In the darkest depths of hell the Texas Star was born. With its tentacles of death, it holds five steel plates. The mere sight of this metal beast is enough to make competitors weak in the knees. Of all the common USPSA props, this is the one that defeats shooters before they ever set foot on the line. The key to slaying the beast is to stay confident, even if you have to lie to yourself. The Texas Star is [...]
In just a few short days, the 2013 Burt Shaffer Memorial – Sanctioned IDPA Match will get underway at Ontelaunee Rod and Gun Club. Match staff is scheduled to shoot on Saturday May 18th with AM and PM Shooter Squads the following day. Earlier this afternoon Dave Bair, Ontelaunee IDPA Match Director, posted the Stages to his Facebook Profile. I’ve spent the last couple of minutes looking over them and, for the most part, I like what I see. With [...]
I like to think of myself as one of the few USPSA Shooters that can discuss IDPA without a negative bias towards my sport of choice. I am a USPSA Shooter first and an IDPA Shooter second. I tend to shoot IDPA for fun and to practice with my carry gun. This approach allows me to enjoy the sport for what it is without getting too caught up in the USPSA vs IDPA debate. Much like I am competitive in [...]
Earlier this week I received an email from the Match Director at Southern Chester. I was asked if I had anything in the draft stage to use on the 75 yard range because he had something planned for the 50 yard range (the 50 is the range I tend to design for since it offers plenty of room to play with) I didn’t have anything in the draft stage but I came across a YouTube video that used a trap [...]
As I’m sure you’ve noticed, the Shooting The Breeze Firearms Podcast has been on hiatus as of late. I had some issues crop up which left me little time to work on the show. On top of that, I learned the hard way that producing a weekly podcast, running between 45 and 60 minutes, was more than I could handle alone. It was a struggle to not only put together a show but finding time for recording, editing, and publishing [...]
In July of 2012, I shot my first IDPA Match at Lower Providence Rod and Gun Club. I enjoyed it and thought that it was a nice change of pace from the USPSA Matches that I had been shooting prior. When the USPSA Season geared down for the winter, I filled the holes in my calendar with IDPA. While I don’t have a ton of IDPA experience, I noticed a trend develop in the matches that I shot. The scenarios, [...]
A couple of weeks back there was a bit of a stir in the local IDPA scene. News broke that Guthsville Rod and Gun Club was canceling their IDPA Program and attendees were upset. The information being spread pointed to the Guthsville Board of Directors being behind the cancellation of the program. About a week after I wrote a long winded post making villains out of the Guthsville Board of Directors, I started to hear tid-bits of information that things [...]
As a member of both USPSA and IDPA, I am familiar with the websites of both organizations. While the USPSA Website could use a bit of improvement, it was leaps and bounds better than the old IDPA website. When I first heard that IDPA would be working with Range Log to overhaul the site, I was eager to see how it would turn out. Being a bit anal about tracking my shooting, the thought of the IDPA Website handeling that [...]
This morning I was perusing my Facebook Timeline when I came across a post from Shall Not Be Questioned which pointed readers to their Pinterest Account. Since I’ve been using the service more and more, as of late, I thought I would follow suit. While I don’t have a WaltInPA Specific Pinterest Account, I have my personal account broken into Interests (imagine that!) so that Following me won’t necessarily lead to an all out mess on your own home feed. [...]
