Thinking about clanging steel again after a quarter century?

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Thinking about clanging steel again after a quarter century?

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So, we'll see just how much of a ghost town we have around here.

Like the subject says, I haven't shot IHMSA since probably 1993 and have the urge to do it again. I'm in the Pittsburgh area and the places I used to shoot just are not there anymore. I still have the old Ruger Super Blackhawk 44 mag and my 300 savage contender. Unfortunately, I lost track of my 7TCU barrel in one of our moves years ago. It got ruined when it was un-knowingly soaked and left to stew in really poor conditions for a long time. Best thing I can think of for it is to drill it out and maybe put a 22rf barrel liner in it.

Here's my questions:

1- Who still has BB matches withing a couple hours of Pittsburgh? Looks like there might be some possibilities in Ohio and maybe up near Erie as well as out east near Wilkes Barre (which is actually convenient considering I have a kid at Wilkes university now). If any match directors read this please feel free to reach out to me.

2 - If I rejoin IHMSA will they resurrect my old number and classifications? Not a real big deal, just curious.

3 - If anyone wants to offer me some 300 Savage cast boolit load advice I would appreciate it. The reloading notebook and old manuals got soaked when the 7TCU barrel got it. There was no salvaging them and they were not a priority at the time.

Thanks,
Steve Uhall
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Hello, Steve! My wife and I will check the membership database to see if we can find your old number.

The Pittsburgh area has a few NRA matches where mostly lever guns are shot. They do welcome hunter pistol and IHMSA guns I believe. My brother knows more about those shoots than I do.

This weekend was a full weekend of IHMSA silhouette at Tusco Rifle Club near New Philadelphia, OH. That shouldn't be too bad of a drive from Pittsburgh. Tusco has big bore, half scale, field pistol, and small bore. They shoot the 1st full weekend of the month. Tusco has auto-reset targets. They have two more matches, October and November. October match will have the Tres Banditos match.

My brother, my wife, and I run an IHMSA field pistol and smallbore match and NRA pistol cartridge and smallbore on the 3rd Sunday of the month. Our next match is September 20th starting at 930am. We have rope pull reset targets. Hope to see you.

I will let you know tomorrow about your membership number.

Take care.
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Steve, do you remember what your old number was? We do not see it on the database which doesn't necessarily mean it's not there.
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I laid off for about 4 years, and when I mailed my renewal in I asked for my old IHMSA number. They said no problem, and sent my new membership card with my original number. I dont think you will have any problem getting it back.
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Shoot2Thrill wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 8:48 am Steve, do you remember what your old number was? We do not see it on the database which doesn't necessarily mean it's not there.
Hey Doug, Thanks for looking. I've moved 4 times since I last had an IHMSA membership probably 25 years ago. There's a chance that I may still have an old IHMSA News archived in my mothers attic that could have a mailing label. My old IHMSA classification\score record book is still be around somewhere as I remember it surfacing a year or so ago when we were cleaning house. I don't know how extensive your old archives are, but if you can look up old match results, I still have plaques from two larger 1993 matches:

1993 PA State Championships at Burrell Twp R&G:
1st US-B
1st P-A
1st R-A
3rd U-AA (I think this score may have moved me up to AAA)

1993 PA State Cast Bullet Championship at Burrell Twp R&G:
1st FP P-AAA
1st BB R-A

I also shot a good bit at Bellwood (near Tyrone PA), Rosedale, and Greater Pitt??? somewhere near the old Pgh airport....

At any rate, if you cannot find me in the records it's no big deal starting back at the bottom..... Or at least the classifications listed above as I have the awards to vouch for them.

I couldn't make Tusco this weekend - had to run a rifle match. I do plan to try to make your match on the 20th and hope to get to the two remaining Tusco matches as well. I see Tusco matches look to be two days. Do they run one match each day or one match over two days? Do they separate things into 100 yard and 200 yard days? Can you still join IHMSA at the match and what is the "Tres Banditos" match?


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ok, i found your old number. it was IHMSA# 50305
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nutcase wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2020 1:26 am ok, i found your old number. it was IHMSA# 50305
Great, Thanks! I should remember that one coming and going.

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Do you still have records of my classifications?
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Just want to point out that Tusco match on Oct. 3 we only shoot silhouettes from about 8:30 till 1:00 then we set up for tres banditos. Tres Banditos is a three man Team head to head competition with an array of up to 40 silhouette targets at distances of 25 to 210 meters. Each competitor brings two guns to the line and the team shoots off against another 3 man team.
The final target is a 100 lb. mastodon at 210 meters.
I use a S & W 625 in .45 Acp and a TC in .375 JDJ. Other people use semi autos or revolvers with speed loaders but the Mastodon requires a boomer handgun. .454 Casull probably won’t take it. You sometimes have to time with your teammates to shoot the mastodon at the same time.

Tusco normally is a 2 day match and it is a single match run over two days for record purposes. We shoot all categories at all times and have 3 banks of Big bore, 1 bank 1/2 size, 2 banks of small bore, 1 bank of 1/5 scale, and 1 bank of Field pistol . All of those targets are available during the entire match (except as noted above). They are on air automatic resets so the match runs pretty fast. We typically only paint every 4th or 5th relay so you can get a lot of guns in during a match. We have one shooter who typically shot 12-15 guns over the two days.
October 4th on Sunday will be silhouettes all day but we usually shut down about 2:30-3:00.
On normal Saturdays we shoot till nobody wants to shoot anymore. Nov. is silhouettes all day both days but sometimes the Nov. is weather impacted, but we have a covered line and the targets are auto reset so we still shoot.

Headquarters won’t have records of your classifications, those would have been on your membership card. My advice is, since you have been out for so long, shoot your first entries unclassified and let your ability determine your standing. Then go from there.

Tusco is so close to Pa. that recently it seems we have been getting almost as many Pa. shooters as Ohio shooters.

We look forward to you shooting with us.

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hockeyref wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2020 1:37 am
nutcase wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2020 1:26 am ok, i found your old number. it was IHMSA# 50305
Great, Thanks! I should remember that one coming and going.

Paypal membership payment has been processed.

Do you still have records of my classifications?
I do not have records of your classifications. we never recorded that except on your membership card.
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Hi Jim,
Tres Bandito sounds interesting. Is it a standing or freestyle match? How are the targets divided among the three shooters or is it up to them to figure out which shooter engages which targets? Is the winner of each head to head the team that drops all 40 targets plus the mastodon first? I assume it is bracketed, winning team moves on? Sounds like you would need a bunch of extra ammo. Tell me more....

Classification wise, it doesn't matter to me if I start fresh or get classified on "known ability" based on the previous results I've presented.... Just want to do it by the rules . Initially I will probably concentrate on standing with my revolver. Cannot do any freestyle yet. I need to make a new revolver blast shield and I have not figured out how to deal with freestyle, iron sights, and bi-focals. Creedmoor has me looking through the bifocal of my glasses and I will need some sort of lens if I want to shoot with my contacts.


Oh, what are the normal match fees these days?
Steve
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