jdkelly
Member
I drove up to Nashua, NH this morning for my first IDPA macth of the year. The Nashua Fish and Game Tactical Arts Group TAG ran their Anual "Polar Bear Shoot". It's suppose to be a cold weather shoot for the hardy, but the temp was in the 30s and most were in light jackets and sweat shirts. We had a little drizzle early and then the weather cleared. I really didn't mind that, not being all that hardy myself.
First let me say it was a nicely set up and run event, and I'm glad I made the trip, my frist to the Nashua Fish and Game Association club http://www.tacticalartsgroup.com/idpa.html If you can get up there, give the Glock GSSF Match on the 24-25 July or the NH State Invitational (IDPA) on 7 August a shot.
The "Polar Bear Shoot" consisted of five stages.
The first was a hold up at your families fast food, food court. It had four bad guys and two steels set in among a dense crowd of "people". It included a turn and engage and a mandatory reload. One of the "people", will now be called lefty, as I mistakenly drilled it's right shoulder area (opps).
The second stage was a blind stage, where your wife/husband was taken hostage, in the customer pick up area of the local Mega Mart. You start by entering a twisting hallway and encounter four bag guys (one with an M-16) and several hostages. It's tight quarters and you can expose yourself if you are not careful.
The third stage was a draw and shoot four bad guys while sitting stage. Two bad guys were to your flanks and two were perhaps 10 yards away behind and blocked almost totally from sight by three "people" sitting across a table from you. The best solution to shooting the two hidden bad guys was to shoot between the three "people" which were only 3" apart.
The fourth and fifth stages were identical except for the plates used in the plate racks. These two stages consisted of three strings each, one of free style, strong hand and weak hand all shot from behind cover. Stage four had six 5" or 6" poppers (they seemed much smaller) while stage five had smaller white "Polar Bear" poppers with a snow covered berm for a back drop. A lot of ammo was used in these stages on both the strong and weak hand strings. It doesn't sound difficult, but it humbled some pretty good shooters.
Well done Nashua Fish and Game Tactical Arts Group.
John D. Kelly
PS They were also running a Practical Rifle concurrently with the IDPA match. So if you're a long gun shooter they might be of interest to you too.
First let me say it was a nicely set up and run event, and I'm glad I made the trip, my frist to the Nashua Fish and Game Association club http://www.tacticalartsgroup.com/idpa.html If you can get up there, give the Glock GSSF Match on the 24-25 July or the NH State Invitational (IDPA) on 7 August a shot.
The "Polar Bear Shoot" consisted of five stages.
The first was a hold up at your families fast food, food court. It had four bad guys and two steels set in among a dense crowd of "people". It included a turn and engage and a mandatory reload. One of the "people", will now be called lefty, as I mistakenly drilled it's right shoulder area (opps).
The second stage was a blind stage, where your wife/husband was taken hostage, in the customer pick up area of the local Mega Mart. You start by entering a twisting hallway and encounter four bag guys (one with an M-16) and several hostages. It's tight quarters and you can expose yourself if you are not careful.
The third stage was a draw and shoot four bad guys while sitting stage. Two bad guys were to your flanks and two were perhaps 10 yards away behind and blocked almost totally from sight by three "people" sitting across a table from you. The best solution to shooting the two hidden bad guys was to shoot between the three "people" which were only 3" apart.
The fourth and fifth stages were identical except for the plates used in the plate racks. These two stages consisted of three strings each, one of free style, strong hand and weak hand all shot from behind cover. Stage four had six 5" or 6" poppers (they seemed much smaller) while stage five had smaller white "Polar Bear" poppers with a snow covered berm for a back drop. A lot of ammo was used in these stages on both the strong and weak hand strings. It doesn't sound difficult, but it humbled some pretty good shooters.
Well done Nashua Fish and Game Tactical Arts Group.
John D. Kelly
PS They were also running a Practical Rifle concurrently with the IDPA match. So if you're a long gun shooter they might be of interest to you too.
