2008 Croc Match

The Croc Match (*) is alive and well, thriving with eight (8) stages and requires 400+ rounds MINIMUM to complete the match.

I knew you would like that last part.

The link to all information for the match is here, and even though the URL suggests that this is information for the 2007 match ... trust me, it's everything you need to know for the 2008 match.

This is perhaps probably the premier "High Round Count" match for the season. Expect to shoot much more than the minimum "400+" rounds. Expect your gun to be over-heated to the point where you wish you had an ice bucket to store your pistola between stages (and why not? I've done that!) And expect that you will have more fun than you previously thought possible without taking your clothes off.

The match runs for two days ... August 30/31, 2008 ... which fits nicely into the LONG Labor Day Weekend. (They planned it that way.)

Paul will probably be the MD, and Evil Bill will probably be the RM. Look for the most evil ... sorry, I mean EVIL stage designs, targets and props you would never imagine.

There WILL be Revolver Shooters at the match. If you've never watched anyone making 9 or 10 reloads to complete a single stage, this is your chance.

Shooting Production, Single-Stack or Limited-10 Division? No problem. I've shot this match more than once with a 1911 Single Stack, using a mix of 10-round and 8-round Chip McCormack magazines. Yes, the other members of my squad did actually say 'We only found Jerry at the end of the stage by following his trail of expended magazines". (If they didn't say that, exactly ... they meant to. And they should have.)

What they actually said, when they saw me shooting 50+ round stages with 8-round magazines, was: "I felt so sorry for Jerry".

Never mind. I hear that a lot even when I'm shooting a 'regular' match with a hi-cap Open Gun.

We're talking Trail of Tears, folks, and if you ever decided that you had 500 rounds of loaded ammunition that you wanted to shoot up, and leave it on the stage because you were too tired to pick up your own brass, this is the match for YOU!

Registration is limited to the first 120 entries, but chances are good that it's not too late to register.

This match isn't for just anybody. Come on out, shoot your aspirations out, and prove to yourself and to your friends that you are Man Enough to take on the Iron Man Match From Heck.

(No, I'm not man-enough this year. Also, I don't have enough ammo loaded. But don't let that stop you.

Stoke 'Em Up, Brother! You'll need every magazine you own, and you'll laugh more than you cry.

Probably.