Midland Shooters Association, Midland, Texas

Range Location

The MSA Rifle/Pistol range is located at 4108 East County Road 160, Midland, Texas [locator map]. An electronic gate card, issued to all members, is required to enter.

The Rifle range hosts a variety of matches for every type of shooter.

Bench Rest

In Bench Rest shooting, participants fire their rounds while seated at a steady bench with the rifle supported by a front and rear rest. This allows for highly precise bullet placement.

The goals of the Bench Rest shooters at MSA are the same as the National Bench Rest Shooters Association:

The development and encouragement of extreme accuracy in rifles, ammuntion, equipment and shooting methods;
The achievement of extreme precision in rifles, ammunition, equipment, and shooting methods by shooting "groups";
To standardize on a national basis the entire Bench Rest Shooting program so that targets, ranges, scoring methods, records and match procedure will be uniform and comparable;
To assist and encourage any individual or organization in the promotion of Bench Rest Shooting; and,
To gather and make available to its members pertinent statistics and technical data.

MSA Match Director: Mike Conry - 683.1332

3 Gun

3 Gun is an action sport involving rifle, pistol and shotgun, shooting a variety of different types of targets in tactical scenario-based event. We generally shoot four scenarios in a match, which takes about 3 hours. We break up into four squads each under the direction of a range safety officer or squad leader. The squad rotates through the scenarios until all four are completed by each shooter. Scoring is based on time and how well you hit the targets.

This is a great place to improve your shooting skill and improve safety and handling as well. It’s great fun with good folks to shoot with. It is our policy that a person who has never competed in these type events come and be a part as a scorer for one match to get the rules understood before actual shooting. This seems to work better than coming in cold turkey and being overwhelmed with rules and dealing with three different guns.

Matches are 3rd Saturday each month starting at 9am. Safety meeting and walk through at 8:30am. All times are one hour earlier for summer months. Check the Rifle/Pistol Range Calendar for any changes in time or dates.

Equipment needed:

AR 15, Mini 14, AK47 type rifles preferred.
Any shotgun; semi auto or pump preferred.
Any handgun; semi auto preferred.

The type and type of sight determines what class you are in. $15 (Updated 10/2011).

MSA Match Director: Ryan Calhoun (ryan.calhoun@yahoo.com; 432.978.6797)

High Power Rifle

Welcome, since you're reading this, you are probably new to High Power Rifle competition. Don't worry about your first score, it's not important. Just handle your rifle safely, listen to and follow the range officer's commands and you'll be fine.

The National Match Course as we shoot it at MSA has 5 sighter shots in 5 minutes followed by four shooting stages:

Match No. 1 is 10 shots slow fire, standing, in 10 minutes.
Match No. 2 is 10 shots rapid fire, sitting with a mandatory reload, in 60 seconds.
Match no. 3 is 10 shots rapid fire, prone with a mandatory reload, in 70 seconds.
Match No. 4 is 20 shots slow fire, prone, in 20 minutes. In the slow fire stages (including all sighters) load one shot at a time.

In the rapid fire stages, we will start in the standing position, ready to load a clip or magazine of 2 or 5 rounds (depending on what kind of rifle you are shooting). On the LOAD command you will insert your clip or magazine of ammunition. With an M1 rifle, the bolt is closed and safety is on, with other rifles, the bolt is not closed until you commence firing. At the horn you will get into the shooting position, close your bolt and begin firing. Shoot the rounds you have loaded, reload the rifle and continue shooting until you hear the horn blow again. Often beginners will get caught up in the pace of rapid fire and shoot too fast. Try to pace yourself, and get your shots off at 3 to 4 second intervals. If you take your time aiming and firing, you should have a better score.

While all this seems like a lot to learn, in practice it is very simple and with a little experience, you will start shooting better scores. We ALWAYS welcome new shooters (especially juniors) and usually have loaner rifles available for those who would like to try the sport. Call us, we would be happy to talk to you.

Matches are the 1st saturday of each month excluding July and September; please refer to the MSA Calendar.

John Krenik - 432.697.1154

F Class Rifle

F Class Rifle is a great event for those desiring to learn how to shoot longer distances. We shoot 500 meters here at MSA. This is for any rifle shooting from a prone position. You will shoot five 5 shot groups, taking the best two groups score. The target is about 20 inches out side of the 5 ring with the 10 ring about 3 inches. The best possible score will be 100 plus X count. Most F Class events allow front and rear bags. We only allow rests or bipod in front of the action and only touching your body from the action back.

Matches – Schedule & Rules

Monthly on the 2nd and 5th Sundays. Practice/sight-in at 2 PM and Setup at 3:30 PM on Range D (Ranges C and E will be closed for this Match).
We will shoot 530 Yards; any caliber under 36; no muzzle breaks; shoot prone from a front and rear separated rests. Shoot 5 times with 5 shots each time and use the best 2 for final score.
Practice 4th Tuesday at 6 PM CDT

Match Director - John Drissel - 889-5061; jcdrissel@sbcglobal.net

Rimfire Silhouette Matches

MSA sponsors a .22 rifle silhouette match each month (January-October). Download the 2012 schedule here. Matches are on Saturday afternoon; registration opens at 1:30 and the match begins at 2:00.

Contact Shane Danley (phone 432.413.0905) for more information.

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