{"id":8367,"date":"2024-05-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=8367"},"modified":"2024-05-13T14:32:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T18:32:51","slug":"shooting-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/shooting-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"SHOOTING MATCHES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A decade ago, the Evil Princess and I determined that we were shooting about two dozen pistol matches a year around the country.Talk about slowing down. This year I\u2019ve shot exactly two, and she has shot none. Part of that is my schedule but a lot of it is illness in the family. Had to miss the cluster of Glock matches<\/a> that\u2019s within driving distance for us in first quarter. I hated having to miss the Polite Society match at Tom Givens\u2019 outstanding Rangemaster Tactical Conference<\/a> for the first time in a decade, and the ILEETA Cup shoot hosted at the annual conference of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did manage to get to my first Shoot SIG<\/a> match. I happened to be at home and the tournament was a little over an hour from my place. Came in high \u201cSuper Senior.\u201d If I remember correctly, \u201cSenior\u201d is 55 or over and \u201cSuper Senior\u201d is 65 and up. I would have thought at 75 that I\u2019d be \u201cSuper-Annuated Senior\u201d or something, but had fun, won a gun, and was grateful. I shot it with my stock 9mm SIG P229 Legion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of weeks ago while teaching at the excellent Harrisburg Hunters<\/a> and Anglers club at the eponymous city I discovered that they were also holding a PPC match<\/a>, so while the class was watching one of my training videos I sneaked down to the range and shot the event with my teaching gun that week, an out-of-the-box Springfield Armory Range Officer .45 loaded with Winchester full metal jacket. Managed to make second place overall in the stock service gun category.\u00a0\u00a0Had a sense of getting old when I had to carefully keep the .45 pointed downrange in my right hand when I used my left hand on the barricade to pull myself up to a standing position for the next two magazines as the clock ticked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shooting matches can keep you sharp and can give you your daily adrenaline requirement. My next match for the first half of the year \u2013 and maybe my last one for the whole year the way the schedule looks \u2013 will be The Pin Shoot<\/a> in Central Lake, Michigan. It\u2019s my all-time favorite shooting tournament. There\u2019s still time to get on board; it\u2019s gonna take place in mid-June, and that website will get you there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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