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Mudnrox:
Pro-Am at ENGC on September 29th

Pro-Am match details can be found here http://nebraskafirearms.org/forum/index.php/topic,9517.0.html

Match setup starts at 7:15am;
New shooter briefing at 8:40am;
Registration closes at 8:45am
Shooters meeting starts at 9:00am.

JTH:
...and it is seriously a good time. 

Either the steel falls, or it doesn't.  Each steel that falls is worth one point.  Your score is the total number of points you get for the match.

What makes it interesting is that each stage has a par time.  No penalties for misses, no penalties for any steel left behind----everything is based on how many steel targets you can knock down within the par time.

And you only get 10 rounds per magazine. 

So---when you are going to reload?  Are you going to stand there and reload to get that one last steel instead of moving on to the next array?  How many arrays are you going to try?

Pro-Am is just as action-oriented as USPSA, as fun to shoot as Steel Challenge (everything is reactive steel!), but it requires a VERY different mindset.  Forget about misses and failures to engage---the only thing we care about is how many steel you can knock over. 

Which makes for VERY different stage planning.  Ignoring various scattered steel to run to the center of the stage to be able to shoot as much steel as possible from one point may actually be a better plan than dropping steel plates one at a time on the move.  You have a limited amount of time.  How much steel can you knock over?

And to reiterate:  Yes, even the Open guys have to limit their magazines to 10 rounds.  (Which makes it fun to watch them reload time after time...)

C'mon out and give it a try.  Tons of fun, different type of thinking.

Here's an example of what the stages looked like at a Pro-Am earlier this year:


We've got people of all sorts of different experience and skill levels---and everybody has a good time.  So give it a try.  :)

JTH:
Contrary to what today is like, the weather is supposed to be pretty much perfect for shooting tomorrow---high of 77, clear, sunny, with only a little wind and no precipitation.  (A little cool in the morning, so bring a jacket.)

Going to be a fun match!  See everyone at the range!

JTH:
Good to see 46 people out there shooting----and it was a really good time.  (Well, mostly.  MY shooting was--erratic, at best, but it was still fun.)

Everyone like stage 1?  (39 steel, all just sitting there.  How many could you get in 31 seconds, with only 10 rounds per magazine?)

Results are up:  http://www.easternnebraskapracticalshooters.com/2013/2013.htm

camus:

--- Quote from: jthhapkido on September 29, 2013, 07:11:23 PM ---

Everyone like stage 1?  (39 steel, all just sitting there.  How many could you get in 31 seconds, with only 10 rounds per magazine?)



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That stage was  to the uninitiated a wall of steel, unfortunately however many times you shoot them, poppers only go down once. :)


It was a fun match, I am glad I ended on good note on my last stage, otherwise I might have sold all my handguns and bought some bear spray.

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