Hoosier/IDPA

Indiana State IDPA Championship kicks off!

Posted on by Caleb

The first rounds in the 2010 Indiana State IDPA Championship head downrange today at Atlanta, IN.  Today’s shooters probably have the best of the weather – no rain in the forecast until 5pm, and then only a 30% chance.  Tomorrow is showing a 40-50% chance of rain, so it seems that the Indiana IDPA Curse is alive and well.  If you’re new to the blog, the curse is that the Indiana State Championship has been shot in the rain every year for the last two years (which marks its return as a sanctioned match) and this year was moved to June in order to avoid the rain.

Maybe it will hold off!  I hope for the sake of everyone shooting that the rain will stay away – but on the bright side, at least it won’t be COLD and raining.

Good luck to my fellow shooters and competitors, especially the guys shooting Enhanced Service Revolver.  Hopefully I’ll have another plaque to hang on the wall of my office in a couple of days!

Hoosier/USPSA

Registration extended for Indiana USPSA Section match

Posted on by Caleb

Got an email from Jake Martens about the upcoming USPSA Section Match:

As of today June 2nd there are 214 registered competitors for the upcoming Indiana USPSA Section Championship being held

June 25th thru June 27th at the Atlanta Conservation Club in Atlanta, IN.

There are 68 Slots that are still open for this match to be full.

There are:

Friday (11:45am Shooters Meeting, 12:00 start, shoot with Staff) = 33 Slots Available

Saturday AM (8:45am Shooters Meeting, 9:00am Start, all 10 stages+chrono) = 5 Slots Available

Sat PM/Sun AM (Saturday 11:45am Shooters Meeting, 12:00 Start, Sun 9am 6/4 stages) = 2 Slots Available

Sunday AM (Sunday 8:45am shooters meeting, 9am start all 10 stages+chrone) = 28 Slots Available

I have decided to extended the registration period until June 19th.

There will be no late fee needed for anyone that sends their entry fee and match entry postmarked by June 19th.

I’m registered and squadded up for the match.  I’m actually in Squad 21 and there are still openings in my squad, so if you’d like to squad up and shoot with me, get in now!

The match itself is HUGE.  We might have around 300 shooters at a section match, which is an insane number of bodies to have over the course of the 3 day match.  However, it also helps us make a strong case to host the Area championship in Indiana, as well as speaking to the robust and proud shooting culture we have here in Hoosierlandia.  It should be a great match, and it will be the final match I shoot with my 625 for a while as I’ll be transitioning to my next gun in the Quest for Master Class.  Speaking of which, today is the last day to vote in the next gun poll for the QMfC.  Remember – each class will be shot with realistic carry guns, so you can expect to see actual defensive firearms being put through their paces.

June is going to be exciting!  The IDPA State Match and Area 5 will be my warm-ups as the month will culminate in me chasing a home-town title in USPSA Revolver.  And I promise lots of pictures, because hey – this thread is useless without pics.

Hoosier/IDPA

Indiana State IDPA Championship

Posted on by Caleb

The big shoot is this Saturday, and it looks like we’re going to have a decent field for Enhanced Service Revolver shooters.  The match is clocking in at 130-ish shooters over the course of 2 days of shooting, with staff shooting tomorrow and the rest of the shooters rocking out on Saturday.  Here are the stages for the 2010 Indiana State IDPA Championship.  As usual, the match staff and stage designers have put together a good mix of speed shoots and longer stages to give a challenging match with some tight shots.

I’m even more excited about shooting ESR at this match than I was before.  This is the kickoff for a very busy June for me – after this match I have Area 5 in Illinois next weekend, then a weekend off, and then the Indiana State USPSA Section Match.  After all that wheelgun shooting, the Quest for Master Class will kick off in full swing shooting some neat guns and gear.  In fact, I should have an announcement on that later on in the week!

As for the IDPA State Championship, I’m excited.  The weather for the weekend is supposed to be nice; I can’t wait to shoot this match and not be freezing cold or in pouring rain!

NRA

Gun Nuts Radio: Hatin' the haters

Posted on by Caleb

So, last night’s Gun Nuts Radio was supposed to be a weekly roundup, sort of a catchall episode to cover all the things that had happened in the weeks past.  That wasn’t what ended up happening though, because a friend of mine emailed me a link to probably the most ridiculous thing I’ve seen.  So some guy (that I won’t link to, but SayUncle does) gets all bent out of shape because the NRA is supporting Harry Reid, even though on everything but the gun issue Harry Reid is a terrible senator.  But there’s the rub: Harry has been solidly pro-gun, and has prevented a lot of anti-gun bill from even seeing the light of day.  Like Uncle says, the “R” in NRA doesn’t stand for Republican, it stands for “Rifle”.  The NRA is a single issue organization – and you can listen to my rebuttal of the anti-NRA propaganda here.  As usual, the .mp3 file of last night’s show is also available.

For our friendly apple users, the show can be downloaded on Caleb Giddings - Gun Nuts Radio | Blog Talk Radio Feed - Gun Nuts Radio | Blog Talk Radio Feed for free; you can also subscribe to the show via iTunes and have fresh episodes deposited on your computer whenever they’re available.

I did have fun with last night’s episode – I rarely rant about things, but the rising tide of anti-NRA sentiment from people hatin’ on them for having their annual meetings in Charlotte to people hating on them for supporting pro-gun candidates basically brought me to my wit’s end. It is a fun listen though, so check it out!

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