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10am-1pm - Quick Draw Tourney


Quick Draw "Tourney" - July 17th

10am - 1pm


Who is the quickest draw? Now we can find out with our new quick draw metal target and quick draw tourneys. Another advantage of this target and new activity is it inherently limits ammunition expenditures (only one round per shooter).

The target is a simple metal reactive target with two metal paddles: one for each shooter. When the paddle is stuck it swings towards the center. Whomever hits their target quicker will swing first and display the winner. Very simple, but effective design. (see below)


Quick Draw Rules (with emphasis on safety):
  1. As always, eye and ear protection are mandatory.
  2. Each shooter needs their own range safety officer (RSO) to ensure the participant doesn’t put their finger on the trigger until the firearm is pointed down range. At a minimum, two range safety officers are required to safely run this activity.
  3. Shooters can either draw from a strong side hip holster or the low ready position. If you don’t feel comfortable drawing from a hip holster, then don’t. When one person uses the low ready position, both shooters will start from the low ready position. Note that low ready position requires the finger to be off the trigger.
  4. Only pistol cartridges and pistols/revolvers, no pistol caliber carbines (PCCs) or magnum cartridges.
  5. Participants will have their holstered firearm empty (no magazine) and will load one round when told to do so by their RSO.
  6. No hammer fired pistol/revolver can have the hammer locked back without a safety while holstered or in the low ready position: either safety on or decocked. For instance, a revolver must not be cocked, a Beretta 92 can be decocked and safety off (similar to a revolver), a 1911 can be cocked BUT must have the safety on, and all striker fire pistols are hammerless and do not require the safety engaged.
When and where to practice
The best way to practice is drawing from your holster at home—with an unloaded firearm and no ammunition in the room where you practice. I generally practice drawing from a holster a couple dozen times the day before Action Pistol. I start slow, making sure my movements are correct and slowly pick up the speed: slow is smooth and smooth is fast. The best place to practice this with live ammunition is to come to Steel Blast and bring a friend to challenge or just compete with anyone there for fun. If you can’t make Steel Blast, then practice drawing on and shooting a 6” target at 10-12 yards.

Tourney Scoring (subject to change)
Since safety will be stressed; speed is key, but safety is king. Hence, I came up with a scoring system that isn’t just win or lose. The first person to engage his/her target, will get five points and the second person to engage their target gets three points. That means a slower, but more accurate shooter can still acquire points. But there will still be a time limit of five seconds to fire; more than enough time to draw and place an accurate shot on target.

Tourney format (subject to change) and emphasis on small ammunition requirement
Depending on the number of participants, we could have a round robin with the winner determined by score. However, if too many participants show up, there will be a first round where shooters are randomly paired against 5-10 other competitors. Then the final round competitors will be determined by their point totals for a final-five round robin.For example, if ten people show up, a round robin would have 45 different one-on-one match ups, however, with 20 people a true round robin would be 190 matchups. But limiting everyone to 10 matchups, would be 90 matches. It all depends on how quickly this event runs and how much people want to shoot. Either way a 10-person round robin is nine rounds of ammo per shooter. If we limit it to 10 matches per shooter when more than 15 show up, then even if a person makes it to the final round robin, that’s only 15 rounds per shooter (with most only needing 10 rounds of ammo).

Summary
As you can see, there will be a learning curve on this activity.  This is a learn as we go new event that may need to get some initial format worked out. However, it should still be a fun and enjoyable activity going forward, so begin SAFELY practicing your draw at home and at the range.


When:
Saturday, July 17, 2021, 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM
Where:
Sheboygan Rifle and Pistol Club, Inc.
W 765 Rowe Rd.
Sheboygan, WI  53083

Additional Info:
Event Contact(s):
Ryan Linder
Category:
100/200 Yard Range Reserved
Registration is not Required
Payment In Full In Advance Only
Safety, safety, safety...trigger control will be strictly enforced.

No magnums or 10mm allowed: just 38s, 9mm, 40 S&W, or 45auto pistols/revolvers.

Given the projected format, participates can not show up late.