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 …

In case you missed it, my Single Stack Nationals interview on Gun Nuts Radio is online.  It was a lot of fun chatting about the match and my gear.  Also, here area a couple of videos from the match.  The first is my match video and the second is a stage breakdown for Women of USPSA.  Hope you like them!

It is difficult to put into words what it means to me to win my 10th USPSA Ladies National Title.  Returning to the match circuit last year after taking time off to have my daughter, I tried not to put too much pressure on myself to win. My goal was to give my best and to have fun. Mission accomplished!
This season it is a different story.  I have had a year to adapt to balancing motherhood, my work with Smith & Wesson and competing. I was able to start …

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The season has begun! I am proud to say that Smith & Wesson continues to set an example in sponsoring shooting sports this year starting with the USPSA Florida Open and S&W IDPA Indoor Nationals in February.  Smith & Wesson is also supporting the ICORE Southern Regional and is the title sponsor of the S&W US Steel Shoot Nationals this month.  I’ll be wishing my teammates nothing but the best for these events.
All this match chat has me itching to hit the range!  At the end of the season last …

Women of USPSA has provided some amazing coverage of the ladies who compete in the sport.  From their “Road to the Nationals” coverage leading up to the USPSA Back to Back Nationals to interviews with the Top 8 Women in each division, it’s exciting to be a part of it.  Here are links to my interviews on the Women of USPSA Blog:

Women of USPSA Production Nationals Interview
Women of USPSA Limited-10 Nationals Interview

I was also able to put together video montages from both matches thanks to Seiichi Ishikawa and members of …

I am excited about another live interview today, this time with American Trigger Sports Network! We’ll be talking about the upcoming weeks of competition.  If you can’t watch the show live at 12:00pm PST, you can still access it from their website.
I had a great time chatting with Caleb on Gun Nuts Radio.  Thanks SO much for having me on the show!  Miss it?  Well you can still catch it through iTunes or even download it as an mp3.  Check out Gun Nuts Media for all the details.

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.

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.)