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First Steel Challenge match of the year! Sunday, January 19th at ENGC
JTH:
ENPS will be holding the first Steel Challenge match of the year (and we'll be holding six this year, instead of five) this coming Sunday.
Weather is supposed to be relatively sunny and in the 40s, which is perfectly good shooting weather. :)
We'll start setting up at 7:15am like normal, registration closes at 8:40am, new shooter meeting and safety briefing at that time, and the shooter's meeting at 9am. Cost is only $15 for six stages, and if you are an SCSA member, let us know your number so we can get it in the database! (If you aren't an SCSA member, or aren't even an ENGC member, that's okay---you can still shoot the match even if you don't belong to the club or to SCSA!)
If you've ever been interested in trying competition shooting, Steel Challenge is about the best way to do start. You don't have to reload on the clock, most of the time you don't have to move on the clock (there is only one stage in Steel Challenge where movement on the clock is necessary, and we don't always shoot that stage), and if you are shooting rimfire, you don't even have to draw from a holster.
So you can concentrate on shooting accurately and quickly, and you don't have to worry about anything else.
All the targets are steel and ring nicely, so you'll know immediately if you got your hits.
We don't have any age limits (young OR old :) ) on shooters, as long as they can handle firearms safely. The rules are very straightforward, and everyone is happy to help you if you've got any questions.
If you've never tried a competition before, try one this year. If you HAVE shot before---you already know how much fun a Steel Challenge match can be.
Info in General about Steel Challenge: http://nebraskafirearms.org/forum/index.php/topic,6854.0.html
Info about what equipment you need for a Steel Challenge match:
Info about safety and such at ENPS matches: http://nebraskafirearms.org/forum/index.php/topic,7025.0.html
It is really easy, folks:
1) If shooting rimfire, bring a gun in a bag, and between 3 and 5 magazines (more is better). If shooting centerfire, bring a gun in a bag, a safe belt holster that covers the trigger guard, and between 3 and 5 magazines (more is still better). Oh, and bring ammo. :)
2) Walk up to the shed, register and tell them you are new, then find some guy setting up a stage and help out. While helping, ask all the questions you need answered.
3) Head to the new shooter briefing at 8:40, ask any questions you haven't gotten answered yet. Then listen to the announcements at the 9am shooter's meeting, head over to your squad, and HAVE A GREAT TIME SHOOTING! (When you get to your squad, let them know you are a new shooter. That way they know to check to see if you have any questions.)
It is a good time, folks. :) See you at the range on Sunday!
JTH:
Supposed to be beautiful tomorrow---see you at the range at 7:15 to set up!
NENick:
I'll there. Bag is packed and I'm ready to sling some .22! :D
Mudnrox:
Great Day for shooting today!
JTH:
Good to see everyone out there today!
71 shooters showed up for the match today---and I hope you all had a good time. If we could get some more ROs, we'd be able to split into smaller squads, and have the match go a little faster, hint, hint....
...remember, we have an RO class in March. :P
Apologies for the delay at the beginning of the match----we were trying some new technology, and the interface with the printer was NOT doing what it was supposed to do. We had squadding finished, but printing was just not happening. It'll be fixed by next time, so we won't have that issue again.
At the match, a number of people shot really, really well. I personally, shot like someone who needed to learn trigger control, however. Looking at my current scores and comparing them to my historical scores on the steelchallenge.com site which you can do IF YOU ARE AN SCSA MEMBER (hint, hint!) I was about 4 seconds off my best pace on four out of the six stages. Total time slower than what I can actually do: 16 seconds.
What does that mean? Nothing, really. Just making excuses.... :) ...which I need to do before people see the final scores!
At least I set a new personal best stage score for Smoke 'N Hope. (Not best individual run time, but best personal stage score.)
Scores have been entered into the official scoring program for Steel Challenge (and 2059 individual string scores later, I'm tired of hand-entering scores) and the results have been output to the steelchallenge.com website.
If you go there: http://www.steelchallenge.com/steel-challenge-display-match-results.php
...you can look at them. That being said, the overall scores and such will also be posted to the http://easternnebraskapracticalshooters.com website later this evening, so you can of course check there just like normal.
Congrats to the various division winners------and hopefully we'll see you all (plus MORE people!) at the next Steel Challenge match on February 16th.
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