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IPPSC ran its first match on Saturday, April 21. Although turnout was light, there were four well-designed stages
and good weather. The Smelterville range really does have great potential and acreage on the east side of the creek
has been secured from the Bureau of Land Management. The area is very well suited for pistol, shotgun, and short-range
rifle, should interest in a multi-gun match develop as the club grows. If a few berms can be built and a storage facility
secured, there will be very fine shooting available. Even with limited bays now, it's possible to run fun stages. So
don't miss an opportunity to be in at the start of a new club and a new range!
March 27, 2012 Greetings Everyone, I am happy to announce the first match of the season for the
Idaho Panhandle Practical Shooting Club, Inc. The first match of the year will be on April 21st
at the Shoshone County Public Shooting Range in Smelterville Idaho. We will have 4 stages which will include a classifier.
Be sure to bring at least 150 rounds. You can always take home what you don’t shoot. Please come early and help
set us. Being a new club we need all the help we can get. Directions to the range are as follows:
Take
I-90 to Smelterville. (Exit 48) Turn south. Go until the 3-way stop and turn left (east) for about ½ mile
and turn right (south) on Government Gulch Rd. Drive up the canyon for 2 miles and you are there.
Match
Schedule is: 0700 – match setup 0830 – registration
0900 – shooter meeting and stage walk through 0930-0945 – shooting
begins 1400-1500
match ends March 6 Our last match of the winter season will be held at Sharp
on Sunday, March 11. There will be four stages: a classifier, a 24 round Repeatable Standards course, and two
24 round "run and gun courses". Bring about 125 rounds. Fee is $15 and we'll be out before noon. Hope
to see you there; doors open at 7AM and we're usually shooting by 7:30. February 5, 2012 We will hold a Special Classifier Match
on Sunday, February 12, 2012. There will be four stages. For those not yet classified in USPSA, the four scores
will result in a preliminary classification. Thereafter, the best six or the most recent eight classifiers will be used
to establish your classification. Since USPSA charges us extra for the scores submitted, the charge for all shooters
will be $20. We decided to subsidize those not yet members of the Sharp Range - for whom we are charged $10 each - just
to encourage greater participation in the classification effort. This is our next to final match for the season (assuming
decent weather in April), so come out and get classified! January 11, 2012 The next SPS match is on Sunday, January 15. We'll run four stages, including
the CM06-1 (Big Barricade). Look forward to seeing you at the range!
January 11, 2012 Ladies and Gentlemen of the shooting community,
It is my pleasure to officially
announce the formation of a new
shooting club. Our name is the
“Idaho Panhandle Practical Shooting Club,
Inc. (IPPSC).
Our first annual meeting will be on January 21, 2012 in the Pinehurst
Elementary School
at 6:00pm. Directions to the school is: Take I90 to
Pinehurst (Exit 45). Travel south until the 4 way stop
and turn right
(west). Drive a couple hundred yards and you are there. Please,
there are to be no firearms
at the meeting as it is a public school.
Club membership is $25.00. This entitles you to a voice in the club
as well as $5.00 off at every match. After 5 matches you have paid for
your membership. Please support us and the shooting
community. You
will also receive a copy of the by-laws at your request. The
membership applications
will be available at: WWW.SPPL.US as well as
matches. If you let me know I will also snail mail or email one to
you.
We will be holding matches at the “Shoshone County Public Shooting
Range” in Smelterville Idaho.
The range is about 40 minutes east of
Coeur d’Alene on Interstate 90. Directions will be included in
each
match reminder.
We will be conducting USPSA and Steel Challenge matches. The steel
match will
be the Eddy Brown Memorial Metal Match in July. The USPSA
matches will comprise the other months from April to
October. The
USPSA matches will be 4-5 stage matches with a classifier. I am
hopeful we will complete
our USPSA affiliation requirements before the
first match. We need at least 10 USPSA members willing to put their
name on the club list.
The match schedule will be as follows:
April, Saturday the 21st – USPSA
May, Saturday the 19th – USPSA
June, Saturday the 23rd – USPSA
July, Saturday the 21st – The
Eddy Brown Memorial Metal Match
August, Saturday the 18th – USPSA
September, Saturday the 22nd – USPSA
October, Saturday the 20th – USPSA
All the matches should be completed by 2:30 or 3:00 if not earlier.
We won’t really know until we run a few and get a good feel for this
range. The match should run as follows:
0700 – match set up
0830 – registration
0900 – shooters meeting and stage walk through
0930
to 0945 shooting begins
Thank You all for your support,
Rick Schoonmaker, President
Idaho Panhandle Practical
Shooting Club, Inc.
208-771-1666
December 17, 2011 Had a good match today, with 20 shooters. Managed
to complete four stages and clear the range by the imposed deadline of 11AM. That's not easy to do, as shooters will
attest! Things have to go smoothly and everybody has to stay tuned to re-set duties and be ready when called in order
for us to finish on time. I appreciate the help of those who pitched in, especially RO's and Score Keepers. We'll
improve our efficiency with each match. Our standard will be to have the RO call out times and scores loudly and clearly,
with the Score Keeper being equally loud and clear in affirming what was heard. That way, the shooter knows what
the call was and the Score Keeper knows that what was recorded was what was called. It's helpful if the Score Keeper
can total scores given, although there is no point in bogging down if things are moving fast. However, by totaling,
errors in assigned points will be caught and I won't have to guess later. The speed of the match comes from the combination
of fast reset, and shooter vigilance in preparing to come to the start-box when called. Matches are a social event,
too, and I don't want to discourage people from enjoying that aspect of the event. However, be mindful of your primary
responsibilities so we don't lose time. Thanks again and we look forward to seeing you all in January. Haven't
decided yet whether or not to run a special classifier match. They are more expensive and can be slower, unless we use
only single string courses, which are short and fast. I will ask for input from the email group. Stay tuned! December 8, 2011 Our next match is on December 17, 2011. That's
a Saturday. Doors open at 7AM and we'll be shooting by 7:30AM in order to clear the range by 11 or so. We'll
plan for four stages. Entry fee is $15, for those who are members of the Sharp Range. If not, the fee will be
$20. The club is charged $10 for each non-range member, so we split the difference. Hope to see you there! Also,
since we're already looking forward to outdoor shooting with the Idaho Panhandle Practical Shooting Club, in Smelterville,
Idaho, thought I'd post the probable match dates for next season so that you can get them on your calendar. We'll start
on April 21 (weather permitting) and follow up with regular matches on May 19, June 23, August 18, September 22, and October
20 (also weather permitting). The Eddy Brown Memorial Metal Match will be held on July 21. This is a trophy match,
and will take up the entire range, as it did this year. We all look forward to developing the Smelterville
range to its full potential - which is considerable - so do plan to attend as many matches as your schedule allows. More
information regarding the matches, charges, start times, etc. will be posted as we finalize plans.
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June 27th SPPL Match CancelledSPPL Gang, The June 27th SPPL Match at Fernan has been cancelled due to the busy-ness of all the June Matches
now scheduled. June 6th was the Washington State Steel Challenge in Ephrata, the MGM Ironman is this weekend (11-14),
the Area 1 Pistol Championship are in Parma next weekend (18-21), and the Missoula 3 Gun is going on June 28.
(go to www.bspsc.org for registration) Please remember that the Fernan Lake Road and Range is still under much construction
but has been clear during the weekends. The Fernan Rod & Gun Club now has water and electrical plumbed throughout
the entire range and most recently has added 4 more covered firing lines. These were added to the first 3 bays
coming in and the bay next to the covered pistol line. We will get good use out of these and the shade they will provide next month when we hold the 9th Annual EBMMM on July 25-26. The EBMMM match will be a "sanctioned"
Steel Challenge Match, yet we will be running the same 7 stages that we always had including Zig Zag. This
match is filling up fast, so get your applications in for the early bird discount. Go to www.sppl.us for match info and remember we added a .22 division in 2008. The Sunday Man on Man will be pistols only, no more shotguns as we need to get people home earlier Sunday and something had to give. Please check the
www.sppl.us calendar for other local shooting matches including the Boomstick Steel Matches and the INAS Match that will
be this weekend June 13, at Mica, just south of Spokane on Hwy 27 ( www.inas.us) Bill Sahlberg SPPL Sec / Treas
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