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…