(Apologies to Reno, "The Biggest Little City In The World", and any other singlestack match that manages to get more participants than Oregon's match does.)
On July 8, the Albany Rifle and Pistol Club (ARPC), under the benign influence of world-class USPSA Section Coordinator Michael "Mac" McCarter, will once again host a match whose motto is "No Yuppie Guns".
ARPC Webmaster Brian Berkely has described the technical qualifications for match entry so well, I'll just quote him rather than try to improve on it:
If you haven't heard, this year's rendition of the Oregon Single-Stack Championship will be no different than the previous years. It will have more stages, and also recognize the Provisional USPSA Single Stack Division. If you have a pistol that meets Single Stack Division criteria, you can use that. You can use your traditional Limited 10 Single Stack Pistol in Limited 10. You can use your wide body STI/SVI in Limited 10 (unless you have a single-stack grip frame on it, you just compete for ribbons). You can shoot your polymer/tenifer Austrian wunder pistols in Limited 10 (compete for ribbons if using double-column mags). We are still giving away 3 Springfield Armory Stainless GI .45's. We have lots of other goodies from Springfield to give away as well. So, if you haven't sent in your match registration, hop to it! You don't want to miss out on one of these awesome shirts .......
If you click on the article title, you'll be taken to the ARPC IPSC website, which (among other information) includes links to the twelve (12!) stages which will be featured in this match.
You read that right. It's a one-day match, and you'll be shooting twelve stages.
You can get an entry form and match info here (match fee was $45 until June 15; it's $55 now) and detail match info here ... including much information already provided by Brian.
Last Year there were over 100 competitors. This year there are already 86 people pre-registered, and I don't know how current the competitor list is.
Will I be there? You bet your bippy; I wouldn't miss it for the world.
Will I be competing? That's another story. I've been whining for so long that I can no longer see Iron Sights, the people who have to squad with me at the weekly club match are beginning to lay sacrifices at the altar of Dave Skinner who is the latter-day father of Open Guns. (At least I have ONE gun I can still shoot, which cuts down on the whining except for this once-a-year-day.)
Actually, I was seriously considering a pass on the whole match. But at Area 1 I met the Blue-tiful Smurfette at a safety table and she asked me if I was going to the SS match. When I said I didn't think so, she admonished me severely. Well, if she's going, I'll be there. Whether I compete or not depends entirely upon my masochist-factor for that week. I've got the gun (The Beloved Kimber, which needs cleaning), I've got the bullets (I'm pretty sure there are 230 rounds in that 30-caliber US Army Surplus Ammo Can), I've got the money ($55 is pretty cheap for a Major Match with twelve [count 'em, 12!] stages that I don't even need to set-up or tear-down).
You're probably saying "So, Geek, what's the problem? You can't hit shit anyway with that big ol' Open Gun. You think you're going to embarass yourself any more shooting Limited 10 again?"
Well -- no. Actually, it might be GOOD to have a by-golly certifiable alibi going into the match.
Mac is famous ... or infamous, depending on how badly you were snookered at the last match where he was responsible for stage design ... for providing interesting, challenging stages. The club expanded the North Range this winter from 7 to 12 shooting bays, and I'm anxious to see what it's like to shoot on the five new bays dug into the East Side of Saddle Butte.
And it's worth the trip to watch the for-sure Vultures circling overhead during the match. You don't get that kind of aerial show at many other ranges in the world. Especially while there's shooting going on.
MMM --mmmm, I'm wavering here. I need a bit of arm-twisting.
Tell you what. If the competitor list tops 100 between now and July 8, I'll be there with bells on.
Which might just be sufficiently distracting to the other members of my squad to give me a slight competitive edge.
UPDATE: June 27, 2005
I just received an email from MD Mac, sent to CCS members. It has a few more details, you might be interested:
Hi All,
Just a last of the minute reminder that the 10th Annual Oregon Single Stack Championship is just around the corner, July 8th.
This year it is 12 stages (Iron Man Match) and 265 rounds in one day. There are over 90 people signed up for the match to date and more coming on all the time. We will probably cap the match at 120 people and 12 squads but we can go as high as 144 shooters.
We will be giving away 3 Springfield Single Stacks to competitors plus staff has a chance to win one.
The stages are up on Albany IPSC's and NASS website. It will be a shoot out at the top with 10 Master - Grandmasters including Lisa Munson from Seattle.
Come on out and play at one of the best matches on the West Coast.
Hope to see you,
Mike
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