2019 IHMSA world championship
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 11:54 am
2019 IHMSA World Championships
By Jim Fields - Match Director
The 2019 IHMSA World Championships held at the Oklahoma City Gun Club on July 12th thru the 20th, was a total success with 632 entries. We averaged 20 relays per day & our wireless auto-reset system kept everything running smoothly & our target painters did a great job as well.
Weather conditions for the first five days were below normal with an average temperature of 89 degrees. However wind conditions for the entire match were on the calm side as the scores below indicate.
With a 12 foot apron on the back side of our 403 ft. firing line, spotters & spectators were in the shade from morning into the very late afternoon.
As normal, shooters from as far away as Australia were in attendance & were greeted by our air-conditioned reloading facility 20 yards from the firing line & they took full advantage by reloading many rounds of their favorite calibers to be shot in this match. We certainly appreciate our International shooters for traveling great distances to shoot in our fantastic sport of handgun silhouette competition.
The ULTRA 500 match held on Saturday the 20th had a total of 33 entries, although there were no 40x40's shot but we did have one 39x40 scope shot by John Weaver, John also won the aggregate with a score of 73x80. If you've never participated in the ULTRA 500, you're missing something, dumping a full-size ram at over 1/4 mile away does something for you, believe me, its a great feeling.
One of the best, if not the best standing shooter in our sport, Joe Cullison did it again by winning the Iron Man award, fantastic shooting Joe.
Linda Lanning, Atwood, KS, won high lady in BB-UAS & Debbie Tessman also of Kansas won SB-UAS, both with 80x80's, great shooting gals.
Another highlight for our match, we had six (6) junior shooters ranging in age from 9 to 16 who competed in this match & a couple of them shot perfect scores, great shooting guys.
With low wind & excellent lighting conditions all week we had a total of seventy (72) 80x80's plus thirteen (13) 40x40's in AIR competition. WOW!!
Broken down, Big Bore, Revolver, (0), Production, (0), (that was unusual) Unlimited, four (4), BB 1/2 scale, six (6) & BB UAS, twelve (12)
In Small-bore, Production three (3), Revolver 0, Unlimited, seven (7) UASFS, (1/5) six (6) UFS, (1/5) (0) UAS, eighteen (18) PH Short, five (5) PH .22, seven (7) PH Long, two (2)
The 2020 IHMSA World Championship, for the 7th time in the past 9 years, again will be held here at the Oklahoma City Gun Club, tentative dates are set for July 17th thru the 25th. Make plans to attend that one for sure. Goal for next year is 700 entries.
Check out all the match the results for this match on the IHMSA web-site at www.ihmsa.org.
By Jim Fields - Match Director
The 2019 IHMSA World Championships held at the Oklahoma City Gun Club on July 12th thru the 20th, was a total success with 632 entries. We averaged 20 relays per day & our wireless auto-reset system kept everything running smoothly & our target painters did a great job as well.
Weather conditions for the first five days were below normal with an average temperature of 89 degrees. However wind conditions for the entire match were on the calm side as the scores below indicate.
With a 12 foot apron on the back side of our 403 ft. firing line, spotters & spectators were in the shade from morning into the very late afternoon.
As normal, shooters from as far away as Australia were in attendance & were greeted by our air-conditioned reloading facility 20 yards from the firing line & they took full advantage by reloading many rounds of their favorite calibers to be shot in this match. We certainly appreciate our International shooters for traveling great distances to shoot in our fantastic sport of handgun silhouette competition.
The ULTRA 500 match held on Saturday the 20th had a total of 33 entries, although there were no 40x40's shot but we did have one 39x40 scope shot by John Weaver, John also won the aggregate with a score of 73x80. If you've never participated in the ULTRA 500, you're missing something, dumping a full-size ram at over 1/4 mile away does something for you, believe me, its a great feeling.
One of the best, if not the best standing shooter in our sport, Joe Cullison did it again by winning the Iron Man award, fantastic shooting Joe.
Linda Lanning, Atwood, KS, won high lady in BB-UAS & Debbie Tessman also of Kansas won SB-UAS, both with 80x80's, great shooting gals.
Another highlight for our match, we had six (6) junior shooters ranging in age from 9 to 16 who competed in this match & a couple of them shot perfect scores, great shooting guys.
With low wind & excellent lighting conditions all week we had a total of seventy (72) 80x80's plus thirteen (13) 40x40's in AIR competition. WOW!!
Broken down, Big Bore, Revolver, (0), Production, (0), (that was unusual) Unlimited, four (4), BB 1/2 scale, six (6) & BB UAS, twelve (12)
In Small-bore, Production three (3), Revolver 0, Unlimited, seven (7) UASFS, (1/5) six (6) UFS, (1/5) (0) UAS, eighteen (18) PH Short, five (5) PH .22, seven (7) PH Long, two (2)
The 2020 IHMSA World Championship, for the 7th time in the past 9 years, again will be held here at the Oklahoma City Gun Club, tentative dates are set for July 17th thru the 25th. Make plans to attend that one for sure. Goal for next year is 700 entries.
Check out all the match the results for this match on the IHMSA web-site at www.ihmsa.org.