Re: FREE Mesquite Creek Rifle Match, Texas 02-19-
I wanted to do an after action report on the match. Being my first match to host I'm not sure what I'm supposed to put in it. I think I'd like to just share some of my thoughts and reflections on the match from the point of view of the match director.
First of all, I was absolutely thrilled by the turn out and support for the match. We had 30 people we allowed to sign up for the match and all 30 showed up. Since this was our first free match and no one had to send in an entry fee, I still had the concern in the back of my mind that we could have a lot of no shows. Turns out all the shooters showed up and many brought friends with them to watch. What an awesome turn out for our first match!
Another thing that just amazes me is the quality of individuals that attended, and I'm not just talking in terms of shooting skill. What I am talking about is that all 30 participants in the match were just terrific human beings. Everyone was so friendly, thoughtful, helpful, and courteous. I was blessed with a terrific group of people.
I was also absolutely blown away by the generosity and support for the match from the sponsors. They gave us so much because they support these competitions and this community…and also because they are all just wonderful people. I hope that they know that we appreciate them and please keep them in mind the next time you need to purchase new gear, etc. Also, a special thanks again to all the sponsors that attended the match, Chuck Ross, Jay Ruby, Allen Elishewitz, Rudy with USAAmmo, and Doug and Brandon from Blackhawk.
The match activities really started Friday afternoon. I had offered to let people show up Friday afternoon to zero their rifles and shoot for practice. We had 23 of the 30 competitors show up Friday afternoon to shoot! That was a really fun afternoon for me. It was neat to meet all the new people and let everyone have some free time on the 1000 yard steel range. It seemed like everyone enjoyed that a lot.
Here is a brief description of the course of fire for the match as best I can remember:
The Field Stage
Shooter runs to barricade, loads pistol, and shoots 2 shots each at five IPSC targets through peephole avoiding no-shoots. Then shooter goes prone on rifle and uses provided range card to engage five steel targets on field with 2 shots each. Targets on field are randomly positioned across field from 310 to 530 yards.(3 minutes)
Hostage Flapper Stage
Shooter shoots three shots at steel hostage flapper target with rifle at 310 yards. (30 seconds)
Qualifier Stage
Shooter shoots steel target one shot each every 100 yards starting at 100 and working towards 1000y. Shooter receives points for each hit. First miss….the shooter is done. (2 minutes)
800yard, 900yard, 1000yard, 1000yard bonus Stage
Shooter shoots five shots each at 2/3 IPSC at 800 yards, 2/3 IPSC at 900 yards, Full Size IPSC at 1000 yards, and one bonus shot at 10” plate at 1000 yards.(3 minutes)
Milling UKD Exercise Stage
Determine distance to IPSC target (size given) using only your rifle reticle. Write down answer on score sheet and turn in. Points given for being with 5%,10%,15%,20% of actual distance.
.50 Cal and Tannerite Stage
Shooter gets two shots prone with .50 cal to detonate tannerite and one shot with their precision rifle to engage steel kneeling at 140 yards. (1 minute)
The Tower Stage
Shooter engages five IPSC targets with two shots each with pistol while avoiding no-shoots. Shooter then enters tower and engages five steel targets from window seal with rifle from 220 to 440 yards with two shots each from precision rifle.(3.5 minutes)
The Assault Stage
Shooter begins on rifle prone with two shots at moving 8” helium balloons at 215 yards. Shooter then runs 65 yards to spot where they engage five IPSC targets with two shots each while avoiding no-shoots. Shooter then travels 60 yards to four steel poppers that they engage with one shot each from pistol. Shooter then proceeds 40 yard to spot where they engage 2/3 IPSC steel target unsupported from 225 yards. Shooter then proceeds to crawl into hide where they engage steel target at 250 yards twice. Shooter then must locate and neutralize hidden sniper steel target on hill side 310 yards with one shot. (5 minutes)
Pistol KYL Stage
One shot each until you stop or miss on 12”, 8”,6”, and 4” steel with pistol from 15 yards.
100 yard Rifle Dot Drill Stage
Slow….Engage five dots with one shot each in 60 seconds.
Fast….Engage five dots with one shot each in 20 seconds.
Weak side….Engage five dots with one shot each weak side in 60 seconds.
Repeatability…..Engage five dots with one shot while standing up between each shot in 45 seconds.
KYL…. Shoot four dots one shot each…. Shoot till you quit or miss. (60 seconds).
Accu-Shot Sniper Card
Shoot at crosshairs on card. Closest to center wins a special prize from Accu-shot
Congratulations to the top finishers. Great job Jonathan on the win and Wade on a very, very close second place, and Bryan Yeung for third. Congratulations to our other trophy winners: Adam Morgan who was our top Military Marksman, Bill Knight who was our top LEO Marksman, and Nathan Pirtle who was our top .308 Marksman. Congratulations to Adam Terasse for center punching the Sniper card stage.
The match ran pretty smoothly, God blessed us with good weather, I made lots of new friends, and everyone went home safely. At the end of the day that describes a perfect match from the match director’s perspective!
Thanks to Hoff for the pics, he's got a lot more to post and y'all please share if you have some.
Field stage....
CKA on the 1000y range....
The Hoff (Adam Terrase)on the 1000y range....
Allen on The Assault Stage....
Can you see the hidden sniper?
How about now?
.50 cal
Truck target for .50 cal Stage
Prizes, prizes, prizes....awesome!
Everybody loves collecting some hardware...
I’ll post more later as I think of it, right now I am still recovering from little rest over the last five days....