Steel Challenge is such a rush.  There are eight courses of fire with round plates ranging in size from 10-12 inches and rectangular 18×24 inch steel targets.  Each stage is fired a total of five times except for the stage Outer Limits, fired four times.  It’s about pure speed and what makes the Steel Challenge unique from other action shooting matches is that one run on every stage is a throw away.  All eight stage times are added together and the lowest time WINS!
Steel Challenge started out as a renegade …

It’s Steel Challenge time! I had to make a last minute change to my schedule this month. All you parents out there know that when you have kids, everything changes!  I had hoped to attend the super fun Pro Am Championships in Tulsa, OK, but I could only be away Saturday and Sunday.  Fortunately for me, the Great Divide Shooting Club in Rawlins, WY was hosting the Wyoming State Steel Challenge.
Since moving to Montana I haven’t had the opportunity to drive to many matches. Getting a chance to shoot this …

Check out Action Shooting Podcast’s coverage of the 2009 Steel Challenge with photos and video of the Men’s & Women’s Super Squads.  The podcast also features interviews with Todd Jarrett, Phil Strader and me on our Limited and Production matches.

Thanks for all the requests for photos on the M&P Open gun I used at the Steel Challenge this year everyone!  Courtesy of the very talented Yasunari Akita, her are a couple photos taken at the practice range…

Sorry it took me so long to get this posted, but hope it proves to be worth the wait…
Watch the top guns in action on their final stage, Accelerator, at 2009 World Speed Shooting Championships in Piru, CA. Video features fastest runs of the Mens Super Squad, the stage winning performance by Todd Jarrett and footage of the 2009 Steel Challenge Division Champions Rob Leatham, Max Michel, Jerry Miculek, BJ Norris, JJ Racaza, and Phil Strader.  (Click here to go to You-Tube.)

Photos courtesy of the talented Yamil Sued…

What a week!  I had such a great time at this year’s World Speed Shooting Championships in Piru, CA. Seeing old friends and meeting new ones is one of the main reasons I love competing.  This was the first year I have been to the event since it was acquired by USPSA so in addition to all the familiar faces, many of the fine folks from Sedro Woolley were there too.
The last time I competed at the Steel Challenge was 2006, so I wasn’t sure how I would stack up …

Well its a wrap!  I don’t have much time to write with an early flight out tomorrow morning but wanted to post  some scores…
BJ Norris - Steel Master Champion
Max Michel - Open Champion
JJ Racaza - Limited & Law Enforcement Champion
Jessie Abbate - Steel Master, Open, Limited & Rimfire Ladies Champion (Jessie had an awesome match!)
Rob Leatham - Production Champion
Julie Golob - Ladies Production Champion
Jerry Miculek - Optical Revolver Champion
Elliot Aysen - Iron Sight Revolver Champion
I’ll post more soon along with video of the Super Squad on their last stage, Accelerator.

Scores posted at the hotel tonight have JJ Racaza in first place in Limited with BJ Norris in close second.  For the ladies race in Limited, Jessie Abbate shot a great match and will look to hang on to the lead through the end of tomorrow.  My match had some rocky moments but I had several good stages.  It looks right now I am in the lead for the women in Production.
Open is tomorrow. Max Michel and KC Eusubio will be joining the rest of the Super Squad as they …

Just a quick update before I turn in. So proud of my teammates in today’s Rimfire Event!
BJ Norris - Open and Overall Champion
Phil Strader - Iron Sight Champion
Molly Smith - Pre Teen Junior Female
Kay Miculek - 2nd Lady Overall
I shoot my first event tomorrow - Production Division with my M&P Pro.