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Elliott Aysen Snags Revolver Title At Smith & Wesson Steel Shoot Series Louisiana Regional
SEDRO-WOOLEY, WA — It was a good weekend for Elliott Aysen who won the Iron-Sight Revolver Division title and finished seventh overall at the Smith & Wesson Steel Shoot Series Louisiana Regional by winning an impressive six of the eight stages in the match. The match was held July 19-20 at the Shootout Range in Princeton, Louisiana.
Aysen lost only two stages, Smoke & Hope and Showdown, but finished with a solid time of 115.47 putting him atop the Revolver Division and just nine hundredths of the second away from sixth place overall. Johnny Brister won two stages, Smoke & Hope and Showdown, and tied Aysen on Accelerator but still finished in second with a time of 148.47. Annette Aysen claimed the third spot, less than a second behind Brister, with a time of 149.35. Cliff Cargill and Charles O’Neal rounded out the top five in fourth and fifth respectively with times of 150.17 and 175.72.
“The Revolver Division is always challenging but Elliott really shone with an outstanding shooting display to win the match and finish seventh overall,” said Dave Thomas, Executive Director of the Steel Challenge Shooting Association (SCSA).
The Louisiana Regional crowned championships in the Open Rimfire Pistol, Single Stack Pistol, Production Pistol, Open Pistol and Limited Pistol divisions as well as Iron-Sight Revolver.
The Steel Shoot Series Louisiana Regional is one of four regional championships in the sport of Speed Shooting which is governed by the Steel Challenge Shooting Association (SCSA). The four match series is sponsored by noted firearms maker Smith and Wesson which has a long and distinguished record of supporting the shooting sports in America.
Remaining matches in the series include the Virginia Regional in Fredericksburg, Virginia the weekend of August 1-3 and the Northwest Regional hosted by the Albany Rifle & Pistol Club in Albany, Oregon the weekend of September 26-28.
The format for Speed Shooting consists of courses of fire, or stages, that are made up of five steel targets which are electronically timed to one one-hundredth of a second. Competitors shoot each stage five times with their slowest run eliminated. The combined time of the best runs is their score for that stage and their combined score of all the stages is their match score. The number of stages can vary but usually mirrors the eight stages of the World Speed Shooting Championships.
About the SCSA: The Steel Challenge Shooting Association (SCSA) is the governing body of the sport of Speed Shooting and organizer of the Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting Championships scheduled for Thursday through Sunday, August 14-17 in Piru, CA. To learn more about the Steel Challenge Shooting Association and the Steel Challenge visit the Web site at www.steelchallenge.com. There you will find diagrams of the stages of fire, complete listing of the 2007 results, a list of past champions and more.
Elliott Aysen Snags Revolver Title At Smith & Wesson Steel Shoot Series Louisiana Regional
SEDRO-WOOLEY, WA — It was a good weekend for Elliott Aysen who won the Iron-Sight Revolver Division title and finished seventh overall at the Smith & Wesson Steel Shoot Series Louisiana Regional by winning an impressive six of the eight stages in the match. The match was held July 19-20 at the Shootout Range in Princeton, Louisiana.
Aysen lost only two stages, Smoke & Hope and Showdown, but finished with a solid time of 115.47 putting him atop the Revolver Division and just nine hundredths of the second away from sixth place overall. Johnny Brister won two stages, Smoke & Hope and Showdown, and tied Aysen on Accelerator but still finished in second with a time of 148.47. Annette Aysen claimed the third spot, less than a second behind Brister, with a time of 149.35. Cliff Cargill and Charles O’Neal rounded out the top five in fourth and fifth respectively with times of 150.17 and 175.72.
“The Revolver Division is always challenging but Elliott really shone with an outstanding shooting display to win the match and finish seventh overall,” said Dave Thomas, Executive Director of the Steel Challenge Shooting Association (SCSA).
The Louisiana Regional crowned championships in the Open Rimfire Pistol, Single Stack Pistol, Production Pistol, Open Pistol and Limited Pistol divisions as well as Iron-Sight Revolver.
The Steel Shoot Series Louisiana Regional is one of four regional championships in the sport of Speed Shooting which is governed by the Steel Challenge Shooting Association (SCSA). The four match series is sponsored by noted firearms maker Smith and Wesson which has a long and distinguished record of supporting the shooting sports in America.
Remaining matches in the series include the Virginia Regional in Fredericksburg, Virginia the weekend of August 1-3 and the Northwest Regional hosted by the Albany Rifle & Pistol Club in Albany, Oregon the weekend of September 26-28.
The format for Speed Shooting consists of courses of fire, or stages, that are made up of five steel targets which are electronically timed to one one-hundredth of a second. Competitors shoot each stage five times with their slowest run eliminated. The combined time of the best runs is their score for that stage and their combined score of all the stages is their match score. The number of stages can vary but usually mirrors the eight stages of the World Speed Shooting Championships.
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About the SCSA: The Steel Challenge Shooting Association (SCSA) is the governing body of the sport of Speed Shooting and organizer of the Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting Championships scheduled for Thursday through Sunday, August 14-17 in Piru, CA. To learn more about the Steel Challenge Shooting Association and the Steel Challenge visit the Web site at www.steelchallenge.com. There you will find diagrams of the stages of fire, complete listing of the 2007 results, a list of past champions and more.
