Attention Midwest Shooters--Indiana IDPA Regional info

[Opie]

I would like to invite everyone to come out and shoot with us. We hosted the 2003 Indiana State match in September and the feedback we got from the shooters was very positive. We are located in the southwest corner of Indiana, so its easy to get to from KY, TN, and IL.

We also shoot a VERY GOOD monthly match the first Saturday of every month at 11am. Be there by 10:30 or so to register and get set up. Our current fees are $13 for the first gun, and $8 for the second. In the colder months we shoot 4 stages, and in the nicer weather usually 5-6 stages. We also have a nice house set up and its always a match favorite. You will be hard pressed to find a better club level monthly match in the midwest.

The Regional match will be June 5th and we are taking the first 90 shooters. I'd love to have some GT members come out and shoot with us. If you pre-register you will recieve a free match shirt, and lunch will be catered for everyone.

I took the below information off our flyer.....

If you have any questions just drop one of us an email.

Match Director, Guy Minnis [email protected]
Match Slave and Gopher, Brian Watson [email protected]

IDPA “Thunder on the Ohio†Regional Championship

Where? Red Brush Rifle Range, Newburgh Indiana
When? Saturday June 5, 2004
Hosted by? The Indiana Defensive Pistol Shooters
How many stages? 12 stages of fire
How many rounds? 150 rounds
Cost? $75.00

Register by May 24, 2004 and you will receive a free match T-shirt.

Lunch will be on us. Grandy’s will cater a free chicken dinner.

Top of the line plaques will be awarded to the top finishers in their classification.

We hosted the first ever IDPA Indiana State Match and this match promises to be just as good.

For additional information go to www.redbrush.org and look up the Regional Match entry form or call Guy Minnis at 812-402-1296.

Get your entry form in early. We are taking the first 90 shooters. Don’t miss this match, it will fill up fast.

 

[Gary G23]

Their state match was one of the best major matches I have ever shot.

 

[Opie]

Thanks Gary! I just realized that we didn't post a mailing address for match registrations on the webpage, I will try to get that information to the webmaster and get it posted ASAP. In the meantime if you want the mailing address, Email us.

Brian Watson
[email protected]

or

Guy Minnis, Match Director
[email protected]

 

[garrettwc]

Opie, what exit is that off I-64. I know where Jasper(National Forest) and Haubstadt(Evansville) are. Not sure where Redbrush is. Somewhere in between?

 

[Opie]

Garrett, You will want to take exit 29b off of I64 onto 164 south. The range itself is in Newburgh IN. If you type in Newburgh IN into mapquest you will see 164 running just to the west of it.

I actually live in Evansville, and the range is 25 minutes from my house so it sounds like you know the general area. Newburgh is about 5 miles East of Evansville.

We will work on getting some good directions made up for everyone in the near future.

Brian

 

[garrettwc]

Thanks Opie. I have a good idea of where you are now. I usually pass by 164 on the way to Haubstadt to watch the dirt cars (my other vice). I might try to drop in down there some Saturday.

 

[Opie]

Sounds Great!

We would be glad to have you!

Most of our matches are concealment unless its 105* outside, so don't forget a vest/cover garment.

 

[Opie]

OK Gang.....

The entry forms are starting to roll in now. If you want to shoot the match get those entry forms in ASAP!

Once I get them all in I will try to update the boards with the number of shooters in each division and classification for you.

Brian

 

[Opie]

Still have room for more shooters!

We are only taking 90 shooters so dont wait until the last minute.

Brian

 

[jakemartens]

I have been working at getting donations for the prize table and so far here is what we will have up for grabs:


b]Wilson Combat[/b] 3 certificates for 40% off accessories purchase or 20% off firearm purchase
Hornady 30% off coupon for product
Don Hume 2 $25 gift certificates
Alessi Leather 4 $50 gift certificates
DeSantis 5 25% off coupons
Decot Hy-Wyd 2 $50 gift certificates
Chapman Academy Free 5 day Pistol Class ($600 value)
Matt Burkett sending his video series
Gunsite sent a buy one get one free 5 day pistol course
(this is great if you and a buddy split the price of one)
Colt sent this really cool "In Honor of Those Who Served" pewter 1911 in a display case
Kramer Leather free certificate for a holster and 2 of those under cover nylon shirt holsters
Blade-Tech Tom Crawford will be sending some product for the tabel
Cen-Dex free certificate for a Storm holster and mag pouch
Smith & Wesson donating a SW1911
Glock sending a certificate for a free pistol
Kahr/Auto Ordnance sending a 1911
Smith & Alexander grips, and mainspring/magwells several sets $350 worth
Caspian Arms 2 set of tactical sights $110 value
Upland USA 5 brass bags $50 value
HiViz Sights $600 worth of sights
Midway USA $25 gift certificate and catalogs
Ruger125 Ruger keychains
Shootin Chrony certificate for a free Chrony Chronograph
Kleenborepistol cleaning kit
XS Sights4 certificates for free sets of sights $680 value
Fobusholster and double mag pouch $50 value


There is still stuff coming in and I will update when I get more.
Go to
www.redbrush.org to get your entry form and get it sent it ASAP.

 

[jakemartens]

Match Director Guy Minnis sent me some info on a couple of the stages this year, here you go:

Here is some info on a couple of the stages, just to get you excited:

We will have two house stages. One house stage will be a par time course of fire. You will be a bomb tech trying to move a bomb out of the house before it explodes. It is a biker's club house and they arrive as you are attempting to remove the ticking bomb. One hell of gun battle develops as you shoot and move the bomb until you are able to put the bomb in the bomb trailer before it detonates.

The other house stage will find you in bed asleep when you suffer a home invasion. You have to get out of bed, go to your night stand and retrieve your weapon and take on the home invaders.

There will be two car stages. One car stage involves your car being hijacked and you shoot your way out and try to make it inside a nearby liquor store to call the police. You are really having a bad day, because when you open the door to go inside and a robbery is in progress and you have to shoot your way out that situation.

The other car stage is "Officer Down II". We will have a police vehicle on the bay and you will be cop involved in a shootout at the end of a vehicle pursuit. The lights and siren will be activated while you are trying to take out the bad guys and get to your wounded partner. If you have never shot and listened to a siren wailing, you haven't lived. (This will be a real Evansville PD car with sirens and lights on)

There will be a camping out stage where your gun is inside your pack and you are attacked by pit bulldogs. You try to make it down the wooded path to your car and you have to take on that damn old bike gang again.

These are a few of the stages that we will be shooting. 12 stages of fire and 150 rounds of ammo. This will be a really fun match to shoot.

Basically, we tried to design stages to meet every challenge we could think of. Using cover, shooting on the move, strong hand shooting, weak hand shooting, gun in a drawer, gun on a shelf, gun inside a pack, gun inside a brief case, and gun on the ground. There will be shooting from a kneeling position, standing position, and prone position. Don't worry, plenty of stages will have the gun in your holster.

The attached picture is your truely shooting the IN State Match last year at Red Brush on the "Officer Down" stage. As you can see that is a real PD cruiser and it will be back this year!!

 

[Opie]

Thanks Jake!!

Guy and I were talking about you over lunch after our monthly match yesterday and we really appreciate the all of the hard work you have put into the regional match. The Prize table is going to be one thats talked about for years to come, we just can't thank you enough for everything you are doing.

BTW, can you go to the above post and "photoshop" my orange belly out of the picture. I know its not really that big, so it must be something wrong with the camera, yah thats it!

Brian

 

[jakemartens]

It is all shirt, and if I am "cropping" anything out it will be the extra neck/chin I have!!!

 

[jakemartens]

I have been beating the phones to death with alot of companies the last couple of days.....Had a couple places ask to to stop calling, oops....I will have more updates coming on items for the table by Monday..

Time to get the entry forms in, starting to fill up....

Attached photo is me last year at the match....

 

[jakemartens]

We are less than 2 months away, time to stop thinking about it and get your entry form turned in. It is really filling up fast now.
Prize table is still growing, we have had some great help and support from vendors and companies. These are all donated items so please remember the name of these companies, they are the ones helping to promote the shooting sports not just a National level matches but at Regional and State level:

Lee Precision Modern Reloading Book $30 value
Eagle Grips grips for a 1911 $50
Oehler Research 1/2 off model 35 Chronograph certificate $100 value
Shooters Choice $180 worth of product
Slip 2000 $200 worth of product
RoBar Certificate for free refinishing $250 value
Comp-Tac Gear 4 certificates for free holsters $250 value
Para Ord 40% off a Para Ord pistol
Sierra 6 5th edition manuals & 2 coupons for 5 free boxes of bullets each a $400 value
Cor-Bon Glaser 10 certificates @ $50each a $500 value
Montana Gold 5 certificates @ $100 plus hats and shirts over $500 value
Blackwater Training USA Free 3 day pistol course $675 value
Front Sight Training Two 2 or 4 day free training courses $2400 value
Redding Reloading 2 half off your total order certificates
Combat Elite A Tactical Elite CQB knife $325
Mernickle Holster PS6 Holster for a 1911 $80
Bulman Gunleather 1911 holster & Glock holster $160

Got to www.redbrush.org to get your entry form.


2004
IDPA “Thunder on the Ohio†Regional
Championship

The “Thunder on the Ohio†Regional Championship will be held in Evansville, Indiana on Saturday June 5, 2004 at Red Brush Rifle Range. This is a sanctioned IDPA Regional Match that will qualify you for the IDPA Nationals.
12 Stages of Fire
150 Rounds
$75.00
Concealment Match
Free Match T-Shirt
Free Catered Lunch
Prize Table with at least 3 guns
Great Plaques for the Top Shooters

We currently have shooters registered from Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Canada. Don’t miss this match. It promises to be one of the top IDPA matches in the Mid-West. The match is filling up fast. Get your registration in today.

There will be two combat house stages of fire.
A police car stage with the lights & siren blaring.
A camping out stage that will take you down a trail.
A carjacking stage that winds up inside a liquor store shootout.

And plenty more. We will squad up on the day of the match. We are giving away top quality plaques to the top finishers. Come enjoy Southern Indiana hospitality and have the time of your life at our Regional Match.

 

[CRUSHER]

I shot my first time in IDPA at Red Brush in March and shot again in April
Several friends went with me in April.
We all decided it is one of the best bunch of guys we have shot with anywhere.
Everyone was very helpful getting us started and answering our questions.
I would recomend anyone to try out there range.

 

[ibffsteve]

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[Opie]

WOW!!!!

What a match!!!

I really want to thank all the shooters who came out and shot with us this weekend. We had shooters all the way from California and Canada!

We ended up with 94 shooters and we did not have any problems that I know about. I met some really nice people out there over the last couple of days and ran into some old friends as well. Our prize table had $21,000 worth of prizes this year. Needless to say our shooters were VERY happy. I think the smallest prize we had was a small range bag with a pair of ahrends grips and a bottle of wine in it. Jake Martins took care of our prize table and he went overboard for us. BTW, Jake does this for a couple of major matches each year on a totally volunteer basis, hell of a guy.

I got really lucky and the guy who was going to beat me had a horrible malfunction so I took 1st place in SSP SS, of course that bumped me into expert since there were umpteen million SSP SS shooters there. Damnit Glen, clean your glock next time!

I also ended up winning a Smith and Wesson 1911, so needless to say I am pretty happy!

I will try to post some pictures as they start to come in.

Thanks to everyone who came out and shot with us this year, we look forward to seeing you back for the State match next year. We are trading off with another club, one year we do Regional and the next we do State.

I hope match results will be posted at www.redbrush.org within a week or so.

Take care, Brian