Welcome to the Porter County Poppers
page.
We are a USPSA/IPSC affiliate club in Northwest Indiana.
Our USPSA coordinator for 2008 is John
Ornelas.
The United States Practical Shooting Association is a non-profit membership association. Most of the more than 15,000 individual members belong to and regularly compete at one of the nearly 400 affiliated clubs and sections (groups of clubs banded together for mutual benefit) located across the United States.
USPSA is affiliated with the
International Practical Shooting Confederation
(IPSC), which is comprised of organizations in approximately 67 nations. USPSA is the
American region of IPSC.
For 2008, USPSA now has its own distinct rulebook separate from the IPSC
one.
Porter County Poppers is a member
of the Indiana Section of USPSA. The Indiana Section is made up of
eight clubs across the state. In 2008, the Section will be hosting the
Sectional Match at Silver Creek CC in Sellersburg, IN, the weekend of June
6-7-8.
The full particulars of the match (over 250 rounds!) and the rest of the
scoop on the Indiana Section are at:
www.indianauspsa.org
USPSA matches offer fast action
over varied courses of fire, with several equipment divisions to allow
almost any medium or high power centerfire pistol to compete. In
certain matches, there are also long gun stages and events for both
centerfire rifles and shotguns.
There
are classes for shooters of all experience levels from the newest of newbies
to master-level experts.
Courses may range from six to 36 rounds expended, with speed, accuracy, and
power all factoring into the equation. Many include movement by the
shooter over the course, with barricades, ports, and other setup props to
vary the action.
Someone wishing to try USPSA action pistol needs just a few things to get
started- a centerfire handgun of .38/9mm caliber or greater, at least three
magazines or speedloaders and carriers for same, a safe holster, and about
100 rounds of ammunition (for regular club-level matchs).
No membership or special training is needed. What we do recommend,
though, is to come a bit early and let us know that you're new. We'll
walk you through the whole thing.
Next matches:
April 6th, 2008 (All-Classifier)
May 4th, 2008
June 1st, 2008
July 6th, 2008
August 3rd, 2008
September 7th, 2008
October 5th, 2008
November 2nd, 2008 (Shotgun)