Yesterday afternoon the Monument Beach club ran its first Steel Challenge match. This was also my first time at a match of this type so I brought both the Ruger MKIII and the SR1911. When I saw that about half the shooters had rimfire guns I did some math and realized that shooting the 45ACP would cost me about $75 while the .22 would cost less then the matches $10 entrance fee. Shooting plates at high speed is fun and having 5 runs at each stage and dropping the lowest score only increases the enjoyment. The match moved along quickly with no taping or painting targets. I had 4 magazines and quickly realized a 5th would make things significantly easier but gun people are always helpful so magazines were reloaded for shooters as they were shooting.
I was shocked today to get the results and find myself 3rd overall out of 16. Brian almost won with a stock Ruger SR22 but Sam and his open class .22 1911 won the day. I plan to come back for the match next month with a 5th magazine and some sunblock... and possibly a hat.
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