We had a taste of summer weather with a high past 70!  The weather made for a beautiful day for shooting, we had a first-ever 4 squads at a Saturday monthly match, and we totaled 44 shooters!

The pistol event schedule is taking a rest over the next 8 weeks, just 2 bowling pins on the April 3rd_Sat (for Easter), and May's 3rd Sat is also a bowling pin match.  Next GPA match Sat May 31st.

     High Shooter:  Kevin McIntyre  48/50
​     Shoot-Off Winner:  Jeremy Blades

 
         High Shooter:  Donnie Whittington   43/50
         Shoot Off Winner:  Aiden Kerfoot

      High Shooter:  Mike Daisey  46/50
      Runner Ups:  Gary Jackson & Joey Whittington
                                44/50

We had a great day with 27 shooters.  We had 4 stages and a warm-up.  We're looking forward to warmer weather and continuing the shooting year.

One of our shooters asked for info on the par times.  The sport of (most) of our current pistol events is "galactic pistol alliance".  Think of it as a blend between IDPA & USPSA.  https://galacticpistolalliance.com/  

GPA Par Times
GPA has a calculation for determining how much time a "master class shooter" should take for a course of fire.  It's math adds up like this:  1 second draw, 1.5 second per reload required, 0.4s per shot, 2s for each position change, 0.3s for style shots (headshots, and/or one handed, and 2s for each "complexity factor".  See below.  Then they take the par time and divide it by your stage score.  Or total Match Score vs Total Match Par Time.

GPA Classifications:
Platinum is 99% or higher
Gold is 78%-98%
Silver is 54%-77%
Bronze is 25%-53%
PewPewter is up to 25%.

So today's match had:
stage 1 Step in Time is a par 18.1 seconds due to: 1 Strings, 1x 1.5 Draw, 1x 1.0 Reload, 2 Position Changes, 24 shots, 0 Style shots, & 1 Complex Factors, (barrel unload start)
stage 2 March Madness is a par 18.9 seconds due to: 1 Strings, 1x 1.5 Draw, 1x 1.0 Reload, 4 Position Changes, 21 shots, 0 Style shots, & 0 Complex Factors, ()
stage 3 Barrel Run is a par 29.9 seconds due to: 2 Strings, 2x 1.5 Draw, 1x 1.0 Reload, 6 Position Changes, 36 shots, 0 Style shots, & 0 Complex Factors, ()
stage 4 On Your Left is a par 12.4 seconds due to: 1 Strings, 1x 1.5 Draw, 0x 1.0 Reload, 3 Position Changes, 12 shots, 2 Style shots, & 0 Complex Factors, (2xWHO)
stage 5 Double 4-aces is a par 8.2 seconds due to: 2 Strings, 2x 1.5 Draw, 2x 1.0 Reload, 0 Position Changes, 8 shots, 0 Style shots, & 0 Complex Factors, (.)
SGC's 3/15 SGC GPA Match is total round count of 101. & Match Par Time is roughly: 87.5 seconds

So the scores below are ratios off of the 87.5 seconds.  Look at the right 2 columns down below.

A great crowd and a great March Saturday!

     High Shooter:
Kevin McIntyre  46/50

Shoot-Off Winner:
    Ronnie Jones