Fun for all the Family
The steel challenge format is ideal fun for all the family. At
Griffin, we run a relaxed match with emphasis on safety and a good
time for all. 
We have divisions for .22 pistol (iron and optic sights), revolver,
cowboy, production, limited and open. If you have a handgun, it
probably fits in one of these classes.
We also have divisions for .22 rifle (iron and optic
sights).
Bring the kids and introduce them to the discipline of the
shooting sports with a .22.
Shoot your .45, .40, .357, .38, .22, 9mm, 10mm. Or any two of
them.
Great target acquisition and accuracy practice for other action
disciplines such as IPSC, IDPA & cowboy.
Great experience for just becoming comfortable with your gun in a
contest of accuracy and time -- something you can't normally do at
the local indoor range.
A great place for a World Champion to hone his skills for the
Steel Challenge Nationals.
Depending on turnout, the match usually takes 3-5 hours,
finishing around 2-3pm. Folks often hang around after the match and
shoot some more plates to try out each other's guns.
Even if you are a shooting novice, you can shoot a steel match
provided you can follow range commands and understand good safety
practices. Read about them here.
Read more about the Steel
Challenge Shooting Association.
EYE AND EAR PROTECTION MUST BE WORN AT ALL
TIMES WHILE ON THE RANGE, EVEN IF YOU JUST COME TO WATCH (which you
are quite welcome to do).
How Much?
Youths shoot FREE!!
1st gun: $15
2nd gun: +$5
2 gun limit
What Else?
Bring a minimum of 200 rounds for each gun. (You will need
125 rounds to finish the 5-stage course assuming no wasted shots,
and that would be a bad assumption.) You can always take unused ammo
home again.
We do not sell ammo at the range.
You should bring 5 magazines if you have them. If you don't have
5, a minimum of 2 is essential to keep the flow of the match up --
someone can reload a magazine while you are shooting the other.
We shoot outdoors. Bring your sunscreen/lip balm, hot drinks/cold
drinks as appropriate, bug repellent in summer, hand warmers in
winter. A folding chair is
useful.
Sponsors
The Griffin Steel Match is sponsored by:
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How it works
(Read this first then go see how
it works in pictures. )
Each match has 5 stages of fire; each stage uses 5 steel targets.
All stages are standard stages as used at the
Steel
Challenge - World Speed Shooting Championship.
Each stage has one target designated the "Stop" plate.
Starting position is standing in a 3ft square with hands above
shoulders, loaded gun in holster (except for .22cal where the start
position is always the "low-ready").
Novice shooters, who may feel uncomfortable with drawing from a
holster or who do not have a holster, may start in the
"low-ready" with any caliber gun if desired.
On the start signal, while remaining standing in the box, the
shooter draws the gun (or lifts from low ready) and shoots at the
five targets so as to hit each target at least once. (i.e. a minimum
of 5 shots is fired per stage; there is no maximum.)
The timer is stopped when the "Stop" plate is hit and
no further hits on any target will count for score or time.
A target un-hit before you hit the stop plate adds 3 seconds to
your time; failure to hit the "Stop" plate results in a 30
second penalty; a maximum time of 30 seconds is scored per run.
The shooter runs each stage five times in succession; the best 4
out of 5 times are summed for the total stage time.
There is no round limit per run.
The sum of all 5 stage times is the Match Time.
The winner in each class is the shooter with the least Match
Time.
Visit the Metal of Honor plate of match
winners.
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Special Charity
Match - Prizes, lunch!!
