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Mason dixon series 2013 final scores and aar

fargo007

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Well, the MDSS for 2013 is in the books guys.

I want to thank the shooters, and our sponsors for supporting us with such kickass prizes.

LRA - Long Range Accuracy Bipods
Sabre Dynamics LLC
Predator Custom
Rich P
BHTC
PeaceMaker Training Center

(Steve, please list out the sponsors of prizes you brought)

Running this was a tremendous amount of work, especially during a period where I had an illness to get through. I want to thank also, those guest MD's that stepped up and ran one to try and give us a break. We need MORE of that. And I need more staff. Running the entire finals by myself was a bitch. ;-)

For the finals, I tried to nod toward some of the MD's in some regard for noteworthy or pet stages that they came up with.

CBS - (Shrek): A reality based stage which required attention to detail and concentration. The shot itself wasn't particularly hard, but getting this one right was everything. The clubhouse had 26 distinct bad guy faces hung up, each with a shooter number. Smart people took notice. Some used cell phones to photograph their numbered bad guy. Right before we went out to shoot, I changed all the numbers. Shooters had limited time to identify and memorize their bad guy. Everyone was on the line at 300Y loaded and on the guns. These bad guys appeared at random in the pit over a B27 center. The target walked five positions, stopped for five seconds, and was taken down. Shooters had only that time to ID, and make the shot.

K9 - (Mine): A dog handler and a k9 (sideways idpa cardboard target) were on one side of the range. 400Y. Shooters command fired on their handlers and the dog started running once the handler was hit.

Pop ups: 400Y, colored pop up targets. B27 centers. Bore had to be minimum 24" high which meant tripods or stix.

Mover (Steve/Josh/Me): A traditional mover appeared here. 500Y, 10 rounds.

Holdover (Josh): I enjoyed his stage with the office chair, so I did a version of that.

Heads (Everyone): This stage was put in to balance out the bolt guns vs. the semi's. Head shots on a steel BG/Hostage target at 600Y. Each time the hostage was hit the shooter had to remove one round from the rifle as a lost shot.

Position Shooting challenge (Steve): Steve usually has a position shot exercise in his match so I added one in here. With a twist. The faces were back, at 100Y. Shooters were told right before they shot that they were to fire at their ORIGINAL bad guy before I changed the number. Many had put their phones back in their cars, or didn't bring them to the range this was shot at. A lot of points were lost by a lack of attention to detail. 3 standing, 3 kneeling, 4 NRA prone.

Here are the scores for the finals, and the entire 2013 series.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AtSr2kaqAtDtdFJybUpXcnRZZXVqZTIyeWlocDNvTUE&output=html

Steve and I will be putting pencil to paper on next year's series. We may follow up with a survey to see exactly what you guys want and how it should unfold.

Post up your pics, favorite stages, and thoughts. ;-)

--Fargo007
 
Hey Freddie,
thanks for posting up this AAR. It is good to read up on the finish. I was thinking about you guys yesterday (it was my 12th anniversary and I was wine touring w/ my wife).

The highlight of the series this year, like last year, was getting to be a guest match director... I enjoy putting such a good group of shooters thru the paces. If you and Steve want me again next year, I am ready and willing to help.

best regards and hope to see you all again on the range soon!

-Jammer
 
First off, I wanted to echo the sentiments of other participants from this series and say job well done by Freddy, Steve and all of the event staff and guest MD's that offered their time and expertise. There was plenty of variety in the stages and a real test of a number of different skill sets. I liked being pushed outside of my comfort zone because at the end of the day even if I did not do well I ended up learning my limitations and gave me more things to practice and hopefully improve upon the next time I see it again.

Another great part of this being a series was getting to know the other competitors. There was a wealth of knowledge and experience on the line that I was truly proud to be a part of.

I am truly looking forward to the 2014 series and all of the challenges that await us. I also really hope that Freddy and crew send out an end of the year survey to get everyone's input on how they can make the series even better in the future.

Here are a few pictures from over the course of the year. They were all taken with a cell phone so I apologize for the quality in advance.

The Capn'

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Nice!

Keep 'em coming guys. Here are a couple pictures of the Sabre Dynamics Gear I had on, as well as our group shot (I bet Scott's is better).

That mag carrier was really excellent, and I liked the holster design too. It was comfortable. I'm going to talk to him about some of the design ideas I have for some new things.

The pics:

I also included some of you guys' old friends in there....

MDSS FINALS 2013

--Fargo007
 
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Thanks again to everyone involved in putting this series together. It was a great time, and I'm looking forward to next year's series. It is always fun to come out and find out where my limitations are at.

See you all next year.