The next stage was very cool; there were swinging targets and reactive steel targets. There were close targets and 50 yard targets. There were mandatory transitions from rifle to pistol and back to rifle. It was the most diverse set of challenges I have faced yet. The Stage starts with climbing a “rooftop” and shooting over it at steel targets 50 yards away, then climbing down and moving through the baracades. As usual my gun didn’t run right. (I have since found the problem – it runs 99 percent now) You can see in the video ( I’m the guy with “HandgunJoe.com written on his back ) that i give up totally about half way through and just finish the stage with my pistol. Those poppers are 50 yards away!

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Here are a few snipets from T-fin04’s write up over on arfcom.

“AAR: ACTS 2009 Combat Rifle Championship

Who:
The American Confederation of Tactical Shooters (www.actshooters.com) is a group started with the idea of a shooting competition that stuck as close to ‘real world’ scenarios as possible. At the risk of offending some people reading this who may fit this mold, ACTS members are shooters, not gamers. These aren’t guys who show up to the range unarmed, don their space age speed holsters and $5000 pistols with more time spent on adjusting the trigger than I spend cleaning my gun in a year. ACTS is a group of people who carry firearms every day either for their job or personal protection. It is a group who understand that operating a firearm efficiently is a perishable skill and want to practice their craft. More than that, ACTS is a social group of some of the best people I’ve ever met. We’re a close knit group but growing every year and very accepting of new shooters trying out our brand of fun.

What:
Once a year, ACTS puts on an all weekend prize match known as the Combat Rifle Championship. It’s two days of shooting, eating, and hanging out with a lot of good people.

Prizes are very graciously donated by sponsors all over the industry. Our prize table this year included four complete firearms from S&W, Varminter upper receiver from Bushmaster, 1k rounds of Black Hills Ammo, dozens and dozens of pmags, training certificates to some big name schools, among all other sorts of goodies.

When:
July 11th and 12th, 2009.

Where:
Matches are held on the second Saturday of every month, rain or shine (save lightening). Matches are held at Centerline Gun Club (www.centerlineofcalhoun.org).

Why:
The CRC is a time to kick back and enjoy good food, good people, and hopefully win some really cool stuff.

What I expected:
This is only my second CRC. Last years event included a ton of shooting, some very challenging stages and awesome props like shooting from a moving vehicle. The prize table was absolutely stocked with gear and I was lucky enough to walk away with some awesome gear. With the economy in the dump I expected the prize table to be a bit smaller, but the CRC Organizational Committee really pulled through and was able to bring a ton of sponsors to this event.

What actually happened:
This years event was much the same. A total of 9 stages were shot over the weekend by close to 50 shooters. It created long days, but the weather was beautiful and spending time on the range talking guns and gear is always a good time.”

“Stages were again very challenging, both physically and mentally. I like being pushed as far as safely possible and ACTS is always good for that. We shot from vehicles, down hallways, crawled under/over/around barricades, and with the way the stages were designed, just about every skill in the shooters toolbox was tested.”

“Closing thoughts:
Overall this was an excellent event. I think every shooter who finished the match at least made their entrance fee back in swag and prizes. Top shooters walked away with some really cool rifles and pistols. I was happy with my performance on 8 of the 9 stages for the weekend. I made a fundamental error on one stage which really hurt my overall score. Everything boils down to the basics, live and learn I guess.

Scores are posted at www.actshooters.com/results

HUGE THANK YOU TO THE MATCH DIRECTOR, RANGE SAFETY OFFICERS, STAFF OF CENTERLINE, ALL THE SPONSORS AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAD A HAND IN PLANNING THIS EVENT!”

T is a great shooter, he took second in his class. You can view his entire post at T’s arfcom post. He has some cool video and stills posted too.

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I was working carpentry for the last 2 months and was just too busy to work on any HandgunJoe stuff, so here is an update on everything I have going on:
1.
The new Web site is up and running obviously. Many thanks to Russ at Spyderbyte Media, He did a phenominal job of designing the theme and layout of the new blog.
2.
I have ALOT of video from the last two months. I attended one of Steve Fishers’ Handgun I defensive firearms classes, the video is almost ready. I participated in two ACTS matches, the June video is already up, and The July Combat Rifle Championship pics and video will be up as soon as I can edit it. I suck at shooting video.
3.
I have snap caps ready for sale. They are much better than anything else on the market right now. I make most of the popular calibers and I can make custom stuff too. I’ve sold them on www.ar15.com, & www.migunowners.org. I will be posting some customer reviews soon. You can check them out on the My Stuff for sale page.

4.
I have been working on an adapter to allow the use of the longer 45acp slides on the model 30 subcompact 45. This project is going well but is not ready yet. I’m having trouble finding a machinist who is in my budget.
5.
I want to engineer and build a carbine that uses Glock magazines. I know that others are working on similar projects but they have missed the most important details that make the thing worthwhile. I have some solid ideas that I will be working up in the near future.
6.
I am now certified by the NRA to instruct Basic Pistol, Personal Protection In The Home, Basic Shotgun, and Basic Rifle classes. I plan to offer small CCW-CPL classes for friends and family members.
Introducing new people to the shooting sports and the importance of self-defense is something we should all be thinking about.
7.
I have a few other ideas I want to pursue, but can’t talk about just yet.
Its all hush-hush you know.

…so the short version is I will be doing my best to get these things going full steam but I can’t promise anything as far as dates go.

Stay tuned…
HGJ

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i am working on the july CRC stuff…

stage 1 – the running stage

stage 3 – the reloading stage

stage 4 – the blind stage!

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I recieved my daily email newsletter from Front Sight and there was a link to this video.
Its a little old – January I think but interesting still.

stay tuned…
HGJ

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