Posted: 3/4/2010 7:01:29 AM EDT
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When: March 20th!
Time: 8:30am sign in - 9:00am match briefing Where: Pima Pistol Club Please note the new club rules: When you enter the Pima Pistol Club, turn left and immediately go to the Range Master's office. They will sign you in, take your match fees, and provide you a guest card. You'll need to present that card to our match staff during squadding. Present your AZCDL membership card or ACTS membership for the match discount, if you are a member. We have quite a theme for March for your tactical shooting pleasure! 
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ACTS Match AAR 20 March 2010
This month we attempted to recreate the actions of the police and military from the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks of 2008. We used "what if" scenarios to see how someone with a gun and current training could have reacted. Although turnout was light, a good time was had by all... Stage 1 Stage 1 was was a recreation of the events at the bus terminal that started off the entire action. The shooter was put into the role of a security guard, who happened to catch on that IEDs were being placed. The shooter started behind a desk, used a service revolver to eliminate a popper target, and used his remaining rounds to knock down plates on the plate rack, each worth a 5 second bonus. Then, the shooter ran to his rifle, and disarmed the IED, a power cord plugged into itself, which the shooter had to re-plug in another slot. He then had to neutralize a target with his rifle. The shooter then had to disarm 2 more IEDs and neutralize 2 more targets. This stage certainly showed that even under the artificial stress from a match, that much of a person's fine motor control deteriorates. Getting the cord to plug back in wasn't as easy as it seemed. Stage 2 Stage 2 was all about shooting moving targets. The shooter was a backpacker hanging out at a cafe. When the terrorists attack, the shooter had to drop below a table and engage a Texas Star with his handgun, and the Texas Star was blocked so you could only see the bottom-most plates. The most difficult part was that he was limited to only eight rounds! When he ran out of ammo, he had to crawl back to where more was stashed and engage four poppers in a line. Then the shooter got their rifle, loaded it, and a moving target started to move laterally across the range. The shooter had to shoot 6 rounds at the target moving across the range, while avoiding the no-shoots that were intermixed around. Stage 3 For Stage 3, we were at the hospital, recovering from one of the earlier attacks, when we were attacked again. We had to engage a series of targets with our handgun from differing ports and windows, all while carrying our IV stand with us. One-handed shooting practice was very important for this stage! Stage 4 Stage 4 put the shooter as one of the hostages at the Oberoi Trident Hotel, where the terrorists made their last stand. In the actual event, the terrorists, running low on ammunition, had the personnel guarding the hostages with little to no ammunition in their guns. The shooter had to take out their guard, steal his gun, recover a full magazine, and neutralize 4 targets. If he was able to do this in less than 30 seconds, he was able to take the 5th target prisoner. Otherwise, the 5th target was hostile, and you had to neutralize him. The key to this one was a quick sight-picture, and knowing exactly where your shots were going. |