Rangemaster Annual Tactical Conference Match

[ToddG]

Huge congratulations to pistol-forum.com members Wayne Dobbs and John Hearne for coming in first and second, respectively, at this year's Tactical Match!



The standings for the Tactical Match were as follows:
Champion Wayne Dobbs 77.31
1st Place John Hearne 80.26
2nd Place Karl Rehn 80.60
3rd Place Tim Meyers 81.17
4th Place Jon Hodoway 84.93
5th Place Ryan Adams 86.28
6th Place Mike Brown 86.72
7th Place Alex Fuller 87.40
8th Place Massad Ayoob 87.81
9th Place Matt Fields 88.83

William Aprill 89.15
James Darnell 91.40
Chris Zeeb 93.76
Michael Delaney 95.53
Scott Sanford 98.77
Trevor Tindle 100.28
Steve Moses 100.46
Greg Moats 100.56
Christopher Comer 101.01
Ron Winsett 101.16
Kelley Boatwright 103.90
Jeff Myers 104.79
Steven Grundy 105.16
Rick Staples 106.55
Ronald Attanasio 106.63
Chris Hopkins 108.93
Chris Cunnyngham 111.69
Gabriel Schuetzner 112.12
Bryce Ratchford 112.26
Dave Garren 113.86
Kyle Farnham 114.17
Will Phillips 115.44
Robert Hurst 125.28
Gail Pepin 126.33
Lance Brown 126.61
Lynn Givens 128.99
Mark Wolf 129.87
Spencer Keepers 130.56
Mike Birdsong 131.48
Justin Jacobsen 131.54
Greg Nurse 131.62
Anita Hopkins 134.89
Chuck Haggard 135.42
Dave Chandler 137.48
Jeff Muse 139.25
Leslie Buck 141.25
Vincent Shuck 142.12
Randall Holmes 144.36
Tim Marler 145.04
Paul Winsett 145.49
John Parker 151.01
Goetz Stobbe 152.50
David Jiles 153.02
John Thisler 155.85
Dan Kohr 155.93
Paul England 158.44
Othello Rowland 160.20
Patrick Martin 164.11
Doug Denton 166.60
Dee Vick 167.98
Brett Sanford 169.37
Marty Hayes 178.17
Darren Powell 178.39
Sam Spoor 179.47
Shawn Hodges 202.47
William Rae 205.78
Claude Werner 208.78
Tonya Powell 271.28
Rob Pincus 329.28
Dr. Martin Topper 342.00
Jules Klapper 344.32
Kyle McKay dnf
Lane Stephenson dnf
Isaac Clark dnf
Clifford Leffingwell III dnf
Hershel Phillips dnf
Stacy Hayes dnf
Guy Gardner dnf
Clifford Leffingwell Jr dnf
Jon Carnes dnf

[Kyle Reese]

Congrats to all!

[Al T.]

Rob Pincus 329.28

Interesting. Any ideas why so far back in the pack?

// Not bashing !! //

Thinking of taking a class from Rob and this bothers me.

[Ray Keith]

Interesting. Any ideas why so far back in the pack?

// Not bashing !! //

Thinking of taking a class from Rob and this bothers me.

I wouldn't worry about it, his method may or may not be for you, but I wouldn't let this result be the reason not to go. He did a block at the conference last year I went to, interesting. There are some excellent shooters down that list... we cannot all be John Hearne, no matter how much we follow him around the country trying... :cool:

I wouldn't hesitate to take a class from Marty Hayes or Claude Werner either.

[SouthNarc]

Rob shot it with a J frame and speed strips. As did Claude.

[MDS]

This sounds like a good time! And also a way to get a taste of training from a slew of well-though-of instructors. I may sign up for next year.

[vcdgrips]

Todd, I notice at least three of the top 11 are your students.
I suspect there are others as well.

You modestly failed to mention that you were the Champion last year as well.

Any chnace you are going to KY in Oct?

David

[Bratch]

Prdator shot the entire match WHO and came in in the upper half.

[Prdator]

One of the best things for me was when Hearne came up and said Man I'm glad you had Shoulder Surgery.... Its been a few years since I came in First..... :cool:

OH John, the Doc cleared me to shoot today:p Next year buddy....

For those that did not make it, your in luck there is one this OCT in Cave City KY. Look at www.rangemaster.com under Tactical Conferences

[ToddG]

Any chnace you are going to KY in Oct?

No, I've got a conflict. Really hate to miss it. Last year's events in OK and VA were both excellent... probably some of the most incredible learning opportunities I've ever been part of. The Tactical Conferences draw so many incredible instructors giving out solid information and instruction it's amazing it doesn't cost twice as much and require a three year wait list to get your turn to attend.

[Al T.]

OK, J frame and speed strips makes sense. :)

[Chuck Haggard]

Rob shot it with a J frame and speed strips. As did Claude.


And some of the knockdown targets on the scenario portion of the match didn't want to go down with hits from snub .38s.

On the part where you shoot with the truck as cover I hit one of the targets solidly five times on the 8" vital area plate before it tipped over, using 130gr Winchester from my 642.

Rob and I talked about the use of "cover" as another issue. He didn't think using good cover meant to run up to the truck and shoot over the hood while resting your elbows on the hood (an idea that I strongly concur with). He shot part of that stage from "urban prone", which I assume is similar to modified prone that we teach at Strategos.

[Bratch]

The left target on the hood stage was set pretty heavy. Greg, Spencer and myself all got multiple COM hits on it with 9mm but had to transition to the head to make it fall.

[Wayne Dobbs]

A couple of the 3-D targets were set very hard for sure!

The conference is a great, low cost vehicle to get around a bunch of like minded people at a great facility and to get exposed to some excellent training. It's my second year to attend and present and I've had a blast and made lots of new friends.

Get to it next time!

[NickA]

Nice job on the win Wayne!
Is the conference open to everyone or do you need to be "in the industry"?
I've got to plan better next year; seems all the traveling instructors hit TX early (already this year Todd, Southnarc, Farnam, and of course the conference and Todd again in OKC) and I didn't budget or plan acccordingly.

[Prdator]

NickA,

The conference is "open" to everyone providing you have had Prior training and understand how to operate in a Hot Range environment.

Hope to see you and all the Pistol-Forums members there next year!!

Tom has an "Announcement" coming out about the 2012 conference, so stay tuned.

[Frank B]

Congratulations, Wayne!!!

[NickA]

NickA,

The conference is "open" to everyone providing you have had Prior training and understand how to operate in a Hot Range environment.

Hope to see you and all the Pistol-Forums members there next year!!

Tom has an "Announcement" coming out about the 2012 conference, so stay tuned.
Thanks Prdator, I'll do my best to attend. Wish I could join you guys for the AIWB workshop but it's not likely.

[John Hearne]

I was just glad to be shooting back where I know I can. Interestingly, I've been taking care of my wife who is recovering from hip surgery. I checked my notes and found that I hadn't fire a live round for over a month before the match. Since I was stuck in the house, I did dry fire practically every day. Who knows, maybe all that dry fire stuff works?

Also regarding the targets, they were apparently set the previous day when the wind was up. They had to be set hard enough to not be blown over which created some problems for the minor calibers. The general advice for the side match is to shoot your carry ammo, especially for the scenarios. This is doubly the case if you're shooting a 9mm.