United Kingdom Practical Shooting Association News by Tony Saunders
Border Guns PSG club played host to the annual Midlands Championships Level 3 IPSC shotgun match at Two Crosses in the Shropshire hills. The match also formed as the British Club Championships Team event. A total of 12 stages (consisting of 107 rounds of birdshot and 11 buckshot) were built in the weeks leading up to the weekend. Shropshire is no stranger to rough weather, but in the event it turned out fine and warm.
Border is famous for its ‘wood run - a fun and challenging course of fire that consists of anything from 24 targets to as many as 32 in a long stretch of pine woodland that acts as a windbreak for the farmhouse. The course of fire changes each year, but this year saw the addition of some clay pigeon traps activated by a falling target – one of which flew fast and low for only about 15 yards – not much time to hit the blur of the clay against the woodland backdrop.
Stage 8 was another shooting challenge featuring a clay trap – this time a ‘rabbit’ clay was activated after shooting a metal target. It was a fast stage and the ‘rabbit’ was worth double points if you hit it. Fastest time from the beep of the timer (including bringing the gun up to aim) was 1.7 seconds to hit both the activator and the rabbit.
It was good to see Trapr Swonson again – who came over from Texas USA to shoot the match after attending the Level 3 IPSC shotgun match in Hungary along with a sizeable contingent from the UK. Also shooting his first competition was Gary Scott, who recently completed the two-day UKPSA safety course with flying colours.
Josie Adam
Jon Worton
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