Practical Shooting is a lot of fun. You get to run around, shooting at targets, while competing to see who can be both fast and accurate. There is a place in the sport for all skill levels and it makes for an enjoyable day on the range. One of the nice things about USPSA is that stages aren’t typically recycled throughout the year (with the exception of classifiers, of course). This means that every match will present shooters with a …
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Back in January I received an email from Graham Smith, Match Director at Southern Chester USPSA. The email went out to the Match Crew and let us know what the plans were for the upcoming USPSA Season. One of the items mentioned was trying to get a pool of USPSA Stages designed. The beginning of the season would mean shooters were rusty. We would need a handful of stages that could be shot quickly and weren’t too complicated. Since I …
In late February I attended a USPSA Stage Design Seminar at Southern Chester County Sportsmen’s & Farmers’ Association. The seminar was very informal and meant to bring a few volunteers up to speed in regards to designing stages for that particular club. Before attending the seminar, we were asked to take an existing club stage and re-design it. The only stipulation was that we were required to use all props and targets on the original stage, no more, no less. …
Continuing with the theme of ‘Less Props’, I put together a stage that uses only four shooting boxes. As of late I have had mixed feelings about shooting boxes. At one time I liked how much control they gave me as a stage designer, but from the shooters standpoint I can certainly see how they can get tiring. With this stage I tried to do something a little different with shooting boxes. Instead of dictating which targets can be engaged …
Since releasing my First USPSA Stage, I’ve been bitten by the stage design bug. When it is too cold to shoot and I can’t dry-fire practice, I turn to designing stages for fun. As the stage develops, I imagine myself moving through it and addressing a variety of shooting scenarios. Not only do I find it amusing, I think it may even be helping with my ability to create a shooting plan. I have been in touch with an area …
Ever since I started working on My First USPSA Stage, I’ve been hooked on the process. I’m finding it to be lots of fun and allows me to educate myself further as a USPSA Competitor. Releasing these stages, in a somewhat Beta form, has probably been the most fun aspect of the process. Getting shooting plans and stage pointers has been great and I would love to get your input on this stage. Please feel free to use the comment …
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