{"id":1394,"date":"2021-03-08T16:59:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T16:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/?p=1394"},"modified":"2021-03-08T16:59:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T16:59:14","slug":"march-pistol-match-just-what-did-we-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/2021\/03\/08\/march-pistol-match-just-what-did-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"March Pistol Match – Just What Did We Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The various Pistol Matches are not all the same format month after month. Folks often wonder “Just what do you guys do at a Match?”<\/em><\/strong> Well, here is a description of what happened at the March 2021 Match from Bruce Bunting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STAGE\nONE:    Red or Green     <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This stage made use of 10 paper\ntargets, five with a red head and five with a green head. Ranges to all the\ntargets was 7 \u2013 10 yards.  The shooter\nstarted with his\/her back to the target area, weapon loaded, and holstered.\nJust prior to the start signal being given the RO randomly chose either Red or\nGreen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the signal the shooter then turned,\ndrew, and engaged the targets designated while proceeding into the rectangle.\nAfter engaging the initial color the shooter then regressed back through the\nrectangle while engaging the other color targets, 20 rounds, 20 hits for a perfect\naccuracy score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With 20\/20 we had two shooters, Dan\nBoyle and Tim Wunderlich, three shooters, Gary Walker, Brandon Carroll, and\nSteve Vinson scored 19\/20 and Jay Wehrle and Emily Burdick shot 18\/20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STAGE\nTWO:   4 Target El Prez     <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were 4 targets in a line about\n10 yards away. At the signal the shooter drew and fired 2x2x2x2, reload,\n2x2x2x2. Score the targets and bring up the next shooter. To add some\ndifficulty to the mix there were a couple of no shoot targets on a couple of\nthe shoot targets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shooter did a draw practice and\none reload practice. 16 rounds total for this stage. Only one shooter, Steve\nVinson,  went 16\/16. With 15\/16 we had\nthree shooters;  Tim Wunderlich, Jay\nWehrle, and Emily Burdick. Bringing up my third place ranking with 14\/16 were\nBrandon Carroll and Doug Burdick. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

STAGE THREE: Accuracy      <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This stage made use of three targets but no timer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shooter was focused on shooting\naccurately under different handling conditions. \nThe first part of the stage used strong hand only for all the shooting,\nthe second part used weak hand only for all the shooting, and the third part\nused freestyle for all the shooting.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scoring was for points only. The\nshooter started in a shooting box located on the left side of the bay. At the\nsignal the shooter drew the weapon using the strong hand only. The shooter then\nengaged a target located about three yards away, but covered by a no shoot target\nsuch that the only portion visible was the head of the shoot target.  From this same location the shooter engaged a\nsecond target located about 10 yards away with one shot only. The shooter then\nbegan walking toward the right side of the bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Located in the middle were a pair of barrels.  While passing between the two barrels the\nshooter engaged a target at about 7 yards with one shot while moving. The\nshooter continued moving to the right side of the bay where a second shooting\nbox was located. From this box the shooter engaged a target at about 5 yards with\none shot to the body and one shot to the head. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shooter then switched to the\nweak hand and reversing direction engaged the targets in reverse order with one\nshot only while using only the weak hand. Having returned to the original\nstarting box the shooter switched to freestyle and headed back to the right,\nengaging the targets as before with one shot only but using freestyle for all\nshooting – a total of 15 rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shooter practiced one draw and one\nhanded accuracy shooting. Given the handling difficulty scoring well was difficult\nfor this stage. The best shooter was Ryan Boyle who managed to put 13\/15 in the\nA zone of the various targets. Next best were a group with 11\/15, including\nChris Harmon, Steve Vinson, and Bruce Bunting. Then, with 10\/15 were Adam Hyder\nand Terry Thoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STAGE FOUR: Tactical\nReload Drill<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every now and then we have a stage with a different skill to practice\nrather than the standard \u201cshoot the bad guys\u201d stage. This was one of those\nstages in which the skill being practiced is the tactical or what I also call\nthe no magazine left behind reload drill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since we shouldn\u2019t know what is around\nthe next corner the intent of this drill was to remove the most immediate\nthreat, reload before moving from the safe location, and keep the partially\nspent or maybe even empty magazine just in case it is needed later on. This\nstage made eventual use of nine shoot targets spread out in three \u201cencounter\u201d locations.\n  Each target would be engaged with a\nminimum of two rounds so 18 rounds minimum would be needed. Prior to moving to\nthe next encounter the  shooter performed\na reload and then kept the spent magazine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shooter started in a start box,\nthree magazines loaded with 8 rounds maximum (24 rounds maximum carried by the\nshooter), handgun loaded with one of the magazines, back to the most immediate\ntargets, and in the surrender position. At the signal the shooter turned, drew,\nand engaged two targets (one at 5 yards and one at 10 yards).   Since this was an exposed location the\nshooter then moved to some barrels for cover and engaged another target at 10\nyards. After engaging these first three threats the shooter reloaded, retained\nthe magazine, then moved to the next cover position where another 4 targets\nwere encountered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These targets were from 2 yards to\n10 yards. After engaging these four threats, the shooter reloaded, retained the\nmagazine, then moved to the last cove rposition where the final 2 targets were\nencountered. The shooter could fire more than 2 rounds if desired but the best\n2 were counted for score. The shooter practiced drawing, two tactical reloads,\nand the use of cover. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The distance to each target was not\nexcessive but to add some level of difficulty a fair number of no shoot targets\nwere present. A large portion of the group met the accuracy criteria. With\n18\/18 we had Tim Wunderlich, Brandon Carroll, Steve Vinson, Doug Burdick, Emily\nBurdick, and Chuck Glover. With 16\/18 we had Ken Buckland, Dan Boyle, Adam Hyder,\nRyan Boyle, and Chris Harmon. Finally, with 15\/18 were Cody Wunderlich, Jay\nWehrle, Terry Thoma, and Bruce Bunting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STAGE FIVE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0BonusTime <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This stage made use of four papertargets and one steel target. The steel target used was the new torso steel target we purchased last year. Two shoot targets flanking a no shoot target were arranged at 5 yards to the left of the shooter. Two shoot targets flanking a no shoot target were arranged at 8 yards to the right of the shooter. The steel torso target was placed 11 yards from the shooter in the middle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shooter started with 8 rounds\nloaded. At the signal the shooter drew and engaged the 4 paper targets with 2\nrounds each. The shooter then reloaded and engaged the 4 targets with 2 rounds\neach. The shooter then engaged the steel torso target with 1 round only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the shooter hit the center\ncut-out area of the steel torso, 5 second bonus was awarded to the shooter. 17\nround total expended. The shooter practiced one draw and one reload with this\nstage. Hitting all 17 \u201cA\u201d hits we had Steve Vinson and Emily Burdick.  Hitting 16\/17 we had Brando nCarroll. With\n15\/17 there was Dan Boyle and Chris Harmon. And as honorable mention with 14\/17\nwe had Jay Wehrle, Tim Wunderlich, and Doug Burdick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It should be noted that Jay Wehrle was shooting with a handicap that day.\u00a0 Jay came to the match with his strong hand in a sling and semi-rigid support. He did all his shooting one handed and weak handed to boot \u00a0– \u00a0but was still able to maintain high level of accuracy. Good work Jay!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next month will probably be a different setup, so come out and join us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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