The Texas South
Section now has two clubs that are shooting a Steel Challenge match. BAPS on the second Sunday and SETPS on the
third Sunday of the month.
Since the
Steel Challenge may be new to some, here is a brief description of what the
Steel Challenge is about:
The Steel Challenge is a the world speed
shooting championship and governed by the Steel Challenge Shooting Association
(SCSA). The competition was founded by Mike Dalton and Mike Fichman. The targets, made of steel, range in size
from 10" round plates to 18"x24" square plates.
Competitors
are scored based solely on the time it takes them to shoot each stage.
The last
target that is shot is known as the "stop plate", which stops the
timer. All primary target hits made after the stop plate has been struck, will
be scored with a 3 second penalty each.
The maximum
time permitted for a run is 30 seconds and a competitor will be stopped and
asked to reload if they reach the 30 second limit. Each competitor shoots each
stage five times, with their slowest run dropped, excluding the stage Outer
Limits where only four runs are shot and the top three counted. The
competitor's best four out of five runs are totaled for their stage score and
the eight stage scores are added together to establish the competitor's match
score. The winner is the competitor with the lowest overall time.
The Steel Challenge is friendly to all gun and action types. The categories include: "Open Class, Limited (USPSA guidelines), Top Revolver, Top Lady, Stock Guns and Holsters of IDPA Custom, IDPA Stock, IDPA Enhanced, Iron Sight Revolver ,and Law Enforcement, Single Action, Pre-Teen (10-12), Junior (13-17), Senior (55-64) and Super Senior (65+)" Categories.
PLUS, Rimfire categories, one with optics and one
without optics. Rimfire will be fired from the "I.S.I. ready
position", which is described as both elbows touching the competitor's
side with the muzzle pointing downrange and the finger off the trigger.
Find more
information at http://steelchallenge.com