and are available 

in several thicknesses. Expect to 

see these new overlays very soon! 

Carl Schmidt then showed the 

group a draft presentation for a new 

seminar NROI is developing. Since 3- 

Gun matches are increasing not only in 

popularity but also in complexity, it 

seems like a good idea to have a supplemental 

seminar geared toward 

teaching certified range officers the differences 

in rules for long guns. With 

the advent of the "new" rules, there are 

now four rulebooks: one each for pistol, 

rifle, shotgun, and tournaments. 

We also have a working set 

of multi-gun rules. Carl 

and Troy are working to 

put together a one-day 

class to instruct range officers 

in these rules, and 

NROI is hoping to have a 

worlcing seminar sometime 

before the end of the year. 

If you have suggestions for 

specific items to cover in 

the seminar, feel free to 

send them to us, and watch 

the NROI web page and 

Front Sight for details. 

After lunch, the group s 

discussed some of the major 

changes in the rules, and what problems 

these were causing for students. 

The group also talked at length about 

problems the instructors had encountered 

over the past year. A couple of 

to-do items came from this discussion: 

printing the range commands on the 

back of the instructor's business cards 

Jay Worden debating with 

on, and Carl Schmidt. 


Ray Hirst, Perry Wil- 

for student reference, and creating a 

detailed index of U.S. rules for student 

use. 

The group was asked by John Amidon 

if they'd be interested in helping to 

review course of fire submissions for 

Level III sanction, and we unanimously 

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IV, 1 I : 

CONFERENCE continued from prey. page. 

One topic that provided some 

lively discussion was the recertification 

requirements for Range Masters and 

Range Master Instructors. Currently, 

instructors must teach at least three 

seminars annually and participate 

in group discussions, forums, and 

the like to remain certified. Range 

Masters must work as a CRO at 

one Level III match per year to 

maintain their RM certification. 

While there are at least 63 people 

who have been certified at the RM 

level, there are only about 20 active 

Range Masters. Details on the 

RM re-certification process will be 

in John's "Inside NROI" column 

soon, and will also be posted in the 

"Hot Topic" area of the NROI 

web page. The group also talked 

about the "time in grade" requirements 

for applicants to the Level 

II, Rivi and TD courses. At pre- 

sent, in order to receive certification as 

a Level II range officer, or CRO, an applicant 

must complete the course and 

have been certified as a range officer 

for one year. However, the student can 

apply for and complete the Level II 

course during their first year as an RO, 

then receive their CRO certification 

Photo courtesy of Troy McManus 

Conference crew: Troy McManus, Ray Hirst, Bill 

Helm, Kim Williams, Jay Warden, John Amidon, 

Perry Wilson, Carl Schmidt. 

once the year is up. This has caused 

some logistical problems, and early 

"promotion" of a few range officers. 

The instructor corps decided that the 

best way to handle this problem is to 

hold any Level ll applications until the 

applicant has held Level I certification 

for at least one year. The same approach 

will be used for CROs applying 

for the RM or TD certification 

program: no applications will 

be accepted until the applicant has 

actually worked at their certification 

level for the prescribed 

amount of time. 

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he most successful 3-Gun 

matches have a high degree of 

shooter recognition and 

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MGM Ironman's high round cowl'. 

format tests equipment endurance and 

mental dexterity. The DPMS Tri-gun 

Challenge approaches prize table 

Utopia. The North Carolina Tactical 

attracts hard-core 3-Gun athletes. The 

Rocky Mountain 3-Gun offers a natural 

terrain format with an emphasis 

on rifles-at-range. The Superstition 

Mountain Mystery 3-Gun's intense 

course designs, elaborate props, and 

smooth-running scoring system have 

made it the de facto Nationals for 3- 

Gunners everywhere. In light of the 

current 3-Gun rules debate within 

USPSA, what better match to find its 

way into Front Sight? 

Mother Nature herself to cooperate, 

offering up beautiful weather each day. 

Typically, the stages were well-designed 

and constructed. Props on 

many stages were on par with a worldclass 

pistol event. Arnong these was the 

helicopter fuselage complete with 50 

cal. Browning machine gun seen on the 

recent Area 2 Front Sight cover photo. 

Other notable props were the detailed 

mock ship and dock, and the urbancamouflaged 

automobile. A moving rifle 

target bit a few competitors on stage 

2, as well as the multiple bobbers and 

swingers on other stages for 

both clay and paper. 

"Freestyle" was the word of 

the day and was most certainly 

evidenced by the many 

different ways competitors 

approached the four multigun 

and six single-gun stages. 

curred just minutes from the range at 

the home of Bob and Barb LaMarca. 

While at home alone, their son, Chris, 

was held at gunpoint. The attacker had 

orders to "shoot him when we're 

done." All of Chris' shooting "practice" 

allowed him to think clearly and 

react intelligently. 'The attackers were 

apprehended and are now in prison after 

attempting to rob the LaMarcas of 

all of their guns and equipment. Practical 

shooting is more than just a sport. 

It's life preparation." 

The competitor began face down 

2005 marked the 10th anniversary 

of the "SMM3G," and for this competitor 

it qualified as a near perfect 10. 

Dan Furbee and crew left nothing to 

chance. 298 competitors were greeted 

by fair and friendly, stage-dedicated 

ROs that kept the match running very 

close to schedule. This year Furbee 

somehow managed to convince 

Stage designs ran a wide 

gamut, but all had a "practical" 

flair. 

Stage 2, "Chris' Revenge," 

rang the bell of practicality 

loudest with the following direct 

quote from the course 

book: "This stage represents a 

very real-life scenario that oc- 

Photo by Nyie 

In The Multi-Gun Rules Debate, the Furbees 

(Dan and Sarah receiving gift, above) and the 

LaMarcas are well respected. 

36 FRONT SICiH 1 • May,June 2005

on the floor with fingers interlaced behind 

head. At the signal the shooter 

engaged the designated "knife target," 

retrieved their pistol from a spring 

loaded drawer and engaged nine pistol 

targets in the shoot house en route to 

the staged rifle. Placing the pistol in 

the designated box (either unloaded or 

with safety applied), the shooter put 

the rifle into action on the remaining 

13 paper targets including the self-activated 

rifle mover. Stage winners by division: 

(Open) M. Voigt, (Tactical) D. 

Neth (scope), B. Cooley (iron), (Heavy 

Metal) J. Miculek. 

Every year the SMM3G offers up 

something interesting in terms of prop 

design. "Prisoner Transfer" started 

covering a "prisoner" with the rifle. 

On signal the shooter engaged 10 rifle 

targets ranging from 5 to 15 yards that 

were made tougher-than-you-mightthink 

due the use of hard cover and 

course layout. After rendering safe and 

leaving the rifle behind, the shooter retrieved 

a loaded shotgun and engaged 

14 shotgun targets of 

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were fascinated with 

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mounted in the center of 

a spring loaded steel 

door. Used as a scoring 

target as well as the door 

activator, when shot this 

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to the last shooting area 

for pistol at the end of a 

hall. Here the shooter 

drew his pistol to end this 

stage with eight pistol targets 

complete with two 

fast swingers. Stage winners 

by division: (Open) 

M. Burkett, (Tactical) M. 

Hanish (scope), K. Miller 

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Neal (auto), P. Kelley 

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hand. The shooter engaged six slug targets 

and 15 shot targets as they became 

visible. Between the bunker and the 

last targets, a downhill section separated 

the shooter from a spider runnel. 

This prop included various ports holding 

steel and clays. At the end, three 

steel gongs awaited the emerging competitor, 

who engaged them with the remaining 

slugs. I witnessed at least five 

different ammo management strategies 

on this stage from the 13 people in my 

squad alone! "Freestyle" was the name 

of the game at this match. Note to self: 

Remember to shoot ALL of the targets 

before you unload and show clear! 

Stage winner by division: (Open) V 

Kryuchin, (Tactical) Butler, (Heavy 

Metal) K. Neal (auto), R. Wright 

(pump). 

I have often felt that many 3-Gun 

match directors forget that rifles enjoy 

control over distance. Stage 6, "Boarding 

Party" and Stage 7, "Amphibious 

Assault" both allowed my Heavy Metal 

rifle to loosen its long legs. Target presentation 

was greatly enhanced with 

the use of white sheet goods (plastic, 

canvas, etc.) placed behind the steel 

targets allowing this old iron sight 

shooter to make short work of the 

LaRue targets at 250-plus yards and 

put the flags of capitulation up quickly 

on the MGM swinger and others. 

Again, the world-class props and offi- 

elating made these stages a 

real treat for the competitor. 

I must at this point 

mention that Stage 7 more 

than just bit last year's 

champion, Heavy Metalist 

Blane West. It fractured 

two bones in his left leg! 

The stage had very well-assembled 

log bunkers, one of 

which caught Blane's foot, 

twisting it in the process. 

Not only did this injury fail 

to stop Blanc from completing 

the stage, after he ducttaped 

himself back together, 

he soldiered on to 

finish fifth in Heavy Metal! 

Stage 6 winner by division: 

(Open) M. Burkett, (Tactical) 

T. Butler (scope), K. 

Miller (iron), (Heavy 

Metal) P. Kelley. 

Stage 9, "Assault in Fallujah" 

started you off flying a mock helicopter, 

with both feet and both hands 

on the controls. The shooter "drew" 

his shotgun and flattened steel targets, 

thus triggering swinging clays that 

drew the shooter through a required 

100 degrees of muzzle movement. 

Placing your shotgun down safely you 

picked up your rifle while exiting and 

making your way through the Fallujain 

stronghold. Again, contact distance rifle 

targets combined with well-placed 

hard cover and swinging paper targets 

made this course a challenge for all. 

Stage winner by division: (Open) J. 

Darst, (Tactical) D. Neth (scope), B. 

Cooley (iron), (Heavy Metal) K. Neal. 

Stage 10, "Eddie and the Cruiser 

Defense" was an opportunity to really 

"game" a stage, and with that opportunity 

many of us gamed ourselves right 

out of the running for top stage placement. 

Four optional MGM popper-activated 

clays were worth three seconds 

off your time. Most of my squad 

forewent the optional clays in order to 

save the slow shotgun reloading 

process, but that was the wrong thing 

to do! One member of our group, 

Open shooter Robert Johnson put the 

stage away 10 seconds faster, engaging 

all the targets including the time sub- 

tracting clays! This was not just an 

Open division phenomenon as we 

watched Tactical division winner Kurt 

Miller clean the course without the aid 

of mechanical speed-loaders! I understand 

Kurt will be producing a DVD 

soon to cover his super-fast method of 

reloading, among many other shotgun 

Selected IMA Rules Used at 

Superstition Mountain 3-Gun 

9. Scoring 

9.1 Sconng per stage will be straight time with 

bonus' for accuracy. 

9.1.1 Any IPSC cardboard target, designated as a 

"shoot" target must have either one (1) "A" hit OR 

two (2) hits anywhere inside the scoring perforations 

on the target (i.e. minimum 2 "0" hits) to avoid 

a penalty. 

9.1.2 Example of scoring and penalties on paper targets: 

a. One "A" zone hit = no penalty 

b. Two hits in any combination "B, C or D" = no 

penalty 

c. One B, C or D hit only = 5 second penalty 

d. No hits on target but target was engaged = 10 

second penalty 

e. Target Not Engaged (TNE)= 10 second penalty 

for not making the minimum two hits anywhere on 

the target plus 5 seconds, per target, for the TNE 

PROCEDURAL for a total penalty of 15 seconds per 

target added to time. 

9.1.3 Paper targets used in the match may be IPSC 

(old style), the new IPSC "Classic", SOF, or IDPA 

Tangets 

9.1.4 Designated "No Shoot" targets that are hit will 

incur a 5 second penalty for each hit. 

9.1.5 Knock down style targets (i.e. poppers) must 

fall to score. Poppers will be cafibrated to "minor" 

with a 9mm pistol shooting factory ammunition. 

9.1.6 Frangible targets must break to score. (One 

BB hole is a break.) 

9.1.7 Swinging style rifle targets must be struck 

solid enough to cause the hidden "flash card" to be 

visible to the R.O. R.O. may call hits. 

(NEW) 9.1.8 Failure to engage a frangible, 

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(NEW) 9.1.9 Engaging a frangible, knockdown 

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9.1.10 Procedural penalties, 5 seconds per shot, 

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9.1.11 Procedural penalties, 5 seconds, may be assessed 

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(NEW) 9.1.12 Stage Not Fired (SNF) penalty, 

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{NEW) 9.1.13 Maximum penalty time for any 

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9.2 Stage Points 

9.2.1 First Place (lowest time) for each stage, in 

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and below will figure points on a percentage basis 

of the 100 from 1st Place. 

Rifle stages will score Tactical Iron sighted and Tactical 

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K. Miller, (Heavy Metal) K. Neal. 

The SMM3G was spectacular, but 

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Multi-gun Association (IMGA) 

rules with modifications (I have yet to 

see the IMGA rules used without modifications). 

Those rules establish a 

"time plus" scoring system, and define 

the configuration of tactical (iron), tactical 

(scope), heavy metal (pump and 

auto), and open division firearms. The 

safety and conduct rules are taken directly 

from the IPSC and USPSA rule 

books, with some modifications (such 

as allowing a competitor to abandon a 

loaded, on-safe firearm). The equipment 

changes are relatively minor, but 

"time plus" scoring bears explanation 

(see shaded sidebar on previous page). 

"Over the years we have gone 

through an evolution of scoring systems," 

says Furbee. ". . .The scoring 

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system was developed by me and 

my staff, and the computer program 

to use this simple process 

was created by Barbara LaMarca. 

For two years we tried to use 

USPSA "Easy Score" and when 

using several guns on a singe 

stage with different kinds of targets 

it simply does not work. So 

we use our own, simple system. 

Anybody can do it with a calculator." 

The "time plus" scoring 

method as used by the LaMarcas 

brings with it an architectural 

change to the way each stage is 

scored — changing the model to 

one quite different from the allshots-count-equally 

model used 

by USPSA. The term "time plus SC Oring" 

is misleading, as the match is NOT 

scored like a Steel Challenge event 

with the lowest aggregate time giving 

the match win. Instead, all stages are 

worth 100 points. Again, all STAGES 

are worth 100 points. Individual round 

counts don't matter. The fastest time 

Photo by Patrick Kelley. 

Tactical HOA Kurt Miller dusts a flying clay. 

(after applying penalties) for the division 

gets 100 points, and all the remaining 

times are scored as a percentage 

of that fastest time. 

As we dig into some examples, we 

should discover that IMGA rules place 

a premium on accuracy over speed. 

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Rio Salado is the home of Heavy Metal. The Superstition 

Mountain Mystery 3-Gun match began the category in 

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shooters contesting this year's event, 40 packed heavy metal 

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The definition of Heavy Metal tends 

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a .44 handgun or larger. Assistant 

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"We got a question from an entry who 

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This year's field included 23 semiauto 

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(Other events require Heavy Metal shooters 

to drive a pump.) 

The 2005 match drew notables 

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Eddie Rhodes. This year's field represented 

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Tate Moots, who finished among 

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gun magazines with the devotion 

and attention to detail nor 

many reserved for Scripture, the 6.8 

Remington SPC might be a complete 

unknown, but this newly developed intermediate 

rifle cartridge may just be 

the Next Big Thing in 3-gun competition. 

The tools and techniques we have 

developed shooting 3-gun rifle have 

made their way onto the battlefield in 

recent years. Now, something from the 

battlefield has made its way to us. 

(Anybody remember what the "P" in 

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The story behind the development 

of the 6.8 Remington Special Purpose 

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come, a perfect example of the phrase 

"necessity is the mother of invention." 

The seeds for the 6.8 were first sown in 

Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1993. There, 

Delta Force operators and Rangers, 

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some armed with the then brand-new 

M4 carbine, shooting the newly 

adopted SS109 cartridge, got embroiled 

in the two-day-long firefight 

chronicled in the book Black Hawk 

Down by Mark Bowden. As Bowden 

detailed, it took an average four hits to 

drop the Somali gunmen, most of 

whom were skinny and malnourished. 

Not four shots, four HITS. The problem 

was not marksmanship. 

The US Military, in its infinite wisdom 

(and ongoing obsession with armor 

penetration) had just replaced the 

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for decades in its issue 

.223 ammo with 

62-grain steel-cored 

bullets (the greentipped 

SS109 cartridge). 

To stabilize 

this heavier projectile 

the rate of twist 

in service rifles had 

to be increased to I - 

in-7 inches. The end 

result provided better 

penetration ot 

light armor but was 

discovered to be 

much less effective 

on enemy combatants. 

The 62-grain 

steel-tipped bullet 

zipped right through 

the Somalis without inflicting any softtissue 

trauma (hydrostatic shock), a 

process 1 call "icepicking." Many of 

the gunmen our soldiers shot—and 

hit—in Mogadishu only died after they 

had bled out, sometimes minutes later. 

Meanwhile they kept shooting 

back. 

As this dust-up was only 

an isolated incident, and 

occurring at a time 

when the Commander-in-Chief 

of 

the US 

Armed 

LEFT, the QCB muzzle brake by 

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RIGHT, a 25-round 6.8 mag (center) 

flanked by a standard .223 30- 

rounder. Note the red follower. 

Forces was on record as loathing the 

military, nothing was changed, and the 

SS109 cartridge remained our general 

issue ammunition. It was only when 

our Green Berets began engaging the 

Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001 in numbers 

that the SS109's deficiencies 

once again reared their u g I Y head 

Heavier .223 projectiles were 

tried, specifically a 77-grain loading 

which did perform better at distance, 

but the troops in harms way (who at 

this time were still mostly 

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efforts were focused on trying to 

adapt M4s to the AK 7.62 x 39 cartridge, 

but this proved unworkable due 

to the incompatibility of the cartridge's 

body taper (requiring very curved mag- 

azines) with the M4's straight mag 

well. 

The creation of the 6.8 SPC was a 

uniquely bottom-up, rather than topdown, 

endeavor. Starting with "trigger-pullers" 

who knew a few things 

about ballistics and reloading, using 

out-of-pocket money and donated materials, 

in nine months they did what 

the Picatinny Arsenal had told them 

they would need three years and $5 

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THE 6.8 REM SPC CARTRIDGE 

What does all this have to do with 

1PSC 3-Gun? I could have just detailed 

the cure for cancer or the existence of 

intelligent life on other planets and 

there would be some of you (you know 

who you are) who would be saying, 

"Okay, fine, no more cancer, great, 

aliens, neat, but how does that help me 

run a sub-five-second El Pres?" Right 

now, the .223 is King of 3-Gun. Most 

.223 ammo will make minor power 

factor even out of a 14.5" M4 barrel, 

but anyone who wants to shoot major 

power factor (320) is pretty much lim- 

ited to .308 as AKs won't make major. 

However, most .308 ammo is loaded 

to 400+ PF. Major overkill. 

The 6.8 SPC is still in its infancy, 

and there isn't much loaded ammo, 

much less brass, to be found, but published 

ballistic data on the 6.8 Remington 

SPC factory load states it will do 

305 power factor out of a 16" barrel. 

Is the data accurate? Does it make major? 

Or come close? And what about 

velocities out of longer barrels? Safely 

handloading the 6.8 to make major 

seems like it would be pretty simple— 

the question is, is it? Whether the 6.8 

will recoil more than the .223 isn't the 

question. The question is, how much 

more? Will the extra points for non-Azone 

hits (where major/minor scoring 

is a factor) make up for the increased 

recoil? The answers to these questions 

and more were what I was after. 

The people behind the 6.8 SPC had 

certain self-imposed requirements for 

their project: 

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a new bolt and barrel/top end, and 

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Magazine must hold at least 25 

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Magazine must fit into current issue 

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Cartridge must provide improved 

stopping power over .223 at distances 

from point-blank range out 

to 300 meters. 

Cartridge must provide acceptable 

accuracy. 

None of the previous caliber conversions 

for the AR-15 met all of the 

listed requirements, and so they made 

their own. The people behind the 6.8 

SPC weren't concerned about the ballistic 

coefficients of bullets, or armor 

penetration (none of the enemy combatants 

they were engaging wore any), 

or how the cartridge would perform in 

belt-fed machineguns or as a sniping 

round. What they wanted was a cartridge 

which, when fired from an M4- 

type package, at urban distances, 

would put the bad guys down. Period. 

Once they decided on the .30 Remington 

as the parent cartridge (essentially 

a rimless .30-30), the 6.8's developers 

shortened the case and then began 

experimenting with bullets ranging 

in diameter from .25 caliber all the way 

up to 7.62mm. Remington, Sierra, and 

Hornady all patriotically stepped up 

and asked, "How can we help?" and 

ended up donating time, expertise, and 

material. Due to its combination of 

bullet weight, diameter, and achievable 

velocity, they decided on a 115-grain 

6.8mm (.277) caliber projectile, which 

exited 16-inch barrels somewhere 

around 2650 feet per second. That's a 

bullet about tvvice as heavy as a .223, 

with 50 percent more frontal area, 

traveling at about the same speed from 

simiiar length barrels. As the parent 

cartridge was a Remington product, 

they were the natural choice to produce 

the finalized cartridge. 

The terminal performance of the 

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was found to be superior to all others, 

and is currently loaded in Remington 

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expand—but the hollow tips in BTHP 

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Compared to the standard 2.26- 

inch overall length for the .223, the 

OAL for the 6.8 Rem SPC ammo provided 

to me was 2.43-inch, although 

the 6.8 case is only 43mm long as compared 

to 45mm for the .223. Its casehead 

is also substantially wider, .422- 

inch as compared to the .223's .378- 

inch, which gives it 17 percent more 

volume. The cases hold 29.3 grains of 

fine powder (of a type not yet revealed), 

which is nearly a compressed 

load as the bullet protrudes into the 

case all the way to its shoulder. The 

bullet has the standard military cannelure 

and, like a 55-grain .223 bullet, 

is relatively light-for-caliber. 

Getting the 6.8 to fit and feed from 

magazines with the same external dimensions 

as .223 AR15 mags proved 

to be tougher than expected, with the 

cartridges being both longer and wider 

than the .223. The first move was to 

manufacture the magazines of steel— 

not only would the thinner walls provide 

a few needed thousandths on the 

inside, but steel would not need to be 

double layered at the front of the magazine 

as is the case with aluminum 

AR15 mags, freeing up a few more 

thousandths. The reinforcing ribs on 

the 6.8 mags are shallower as well. 

Current production 25-round 6.8 

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length to standard 30-round .223 mags 

(the original ones were longer). 30- 

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One well-known gunwriter has 

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feed fine from standard AR-15 mags. 

I'm sure someone must have told him 

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found that stuffing more than eight or 

ten 6.8's into (new Colt) .223 mags results 

in jams and causes the sides of the 

mag to bow out so much that it won't 

fit into the gun. This misinformation 

has caused no end of grief for the nice 

folks at PRI who designed the magazine. 

They supplied four 6.8 SPC magazines 

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baseplates, and two with flanged "military" 

baseplates that remind me of the 

baseplates on AK mags. These unusual 

baseplates were designed to be 

uniquely identifiable to the eye and 

hand as belonging to 6.8 SPC mags, 

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the military prefers the standard commercial 

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Is it a matter of convenience? 

With the US Production rules limiting 

capacity to 10 rounds (IPSC Production 

has no 10-round rule), is the advantage 

of 9mm lost to the wider bullet 

and its bigger holes? 

At the 2004 Nationals, 22 percent 

of the Production shooters chose minor 

.40 as their caliber. That's up from 

19 percent in 2003. More impressively, 

three of the top eight Production 

shooters also chose .40: Todd Sindelar 

(4th), David Olhasso (5th), and Dave 

Marques (8th). Matthew Mink shot a 

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chambered in 9mm. 

Convenient To Load: 

As for the matter of convenience, 

the .40 does have a lot of appeal. A 

change in holster and gear placement, 

a bit less powder when loading ammo, 

and you're just about set. Tom Kettells 

shoots a stock Glock 35 (save for a 

fiber optic front sight and 10lb recoil 

spring) because it "is my police duty 

gun. I started shooting it when Production 

started and I have continued 

with it ever since." His bullet of choice 

is a Montana Gold 180 grain Flat Point 

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factor. Kyle Ferris, a Grand Master and 

section coordinator in Ohio, also uses 

his Glock 35 for two divisions — Limited 

and Production. And like Kettells, 

he loads a 180-grain bullet (Zero's 

JHP) but uses Titegroup for his powder 

(loaded to 1.135" OAL). At 780 fps, 

his load factors 140 and according to 

him "this load just barely operates the 

slide (stock rod and spring). Brass just 

tricldes out." 

Yet another .40 minor recipe comes 

from Dave Marques; "I use a G35 also. 

Clays is what I burn, behind a 180, very 

soft! I use a stock recoil spring and 

guide rod." For the 2004 Nationals, 

Todd Sindelar shot a Glock 22 sporting 

Heinie slant pro sights, a Wolff 13 lb. 

recoil spring and a 2 lb. Home-made 

trigger job. And what was his .40 load? 

"I went through a lot of Titegroup but 

what I ended up using for about the last 

half of the year, and the nationals, was 

Clays under a 180gr. Zero JHP loaded 

out to 1.130" [overall length]. It came 

in at a pretty consistent 725fps for 

about a 130 power factor." Like Mink, 

Sindelar has now switched over to a 

CZ pistol for the 2005 season. 

Outside of the Glock camp, David 

Olhasso runs a Beretta 96G Vertec not 

only in Produc-tion division but in Limited 

and Limited 10 as well. His 

Beretta has a factory barrel, 11-pound 

recoil spring, LIT competition hammer 

spring, and custom sights. He 

loads a 180-grain Hornady Action Pistol 

bullet over Clays powder at an 

overall length of 1.112". His load 

comes in at about 132 power factor 

(traveling 720-730 feet per second). 

Low Recoil: 

What about .40 minor being softer 

to shoot than 9mm? "Perceived recoil" 

is one of those topics that maybe 

shouldn't enter polite conversation, 

like politics and religion. After all, perception 

can only be a very individualized 

phenomenon. It's hard to debate 

the pros and cons when the person 

you're debating with retorts, "It just 

feels softer." 

Perceived recoil is a balance of 


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many factors. For the sake of this discussion, 

let's ignore the legion of hardware-based 

variables (gun weight, slide 

mass, grip shape, springs...) and focus 

on ammunition. Therein, bullet weight 

and bullet speed are king. 

Modern day IPSC requires all the 

intelligence those of us with opposing 

Bullet Weight in grains 

h.- Velocity -1*- Kinetic EnergY1 

190 200 210 

thumbs can muster. Power factor (bullet 

weight times velocity/1000) is a 

Stone Age gauge for measuring the energy 

generated by the cartridge, and its 

resulting impact on the shooter and the 

slide as it cycles. After all, a 200-grain 

.40 bullet traveling 650 feet per second 

is mathematically the same as a 135- 

grain .40 bullet traveling 963 feet per 

second. Shoot those loads out of the 

same gun, with no change in slide or 

spring weight, and they will feel vastly 

different. 

Together, bullet weight and speed 

generate kinetic energy, which is delivered 

to the shooter with each pull of 

the trigger. The greater the kinetic energy, 

the more felt recoil...or at least 

that's the theory. To equally compare 

one ammunition recipe against another, 

we need to abandon power factor 

in favor of kinetic energy measured 

in foot-pounds. The formula is: KE 

bullet weight (in grains) * velocity2 

450400. Now take a deep breath; I'm 

not going to turn this into a public 

broadcast episode of Nova. Why divide 

by 450400? Without making 

your head explode, let's just say that 

the scientific community uses 450400 

as a denominator to account for the acceleration 

of gravity and the conversion 

of grains to pounds — and so shall 

we. 

Matthew Mink has a wealth of 

loading data for .40 minor and was 

.40 IN PRODUCTION? continued on page 73. 

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Measuring the dovetail width using pins. 

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Milling the sight base to fit. 

want to change the point of impact of 

the gun. For instance if your rear sight 

is sitting up very high and you want to 

lower it, then get a lower front sight. 

Purchase a sight that most closely 

matches your measurements. Most 

sights available today are actually oversized 

compared to the dimensions that 

may be listed on the package. Thus, a 

sight that claims to be 0.330 wide may 

actually be 0.335 wide or even wider. 

Manufacturers do this because front 

sight dovetails vary widely and you 

want to be sure that the sight fits tightly 

when you are done. If you were a gunsmith 

the installation would involve 

measuring the dovetail on the gun using 

pins and then doing the same on 

the sight. Using a dovetail cutter with 

the matching angle, the gunsmith then 

cuts the sight the proper amount. The 

gunsmith would reduce the 0.330 measurement 

by the amount that had been 

measured while maintaining the angle 

of the dovetail. 

However, since most of you don't 

have a mill handy you have to take a 

different approach. You could take a 

triangular file and file the dovetail a little 

at a time until it fit, but it is quite difficult 

to maintain the 60 or 65 degree 

angle and stay square at the same time. 

An easier method is to take material off 

the bottom of the dovetail. For every 

0.001 inch you take off the bottom of 

the dovetail, you are taking approximately 

0.0017 off the width of the 

dovetail (the exact amount depends on 

the angle of the dovetail). To get the 

normal 4-5 thousandths you need to 

take off the width of the dovetail you 

will need to take about 0.003 inch off 

the bottom — about the thickness of a 

sheet of paper. This is most easily ac- 

complished with a flat file that enables 

you to maintain a flat, true bottom on 

the sight. Take a wide file, lay it on 

your workbench, and then scrape the 

bottom of the sight across the file. 

Take material off the bottom until you 

are just able to insert the sight slightly 

into the dovetail, then tap the sight in 

place with a brass punch. Check to 

make sure the bottom of the blade is 

not contacting the slide (especially if 

you have taken off a lot of material 

from the bottom of the dovetail.) Also 

make sure the punch bears against the 

dovetail itself and not the sight blade. 

If you try to tap against the sight blade 

you may bend or break the blade. A 

drop of red Loc-tite " in the dovetail 

will help to hold the sight in place. 

Maintenance on your front sight 

consists mainly of keeping it clean and 

bright. A little information about how 

fiber optic material works will explain 

why. True fiber optic rod is composed 

of a core layer of material that is impregnated 

with a fluorescing compound 

that reacts to light. This fluorescing 

compound is surrounded by a 

thin sheathing layer that has a different 

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Filing the sight base to frt. 

index of refraction than the compound. 

Ultraviolet light enters through 

the exposed sides of the fiber. The 

light is trapped within the fiber because 

the difference in refractive indexes between 

the core and the sheath do not 

allow the light to reflect back out 

through the sheath. The UV light 

causes the material in the core to fluoresce 

and emit visible light out the end 

of the tube where there is no sheath. 

The longer the tube, the more light is 

captured and emitted out the ends. 

One benefit of the physics of the fiber 

optic is that on a cloudy day you still 

have lots of UV light available to light 

up the fiber. 


The key to the fiber optic functioning 

properly is the outside sheath. The 

sheath lets in the UV light and traps it 

so that it can come out only on the 

ends. Therefore, it is critical to keep 

this sheath intact and clean. A dimming 

fiber optic means the sheath is either 

dirty (can't let light in) or has been 

damaged (can't properly trap light). 

Following are some tips to help you 

keep your fiber optic bright: 

Keep the fiber as clean as possible 

but do not do anything that deteriorates 

the sheath. 

When you install replacement fiber, 

take care to keep the sheath intact 

as much as possible. 

Stay away from chemicals harmful 

to plastics such as brake cleaner 

and gun scrubber for cleaning the 

fiber and when cleaning your gun. 

Replace the fiber every once in a 

while when it gets too dirty to 

clean, or when the sheath deteriorates. 

I recommend you replace 

the fiber before each match just 

like the battery in a dot sight. 

Installation of replacement fiber is an 

easy operation: 

Remove the broken fiber from the 

sight. 

Insert replacement fiber from the 

muzzle end and leave approx. 1/16 

inch sticking out (the more you 

leave sticking out the bigger the 

dot). 

Melt the end with a cigarette lighter. 

Hold the melted end tight against 

the sight and cut the end closest to 

the muzzle, leaving 1/16 overhang. 

Melt the muzzle end of the fiber 

while holding the fiber tightly 

against the sight. It is important to 

make sure that the fiber is snug in 

the sight with no play back and 

forth. A loose fiber will break very 

quickly. 

It may be a little more trouble to use 

a fiber optic sight, but most shooters 

will agree that the benefits significantly 

outweigh the extra effort. A good, 

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MOUNTAIN continued from page 40 

High hit factor example # 1: 

The El Prez 

USPA: Shooter "A" wins the stage 

with 60 points / 5 seconds = 12 hit factor 

= 100 % = 60 stage points 

Shooter "B" shoots one second 

slower = 60 points / 6 seconds = 10 hit 

factor = 83.33% = 49.9 stage points. 

Shooter "C" throws a miss = 45 

points (miss penalty and missing 5 

points for lost "A" hit) / 5 seconds = 9 

hit factor = 75% = 45 points 

IMGA: Shooter "A" Wins with a 5 

second time = 100% = 100 stage 

points. 

Shooter "B" is one second slower 

with a 6 second time = 83.33% 

83.33 stage points. 

Shooter "C" with a miss gets 5 seconds 

raw time + 5 seconds for a miss 

= 10 seconds = 50% = 50 stage 

points. 

Notice the severe penalty for a miss 

on short courses. In the USPSA model, 

Shooter C loses just 15 out of 60 possible 

match points (25% of the possible 

points). In the 1MA model, shooter C 

loses 50 out of 100 (50% of the possible 

points). 

Without the miss 

penalties, the percentages 

are pretty much 

the same, but when you 

factor a miss into a 

small stage, IMGA 

places a heavy emphasis 

on accuracy. It also 

completely eliminates 

any reference to major/minor 

scoring. 

Eliminating major/minor 

does great things as 

fas as simplifying the 

scoring sofrware, but it 

effectively eliminates 

"major" caliber hardware 

from the game. 

Now let's look at a 

field course: 

High hit factor example # 2: 

A 200-point Field Course: 

USPSA: Shooter "A" = 200 points 

/ 50 seconds = 4 hit factor = 100% = 

200 stage points. 

Shooter "B" at 5 seconds slower = 

200 points / 55 seconds = 3.63 hit factor 

= 90.9% = 181.8 stage points 

Shooter "C" with a miss = 185 / 50 

seconds = 3.7 hit factor = 92.5% = 

185 stage points. 

IMGA: Shooter "A" 50 seconds = 

100% = 100 stage points 

Shooter "B" again 5 seconds 

slower = 55 seconds 

= 90.9% = 90.9 

stage points. 

Shooter "C" with a miss 

= 50 seconds (raw time) 

+ 5 seconds = 55 seconds 

= 90.9% = 90.9 

stage points. 

In both examples, missing 

carries a greater 

penalty in IMA scoring, 

while a difference in time 

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fares equally in the percentage. The 

severity of that penalty changes on an 

IMA field course because: 1. The gross 

time is larger, thinning out the effect of 

the time-based penalty, and 2. Even 

though there are a lot of shots involved, 

the field course is worth the 

same 100 points as the El Prez. Again 

this illustrates the change in philosophy: 

each STAGE is weighted the same 

at 100 points, so all IMGA stages are 

equally important. 

The pros and cons of the two systems 

bear thinking out. In the examples 

above, the IMGA rules apply a 50- 

point penalty for a miss on a speed 

shoot, but the same miss on a field 

course is only worth 10. Likewise, the 

USPSA rules place a heavy emphasis on 

field courses. If you can win the field 

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become aimosf irrelevant. 

So we have some differences in 

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I did an informal poll of some of 

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strong opinions. This is the digested result: 

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Without quoting page anti paragraph, 

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the competitor. Can we accomplish this 

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bring most of the 3-Gun matches into the 

USPSA fold while holding on to the "V" in 

D.VC? That is up to us! 

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Divisions 

In 

Debate 

"Tactical Iron" and 

"Tactical Scope" 

A 

By ROBIN TAYLOR, TY-19724 USPSA 

STAFF 

!lowing 

the use of a scope on 

a "Tactical" rifle revolutionized 

the way 3-Gun is played. 

For years 3-Gun matches 

have debated this, with some matches 

going so far as to publish lists of "approved" 

scopes, allowing those they 

felt were sufficiently "tactical" to be on 

a real-world fighting gun. When 

USPSA adopted "Tactical" division 

(elsewhere known as "Tactical 

(scoper), it immediately saw a massive 

shift away from iron-sighted rifles. 

At the Superstition Mountain Mystery 

3-Gun, Tactical (iron) and Tactical 

(scope) still enjoy a bizarre scoring 

marriage. For several years the 

SMM3G has scored the two subdivisions 

separately, then merged the final 

point totals to create an overall "Tactical" 

winner. 

That leads to some curious math, 

largely due to the dwindling numbers 

of iron-sight shooters. 

USPSA wrestled with this problem 

early in the Voigt administration when 

Revolver, L-10, and Production were 

introduced. Traditional 3-Gun is an aggregate 

of three matches: pistol, rifle, 

and shotgun. Since the pistol match 

was free-standing, in theory USPSA 

had to recognize all five pistol divisions. 

If a few guys with revolvers 

showed up, the top revolver person 

would end up with a 100 percent score 

and a massive number of match points 

— no matter how bad they actually 

shot. That person would earn more 

points for pistol (by winning every 

stage) than the Limited winner (who 

didn't win every stage), despite being a 

Photo by PatrIck Kelley. 

WHACK! Eric Miller explodes a clay during the Superstition Mountain Mystery 

3-Gun. Note the flying hull and exploding clay fragments — no Photoshop 

here folks, that's the real deal! 

woefully inadequate shot with a hand- At the 2005 match, Miller domigun. 

Those points would carry forward nated Tactical (iron), posting some 

into the "Standard" aggregate, grossly very impressive times with all three 

skewing the results. 

guns. However, his rifle wins were 

magnified by the very small (— 17-person) 

iron-sight pool. Bennie Cooley Jr. 

was his main competition, but with 

Cooley still recovering from surgery on 

his foot, he was hardly competing at 

full steam. 

Obviously this wasn't going to 

work, so USPSA resorted to re-designating 

all the Limited-10, Production, 

and Revolver shooters as "Limited" after 

the pistol results were produced, 

then re-scoring the match to give a 

more equitable result. Multi-gun scoring 

has since eliminated the problem. 

At the recent SMM3G, the LaMarcas 

faced a similar scenario, but with 

many mitigating factors — among 

them a desire to fairly balance out the 

advantage of a scope. No one would 

debate the idea that a scope-sighted rifle 

is easier to shoot than an ironsighted 

one. The trouble comes when 

you try to quantify how much more 

difficult it is, and how to equitably recognize 

that difference within a single 

division. 

Taran Butler is largely considered 

"the man to beat" in Tactical (scope) 

wherever he goes. In past years he has 

posted the high overall scores at many 

matches, winning the match, even after 

the top Open shooters were factored 

in. 

Kurt Miller has been improving 

greatly, placing his focus on "Standard" 

or "Tactical (iron)" equipment. 

Butler, by contrast, posted his rifle 

times amid a 150-plus person field, 

duking it out with David Neth, and occasionally 

losing out to spoilers like 

Chuck Anderson and Mark Hanish. 

His overall totals weren't fast enough 

to outpace the Open gunners (Matt 

Burkett posted an amazing match in 

Open), but he did meaningfully outpace 

everyone else using "tacticar 

equipment. 

At the end of the weekend, the 

LaMarcas were faced with a Hobson's 

choice: merge the final point totals as 

originally announced (unfairly rewarding 

Miller and the irons), or merge the 

gross times (which unfairly rewards 

Butler and the scopes). In the end they 

stuck to their announced scoring plan 

and gave Miller the win, sparking considerable 

debate among 3-Gunners. 

Was that fair? Miller certainly faced a 

handicap by using iron sights on his rifle, 

but how much of a handicap? The 

debate still rages at www.brian 

enos.com . 

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May.June 2005 • FRONT SIGHT 57

R 

Left The Range: Steve Broom 

BY jAMES BRO011, TY-43718 

espect is not given freely, it 

must be earned. Whether on 

the range or just spending 

ime with others, Steve 

worked tirelessly to gain the respect of 

his family, friends, students, and fellow 

competitors. 

Everyone during their life encounters 

obstacles and adversity. It is how 

we overcome that determines what 

kind of person we truly are. In this 

Steve was a Grand Master in life as he 

never stopped working to follow his 

true passion of becoming the best 

shooter and best person possible and 

helping all those he encountered along 

the way to similarly pursue their 

dreams and aspirations. 

Steve started shooting IPSC in 

2001. In a mere four years he rose to 

Grand Master level and won the 2004 

US Nationals Limited-10 title. This 

feat speaks volumes to the intensity 

and focus he demonstrated whenever 

he was in practice, competition, or 

teaching a class to his students. 

Steve was just 30 when he passed 

away on the range after what friends 

describe as his best ever practice session. 

Steve is survived by his parents, 

Charles and Gwen, and by his brother 

James. 

He will be missed by all. 

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Affiliated Clubs 

BURLINGTON RIFLE Er REVOLVER 

CLUB 

STEVE OELOTTINVILLE 

P 0 BOX 636, STATION "A" 

BURLINGTON ON L7R 3Y5 

CANADA 

sdelottinville@cogeco ca 

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TOMMY MERSTAD 

POSTBOKS 27 GREFSEN 

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NORWAY 

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JAMAICA RIFLE ASSOCIATION 

RONALD R. BROWN, JR. 

POBOX 116 

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JAMAICA 

ibdragon7@hotmail.com 

SNOW SHOE GUN CLUB 

BRIAN S. MEYER 

P 0 BOX 1975 

KENAI AK 99611-1975 

a-zone37@gci.net 

ANCHORAGE PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

DONNA MARTIN 

1321 GRAM CIRCLE 

ANCHORAGE AK 99518 

donlee@gci.net 

http://wwwanpracs.org 

ROLLING HILLS SHOOTING RANGE 

JERRY L. JOCKISCH 

3881 BEBEE POINT OR 

THEODORE AL 36582 

sti40ipsc@hotmail.com 

ROCKET CITY PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

MIKE W GETTEMY 

4800-B COMMERCIAL DR 

HUNTSVILLE AL 35816 

PRACTICAL SHOOTERS OF 

CENTRAL ALABAMA 

CHARLES H MITCHELL 

6299 LEE ROAD 188 

AUBURN AL 36832-7934 

CENTRAL ALABAMA SPORT 

SHOOTERS ASSN 

PETER J. ADAMS 

641 16TH TERRACE CIRCLE NW 

BIRMINGHAM AL 35215 

adarnsp@gmail,com 

http://hrpclub.org 

DIXIE PRACTICAL SHOOTERS CLUB 

ANNA KNOBLOCK 

436 ROEBUCK DR 

BIRMINGHAM AL 35215-7751 

foprange@bellsouth.net 

http://www.foprangeinc.com 

MOBILE PISTOL SHOOTERS ASSN 

RICHARD CLARK 

P 0 BOX 805 

CHATON AL 36518-01305 

riclark@millry net 

MOSS BRANCH SHOOTING RANGE 

INC 

DON WOOSLEY 

4515 OLD BIRMINGHAM HVVY 

ANNISTON AL 36201 

woogiedyc@nti.net 

http://www.mosshranch.org 

JONESBORO PRACTICAL PISTOL 

SHOOTERS 

BOBBY L. ROBERTSON 

2706 WHITE CIRCLE 

JONESBORO AR 72404-6961 

brobert@cox-intemet.com 

CENTRAL ARKANSAS SHOOTERS 

ASSN 

TOM LOYD 

10009 WILLOW BAY RD 

DARDANELLE AR 72834-6781 

tloyd@cswnet.com 

http://vvww.casarange.com 

OZARK TACTICAL SHOOTERS 

MIKE LUTTF1ELL 

P 0 BOX 940 

TONTITOWN AR 72770 

mike@ozarksportsman.com 

http://wwwozarksportsman.com 

TWIN LAKES GUN CLUB 

THOMAS K. SMITH 

447 HILI TnP I ANE 

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ozarksman@yahoo.com 

www.twinlakesgunclub.com 

OLD FORT GUN CLUB 

BRUCE H. BETHELL 

P 0 BOX 192 

FORT SMITH AR 72902-0192 

bruceh@ipa.net 

http://www.ofgc.org 

LONDON BRIDGE ACTION SHOOT- 

ERS 

DON RASMUSSEN 

1301 TAMARACK DR 

LAKE HAVASU CITY AZ 86404-1886 

HavaGlock@rraz.net 

WHITE MOUNTAIN PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

LINDA GILBERTSON 

P 0 BOX 268 

CONCHO AZ 85924-0268 

seth@impactmortgagenetwork.co 

RED MOUNTAIN ACTION PISTOL 

PAUL CAUDILL 

9548 E PRINCESS DR 

MESA AZ 85207 

pacudill@cox.net 

http://www.rioprachcal.com 

TONTO RIM PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

GREG MARCHAK 

201 N MOGOLLON TRAIL 

PAYSON AZ 85541 

gmarchak@npgcable.com 

YUMA MATCHMASTERS 

TERRY SULLIVAN 

PO BOX 7241 

YUMA AZ 85366-7241 

terry@netcomyuma.com 

www.yumamatchmasters.com 

PIMA PISTOL CLUB 

SALIM S. DOMINGUEZ 

10050 E DISCOVERY DR 

TUCSON AZ 85748 

SSDNKLD15@aolcom 

http://www.pimapistol.org 

RIO SALADO PRACTICAL PISTOL 

PAUL CAUDILL 


MESA AZ 85207-2605 

pcaudill@cox.net 

www.riosaladosportsmans.com 

USERY PASS PISTOL LEAGUE 

PAUL CAUDILL 


MESA AZ 85207-2605 


www.riosaladosportsmans.com 

HOSEMASTERS PRACTICAL PISTOL 

PAUL CAUDILL 


MESA AZ 85207-2605 


wwwriosaladosportsmans.com 

CACTUS COMBAT MATCH LEAGUE 

DEANNA L. EATON 

515 E CAREFREE HWY PMB 133 

PHOENIX AZ 85085 

deaton@demildevelopment.com 

http://www.cactusmatch.com 

NORCO RUNNING GUN !PSC CLUB 

JOJO VIDANES 

2210 NORCO DR 

NORCO CA 92860-1118 

jvidanes@aoLcom 

http://wwwpdynamics.com 

TEAM TARGETMASTERS 

DAVE MARCINKUS 

7917 BERGER AVE 

PLAYA DEL REY CA 90293 

suknicram@earthlink.net 

www.22nmfire.org/gopherhtm 

SAN LUIS ACTION PISTOL 

DAVID A RAMSAY 

1406 CHILTON ST 

ARROYO GRANDE CA 93420-2203 

daramsay@charternet 

http://www.imallard.comislap 

CATALINA ISLAND GUN CLUB 

GARY KONIGSMAFIK 

PO BOX 2261 

AVALON CA 90704-2261 

gary@catalinas.net 

OAKDALE SPORTSMEN'S CLUB 

ROBERT MUIRHEAD 

10012 TEPOPA DR 

OAKDALE CA 95361 

glockdan@yahoo.com 

http://home.comcast.net/—dmuirhead99/oscps.html 

USPSA PRESIDENT 

MICHAEL VOIGT 

6802 BURKE CT 

CHINO CA 91710 

president@uspsa.org 

LEMON GROVE ROO Et GUN CLUB 

DEBBIE KEEHART 

12229 CARMEL VISTA RD #250 

SAN DIEGO CA 92130 

debbiekrg35@hotmail.com 

http://www.lineadefuego.org 

PALA PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 






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BISHOP PRACTICAL SHOOTING 

LEAGUE 

GERALD TIMMERMAN 

2264 LONGVIEW OR 

BISHOP CA 93514-3122 

catsdc@yahoo.com 

www.jmallard.conVbishop.htm 

SAGE PISTOL LEAGUE 

GARY TILLEY 

P 0 BOX 1881 

RIDGECREST CA 93556-1881 

gtdt@ridgenetnet 

http://uspsa2.org/sage.htm 

CAPITOL AREA PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS LEAGUE 

JIM GALLAGHER 

1317 GANNON DR 

SACRAMENTO CA 95825 

jimgcc@comcastnet 

http://www.actionpistotorg 

TEAM GUNEX 

RODERIC° GANAC 

42815 39TH ST. WEST 

LANCASTER CA 93536 

ericganac@msn.com 

http://www.22rimfire.org 

SHASTA SHOOTERS 

CARL F. SCHMIDT 

12325 E STILLWATER WAY 

REDDING CA 96003 

cschmidt@starband.net 

http://www.shasta.com/shastashooters 

CENTRAL CALIFORNIA PISTOL 

LEAGUE 

W. RAY ECHOLS 

7202 HITES COVE RD 

MARIPOSA CA 95338 

TheLastGM0aol.com 

www.jmaIlard.com/central.htm 

FIVE DOGS ACTION SHOOTING 

CLUB 

LISA R. REINSCH 

183 LEWIS CT 

SHAFTER CA 93263 

wldrowz@hotmail.com 

http://jmallard.com/5dogs.htm 

FORCE .45 

NELSON C. DYMOND 

17820 DUNCAN ST 

ENCINO CA 91316 

nelsondymond@yahoo.com 

http://www.22rimfire.org/swpl.htm 

RICHMOND HOT SHOTS 

TOM FRENKEL 

793 BEECHWOOD DR 

DALY CITY CA 94015 

buff87@aol.com 

www.richmondhotshots.com 

NORTHROP GRUMMAN PISTOL 

CLUB 

CHARLES H. CHURCH 

41049 OAKVIEW LANE 

PALMDALE CA 93551 

cchurch.cc@verizon.net 

wwwjmallard.com/northrop.htm 

NORTH COAST PISTOL LEAGUE 

TIM JONES 

1009 9TH ST 

FORTUNA CA 95540 

tjones@eurekapd org 

SOLANO TARGETMASTERS 

RON SECHLER, JR. 

363 REDWING DR 

WOODLAND CA 95695-5868 

roncyn94@jps.net 

http://www.actionpistoLorg 

TURLOCK PISTOL CLUB 

CHARLES MALIK 

P 0 BOX 2228 

CERES CA 95307 

xtracolt@charternet 

http://turlockpistolclub.homestead.c 

om/index.html 

TUESDAY ACTION SHOOTING CLUB 

- TASC 

JOSEPH CERVANTES 

232 FRANKLIN ST 

MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041 

tasctreas@mrballisticiastmailim 

http:;iwww.tasc-ipsc.org 

RICHMOND PRACTICAL MISSION 

SHOOTERS 

TOM FRENKEL 

793 BEECHWOOD DR 

DALY CITY CA 94015 

buff87@aol.com 


PALM SPRINGS GUN CLUB 

DEAN E. HENINGER 

255 N EL CIELO RO STE 140 PMB 

#322 

PALM SPRINGS CA 92262 

cannon10@earthlink.net 

www.palmspringsgunclub.org 

GEN X IPSC 

REGINO M. CAMPOSAGRADO 

3400 S MAIN ST #E2 

SANTA ANA CA 92707-4342 

bigipschoser@yahoo.com 

http://wwwjydynamics.com 

BOULDER RIFLE CLUB 

JEFFREY T. PAULSEN 

5303 AZTEC DRIVE 

BOULDER CO 80303-4004 

jtp123@msn.com 

http://wwvv.bouldernfleclub.com 

YAMPA VALLEY PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

JIM MESSING 

P 0 BOX 882020 

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS CO 80488- 

2020 

jmessing@cmn.net 

PRACTICAL SHOOTING ASSN OF 

COLORADO 

DEAN A. WILLIAMS 

27952 FOREST RIDGE DR 

KIOWA CO 80117 

redneckfed@aol.com 

http://www.ecouspsa.com 

CLEAR CREEK PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS 

TOM PECK 

798 SODA CREEK DRIVE 

EVERGREEN CO 80439-9767 

tpeck@mho.net 

http://www.clearcreekpracticalshooters.org 

WELD COUNTY PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS 

DAVE W. ABSMEIER 

4319 W 22ND ST 

GREELEY CO 80634 

abswcps(ti)aol.com 

HIGH 

COUNTRY PRACTICAL 


SHOOTERS 

Judy Sunderlin 

31321 HWY 149 

GUNNISON CO 81230-9314 

judy@gunnison.com 

HIGH PLAINS PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS 

DAN MADAJSKI 

P 0 BOX 1627 

ELIZABETH CO 80107-1627 

tuppergun@netscape.com 

http://www.hpps.org 

A.G.C. 


27952 FOREST RIDGE DRIVE 


redneckfed@aol.com 

http://www.ecouspsa.com 

SAN JUAN SHOOTERS 

S. GREGG STANWAY 

P 0 BOX 92 

HOTCHKISS CO 81419 

gjstanway@aol.com 

http://uspsa2.org/sjs.htm 

S CHESTER CO PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS 

ROBERT D. HARPER 

44 CHESWOLD BLVD APT 1C 

NEWARK DE 19713 

pistol@sccsfa.org 

http://www.sccsfa.org 

EASTERN SHORE PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

KENNETH A. DANZ, JR. 

207 HARDWOOD CT 

TOWNsENn DE 19734 

tz9x21@aol.com 

http://www.easternshorepracticalshooters.org 

GATOR PRACTICAL SHOOTING AS- 

SOC 

PATRICK GAUVIN 

4145 NW 53 AVE SUITE C 

GAINESVILLE FL 32653 

drgauyin@bellsouth.net 

http://www.asksam.com/gpsa 

SPACE COAST PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS 

PATRICK BATTISTELLO 

617 VALENCIA PLACE CIRCLE 

ORLANDO FL 32825 

uspeclfri)yahoo.com 

ST. AUGUSTINE PRACTICAL 

SHOOTING ASSN 

STEVEN BRECKENRIDGE 

2408 GILLIS ST 

PALATKA FL 32177-4236 

sbreckenridge@sesr.com 

http://wwwasksam.com/sapsa 

MICHAEL MAllATTA, JR. 

PO BOX 10432 

BROOKSVILLE FL 34603-0432 

Intwoh16@rwon.com 

GULF COAST LEAD SLINGERS 

JAMES E. SCHOONMAKER 

3405 W CORONA ST 

TAMPA FL 33629 

ischoonmaker@misenermarine.co 

http://www.antelopeclub.org 

SOUTH FLORIDA PISTOL CLUB 

ANDREW J. CAPODIFERRO, JR_ 

3100 W 84TH ST #3 

HIALEAH FL 33018 

http://www.s1pc.org 

NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA PRACTI- 

CAL SHOOTING 

BOB GOSSELIN 

4550 NE 147TH COURT 

WILLISTON FL 32696 

leadready@msn.com 

http://home.att.neV —claude-king/ 

PALM BEACH PISTOL CLUB INC 

JACK D. TRAVERS 

1732 S CONGRESS AVE PMB 263 

PALM SPRINGS FL 33461-2140 

Idtrayers@hotmall.com 

F.O.P #72 

JOSEPH CARPIO 

611 SW 45 AVE 

MIAMI FL 33134 

eojoiprac@aol.com 

NAPLES SWAMP ROMPERS PS A 

S.C. I HALHEIMER 

3210 31ST AVE SW 

NAPLES FL 34117 

scthal@aol.com 

http://www.swfps.com 

TAMPA BAY SUNCOAST PISTOL 

CLUB 

ANDY MARTINEZ 

660 SUNOANCE TRAIL 

WIMAUMA FL 33598-7535 

L9X25@aol.com 

TALLAHASSEE PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

MICHAEL A. FORDYCE 

8819 CENTERVILLE RD 

TALLAHASSEE FL 32309-9098 

springymf@aol.com 

http://www.trpc.net 

FORT MYERS RIVER RATS PS.A. 

NORIE HAAS 

6044 W HVVY 80 

ALVA FL 33920 

bnabhaas@aol.com 

http://www.swfps.com 

SHOOTING 

MICHAEL MATUSON 

1902 SW DORADO LANE 

PORT ST LUCIE FL 34953 

Matuson(abellsouth.net 

http//www.practicalshooters org 

SOUTH EAST PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS ASSN 

BRUCE WELLS 

7014 CAMFIELD ST 

JACKSONVILLE FL 32222-1704 

bwel152@bellsouth.net 

http://www.sepsa.com 

PORT MALABAR RIFLE Er PIS IOL 

CLUB 

JEFF FRAHM 

802 LYNBROOK ST NW 

PALM BAY FL 32907 

jtmfrahm@yahoo.com 

www.portmalabarrpclub.com 

CAMDEN AREA PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

TERRELL P PORTER, JR. 

303 READY ST 

ST MARYS GA 31558-8461 

tporter1@tds.net 

http://www.asksam.com/caps 

GWINNETT PRACTICAL SHOOTING 

LEAGUE 

JOHN M. NAGEL 

3449 PARSONS RIDGE LANE 

DULUTH GA 30097-5107 

jjjhnag@yahoo.com 

http://www.gpsl.org 

CHEROKEE GUN CLUB 

CARLOS A. RUBIO 

8690 MOUNT RUSHMORE DR 

ALPHARETTA GA 30022-5439 

carlossubio(a)certegy.com 

http://www.cherokeeipsc.org/ 

COOL SPRINGS GUN CLUB 

RICHARD E. SELLERS 

52 FERN DRIVE 

FORT VALLEY GA 31030 

resellers@pepperlink.net 

http://www.georgiaipsc.com 

SOUTH ATLANTA PRACTICAL 

SHOOTING CLUB 

WILLIAM G. NOYES 

145 HARBOR CLUB LN 

FAYETTEVILLE GA 30214 

wgnoyes@bellsouth.net 

http://www.georgialpsc.com 

SOUTH RIVER GUN CLUB 

CINDY G. NOYES 

145 HARBOR CLUB LANE 

FAYETTEVILLE GA 30214-7350 

cgnoyes@bellsouth.net 


BIG ISLAND GUN CLUB 

WILL HOPKINS 

15-2682 LAI ST 

PAHOA HI 96778-9211 

WKHOP45@hotmail.com 

MID PACIFIC PISTOL LEAGUE 

IAN T. ONAGA 

P 0 BOX 90037 

HONOLULU HI 96835-0037 

i.onaga(c-pyerizon.net 

HONOLULU RHAT-RHAT BOYZ GUN 

CLUB 

RANDOLPH G. GAVIN° 

4357 LIKINI ST 

HONOLULU HI 96818 

gayinor001@hawaii.mcom 

OSCEOLA ORGANIZED PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

DAVID ELLIOTT 

P 0 BOX 8337 

DES MOINES IA 50301 

ty34984@Thotmail.com 

http://www.ioweb.com/oops 

BLACK HAWK PISTOL CLUB INC 

JASON VETTER 

1203 OAK PARK BLVD 

CEDAR FALLS IA 50613 

yettman1@cfu.net 

http://www.blackhawkpistol.org 

WOODLAND HEIGHTS PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

AL NIELSEN 

15609 HVVY 99 

BURLINGTON IA 52601-916B 

catsfarm((pinterl.net 

1.0.P RIFLE Er PISTOL CLUB 

CAFIL BROOKS 

908 ARGYLE CT 

BURLINGTON IA 52601 

e-4756@aol.com 

CEDAR RAPIDS AREA PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

IAN WICKE 

P 0 BOX 2648 

CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52406 

rkwicke@netzero.net 

LEWISTON PISTOL CLUB 

DON BENJAMIN 

1010 16TH STREET 

LEWISTON ID 83501 

dontraceybenjami@cableone.net 

http://www.lewistonpistol.org 

S.E. IDAHO PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

JAMES E. ROBERTS 

PO BOX 1342 

IDAHO FALLS ID 83402-1342 

ranger_B175@yahoo.corn 

http://www.seips.org 

PAN AMERICAN PISTOL CLUB 

ALLEN HIRSH 

706 NW 87 AVE #412 

MIAMI FL 33172-3429 

allenhirsh@comcast net 

PHOENIX PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

CLUB 

POLK COUNTY PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS 

HARRY TINDELL 

148 SUNRISE HILL LANE 

AUBURNDALE FL 33823-8499 

HTIndell@aol.com 

TREASURE COAST PRACTICAL 

VALLEY ISLE SPORT SHOOTERS 

CLUB INC 

RAYMOND K ISHII 

443 KAULANA ST 

KAHULUI HI 96732-2020 

ray38super@hotmail.com 

IDAHO SOCIETY OF PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

PEG MORAN 

11197 SANDHURST DR 

BOISE ID 83709 

pegmoranl@hotmail.com 

http://www idahoshooters.cpm 

2005 AFFILIATED CLUBS continued on page 64. 

62 FRnNT SIG! IT 4 iviayrjune 2005

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Information 

Superhighway 

BY USPSA SrAH, 

0 ne of our greatest challenges as an organization 

is getting information to our ever-growing membership 

quickly. In an ideal world as soon as new 

information comes down the pike it is passed 

down from us to you in one seamless gesture. But we all 

know this world is far from ideal. So to that end USPSA ha,, 

created two new forms of communication in an effort to 

keep its members better informed of the goings-on behind 

the scenes. 

We are proud to announce the launch of two new websites: 

wwvv.nroLorg 

Until now, the National Range Officer Institute has been 

relegated to a small section in the "additional information" 

button heading in the main section of USPSNs main page. 

Information was found in a variety of places throught the 

website. Now, with the launching of this new site, we have 

managed to pull together all things NROI in one easy to find 

location. The new site boasts much more than just class listings. 

Here you will see in-depth FAQs and forms on the 

many programs offered by the institute, including how to 

schedule a seminar in your area, the CRO correspondence 

course, and the Range Master and Tournament Director 

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instructor bios, take part in rule debates, join in the range officer 

forum, and view all the policies that relate to certification 

and re-certification of officials. 

We plan to add to this site and make it an even better tool 

for our members to use in the future. USPSA hopes that having 

all this information easily accessible and in one place will 

help improve range officer retention and recruitment as well 

as reinforce our longstanding dedication to promoting safety 

within our sport. We are always improving on the sire and 

look to you for ideas and suggestions. 

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paper to come in the mail telling them the latest detail on the 

biggest and best match of the year. For this reason, USPSA 

developed a dedicated Nationals page for up-to-the-minute 

reporting of what is happening with rnatch planning. At our 

new site you will find all the information we've got to give, 

as soon as we've got it. When we know, you'll know. Match 

and squad schedules, round count, interactive area maps and 

hotels, information on waiting lists, parking, match fees — 

you name it, we'll cover it. As more information comes available 

during the course of our planning we will get it posted 

to this page immediately so our members can check daily for 

updates and plan accordingly. 

We have even linked to outside sources such as the host 

city convention center, TSRs website for details on traveling 

with firearms, and area hotels; all in an effort to make your 

trip to the Nationals as enjoyable as possible. It is all about 

the shooting, sure, but as they say, getting there is half the 

fun. 

Again, we plan to add to and improve this site over time 

and we look to you, the membership, for input on these improvements. 

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AFFILIATED CLUBS 

FOR 2005 continued from page 62. 

GEM COUNTY SPEED SHOOTERS 

RICHARD REDOVIAN 

18327 STATE HVVY 78 

MELBA ID 83641 

rocketman@cmci net 

http://wwvv.GCRGC.org 

PIKE-ADAMS SPORTSMEN'S AL- 

LIANCE 

LEE E. EDWARDS 

2001 ADAMS 

QUINCY IL 62301 

racegun@adams.net 

http://wwvv.pasacark.com 

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS GUN CLUB 

WILLIAM L TROUTT II 

P 0 BOX 280 

WEST FRANKFORT IL 62896 

USA 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

JON R. POLER 

402 N BROADWAY 

HAVANA IL 62644-1207 

poibear@grics.net 

OAK PARK SPORTSMAN'S CLUB 

EDWIN OEJKA 

13712 W DEERVALLEY DR 

HOMER GLEN IL 60491 

ipsceddre@hotmail.com 

http://www.opsc-uspsa.org 

CHILLICOTHE SPORTSIVIENS CLUB 

CHARLES B. VARNOLD 

7532 W REDWING DR 

PEORIA IL 61604 

tunaot@insightbb.com 

http://www.chillisportsmen.org 

LEFTHANDERS GUN CLUB/PRACTI- 

CAL SHOOTERS 

DONALD E. STEELE 

7257 MANSION RD 

CHATHAM IL 62629 

donesteele3826@msn.com 

PINE TREE PISTOL CLUB 

DANIEL R VESTAL 

1613 ROOSEVELT RD 

MACHESNEY PARK IL 61115 

kidponcho@ameritech.net 

http://www.pmetreepistolclub.org 

ILLINOIS TRI-COUNTY PC.S. 

CIALE HAYEN 

1613 18TH AVE 

STERLING IL 61081-2745 

dhayen@tcgc.net 

http://www.tcgc.net 

CASEYVILLE RIFLE Et PISTOL INC 

ROD CUNNINGHAM 

FAIRVIEW HTS IL 62208 

rcunningham@coinco.com 

http://wwwcaseyvillegunclub.com 

MCHENRY IPSC SHOOTING SOCI- 

ETY (IVIISSI 

RAYMOND E. SCHRAEDER 

117 OAK ST 

LAKE ZURICH IL 60047-1321 

ray.schraeder@us.army.mil 

NORTHERN ILLINOIS SHOOTERS 

ASSN 

KENNETH J. RECA 

25953 W MYRTLE LN 

INGLESIDE IL 60041-8921 

reca3@hotmail.com 

http://www.nrsa-uspsa.org 

PORTER COUNTY POPPERS 

JAMES SHEMA 

719g BROADWAY 

MERRIVILLE IN 46410 

jimkath@netnitco.net 

http://wwwripccc.net 

FORT WAYNE AREA PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

LONNIE R. MAGGART 

1607 WILLISTEAD PLACE 

FT WAYNE IN 46845 

Imaggart1607@comcastnet 

http://www.fwaps.org 

INDIANA PFIACTICAL PISTOL 

SHOOTERS 

GENE R. FLICK 

5501 BOOKER ROAD 

EVANSVILLE IN 47720 

grflick@insightbb.com 

http://www.redbrush.org 

SILVER CREEK CONSERVATION 

CLUB 

BARRY V. ELLIS 

957 SILVERWOOD DR 

CLARKSVILLE IN 47129-1115 

bvescps@aol.com 

http://www.sccc-pvra.com 

HIDDEN HILLS PRACT. SHOOTERS 

RICHARD MCCRARY 

1014 PEARL ST 

NEW ALBANY IN 47150-4747 

hidnhillsec@aol.com 

SOUTH CENTRAL GUN CLUB INC 

MAX W. BEDWELL 

2126 MARK TWAIN 

SEYMOUR IN 47274 

mbedwell@jacksonlodge146.org 

http://www.practicalshooters.com 

I.W.L.A. OXFORD LODGE 

DAVID SCHATTEL 

528 SW "A" ST 

RICHMOND IN 47374-4023 

OKSComp@aol.com 

CENTRAL INDIANA PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

STEVEN J. BOLLER 

13400 MACAW PLACE 

CARMEL IN 46033 

boller@earthlink.net 

http://www.atlantacc.net 

VVABASH VALLEY PRArTICAL PIS- 

TOL 

DAVID R. BALL 

POBOX36 

GOSPORT IN 47433 

daviddvcball@yahoo.com 

http://www.wabashvaileyshooters.com 

MILL CREEK PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

JOHN J. HARTMAN, JR. 

P 0 BOX 14762 

LENEXA KS 66284 

millcreekpsl@aoLcom 

http://www.millcreekpaorg 

AIR CAPITAL GUN CLUB 

GARY FROST 

5599 SW 1135TH ST 

AUGUSTA KS 67010-8465 

msrxray@sbcglobal.net 

http://www.geocities.com/wdpc@ 

procligymet/acshooters.html 

WICHITA PRACTICAL PISTOL CLUB 

DAN E. CLOSE 

1218 COOLIDGE 

WICHITA KS 67203 

danclose@cox.net 

CAPITAL CITY PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS 

JERRY W. NELSON 

6206 SW 23RD STREET 

TOPEKA KS 66614 

jwnelson@cox.net 

http://www.capitalcitygunclub.com 

/pistoVccps.html 

BULLET HOLE RS.C. 

ROB DANIELS 

9006 GRANDVIEW 

O'v'ERLAND PARK KS 66212 

cob@minpin.com 

http://www.bhpsc.com 

LOUISVILLE PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

ASSN 

MICHAEL G. RHEA 

5521 DIONE COURT 

LOUISVILLE KY 40216 

mrhea0214@aol.com 

http://www.louisvillepracticalshooters.com 

KENTUCKY ASSN OF PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

KENNETH R. SKEETERS 

110 SCOTTSDALE BLVD 

LOUISVILLE KY 40214 

DVCKAPS@aol.com 

http://hometown.aol.corn/dvckaps 

BLUEGRASS PISTOL CLUB 

BARRY WEST 

501 KEENE-WAY DR SOUTH 

NICHOLASVILLE KY 40356 

vikingtactical@allteLnet 

http://home.alltel.net/barrywest/ 

OWENSBORO RIFLE Et PISTOL CLUB 

INC 

GARY E. WELBORN 

520 FATE LUTZ FiOAD 

HANSON ICY 42413 

gary.welborn@ky.gov 

http://www. Of pci.com 

ASHLANU GUN CLUB 

BETTY JO RATLIFF 

3015 BOY SCOUT ROAO 

ASHLAND ICY 41102 

simbers@zoomnetnet 

http://home.earthlink.net/—agcod/ 

SOUTHEAST TEXAS PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

RICHARD A. FOSTER 

P 0 BOX 141 

SULPHUR LA 70664-0141 

jake@communicomm.com 

www.texassouthsection.com 

TANGIPAHOA PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS ASSN 

ROBERT P KONRAD!' 

47317 MILTON RD 

TICKFAW LA 70466 

g21cIvc@charter.net 

http://www.lagator.org 

EAST ASCENSION PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

J. KEVIN MARTIN 

P 0 BOX 1054 

LAPLACE LA 70069-1054 

drkev@bellsouth.net 

http://wwwlagator.org 

MIDSOUTH PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

MAXIENT J MICHEL 

3017 ST MARIE DR 

MERAUX LA 70075 

L2100USPSA@aol.com 

RIVER PARISH PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS 

NICHOLAS LASSEIGNE III 

P 0 BOX 1535 

r,RAMERCY LA 70052 

http://www.lagator.org 

CAJUN ACTION SHOOTERS 

STEVE J MIGUEZ 

6403 DASPIT RD 

NEW IBERIA LA 70563-8951 

icmsinc@bellsouth.net 

http://www lagator.org 

WESTFIELD PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

JUDITH L. LAFRENIERE 

172 LINE ST 

FEEDING HILLS MA 01030 

Judith228@aol.com 

BASS RIVER ROD Er GUN CLUB 

ROBERT J WHITE 

37 POND VIEW AVE 

CHATHAM MA 02633-1846 

bjwhite4@comcast.net 

http://www.bassriverrodgunclub.com/ 

HARVARD SPORTSMEN'S CLUB 

INC 

GARY BARNA 

104 EAST MAIN ST 

AYER MA 01432 

gary@barna.name 

http://www.harvardactionshooters.com 

MARYLAND PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS ASSN 

BILL ALLRED 

1643 LIDERTT' RD STE 103 

ELDERSBURG MO 21784-6545 

torags@cris.com 


http://www.mpsa.net/ 

MAINE PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

PAUL MITCHELL 

506 WINTHROP RD 

READFIELD ME 04355 

northemxtreme@hotmail.com 

DETROIT SPORTSMENS CONGRESS 

DAVE RAY 

6000 ORMOND RD 

WHITE LAKE MI 48383 

dray000@comcastnet 

http://www.d-s-c.org 

CHIEF OKEMOS SPORTSMANS 

CLUB 

HAROLD HOVEY, JR 

103 ERIN CT 

EATON RAPIDS MI 48827 1348 

hoveyh@msn.com 

SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN PRACTI- 

CAL SHOOTERS 

CHRISTOPHER EDER 

26249 GRAND RIVER AVE 

REDFORD MI 48240 

michns56@aol.com 

http://www.livingstongunclub.org 

BEND OF THE RIVER CONSERVA- 

TION CLUB 

LEWIS JOHN SINGLETON 

POBOX 121 

NILES MI 49120 

deblew1911@sbcglobal.net 

http://www.borcc.org 

SOUTH KENT SPORTSMANS CLUB 

DALE VANDER ZEE 

4175 STARRY LANE 

DORR MI 49323 

dvzdvc@sbcglobalmet 

http://www.sksc.org 

FARIBAULT RIFLE 8 PISTOL CLUB 

CHARLES R. BUTLER 

1708 FAIR ST 

MANKATO MN 56001 

crbutler@hickorytech.net 

ARMORED FIRE PRACTICAL 

SHOOTING ASSN 

EDWARD C. KOSKIE 

7238 18TH AVE SOUTH 

RICHFIELD MN 55423 

ekoskie8750@msn.com 

http://urona.com/uspsa 

CENTRAL MINNESOTA PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

JEREMY D. MCCUTCHEN 

991 ECHO DRIVE SE APT 306 

HUTCHINSON MN 55350-3146 

cmps@cmps.org 

http://www.cmps.org 

METRO AREA PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ING ASSN 

ANITA F. CHOLEWA 

1533 121ST AVE NE 

BLAINE MN 55449-4704 

chole001@umn,edu 

MINNETONKA GAME FISH CLUB 

KENNETH H REX 

835 GRANT ST 

ANOKA MN 55303 

kenneth@outdrs net 

ST CLOUD AREA PRACT SHOOTERS 

ASSN 

ROBERT L. MILLS 

2534 14-1/2 AVE SE 

ST CLOUD MN 56304 

brrullsuspsa@astound.net 

http://www.scapsa.org 

NORTHWESTERN GUN CLUB 

MICHAEL J O'MARA 

3 VASSAR ST 

DULUTH MN 55803-1540 

OAKDALE GUN CLUB 

TRAVIS AHRENS 

4341 HADLEY AVE N 

OAKDALE MN 55128 

http://urona.corn/uspsa/ogc/ 

UNITED SPORTSMEN'S CLUB 

MICHAEL R. BRUNE 

3711 RT E 

JEFFERSON CITY MO 65101 

mikebrune27@hotmail.com 

http://unitedsportsmenieffcitymo.or 

0/ 

ARNOLD RIFLE Et PISTOL CLUB 

JEFF MATSCHE 

BARNHART MO 63012-2304 

nnatch@sbcglobal net 

CENTRAL OZARKS PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

BOB DELP, JR 

P 0 BOX 814 

ROLLA MO 65402 

bdelp@rollanetorg 

www.rollanetorg/- bdelp/cops/ 

MISSOURI BOOTHEEL PISTOL CLUB 

MAX DAVIDSON 

4240 WEST HVVY C 

BERTRAND MO 63823-9164 

maxco@theedgepc.net 

http://www.gunsteel.com 

DEEP SOUTH SHOOTERS ASSOCIA- 

TION 

WILLIAM D. JACKSON 

157 SPENCE DR 

PASS CHRISTIAN MS 39571-4840 

bjinpass(u)aol.com 

http://www.smsps.com 

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST PRACTI- 

CAL SHOOTERS 

THOMAS C. DUCHMANN, JR. 

PEARLINGTON MS 39572 

L1670@aol.com 

TRI-LAKES SHOOTING CLUB 

DAN R. STEWART 

P 0 BOX 507 

BATESVILLE MS 38606-0507 

dstewart(cDwateryalley.net 

CROSSROADS SPORT SHOOTING 

ASSN 

NATHAN HENDRIX 

P 0 BOX 330 

GLEN MS 38846-0330 

crssa@earthlink.net 

http://www.crssa.com 

SOUTH MISSISSIPPI PRACT. 

SHOOTING ASSN 

TIM L. LOTT 

7994 US HWY 98 

SUMRALL MS 39482-3886 

dreamn1450@bellsouth.net 

http://www.smsps.com 

BOLIVAR COUNTY SPORT SHOOT- 

ERS 

JOHNNY BRISTER 

P 0 BOX 850 

ROSEDALE MS 38769-0850 

wdt@tecinto.com 

RIVERS BEND SPORTS SHOOTERS 

R. LEE WALL III 

605 NICHOLSON AVE 

GREENWOOD MS 38930 

walhil@tecinfo.com 

BIG MUDDY PRACTICAL SHOOTING 

ASSN 

DAVID G. FULKERSON 

PO BOX 364 

PLENTYWOOD MT 59254-0364 

dgfulker nemontel.net 

CABINET RIFLE Et PISTOL ASSN 

ZACHARY R. EPPERSON 

P 0 BOX 1079 

LIBBY MT 59923- 1079 

cabinetrifleandpistol@yahoo.com 

GALLATIN ACTION SHOOTERS 

NICK PIPINICH 

18 ANGUS DRIVE 

BELGRADE MT 59714 

ndpdlp@littleappletech.com 

www.gallatinactionshooters.com 

MAGIC CITY ACTION SHOOTERS 

SCOTT NIELSEN 

910 SANDSTONE TRAIL 

BILLINGS MT 59105 

sanielsen@bresnan.net 

http://magiccityactionshooters.org 

RANGE 14 MARKSMANSHIP COM- 

MITTEE 

PATRICK MCNAMARA 

45 OREGON LANE 

SPRING LAKE NC 28390 

patannamac@charternet 

http://www.range14 com 

COMPETITIVE SHOOTERS OF 

STATESVILLE 

PAUL V. HENDRIX 

P 0 BOX 70 

JAMESTOWN NC 27282-0070 

pvhendrix@yahoo.com 

JACKSONVILLE PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS 

DANNY BONE 

2003 COLONY PLAZA 

JACKSONVILLE NC 28546 

dbone@ec.rr.com 

http://www.actionvillepracticalshooters.org 

FAYETTEVILLE P.S.A. INC. 

HENRY J. SWARTOUT III 

5421 GALES ST 

HOPE MILLS NC 28348-2382 

henry@swartout com 

http://fpsa-nc.orgitpsa 

ON TARGET INDOOR RANGE 

GEORGE BLAZIER 

P 0 BOX 1652 

ARDEN NC 28704-1652 

cblazierl @charternet 

ROWAN COUNTY WILDLIFE AS- 

SOC. 

TIM SATTERFIELD 

8218 CALDWELL RD 

HARRISBURG NC 28075 

twoalpha@ctc.net 

http://www.rcwanc.com 

ASHEVILLE PRACTICAL SHOOTING 

ASSN 

PHIL FLACK 

239 LUTHER BURBANK OR 

LAKE LURE NC 28746 

pfcustomguns@charter net 

B Et R GUNS OUTDOOR RANGE 

RICK WEIGEL 

1775 LAKE RD 

HAVELOCK NC 28532 

brguns@cconnectnet 

ANT HILL SHOOTING CLUB 

RICHARD E. TIMBERLAKE 

10017 N OLDE TOWNE WYND 

LELAND NC 28451 

barb9re@aol.com 

SIR WALTER GUN CLUB 

JOHN E. BURNS 

2569 BURTON RD 

DURHAM NC 27704-3808 

uspsa@sirwattergunclub.com 

http://www.sirwaItergunclub.com 

MINOT RIFLE Et PISTOL CLUB 

MARK CAREY 

620 12TH AVE SW 

MINOT ND 58701 

mcarey@srtcom 

http://minotrifleandpistol.com 

BOTTINEAU RIFLE CLUB 

JON OKSENDAHL 

1 B SOLPER BAY RD 

BOTTINEAU ND 58318 

johno@ndak.net 

PLATTE RIVER SPORTSMENS CLUB 

JOHN B. ERICKSON 

1708 E 6TH 

NORTH PLATTE NE 69101-4347 

dojoson(a)kdsionet 

EASTERN NEBRASKA GUN CLUB 

CHRIS DAVIES 

12008 S IVA ST 

GRETNA NE 68028 

cddavies@aolcom 

http://www.engcinc.org 

RIVERDALE PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

GEORGE M. JONES 

9 SYCAMORE COURT 

RAMSEY NJ 07446 

hIcptr@optonline.net 

http://www.riverdalepistoLorg 

SHONGUM PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

RONALD GUMANN 

93 MAHAR AVE 


CLIFTON NJ 07011-1310 

ronaldg@optonline.net 

http://www.shongum.org 

CENTRAL JERSEY RIFLE Er PISTOL 

CLUB 

NIKOLAUS HABICHT 

P 0 BOX 3748 

TRENTON NJ 08629 

rukhabicht@aol.com 

http://www.cjrpc.org 

USANA - UNITED SPORTSMANS 

ASSN OF N AMERICA 

JUSTIN PLATT 

213 WINDSOR LANE 

WESTVILLE NJ 08093 

jplatt@kemaneng.com 

http://www.usanamtc.com 

LEA COUNTY ACTION SHOOTERS 

KYLE COLEMAN 

220 W KARA 

HOBBS NM 88242-9711 

kyle@lcecnet.com 

CAJA DEL RIO GUN CLUB INC 

CAROLYN HUDSON 

9804 ACADEMY HILLS DR NE 

ALBUQUERQUE NM 87111-1312 

hudsonsabqq_Dyahoo.com 

http://www.jmallarci/caja.htm 

RIO GRANDE PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ING CLUB 

CAROLYN HUDSON 

9804 ACADEMY HILLS DR NE 

ALBUQUERQUE NM 87111-1312 

hudsonsaWhayoo.com 

http://www.jmallard/riogrande.htm 

OTERO PRACTICAL SHOOTING 

ASSN 

DON BEDNORZ 

40 CIELO MONTANA 

ALAMOGORDO NM 88310 

dbednorz@wayfarerl.com 

http://www.opshooterassn.com 

SAN JUAN WILDLIFE FEDERATION 

CARL J. PESKOR 

P 0 BOX 594 

FARMINGTON NM 87499 

candkpeskor@direcway.com 

LOS ALAMOS SPORTSMENS CLUB 

PAUL F. MONIZ 

580 CAMINO ENCANTADO 

LOS ALAMOS NM 87544 

pmoniz@mindspring.com 

NORTHEASTERN NEVADA RIFLE Er 

PISTOL 

DANIELLE M. KOHLER 

P 0 BOX 8069 

SPRING CREEK NV 89815 

nnrpa(q)nnrpa.org 

http://www.NNRPA.org 

MOHAVE GREEN SHOOTERS / MO- 

HAVE SPORTSMAN CLUB 

LARRY ALEXANDER 

1871 MARICOPA 

LAUGHLIN NV 89029 

wecare4@earthlink.net 

http://www.mohavesportsmansciub.com 

SIN CITY SHOOTERS 

LEN M. FALKENTHAL 

2239 BUFFALO RUN AVE 

LAS VEGAS NV 89123 

falkenphotoaol.com 

http://www.sincityshooters.com 

ROCHESTER BROOKS PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

BOB URBAN 

6991 LINDSLEY RD 

LIVONIA NY 14454 

burban@frontiemet.net 

http://www.rbps.net 

CORTLAND PISTOL CLUB 

ED PUTNAM 

145 JERRY SMITH RD 

LANSING NY 14882-8827 

eputnam@lightlink.com 

http://www.cortlandpistolclub.com 

WATERVLIET PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS 

PATRICIA C LEGERE 

2718 NEW SCOTLAND RD 

VOORHEESVILLE NY 12186 

eregel@nycapsrcom 

http://www.wfgpa.org 

DUNHAMS BAY PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

RICHARD M HAAG 

15 FOX HOLLOW LANE 

QUEENSBURY NY 12804-1143 

rickhaag@worldnetatt.net 

http://www.dunhamsbay.org 

USPSA VICE PRESIDENT 

JOHN AMIDON 

5451 BEAR RD 

NOR H SYRACUSE NY 13212 

jamidonl(a)twcny.rucom 

GENESEE CONSERVATION LEAGUE 

AUDREY SCHMIDT 

6481 GILLIS ROAD 

VICTOR NY 14564 

shouldbesailingPyahoo.com 

http://www.gclrochester.com 

FREEPORT PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

RONNIE° W JOW 

55 CEDAR ROAD 

EAST NORTHPORT NY 11731 

now@optonlinemet 

http://www.communities.msn.com/ 

freeportpracticalshooters 

PATHFINDER PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS 

MICHAEL P CONNOLLY 

9296 RT 11 

BREWERTON NY 13029 

truckemc@usadatanetnet 

http://www.pathfinderfishandgame.com 

OUTCHESS COUNTY PISTOL ASSO- 

CIATION 

DAVID GROB 

582 FAIR ST 

CARMEL NY 10512 

row 1 0512(Overizon.net 

http://www.dcpistolorg 

NORTH COUNTRY PRACTICAL PIS 

fOL LEAGUE 

DAVID E. MARTIN 

1474 STATE ROUTE 86 

SARANAC LAKE NY 12983 

para45Photmail.com 

www.angetfire.com/ny5/ncppV 

LONG ISLAND PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS ASSN 

FRANK P FELLINI 

22 ROGER PLACE 

FLORAL PARK NY 11001 

f753f@msn.com 

http://www.bpsa.net/ 

OLINVILLE PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

EFRAIN ALVAREZ, JR. 

1641 ANDREVVS AVE #3C 

BRONX NY 10453 

Efige7273@optonline.net 

http://www.freewebs.com/ohnville 

GENEVA PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

SAMUEL W. KNIGHT 

4552 ONTARIO CENTER RD 

WALWORTH NY 14568-9726 

sknightProchestermcom 

WESTERN NEW YORK PRACT PIS- 

TOL LEAGUE 

JAMES D. KOSICKI 

37 BORDEN RD 

WEST SENECA NY 14224 

wnyppl(u.)yahoo.com 

SQUARE DEAL SPORTSMEN INC 

CHRISTOPHER BRINSER 

900 CATHERINE AVE 

ENDICOTT NY 13760 

kbrinser0)stny.mcom 

http://www.squaredealipsc.com 

ALBURG ROD Et GUN CLUB 

FRANK CRCEK 

P 0 BOX 824 

ROUSES POINT NY 12979 

frankjcrcek.Oyahoo.com 

CROOKED CREEK PISTOL LEAGUE 

WILLIAM ATTAMANTE 

8144 FORESTDALE DR 

KIRTLAND OH 44094-8640 

wattamantWhotmail.com 

http://www.practicalpistol.net 

NORTHWEST OHIO COMBAT PIS 

TOL CLUB 

TOM FREDERICK 

1050 LEVEL DR 

FREMONT OH 43420 

tfsv38K(Dwoht-rcom 

RAYNER'S RANGE PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

THOMAS L. RAYNER 

10910 RAYNER LANE 

BLUE ROCK OH 43720 

tomIrayner@aol.com 

http://www.geocities.com/rayners 

range 

MIAMI RIFLE Er PISTOL CLUB 

RAYMOND P ZILLICK 

4510 HUTCHINSON GLEN DR 

CINCINNATI OH 45248-1508 

doubltapPfuse.net 

http-J/www.miaminfle-pistoLorg 

MIAMISBURG 

SPORTSMAN'S 

CLUB 

PAUL R. HERNANDEZ 

205 LAKEVIEW DRIVE 

CENTERVILLE OH 45459 

paul.hemandez@wnghtedu 

http://www.miamisburgsportsmensclub.com 

PICKAWAY COUNTY SPORTSMEN 

INC 

STEVE ANDERSON 

6398 FOUNTAINVIEW CT 

GROVE CITY OH 43123 

mrandersonPprodigy.net 

http://home.columbus.rr.com/jmaas 

s/pcsupsc.html 

OKC GUN CLUB IPSC 

MATT JOHNSON 

12636 PEPPERTREE PLACE 

OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73142 

dubletap45(a)aol.com 

http://ipsc.okcgunclub.org 

NO MAN'S LAND RIFLE Et PISTOL 

ASSN 

JAMES J. POWELL 

PO BOX 1236 

HOOKER OK 73945-1236 

jjkat@ptsi.net 

STEPHENS COUNTY RIFLE Et PISTOL 

JON AX 

1004 C AVE 

LAWTON OK 73501-4324 

ccfs@ionetnet 

http://www.ionetnet/—ccfs/scrap 

OIL CAPITAL ROO Et GUN CLUB 

PATRICK M. O'BRiFN 

1548 S COLUMBIA AVE 

TULSA OK 74104 

obnen2pat@cox.net 

www.bentworks.com/oksection 

COSSA PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

TOM ALLEN 

18160 COTTONWOOD RD #407 

BEND OR 97707 

tjallenphoto(i)bendnetcom 

http://www.oregonshooters.com 

SOUTHERN OREGON PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

MARTIE MCCORMICK 

7155 NE ROCKY BROOK ST 

HILLSBORO OR 97124 

insh@ccountnoet 

LA GRANDE RIFLE Er PISTOL CLUB 

RICHARD D. WITHERRITE 

P 0 BOX 921 

UNION OR 97883 

rbwrtherntePeoni.com 

http-J/www.beaverstate.com 

JEFFERSON STATE PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

BILL WATSON 

4755 SHASTA WAY 

KLAMATH FALLS OR 97603 

ogrebro(Filcvc net 

DUNDEE PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

BRAD SITTON 

612 HARVARo CT 

NEWBERG OR 97132 

brad.sitton(a)venion net 

66 MONT SIGHT • FAay/June 2005

httP://www.teamcroc.com 

TRI-COUNTY GUN CLUB 

ERNEST B. HOCKENS 

14151 SE ROLLING MEADOWS DR 

PORTLAND OR 97236 

ehock38494@aol.com 

http://www.tcgc.org 

ALBANY RIFLE Er PISTOL CLUB 

MICHAEL R. MCCARTER 

3958 HERTEL DR S 

SALEM OR 97302-6003 

nomikes@hotmail.com 

http://www.arpc.info 

BMR38super@aol.com 

MANVILLE SPORTSMENS ROD Er 

GUN CLUB 

PAUL S. TAYLOR 

110 RESERVOIR RD 

COVENTRY RI 02816 

snickjazzy@cox.net 

POINT BLANK PISTOL CLUB 

MICHAEL JOHNSON 

P 0 BOX 473 

CLEARWATER SC 29822 

mrd(a)yectorsvcs.com 

wwwpointblankpistolclub.com 

sstamax(o)charternet 

COAL CREEK ARMORY 

DEBBIE CASEY 

1114 PANORAMA DR 

MARYVILLE TN 37801 

caseydebra(cDchartertn.net 

http://www.coalcreekarmory.com 

AUSTIN LONE STAR PPC. 

BETH A. POLO 

108 WILD BASIN RD SUITE 200 

AUSTIN TX 78746 

beth27@austinsr.com 

http://www.sss.org/lonestar 

BEDIAS TX 77831 

honstar@outdrs.net 

http://www.lionstar.us 

HOLE IN THE WALL SHOOTING 

CLUB 

HOLLIS RAY PEGODA 

1001 E WHITEWING SUITE B 

MCALLEN TX 78501 

BAY AREA PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

CHARLIE CARD 

1118 WILDWOOD 

DEER PARK TX 77536 

cardman@houston.mcom 

UMPQUA PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

SCOTT BRITTON 

3709 NW BROAD ST 

ROSEBURG OR 97470-5552 

scott __britton@yahoo.com 

GEM CITY PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

JOHN MALMGREN 

8644 BUFFALO RD 

HARBORCREEK PA 16421-1202 

xdcxdc@adelphia.net 

http://www.gemcdygunclub.org 

PITCAIRN-MONROEVILLE SPORTS- 

MANS CLUB 

STEVEN R. DAVIDSON 

419 EAST PITTSBURGH ST 

GREENSBURG PA 15601 

sdayidson98@comcastnet 

http://www pmsconline.com 

EAST HUNTINGDON TWP SPORTS- 

MEN'S ASSN 

DAVID P FRIES, SR. 

139 MCCLURE DRIVE 

CHESWICK PA 15024 

dfnessr@hotmail.com 

http://www.geocities.com/ehpsa/ 

TOPTON ACTION 8 PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

DAVID V. MILLER 

2654 ROMIG RD 

GILBERTSVILLE PA 19525-9685 

kdr318@comcast.net 

http://Www.toptonfga.org/ 

CLAIRTON SPORTSMEN'S CLUB 

JOE KASYAN 

3623 BROWNSVILLE ROAD 

PITTSBURGH PA 15227 

jkasyan(a)donaldsonoptical.com 

http://www.clairtonsc.org 

YORK IZAAK WALTON #67 

HOWARD C. THOMPSON 

53 N MAIN ST 

STEWARTSTOWN PA 17363-4030 

hctkst@nfdc.net 

EAGLES NEST PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS 

JAMES N BURCH 

1218 KUNTZ RD 

ERIE PA 16509-2842 

jburch@yelocrty.net 

FACTORYVILLE SPORTSMANS 

CLUB 

BARRY RUANE 

RR BOX 314B 

SOUTH GIBSON PA 18842 

SPARTANBURG PRACTICAL 

SHOOTING ASSN 

JAMES E WAGNER 

PO BOX 325 

MOORE SC 29369 

edchewagner@shootspsa.org 

http://www.shootspsa.org 

MID CAROLINA RIFLE CLUB 

DONNIE BRYSON 

1695 MURPH MILL RD 

ORANGEBURG SC 29118 

wdbrysono)msn.com 

PALMETTO GUN CLUB 

CHESTER A. COX 

1111 TROTTERS BLVD 

SUMMERVILLE SC 29483-5018 

slider07@aol.com 

http://www.palmettogunclub.org 

SIOUX FALLS PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS 

FRED LEDWELL 

616 LAKOTA AVE 

BRANDON SD 57005-1919 

fledwell@alhancecom.net 

http://www.sfpracticalshooters.co 

SOUTHCENTRAL HANDGLJNNERS 

KEVIN FLOTTMEYER 

1817 ABBEY RD 

PIERRE SD 57501 

racegnr@pie.midco.net 

OAK RIDGE PRACTICAL SHOOTING 

CLUB 

DENNIS W. COX JR 

8115 RIVER DR 

OAK RIDGE TN 37830 

sstamax0Dcharter.net 

MIDDLE TENNESSEE SHOOTERS 

CLUB 

KURT GLICK 

118 BRADBURY CT 

TULIAHOMA TN 37388 

kglick@tullahoma-tn.com 

http://www.midthshooters.com 

MEMPHIS SPORT SHOOTING ASSN 

BOYD "LYNN" JONES 

8636 POPLAR PIKE 

GERMANTOWN TN 38138 

b_lynnjones@msn.com 

http://www.memphis-ssa.com 

ORSA PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

DENNIS W. COX JR. 

8115 RIVER DR 

OAK RIDGE TN 37830 

BRAZOSLAND PISTOLEROS 

JERRY R. MOSLEY 

BOX 3282 

BRYAN TX 77802 

gundoc@txcyber com 

GREENWOOD PRACTICAL PISTOLS 

BILL J. HUNTER 

262 INWOOD DR 

WEST COLUMBIA TX 77486 

COASTAL BEND SHOOTERS 

PHILIP L. GUARISCO 

PO BOX 261193 

CORPUS CHRISTI TX 78426-1193 

guanscop@att.net 

http://www.cbshooters.corn 

BAILEY'S PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

DONALD J. HANSARD 

6910 COLE CREEK DR 

HOUSTON TX 77092-1444 

dhansard@houston.mcom 

THE DOUBLETAP RANCH 

ROBERT PORTER 

3200 GRANT ST 

WICHITA FALLS TX 76308 

2x-tap@sbcglobal.net 

http://www doubletapranch.com 

CHAMPION LAKE ACTION SHOOT- 

ING SOCIETY 

STEPHEN B. JACK 

17019 DUSTY MILL DR W 

SUGAR LAND TX 77478 

sjack@houstonsrcom 

PHARR ACTION SHOOTERS CLUB 

JOHN J. DONOHUE 

PO BOX 3551 

MCALLEN TX 78502-3551 

jdonohue@mcallen.libtx.us 

http://www.mcallen.hb.txus/orgs/p 

asc.htm 

TEXARKANA GUN CLUB 

HELEN HUMBER 

821 ELLIOTT LN 

TEXARKANA TX 75501-2805 

rwolfe(cPvalometcom 

http://www.texarkanagunclub.COM 

ANGELINA PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

PHILIP TERRY 

103 SAWGRASS CIRCLE 

LUFKIN IX 75901-7423 

phil-terry@lufkin.com 

LION STAR 

SAMUEL S. HALLMAN 

5749 STATE HWY 30 W 

ALPHA MIKE SHOOTERS 

DONALD B. HARDY 

328 E SUNSET 

SAN ANTONIO TX 78209 

ShootinD@aol.com 

http://www.alpha-mikeshooters.cib.net 

FORT BLISS PRACTICAL PISTOL 

CLUB 

GILBERT P WRIGHT 

1548 B COMMON DR 

EL PASO TX 79936 

gright1929@aoLcom 

NACOGDOCHES PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

PHILIP TERRY 

103 SAWGRASS CIRCLE 

LUFKIN TX 75901-7423 

phil-terry@lufkin.com 

ACTION MASTERS PISTOL CLUB 

GREG PEINE 

1600 S COUNTY RD 1133 

MIDLAND TX 79706 

peine@ndgewoodcable.com 

http://www.achonmasters.com 

NITE OWLS PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

JIM BRITTON 

7719 CREEK GLEN 

HOUSTON TX 77095 

TEXAS SIGHTMASTERS 

CLIF KING 

19406 CR 3400 

SLATON TX 79364 

TEAMTURTLE@prodigy.net 

IMPACT IPSC 

WILLIAM CONLAN 

11311 BURGOYNE 


cbass1187@yahoo.com 

www.texassouthsection.com 

SAN ANGELO GUN CLUB 

J. KELLY MCCOY 

3326 SHADYHILL DR 

SAN ANGELO TX 76904 

jkmccoy(a)wcc.net 

http://www.sanangelogunclub.org 

LEON COUNTY GUN CLUB 

DWAYNE LA COUR 

P 0 BOX 754 

BUFFALO TX 75831-0754 

dyclac@spydenntemet.com 

RANGEMASTERS 

WALTER LAICH 


13610 CYPRESS POND DR 

CYPRESS TX 77429-5117 

watteriatch(i-Devinet 

http://users2.evl.net/—dweVrangemasters.htm 

NORTH TEXAS INDOOR PS.G. 

DICK BURKHARDT 

3429 JAMESTON DR 

FLOWER MOUND TX 75028-1000 

dburkhardt.stratus@charternet 

CENTRAL TEXAS RIFLE Er PISTOL 

CLUB 

JOHN T. MACDONALD 

7800 N RIVER CROSSING RD 

CHINA SPRING TX 76633 

macipsc@netzero.com 

http://www.ctrpclub.com 

RIVER CITY SHOOTERS OF SAN AN 

TONIO 

WAYNE PAUL HO 

8069 CULEBRA RD SUITE 110 

SAN ANTONIO TX 78251 

Hogunz@yahoo.com 

http://www.nvercityshooters.com 

COLEMAN GUN CLUB 

DALE ALCORN 

1701 FM 1235 

MERKEL IX 79536-4315 

DA45acp@msn.com 

www.geocities.corn/colemangc 

TRIGGER TIME 

REYNALDO D. ABAD 

6245 RENWICK DR #4811 

HOUSTON TX 77081 

elrey(a)ipsc.org 

www.texassnlithcection.coryi 

JOHNSON COUNTY SHOOTING 

SPORTS ASSN 

JOHN HARRIS 

2606 WHITEHAVEN N 

COLLEYVILLE TX 76034 5343 

CACHE PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

RICHARD MEACHAM 

461 SOUTH 200 WEST 

LOGAN UT 84321-5211 

drmeacham@comcastnet 

http://www.utahshooters.org 

LTD PISTOL 

BRENT MICHAELSON 

390 W 5050 S 

OGDEN UT 84405-6520 

spg1911@comcast. net 


SOUTHERN UlAH PISTOL Er RE- 

VOLVER 

DREX PARRY 

2300 EAST MIDDLETON OR #43 

SAINT GEORGE UT 84770 

dmot(winfowest com 

SALT LAKE PR. SHOOTING ASSN. 

VEIJO N. JONES 

2518 E 50 S 

LAYTON UT 84040 

veijones@earthlink.net 


SHOOTERS PARADISE 

NICOLAE COSTESCU 

2971 ASPEN LANE 

FALLS CHURCH VA 22042 

uspsa@shootersparadise.com 

http://www.shootersparadise.com 

ROANOKE RIFLE Er REVOLVER CLUB 

INC 

MARK STEINLE 

P 0 BOX 8037 

ROANOKE VA 24014 

50sniper@cox.net 

http://www.roanokenfle.com 

FREDERICKSBURG ROD Et GUN 

CLUB 

GENE SULLIVAN 

507 LEWIS ST 

FREDERICKSBURG VA 22401 

hdlDeuce@aol.com 

http://www.rodngunclub.org 

NORTH MOUNTAIN PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

DANIEL H. CHANDLER 

330 EQUESTRIAN RD 

WARRENTON VA 20186 

NorthMountainPS@vertzon.net 

GREEN MOUNTAIN PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

SCOTT CHAPMAN 

230 ELMWOOD AVE 

BURLINGTON VT 05401 

scotl 911@adelphia.net 

http://www.gmps.ws 

SPOKANE PRACTICAL PISTOL 

LEAGUE 

BILL SAHLBERG 

9619 E 9TH 

SPOKANE WA 99206 

thesahlberg7@webtv.net 

http://www.sppLus 

CUSTER SPORTSMENS CLUB 

ROBIN M. WILLIAMS 

1410 N SHORE DR 

BELLINGHAM WA 98226 

Captionsnow@aol.com 

http://www.custersportsmensclub.com 

EASTERN WA. PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS 

M. DWIGHT HUGHES 

1760 S 38TH AVE 

WEST RICHLAND WA 99353-9009 

b-6@verizon.net 

http://mysite.vertzon.net/res8dhc4/ 

YRPA - PRACTICAL SHOOTERS 

MATHEW GUDERJOHN 

802 S 9TH AVE APT B 

YAKIMA WA 98902 

EPHRATA SPORTSMEN'S ASSN 

CARL CARBON 

1713 FAIRWAY DR 

MOSES LAKE WA 98837 

carbon501@gosi.net 

http://wwwgosi.net/users/cmst/ 

RENTON PRACTICAL SHf)OTERS 

SCOTT LE ROUX 

21701 210 AVE SE 

MAPLE VALLEY 111/1A MUit3 

spleroux@msn com 

KITSAP RIFLE Et REVOLVER CLUB 

EARL JULL 

555 GOLD CREEK RD NW 

BREMERTON WA 98312 

elull@hotmall.com 

http://www.gunsafety.org 

SHARP SHOOTING INDOOR RANGE 

TRAVIS MARONEY 

N 1200 FREYA 

SPOKANE WA 99205 

travis@sharpshooting.net 

http://www.sharpshootmg.net 

APPLETON RIFLE Et PISTOL CLUB 

JEFFREY L. NASS 

N 615 SILVER LANE 

PULASKI WI 54162-8320 

nass@athenetnet 

SCHULTZ ROD Et GUN CLUB 

TOM MAINUS 

25801 MALCHINE RD 

WATERFORD WI 53185 

twmainus@wi rr corn 

SPRINGBROOK PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS 

JAY ROCK 

1698 HUCKLEBERRY AVE APT 202 

OMRO WI 54963 

rocket4@charter.net 

OCONOMOWOC SPORTSMANS 

CLUB 

RANDY J. TERSEN 

NEW BERLIN WI 53146 

Advisory 

January 

WESTERN WYOMING PRACTICAL 

SHOOTERS 

REG S. PHILLIPS 

PO BOX 338 

DUBOIS WY 82513-0338 

rphillip@wyornmg.com 

http://duboisgunclub.org 

Malt 

.45 Transportation 

Security 

Administration 

2g, 2(111c 

Reminder to raN elers of Requirements for Transporting F irea r ms. 

Firearm Parts and 1mmunition on Commercial Aircraft 

I. Passengers are prohibited from carry ing firearms. firearm parts and ammunition 

Federal regulations adininistcred by the I ransportaiion Security Adminonation I ISA t prohib! 

the carriage of firms's-to and guns. as well as parts ist lirearnts and guns (such as maga/oyes ot 

clips. bolts. firing pins. and tither components,. in the traveler's possession or in carry on 

Illggage 1,11011-11Crelal atreraft 

Ammunition also is NOT allowed as a carry-on gem. riurrina even a sinak round 01 

ammunition through airport security checkpoints is a sot/Wuxi of regulations 

There arc certain limited exceptions for law enforcement offKers ILE0s) who arc authonred to 

fly armed by meeting the nu.parements of 49CFR 1544.219. 

rsA regulations arc strictly enforced. Violations can result in crimmal prosecution arid 

imp,sition of civil penalties of up to SI0.000 per violation_ In the case of violations by 

government employees, ISA may also forward the minter to thc employee's agency In the case 

of violations by military personnel related to the performance of military awn,. TSA will 

forward . F nfon:ennent Ins estiganse Report to the seri, lee member's commaral tor appropnai.• 

action 

II. 

rancherl @sbcglobal.net 

http://www.oscinc.org 

GHOST TOWN SHOOTERS 

SPENCER CUTRELL 

3201 ARROYO DR 

CASPER WY 82604 

disciple1@bresnan.net 

Checked-baggage requirements for transporting firearm, and ammunition 

All persons earning tirciums and ammunition in checked baggage. Irkluding 

comply w ith the pro, loons of 49 CER § 1540 1 I I Following lb a summary. of key n.-quirements 

of this section and other regulator!, pill, isions 

• All firearms must he dee larnd to the air carrier during the ticket counter check-in process 

Ira, eters with lircarms should check-in at the ficket counter and not LINC electronic cheek-in 

le g . kiosks or the Internet) Electronic check-in %III not pro% ide adequate compliance with 

rnust 

the requirement to dcs:larc firearms to the air carrier and will expose the traveler to greater 

potential for violation and resulting cry or criminal enforcement action 

WIND RIVER PRACTICAL SHOOT- 

ERS 

DENNIS MAZET 

2125 E MONROE 

RIVERTON WY 82501 

dmazet@trib.com 

http://www.trib.com/—rankeny/index.htm 

JACKSON HOLE GUN CLUB 

W SCOTT GRAUER 

P 0 BOX 4204 

JACKSON WY 83001 

scottg6Waol.com 

COULSON CITY PS.A. 

KENNETH A. HELZER 

1615 23RD ST 

CODY WY 82414-4422 

prestdent@coulsoncitypsa.org 

http://www.coulsonotypsa.org 

• All declarcd firearms must be unloaded and transported in a locked hard•stded container. 

While M1MC fireami "pans- arc not within the broad definition of tile term "firearm." 

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68 FRONT SIGHT • May/Jone 9005

Section Coordinators For 2005 

ALASKA SECTION 

DONNA MARTIN 

1321 GRAM CIRCLE 

ANCHORAGE AK 99518 

donlee@gunet 

ALABAMA SECTION 

JON GRIGSBY 

91 FIRST ST 

PLEASANT GROVE AL 35127 

foprange6obellsouth.net 

ARKANSAS SECTION 

DAVID HYDEN 

960 BRAMBLEWOOD LANE 

CAVE SPRINGS AR 72718 

badglide@cox.net 

http://www.fastdata.net/arsectn 

ARKANSAS NORTH SECTION 

DAVID BRENT THOMPSON 

32 HEATHER OAKS WAY 

CLARKSVILLE AR 72830 

arknorthsecnon@arkansas.net 

http://www.apexcontrolsystems.co 

m/arknorthsection 

ARIZONA REAL SECTION 

PETE CARSTENSEN 

2631 E DARTMOUTH ST 

MESA AZ 85213 

pcarst@cox.net 

http://www.nopractical.com 

ARIZONA SECTION 

JOHN HARD 

16802 NORTH 62ND PLACE 

SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254 

islebee@cox.net 

CALIFORNIA DESERT SECTION 

TOM FACE 

35747 PANORAMA DR 

YUCAIPA CA 92399 

tomface@discover net 

wvvw.jmallard.com/desert.htm 

CALIFORNIA N. SECTION 

CARL F. SCHMIDT 

12325 E STILLWATER WAY 

REDDING CA 96003 

cschmidt@starband.net 

LINEA DE FUEGO SECTION 





http://LineaDeFuego.org 

SOUTHWEST PISTOL LEAGUE SEC- 

TION 

ROSS M. DEANE 

P 0 BOX 802196 

SANTA CLAR1TA CA 91380-2196 

swpIsc(a)sbcglobal.net 

www.gunracer.com/swpVedvc.htm 

WESTERN COLORADO SECTION 

MICHAEL NELSON 

tra,clers arc ads ised to place all fireann pan,n a locked hard•sidet1 container to a, old 

minus. 

• Access to the declared firearm must be restrieled. with only thc pa.ssenger posscssing the 

sontainer combinaison or key to the lock 1)uring ttse ,ereening procc-ss. TSA may mstif, the 

passenger that the hard-sided container mu.,1 he opened for inspection. In this event. ti 

meferrxyl ihm the passenger tum over the key Of combination to the screener lithe 

combination is sensitive. the passenger may unlock the lock, but TSA personnel must open 

he container 

• Any ammunition transponed musi be placed tri checked baggage and securely packed in fiber 

(such as cardboard I. wood or metal boxes or other packaging specifically designed to cany 

smatl amounts of ammunition kirearm magannes clips do not ,thsfy the packaging 

requirement unless they pros ide a complete and secure enclosure of the ammunition le g . by 

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INSIDE 

USIPSA continued from page 3. 

SALEM OR 97302 

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to find the targets. I recently attended 

a match where a canvas was used to 

provide contrast with the metal rifle 

targets (and remove the usual painting 

delays). Unfortunately this also prevented 

the shooters from seeing where 

the bullets were impacting if they 

missed. It was very frustrating for some 

shooters to shoot, miss and not know 

where to hold next. The match, as always, 

was fantastic — I trust they will 

find another method of highlighting 

thc targets in the future. 

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-qt 

With all of the technology we have 

available today, targets can be more 

practical today than at any time in our 

history. I have seen some ingenious target 

design while n-aveling. Please share 

your successful designs with all of 

USPSA by sending them to either Front 

Sight magazine or your Area Director. 

Clubs across the country want to see 

them! 

See you on the range! 

INSIDE 

NROI continued from page 4. 

wanted to make sure that I can remain 

in the Production Division if I install 

this onto my 92FS. 

As a factory option, Glock offers extended 

mag releases and extended slide 

stops that can be had on all Glock models 

as a factory option. The extended 

mag release is the same stock part used 

on the larger frame Glock pistols. 'The 

extended slide stop is the same one 

used on the Glock 34 and Glock 35. I 

am confused between the difference in 

Appendix D4 Special conditions: #19 

and US Appendix D9 special conditions: 

#21 in the January 2004 edition 

rule book. If I have Glock set my Glock 

17 up with the stock extended mag release 

and stock extended slide stop 

would it be legal to use in the US Production 

division? 

ANSWER 

US Appendix D9 Production Division 

21.5 reads: "External modifications 

other than sights not allowed." 

This clause is not meant to prohibit 

exchanging external parts from one approved 

model handgun to another approved 

model handgun. Exchanging 

external parts from one approved 

model handgun to another approved 

model handgun from the same manufacturer 

is allowed, providing that the 

parts are the original manufacturer's 

parts and offered in their catalogs or on 

their handguns that otherwise meet division 

criteria. 'The following original 

manufacturer parts may be exchanged: 

Extended mag release, extended slide 

stop, and external safeties including 

ambidextrous safeties, provided they 

stay within the intent of the division. 

No added weights, no mag well attachments, 

no thumb rests or external devices 

used to help reduce recoil and/or 

muzzle flip may be exchanged. 

That will do it for now, in the meantime, 

remember to shoot fast, shoot 

straight, but most important, shoot 

safe. 

-mt 


6.8 SPC, NEW DEAL FOR 

3-Gun! continued from page 49. 

of .223 into a 25-round SPC mag, but 

they rattle and slop around something 

awful, and reliability is not 100 percent 

— I experienced nosedives and doublefeeds 

from the mag, which functioned 

flawlessly when loaded with 6.8s. 

Looking to make the 6.8 a reality, 

its creators turned to many small custom 

shops that work closely with the 

military and Special Forces community 

doing short runs and custom work on 

AR-15s. Most casual IPSC shooters 

won't recognize their names—shops 

like Precision Reflex (PRI), Mid-South 

Tactical Network (MSTN), and Lewis 

Machine & Tool (L/vIT). For this evaluation 

I obtained two 6.8 SPC uppers 

from PRI (www.pri-mounts.com ), one 

with a 16-inch barrel, the other an 18. 

PRI has been involved in the development 

of the 6.8 SPC almost from day 

one, and was making test uppers for 

Remington before there was any 

loaded ammo. 

Both flattop uppers were fitted 

with QCB muzzlebralces from MSTN 

(www.mstn.biz), folding front and rear 

sights, stainless steel barrels, free-floating 

handguards, and innumerable 

other custom touches that make my 

own mil-spec uppers look like garage 

sale rejects. They both had intermediate-length 

gas systems which have been 

proven to be much more reliable not 

just with the 6.8 but the .223 as well. 

As a side note, 6.8 rifles are threaded 

differently at the muzzle, so no one can 

accidentally screw on a .223 comp and 

have a VERY BAD DAY 

3-GUN VIABILITY 

I set up a basic speed drill with targets 

stretched from 10 to 75 yards 

away, and ran through it several times 

with an M4-style .223 that just barely 

makes minor, the 16" 6.8 SPC upper 

(which is about the same size/weight as 

the .223), and an MIA Bush Rifle (18" 

barrel) in .308. There was no movement 

and no reloading—just unsupported 

shooting, to best judge how 

much more the 6.8 recoils. I used the 

same lower receiver on the .223 and 

6.8, and the same optic, an E0Tech 

Holosight, on all the weapons. 

Where the .223 has a high-pitched 

'crack', the 6.8 SPC has a noticeably 

deeper bark—it actually sounds like a 

rifle. Felt recoil, while admittedly totally 

subjective, was found to be noticeably 

different by all those who shot 

the 6.8. My .223 has no muzzle rise, 

but the bolt group moving back and 

forth bounces the dot around when 

shooting. The 6.8 had no muzzle rise 

either (which surprised me—good 

comp) but there was a definite strong 

rearward push, much firmer than a 

.223, but still nowhere like my .308, 

which rocked me back with each shot 

and was at least 20 percent slower than 

the 6.8. 

I've checked the numbers in all the 

speed drills I ran—time, points, and hit 

factors. Since the 6.8 had no real muzzle 

rise, it was no slower on the close 

targets (20 yards and in)—the dot 

stayed on paper just as much as it did 

with the .223. In fact, in one way it has 

an advantage over the .223—with the 

bigger holes I could see my hits! At distance, 

since the 6.8 recoiled straight 

back, it was only fractionally slower, 

and the extra points for the non-A zone 

hits meant it beat the .223 in hit factor 

just about every time—not by a lot, but 

winning is winning. Overall, my times 

with the 6.8 were 5 percent slower 

than with the .223, but with its major 

scoring, the 6.8s hit factor was 5 percent 

higher. I was surprised by these 

results. Obviously, I would have preferred 

a thousand rounds of factory 

ammo with which to experiment, and 

felt recoil isn't the same for everyone, 

but what I experienced was that the 

difference in recoil between the 6.8 

and the .223 was more than made up 

for by the extra points for the hits outside 

the A-zone. All this, of course, is 

presuming the 6.8 SPC meets major 

power factor. 

Chronographing was done in 

sunny 35-degree weather—not what I 

would have necessarily chosen, but it 

was the warmest day Michigan had 

seen in four months. I doubt the cool 

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velocity much—the 6.8 reportedly 

passed the military's abusive cold 

weather tests with flying colors, no 

doubt due in part to its large rifle 

primer, which ensures consistent ignition 

even in sub-zero environments. 

The Bad News 

Okay, here's the bad news. As currently 

commercially loaded, the 6.8 

Remington SPC, while consistent and 

extremely accurate, does not make major 

out of a 16" or 18" barrel. Out of 

a 16" barrel, the 115gr. Remington factory 

ammo averaged 2657 fps, which 

equals 305.5 power factor. Out of an 

18" barrel, the same ammo averaged 

only 2662 fps, just 5 fps faster, or 306 

PF. Major is 320 PF. Close, but no 

cigar (and for my speed drills I doubt 

another 15 PF to make major would 

have changed the felt recoil to any noticeable 

degree). I couldn't get a 20" 

barrel to test, but indications are that 

the same ammo probably wouldn't 

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two inches. Rumor has it that an improved 

powder mixture for the 6.8 is 

in the pipe that reduces pressure while 

increasing velocity as much as 75 fps, 

but even that won't make major. Barrett 

is also making 6.8 ammo, to the 

exact same published velocities 

(115@2650=304.75PF). 

Loaded ammo is still almost impossible 

to find, but components are 

slowly becoming available. Finding 

published loading data that will make 

major is a non-starter—most of the 

listed loads don't even equal the factory 

performance. Even homebrewed 

loads I've found on the internet (Danger 

Will Robinson!) don't beat the factory 

loading. My best guesstimate is 

that going with a slightly heavier bullet 

(a flat base 130 grain bullet won't stick 

into the case any farther than the boattail 

115 gr. OTM) and a magnum 

primer will be the final solution that 

helps the 6.8 past the 320 PF hurdle. 

Making major with a 130-grainer requires 

only 2462 fps., but I still think 

that's at least a year or two down the 

road, provided enough people get interested 

in the caliber to start pushing 

the envelope. 

I think the 6.8 Remington Special 

Purpose Cartridge has a real future in 

3-Gun. Future, as in not the Present. I 

don't believe it will be the end of the 

.223 once we figure out how to crank 

it up to major power factor, as surplus 

.223 ammo (and the uppers that shoot 

it) are always going to be cheaper and 

more plentiful than 6.8s. However, 

once we can safely get the 6.8 to major, 

I do think it will signal the end of the 

.308 in competition outside of 'heavy 

metal' division. 

Currently, PRI, MSTN, and Barrett 

all make high-end uppers in 6.8 Rem 

SPC, and both DPMS and Model 1 

Sales are selling mil-spec type uppers in 

6.8 that retail for less than $600. 25- 

round magazines retail for about $40 

from both PRI and DPMS now that the 

hi-cap mag ban has died. 

While its future in and official acceptance 

by the U.S. military is unknown 

(the brass has a bit of the "Not 

Invented Here" attitude regarding the 

cartridge), the 115gr. Remington 

OTM cartridge has been officially approved 

for use by the U.S. military. 

The spec-ops community doesn't have 

a bad thing to say about it. I officially 

don't know anything, but reports from 

the "field" seem to suggest the 6.8 SPC 

performs exactly as its designers intended, 

if not better, which is good 

news for everyone. The FBI has also 

expressed an interest in the cartridge, 

and where the FBI goes (subsonic 9mm 

anyone?), others will soon follow—the 

6.8 is here to stay. 'Mt 

BULLETIN 

BOARD continued from page 6. 

pen to you, so please let us know of any 

changes. 

Another thing that changes more 

frequently than weather in the Pacific 

Northwest is membership numbers. If 

you change from an annual to a threeyear 

or a five-year membership, your 

prefix will change. If you go from one 

of the renewing memberships to a Life 

membership, both your number and 

prefix will change. In both instances, 

you need to inform your club or clubs 

of the change. It takes time to research 

numbers and prefixes if the classifier 

entry comes up with an error message, 

saying it can't find you under that number. 

Please make it a point to confirm 

with the club that they have the correct 

number on file; don't be like the fellow 

who was listed by a club under his old 

annual number, when he'd been a Life 

member for more than four years! 

WHAT IS THIS CLUB DOING IN 

MY ALPHABET SOUP? 

Every day we receive classifiers by 

mail with cryptic notes by the club 

name, such as PMR&P or NMLRP, or 

other names we can't pronounce. Since 

I'm absolutely certain that these clubs 

haven't been taken over by aliens (well, 

relatively certain), I can only guess that 

someone is trying to cut down on the 

amount of ink coming out of the 

printer, or that they can't remember 

how to spell the club's name. Please, it 

is vital that you not only spell out the 

club's name as we have it in the database 

(we file and retrieve the paperwork 

by club name), but that you also 

use the correct club code. 

The club code is an alphanumeric 

combination of the section code and 

the number of the club in that section 

that not only identifies each club but is 

used when we enter scores and club 

credits. If your club code is NM03, we 

know your club is the third one assigned 

a code in the New Mexico section; 

if your club code is ST18, we 

know you as the eighteenth club affiliated 

in the South Texas section. If your 

club code is IPSC43, we know that 

your club was the forty-third club 

granted independent (or unassigned) 

status. 

If you are new at the process of submitting 

classifiers and don't know 

what your club code is, or how we have 

your club listed, please either look at 

the heading on your club's quarterly 

reports, or ask us – don't guess. We will 

be happy to help you. 

irs IN THE MAIL 

Clubs, and members, when you mail 

multiple items to us such as club activities 

and memberships, or Nationals 

slots and renewals, or whatever, please 

send separate checics for each type of 

submission! You may send one check 

for multiple club activities, or one 

check for two or three memberships, 

but each of these submissions must be 

accounted for separately, and we can't 

cut your check in half. 

One other thing - and I can't emphasize 

this too strongly - please don't 

send cash! If the envelope gets opened 

somewhere en route to our office, you 

would have no recourse. 

Good luck and good shooting! 

-14 


MINOR FORTY IN 

PRODUCTION continued from page 51. 

kind enough to share it with me. The 

table on page 51 reflects his efforts to 

try every practical load at 131 power 

factor regardless of the bullet weight 

using Titegroup powder and an overall 

length of 1.125". 

You can see in the graph that lcinetic 

energy decreases as velocity decreases – 

even thoug,h the bullet weight is rising. 

If the heavier bullets actually generate 

less energy, then why isn't everyone 

shooting a 200 or 220-grain bullet? 

Perhaps it's that other component of 

recoil Brian Enos mentioned to me — 

torque. A heavier bullet would have 

more surface area grabbing onto the rifling 

as it enters the barrel. The greater 

weight also is harder to start spinning, 

thus giving more torque. Though no 

one I spoke with would pinpoint why, 

the word "sluggish" was used more 

than once to describe heavy bullet 

loads. 

An informal survey in the forum at 

brianenos.com confirmed what the top 

.40 Production shooters know. Nearly 

60 percent of the shooters use a 180- 

grain bullet for .40 caliber minor. The 

next largest group at 22 percent said 

they preferred 155-grain bullets. The 

preference of the 180-grain bullet 

seems to indicate that a balance is required 

somewhere between the push of 

the heavy bullet and the snap of the 

lighter one. 

David Olhasso described his choice 

of bullet this way, "In minor .40, anything 

heavier than 180gr will be going 

too slow, so I have not bothered to 

work up any loads for them. A friend 

of mine and I did a bunch of testing 

with lighter .40 bullets (155 & 165) 

and we determined that with every 

powder we had, the 180 was the best 

performer. To be honest, the best 165 

and 155 .40 minor loads shot about the 

same as my 147gr 9mm load." Correct 

me if I'm wrong, but did he just say that 

the 180-grain .40 load actually shoots 

softer than a 147-grain 9mm load? 

It isn't science until you take measurements, 

so let's do the math. To 


David Olhasso out-shoots most of 

the Production shooters in the 

United States with his Beretta .40. 

make 131 power factor, a 147-grain 

9mm bullet needs to travel 891 feet per 

second. That's neatly subsonic, so the 

muzzle blasts should be comparable. 

When we drop that velocity into the kinetic 

energy formula, the resulting energy 

thrown back at the shooter is 259 

foot-pounds. That's a whopping 48 

foot-pounds more than the 180-grain 

.40 caliber load at the same power factor. 

In other words, the 180-grain bullet 

delivers nearly 20 percent less energy 

(and therefore felt recoil) to the 

shooter. Now I think I begin to understand 

the appeal of .40 minor. If you 

want the sof-test round to shoot in Production, 

a 180 grain .40 seems like the 

best choice. 

But alas for every great theory, 

there is always dissension. Matthew 

Mink came up with a very different 

conclusion which he explained this 

way, "I started using 180 grain bullets, 

then tried some 200's, then 155's, back 

to 180's, then 135's...I was constantly 

tinkering with the load, but the basic 

gun setup stayed the same. In back-toback 

testing at the range, the different 

loads didn't really make enough difference 

in places I thought it should. But 

the big difference was match results. I 

had shot three or four of the best 

matches of my life with the 135-grain 

bullets." He goes on to say, "That totally 

goes against common thinlcing...I 

think it's a function of perceived 

quicker slide speed and more focus 

while shooting the gun." He then 

added this thought, "People will say 

you can't outrun the gun, and that's 

true, but the perception is the gun is cy- 

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So what then of .40 caliber? Mink 

had this to say: "My personal recommendation 

to new shooters is to start in 

Production with minor .40. It is easier 

to shoot than 9mm because of the perceived 

lack of recoil. I think with the 

proper springing [the recoil] is softer 

and spread out over more time. But 

minor .40 will only take you to a certain 

point. I reached that point where 

I had maxed out on minor .40 and it 

took a caliber change [for me] to go 

faster." In other words, he believes you 

need to shoot 9mm to win. 

When asked if he could foresee 

switching to 9mm from .40, David 01- 

hasso's response was, "As long as 

40 IN PRODUCTION? continued on page 76. 

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Name: 

Address: 

City: 

Email: 

The 2005 USPSA 3-Gun Nationals 

October 14-16, Las Vegas, NV 

12 Stages * 275+ Rounds * Limited to First 250 Shooters 

Detailed match information will be provided in confirmation packet. 

Questions: Match Director: Ron Sanders sandersace@msn.com 

USPSA #: 

State: Zip: Phone: 

Squad with: 

CIRCLE ONE CLASS: GM M A 13 D U 

Category: JR SS SR FEM 

Division: Open LJ 

Standard 

Tactical Li 

Rifle: Major/Minor 

Pistol: Major/Minor 

Shotgun: Major 

Adult Entry Fee $225: 

Jr Entry Fee S112.50: 

Late Fee: ($30 postmarked after 9/19105): 

Total Enclosed: 

USPSA will charge a $50 cancellation fee on refund 

requests received on or before Sept. 30, 2005 and $75 

thereafter. Refunds will not be granted after Oct. 14. 

Send Checks & Entry Forms to: USPSA, Box 811, Sedro 

Woolley, WA 98284 

PARTICIPATION RELEASE AND AGREEMENT 

In consideration of perrnission to participate in the USPSAAPSC National 3-Gun Championship in Las Vcgas, Nevada (October 14-16, 2005) 1, 

(please print your name) do hereby release the United States Practical Shooting Association/1PSC, a nonprofit 

corporation, the Desert Sportsmen Rifle & Pistol Club and their dire-ctors, agents, members, tournament officials, officers, employees, and 

servants, and any other contributor, sponsor, or affiliate from all liability which might arise from any loss, damage, injuries, or death which I may 

sustain, and any theft, unexplained disappearance, or damage which may befall any of my property while enroute to, during, and enroute from the 

toumament. I further assume all responsibility for any guest that I may bring. I acicnowledge that I am over the age of eighteen (18) and that I have 

previously participated in competitive shooting matches, and that I am aware of the risks and hazards inherent upon such events, including, but not 

limited to, accidental discharge of firearms and loss of property through misplacement or theft. I voluntarily assume all such risks. acknowledge 

that I have read and understand the USPSA/IPSC rules of practical shooting, and I acknowledge the right of tournament sponsors to terminate my 

participation immediately upon any failure of mine or of my guests to comply with all the rules, regulations, and directions of the tournament 

officials. I further acknowledge that the USPSA staff has made every effort to honor written squad requests; I will accept my squadding 

assignment and compete graciously no matter where I am squadded. I understand the ranges may be closed prior to the match for range 

construction.. I further state that I have read the foregoing participation agreement and release and freely enter into it on behalf of myself and my 

distributees, heirs, next of kin, executors, and administrators. By submining this application to compete in the USPSA National Championship, I 

am authorizing USPSA to use any photographs taken of me during competition in its promotional literature, advertising, and websites. 

I HAVE READ the Participation Release and Agreement and further attest that I meet the qualifications for any special categories that I have 

marked above. If I am a under 18, I will include a signed copy of the Consent For Possession of Handgun By Juvenile form with ibis invitation and 

will keep the origirtal copy of the Consent form in my possession while traveling to and competing at the 2005 USPSA National 3-Gun 

Championship. 

Competitor Signature Parent/Guardian (if under 18) Date 


MAJOR- 

1. Area 6 Championship 

Covington, Ga., May 13-15, 2005 

Contact: Cindy Noyes (404) 234-5779 

cgnoyes(tibellsouth.net 

Level: 3 

Point Series: Area Championship 

2. Iowa Sectional Championship 

Osceola, Iowa, May 28, 2005 

Contact: Chad Rutherford (515) 321-0205 

oops_info4ioweb.com 

www.ioweb.corn/oops 

Level: 3 (Tournament status approved) 

Point Series: Other Tournament - Pending approval 

3. Agnus Dei Scholarship Match 

Brighton, Mich., June 3-5, 2005 

Contact: Jeff LaFaye, ilafave(R:Inich.corn 

Level: 3, charity 

Point Series: Other Tournament 


Bossier City, La., June 9-12 

Contac-t: Wayne Miller wmiller@tyler.net and 

Kenneth Hicks area4@uspsa.org . 

Level: 3 


5. Kongsvinger Open (also the Nordic Open 

and Nordic Standard Championships) 

Kongsvinger, Norway. June 16-19, 2005 

Contact: Frank Sparby, fastgunOponline.no 

www.triggerfreeze.com 

Level: 3 (IPSC) 

Point Series: No 

6. Ohio Section Championship 

Circleville, Ohio, June 17-19, 2005 

Contact: Kyle Farris, flexmoney(Raolcom 

Level: 2 

Point Series: State/Sectional Pending 


Missoula, Mont., June 22-25, 2005 

Contact: Paul Miner (406) 721-7214 

pminer(0)bspsc.org 

wwsv.bspsc.org 

Level: 3 


8. Linea De Fuego 

Pala, Calif., June 24-25, 2005 

Contact: Bill Jehl, (760) 747-2534 tetrisman 

I5Ophotmail.com 

http://lineadefuego.org 

Level: 1 



Scottdale, Penn., June 23-26, 2005 

Contact: Ron Rodgers (724) 309-7568 

Rodgers.Ron0Jcomcast.net 

www.geocities.com/EHPSA 

Level: 3 



Lenexa, Kansas, July 1-3, 2005 

Contact: Scott Hattrup, 11925 W 92nd Terrace, 

Lenexa, KS 66215 

(913) 492-8812 

hotrodss@aol.com 

Level: 3 


11. Summer Blast 

York, Penn., July 7-10, 2005 

C:ontact: Larry Houck (304) 724-6994, 

azone40@adelphia.net 

www.lchico.5u.com 

Level: 3 

Point Series: Other Tournament - Pending 

12. 2005 Indiana State Championship 

Atlanta, Ind., July 9 - 10, 2005 

Contact: Walt Rosenquist (260) 312-5157 indianasection@comcast.net 

www.moxiecreative.com/inStateMatch 

Level: 2 (Approval pending) 

Point Series: State /Sectional - Pending 

13. Genesee Conservation League Firecracker 

Match 

Penfield, NY.., July 8-10, 2005 

Contact:John Marchand, heathwes4aol.com 

Ron Speicher, rspeiche@rochester.mcom 

Level: 2 

Point series: Pending 

14. Golden Bullet Championship 

Richmond, CAE, July 29-31, 2005 

Contact: Steve Mullins (415) 647-1876 

tiamatsf(a pacbell.net 


Level: 3 


15. Golden Bullet 

Richmond, Calif., July 29-31, 2005 

Contact: Steve Mullins (415)647-1876 

tiamatsWpachell.net 


Level 2 

Points Series: Unknown 

16. Northwest Challenge 

Marysville, Wash., July 30-31, 2005 

Contact: Joe DeSimone, (360) 629-4417 

joeydsWnwlink.com 

Tim Bragg, timlabs(ktimlabs.com 

http://northwestsection.org/NWChallenge2005 

Level 2 

Points Series: State/Sectional 

17. 2005 Georgia State Championship 

Gainesville, Ga. Aug. 12-13, 2005 

Contact: Carlos A. Rubio (770-861-6939) 

carubio@bellsouth.net, Roger Kooi (404) 307- 

3219 rogerkooi@thellsouth.net 

www.cherokeeipsc.org 

Level: 2 

Points Series: State/Sectional 

18. AWARE Invitational 

Morrisville, Vt., Aug. 18-21, 2005 

Contact: Scott Chapman (802) 238-8604 

See ad, page 77. 

Level: Charity 

19. 2005 Michigan State Championship 

Dorr, Mich., Aug. 19 - 20, 2005 

Contact: Wayne Bishop (269) 795-7372 

3040krag(g,chartermi.net 

www.sksc.org 

Level: 2 (pending) 

Point Series: Unknown 

20. Louisiana Gator Classic 

Sept. 2-4, 2005, Thibodaux, La., 

contact: Neil Allen, jrneltd(o bellsouth.net , gatbulletsOrcajunnet.com 


Point Series: unknown 

21. Great Plains Section Championship 

Sept. 17, 2005, Omaha, Neb. 

Contact: Chris Davies (402) 332-5888 CD- 

Davies@aol.com 


Point Series: State/Section Championship - Pe 

nding 

22. Minnesota Section Championships 

Hutchinson, Minn., Sept. 16-18, 2005 

Contact: Tim Uhl (320) 295-9062 

TRUBL4CMGATE.COM 

http://www.mnuspsa.org 

Level: 2- Approval Pending 

Point Series: State/Sectional 


Sellersburg, Ind., Sept. 23-26, 2005 

Contact: Chuck Bradley, www.shootersconnection.com 

www.uspsa-area5.org 

Level: 3 


24. Texas State Championships 

Breckenridge, Tex., Sept. 23-25, 2005 

Contact: Jimmy Mitchell 

mitch@academicplanet.com 


Point Series: Unknown 

25. 2005 NC State Championships 

Creedmoor, N. C., Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2005 

Contact: Don Crafton (919) 847-9076, ncsee.- 

tion05@earthlink.net , Glenn Scales (919) 848- 

1 720 stats@;,sirwaltergun club.com 

www.sinvaltergunclub.com/match 

Level: 2 - Approval Pending 

Point Series: Pending 

26. Missouri State Championship 

Rolla, Mo., Oct 14-16, 2005 

Contact: Michael Herman 

pmherman@earthlink.net 

www.rollanet.org/—bdelp/cops/ 


Point Series: State Championship (Pending) 


PPeErfnotremraPnrcieS TeaS:tilclial% ear - 

3-Gun 

1. Texas State 3-Gun 

Championship 

San Angelo, Texas, May 21-22, 

2005 

Contact: Alex Wakal 

wakal@hotmail.com 

www.sanangelogunclub.org/action p 

isto1/2005TS3GunEntry.pdf 

2. MGM lronman 

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Boise, Idaho, June 9-12, 2005 

Contact: Mike Gibson, MGM Targets 

(208) 454-0555, (888) 767-7371 

www.mgmtargets.com 

3. Southeast Shotgun 

Championship 

New Hope , Ala., June DTBA 

Contact:Jeff Cramblit 

Jeffcramblit@hotmail.com 

www.seshooting.com 

4. FREEDOM (Team) 3-Gun Championships 

COSSA Range, Bend, Ore.July 2-3,2005 

Contact: Mike McCarter (503) 391- 

1712. nomikes@hotmail.com 

http://www.nassonline.org/ 

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MINOR FORTY 

PRODUCTION continued from page 71. 

USPSA Production sticks with 10 

rounds, I will probably stick with .40 

minor." Olhasso explained his reasoning: 

"As the gun recoils, it seems to go 

right back to the same point of aim. 

My initial draw towards the .40 was 

the amount of recoil consistency the 

gun showed. Shot to shot, the gun 

does the same thing every time pull 

the trigger. This helps me keep the gun 

5. Inland Empire 3-Gun Championship 

Coer D'Alene, Id., July 30-31,2005 

Contact: Carl Carbon, (800) 572-0430 

or mobile (509) 750-4041 

Carbon501@qosi.net 

Range phone: (208) 773-3624 

http://www.sppl.us/calendar.htm 

6. DPMS Tri-Gun Challenge 

Del-Tone/Luth Gun Club, St.Cloud, MN 

Aug. 12-14, 2005 

Contact: DPMS at (320) 258-4448 or 

dpms@dpmsinc.com 

7. JP Rocky Mountain 3-Gun World 

Championship 

Whittington Center, Raton, N.M., Aug. 

25-28, 2005 

Contact:JP Enterprises (651) 426-9196 

8. International Tactical Rifleman's 

Challenge. (Including Helo event) 

Giiiette, Wy., Aug. 20-22, 2005 

Contact: Dave Lauck, (307) 686-4008 

http://www.dIsports.com/ 

9. Mississippi State 3-Gun 

Sept., 9-11, Glen, Miss., 

Contact: Sam Keen, srkdraws@be11- 

south.net or Nathan Hendrix 

(662) 287-3235 www.crssa.com 

10. Area 1 3-Gun 

COSSA Range, Bend, Ore. Sept. 

16-17,2005 

on target and gives me much better 

scores." He did mention one small 

caveat, "For the Worlds, IPSC has no 

10-round limit in IPSC Production." 

So what conclusions can we draw? 

Yes, there is a convenience factor to 

shooting .40 minor and the larger 

holes may buy you the occasional A hit 

over a C hit. But the real appeal is the 

lack of recoil. Surprisingly, in the perceived 

recoil debate, it looks as if we 

managed the discussion withilut ven 

tunng too far into territory that could 

Contact: Mike McCarter (503) 391- 

1712. nomikes@hotmail.com 

http://www.nassonline.org/ 

11. 12th Courage Classic Benefit 

Match 

Kitsap Rifle and Revolver Club, 

Bremerton,Wash., Sept. DTBA 

(to benefit Peninsula Community 

Health Services Children's Fund) 

Contact: Earl Jull, ejull@hotmail.com 

(360) 649-3693 

11. USPSA 3-Gun Nationals 

Las Vegas, Nev., Oct. 14-16, 

2005 

Contact: USPSA Office 

(360) 855-2245 info@uspsa.org 

See application on page 74. 

dos,, 12. Kentucky State 3-Gun 

4.71-4'-t Championship 

Lewisport, Ky., Oct. 28-29, 2005 

Contact: Wayne Patmore, (812) 634- 

1527, WayneP@fullnet.com 

www.orpci.com 

13. Practical Shotgun Challenge 

Ephrata, Wash, Oct. DTBA, 2005 

Contact: Patrick Kelley, (509) 765-0271 

pekelley@vib.tv 

14. Area 6 3-Gun 

Championship 

Moss Branch Range, Ala., Nov. 

4-6,2005 Contact: Don Woolsley 

be called impolite. Everyone I spoke to 

seemed to agree that .40 minor (at least 

the 180 grain bullet) is easier to shoot 

than 9mm. The counter-argument I 

heard was that it's not possible to go 

fast enough to win with .40 minor. 

And that really is an argument. I think 

I know a few shooters who are anxious 

to prove that idea wrong! Regardless 

of whether or not minor .40 ever wins 

Production, it will be interesting to see 

if it will gain more popularity in a division 

originally built around 

9mm guns. 

-ft 


2005 AWARE INVITATIONAL - A POINTS SERIES "OTHER" MATCH 

AUGUST 1 8 - 2 I 2005 - MORRISvILLE, VERMONT 

Name 

Address 

City State Zip 

Country 

Email 

Green Mountain Practical Shooters 

Scott Chapman. Match Director 

802-238-8604 

email: aware@gmps.ws 

Preferred Squad Date 

(all squads begin at 9 am and finish late afternoon) 

USPSA/IPSC # 

Phone 

Class 

Please list TOP 3 choices in order (1-3) 

Thursday. 8/18 AM 

major Minor 

Open Limited Limited10 Production Revolver 

Woman Senior Super-Senior Junior 

Free Match T-Shirt (circle one) S M L XL XXL (extra shirts $15 each) 

Match Fee $135* (JuniorS $1001 

Friday, 8/19 AM 

Saturday, 8/20 AM 

Sunday, 8/21 AM 

Points Series? Add $10 

Extra T-Shirts (# x $15) 

Size(s) S M L XL XXL 

If you wish to be squadded with specific people. please send in your 

applications together. if possibie. We cannot guarantee squads, but 

will do our best to accommodate your requests! 

Total 

Make checks (US funds only) payable to: AWARE 2005 

230 Elmwood Ave. 

Burlington, VT 05401 

For travel and match information, visit our website at www.gmps.ws 

Prizes awarded piimarily by random draw. 

Bonus prizes to major division/class winners. 

A portion of the proceeds go to supporting AWARE 

Arming women Against Rape & Endangerment - 

www.aware.org 

Match generously sponsored by 

Caspian Arrns, Ltd. 

www.caspianarms.com 

(C) 

Caspipa 

SUMMER BLAST 

**Please register early, match filled in 2004** 

STI Contingency Program H Trophies and Plaques Awarded 

July 7, 8, 9 and 10, 2005 

lzaak Walton League, York, PA 

Match Fee $75.00 ($125 after June 1) Juniors $40.00 ($70.00 after June 1) 

Match Fee includes a match t-shirt 

Divisions 

Category 

Open / Limited / Lim10 / Production / Revolver Law / Lady / Junior / Senior / Super Senior 

Make checks payable to: 2005 Summer Blast 

Mail to: 2005 Summer Blast c/o Linda Chico 2007 Cermack St. Columbia, SC 29223-3530 

Ouestions contact: Match Director Lany Houck (a), 304-714-6994 Email: azone40(&,adelphia.net 

NAME: 

ADDRESS: 

CITY: 

PHONE: 

SPECIFY SHIRT SIZE: 

EMAIL: 

STATE: 

USPSA # 

CLASS: 

ZIP: 

PLEASE PRINT NEATLY OR TYPE 

Preferred Shooting Time 

st 

Indicate 1 /rd/Choice ll Squads will be limited to 7 people 

Thur PM (Match Staff Only) Fri AM Fri PM Sat AM Sat PM Sun AM 

CRO's and RO's are needed to officiate this match. Match staff will receive generous incentives for your hard work 

and dedication. To receive this generous offer you must be full time staff on Fri, Sat and Sun. 


* 

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poRCTItirSHOOTING 

No.r, 

NAME 

ADDRESS 

CITY 

PHONE 

Targeting Education 

Agnus Dei Scholarship Fund for Catholic Education 

All profits from this match go to the Agnus Dei Scholarship Fund. 

June 3,4,5, 2005 

USPSA Level III Charity Match / Points Series "Tournament" 

Brighton, Michigan 

STATE 

EMAIL 

USPSA # 

ZIP 

TOTING EDIJCAIIN 

DIVISION (CIRCLE ONE): OPEN LIMITED LIMITED 10 PRODUCTION REVOLVER 

Shooting on: Friday Saturday Sunday Squad With: 

. – — 

PISTOL: MAJOR / MINOR Class: GM M A BCDU Other: Lady Super Senior Senior 

SHIRT SIZE: S M L XL XXL XXXL (S20 Additional) 

Registration: I3egins January 1, 2005 

Application will be posted at: www.livingstongunclub.orn 

Divisions: Open, Limited, Limited 10, Production, Revolver. 

Stage Count: 7 + Side Match (Pin Shoot) 

Chrono: We will chrono per 2004 USPSA rules. 

Round Count: 180 

Location: Livingston Gun Club- Brighton, Michigan 

Slots: 150 available-first come, first serve. 

Rules: Per current edition of the USPSA Rulebook. 

Prizes: Random Drawing (Double Blind). 

Rangemaster: Jay Worden. Match Director: Jeff LaFave 

Format: One-day format. Match staff will shoot on Friday. Ranges will be 

open for inspection starting on Friday morning. 

Entry fee: S85.00, S40.00 for Jr. before May I, 2005. After May I add 

$25.00. Shirts will be available for $20. CRO's shoot for free. RO's & Staff 

for 50°/o. 

Send match application along with entry fee to: Agnus Dei Charity Match 

9029 Stoney Creek Dr. South Lyon, MI 48178 

Checks made payable to: JelT LaFave Contact: jlafavegmich.eom for 

questions. 

Northwest Challenge 2005 

29-31 July 2005 

Marysville Rifle Club, Arlington, WA 

Tau Northwest 

A Northwest Section Production, hosted by The Marysville Rifle Club Practical Shooters, Joe Desimone, M.D. 

8 Stages 200* Rounds Plaques & Trophies 

Name: 

USPSA # 

(req'd!!) 

Address: Phone: ( 

City: State: Zip: E-mail: 

II! Match Staff shoots for score 29 July l!I 

Please check all that apply - 

O Open 0 Limited LI Ltd-10 J Production 

O Revolver U Major 0 Minor 

O Lady U Junior LI Senior 0 Super Sr 

Regular Entry Fees 

Junior Entry Fees 

Match Tees 

The Match Store 

®$60 ea 

®$30 ea 

@$15 ea 

We'd appreciate your help during the match I am a - Shirt sizes: S M L XL 

• RO CRO RM warm body 

Total enclosed (no refunds after 15 June): 

Please try to squad me with 

Limited to first 120 entrants. Make checks payable and mail to: 

MRCPS/NWC, c/o Lisa Munson, 3829 104th St NE, Marysville, WA, 98271-7208 

For rnore information, visit us at http://northwestsection.ora/NWChnI/pryy_.:005 

XXL(+$2) 

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UNITED STATES 

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North Carolina State Championship 

September 30 —October 2, 2005 

Sir Walter Gun Club, Creedmoor, NC 

http://www.sirwaltergunclub.comfmatch 

2' 0 0 5 

Troph y Match 

200+ rounds in 8 stages 

Match fee of $85 before 

August 31, 2005 

Name 

Address 

City 

Phone 

E -mail 

State 

Zip 

Junior shooters shoot for —1/2 

price 

RO's match fee to be prorated 

based on participation 

level 

All shooting will be done in 1/2 

day — small squads will 

minimize waiting time 

SQUAD TIME 

(Indicate l' and ri choices. Persons wishing to be 

squadded together must send applications together.) 

Fri pm 

Sat pm 

Sat am 

CROs and ROs needed. Please call or 

e-mail Glenn Scales or Don Crafton 

LISPSA # 

In Ma or Minor (lass 

Open 0 Lid 0 1.-10 

Sun am 0 Prod CI Rev I.ady 

171 Jr o Sr a SuprSt 

A late fee of $25 applies to all 

entries after August 15 

No refunds after 

August 31. 2005 

NO EXCEPTIONS 

'Slake check pay able to: 

North arolina Section 

Mail to Stab: ()Meer: Glenn Scales 

8700 Kenilworth Dr 

Raleigh. NC 27611-1222 

slatvci sirwalteraunclubconi 

919-X48-1720 

(evenings / weekeihic only) 

Match Director Don Cration 

ticsection05nicarthlink net 

919-H47-4076 

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Match Fee (Sg5) 

tate Match Fee ($110 after Aug 156) 

T-Shirts ($15) 

Saturday Night banquet tickets ($20 each) 

Junior Match Fcc (S401 

Total 

T-Shirl Size: El S 

a, Er, ri XXI. 

Limited Quantities of T -Shirts will he on sale at the inateh. order yours now! 

PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY 

Northern California Section 

July 29, 30 & 31, 2005 

Richmond Rod & Gun Club 

USPSA Level III, pending 

*- 8 stages, 200+ rounds 

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Arntzen Steel Targets 

18 Millennium Custom 32 

Brassbags.com 

71 MLE Shooting Sports 21 

Brazos Custom Gunworks 23, 50 Montana Gold Bullets 58 

Caspian Arms 

60 North Carolina State Champs 79 

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Competion Electronics .Back Inside Cover Precision Delta 12 

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Dawson Precision 37 Rugged Gear 24 

Dillon Precision 53 Safariland 44 

Electronic Shooter's Protection 9 Shooter's Connection 17 

Golden Bullet Championships 79 SIGarms, Inc. 33 

Grams Engineering 24 Single Action Shooting Society 19 

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Innova Products 16 Springfield Armory 39 

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Tactical Shooting Technology 54 

Talon Publishing 56 

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Triiicon 29 

TruGrip 54 

Universal Shooting Academy 59 

USPSA 3-Gun Nationals 74 

Zero Ammunit on 31 

2005 Linea De Fuego Challenge 

USPSA Sanctioned Match 

June 24th - 26th 

150 shooter limit! 

Eight HIGH round 

count Stages. 

Bring: 

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Enter a team in 

LdF's (In)Famous 

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LdF t-shirts & golf shirts available. 

Match Fee: $125 (after June 12th: $150). Juniors (under 21): $40. 

Awards in all divisions: Open, Limited, Limited 10, Production, and Revolver. 

Special awards for: Senior, Super Senior, Junior, Lady 

ROs needed — RO Sat. & Sun, shoot Fri, pay 1/2 match fee. 

Printable entry form and Lodging at: 

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Match info, or entry form by mail: 

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Retail $89.95 

Competition Electronics Inc. 

3469 Precision Dr., Rockford, IL 61109 815-874-8001 FAX 815-874-8181 

acompetitionelectronics.com

The new Stain, E. II .45 ACP is a 

stainless steel version of the Kimber 

carried by LAPDTm SWAT Aiso available 

with Tactical Rail. 

When LAPD- SWAT needed duty pistols they 

insisted on a 1911. After testing five major 

brands they bought Kimber. When the U.SA. 

Shooting Pistol Ram needed a 1911 for 

action competition they called Kimber. 

Tacoma PD and the Marine Corps Special 

Operations Command aLso picked Kimber. 

Why? Kimbere 1911 pistols are the best. 

The new Stainless TLE 11 is one of sixty 

Kimber 1911 models. A stainless steel 

version of the pistol carried by LAPD'" 

SWAT, it features Meprolight® night sights 

and 30 LP1 front strap checkering from the 

Kimber Custom Shop. Like all Kimber 

pistols, it has a match grade barrel, chamber 

and trigger group. The new Kimber 

Tactical Extractor- is also standard - and 

completely reliable under even the toughest 

field conditions. 

Like every Kimber pistol, the Stairdess TLE 

is proudly made in America. From LAPD''' 

SWAT to the toughest Marines in the world, 

America's best shooters keep choosing 

Kimber. Join them, and carry the test 

New .22 LR Conversion Kits are $280 and easily install on most 1911s. 

Available through dealers or direct from Kimber. 

Information and specifications are for reference only and subject to change without notice Firearm safety is every gun owner's responsibility 

Use and store all firearms safely Teach everyone in your home. especially children. proper fireann safety Kimber firearms should only be 

purchased and used in complete compliance with all national. state and local laws. All suggestions for use in this ad or any Kimber literature 

must be taken within the context of these laws. !timber firearms are shipped with a California-approved cable lock as a safety measure. 

Additionally, pistols are shipped in a lockable high impacA case. Use of the cable lock at all times is encouraged when at r e arm is in storage 

Kimber owners may request a tree cable lock by mail. Include S10 for postage and handling. LAPD - is a trade and service mark of the City of 

Los Angeles. All rights reserved. Copyrigrn 2004, Ibmber Mfg., Inc. 

For complete information on 

Kimber firearms please send $2 to 

Kimber, Dept 138, One Lawton Street, 

Yonkers, NY 10705, 

call (800) 880-2418 

or visit 

www.kimberamerica.com

May/Jun - uspsa

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