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C-C-C-COLD! OK, weather-wise last Saturday could have been better. It was 26 degrees and cloudy when we arrived at the Texarkana Gun Club for the very first Steel Challenge match, and actually got colder before the morning was over if you can believe that. But even though it was a "bit nippy" out, we still had 26 shooters in our first match attempt of this kind.

Last night my son Tyler and I finished the first 100 rounds (pictured below) of hand-loaded ammunition just in time for this weekends first ever Steel Challenge match at the Texarkana Gun Club.

Even though it's not quite over yet, you won't hear me griping about that long, hard winter we've had. Except for still being just too dry around here, it's been a pretty darn mild winter so far. So no excuses on why I haven't been out practicing more, other than Christmas eating all my shooting funds.

Steel Challenge update: Two weekends ago we headed south to Longview, TX for the “Steel Challenge” match at the East Texas Rifle and Pistol Club. As predicted, fun was in fact had by all.

What a day! Not our biggest turn out of the year with only 26 shooters for the Texarkana Gun Club's USPSA September match, but what a great day, and for me, my best performance yet.

Holy Targets! Where does the time go? Seems like just a couple of weeks ago I was dying in the heat of the first Saturday of August sunshine shooting the match, now it's the end of August and I'm just now getting the chance to sit down and write about it ...

I just found out that our defending club champion, Odie DeHan, is going to be MIA this coming Saturday for our monthly USPSA/IPSC match at the Texarkana Gun Club due to his participation in this weekends Rocky Mountain 3-Gun match in Raton, New Mexico.

You can have the best gun in the world, but if you don't get some range time in, chances are really good when the time comes to participate in a match or worse, defend yourself and your family, you're going to miss.

Well I shot like crap! Two major factors contributed to this, heat exhaustion and, it's too dang hot for practice. (see Shooters Log from June titled "Too Danged Hot for Practice").  Even though I'm very disappointed in my performance, or lack thereof, I still had a great time as always shooting with my friends and making new ones.

On Sunday, June 19th (yes, Father's Day) I along with two of my shooting buddies, Dean and Brad, motored down to Longview to shoot in the East Texas Pistol and Rifle Club's "Steel Challenge" match. This was Dean and I's first time for this type of match, Brad's second or third I believe, and I must say hats off to the good folks in Longview, we had a great time even though it was unmerci

The practice sessions seem to be paying off, thank goodness, I hate to think I'm throwing all that ammo down range and not learning anything and getting better in the process.