AGC Steel Challenge (Sunday January 5th)

erwos · Jan 5, 2020

Great match, guys. Glad I made the switch to open, it worked out very well for me.

Occam · Jan 5, 2020

Thanks to the organizers and ROs for a better time than the weather forecast implied we’d have. It was fun!

Art3 · Jan 5, 2020

Good show (and good folks), as always :clap:

I thought the slightly reduced Stages of Madness were a great balance between Madness and safety on the iffy footing. We had 2 new (to action) shooters in my squad that I'm sure we'll see again.

Stoveman · Jan 5, 2020

Art3 said:
Good show (and good folks), as always I thought the slightly reduced Stages of Madness were a great balance between Madness and safety on the iffy footing. We had 2 new (to action) shooters in my squad that I'm sure we'll see again.

Agree completely, another great match.

I slipped away to hit the head and on my way out a car stopped, the driver rolled down his window and asked what was going on? I told him and he said that it looked like fun and asked if the matches were open to the public and when the next one was going to occur?

MEGARMS · Jan 5, 2020

Today was a good day, but I am still freezing my ass off.

Next steel challenge match is scheduled for Saturday February 1st.

Squaregrouper · Jan 5, 2020

Stoveman said:
Agree completely, another great match.

I slipped away to hit the head and on my way out a car stopped, the driver rolled down his window and asked what was going on? I told him and he said that it looked like fun and asked if the matches were open to the public and when the next one was going to occur?

I make a point to engage the people standing on the road and watching. The smiles on their faces when I say they can enter themselves is priceless.
As stated previously by many of us, this is going to get BIG once the weather warms up.

boss281 · Jan 5, 2020

An absolute blast today!

knovotny · Jan 5, 2020

Weather was cold and windy, but had a great time shooting! Had a great squad of guys who were safe and fun, and happy to help out with painting, resetting, etc. Had 2 new folks, and hopefully they learned a lot, and had fun! I have a feeling they'll be back. Everyone on the squad was welcoming and happy to give advice and help them out. That's what this stuff is about.

Occam · Jan 5, 2020

squaregrouper said:
As stated previously by many of us, this is going to get BIG once the weather warms up.

Alas, the only thing that's going to get big is the Oklahoma Land Rush for event slots on Practiscore ... because, the event itself can't really get any bigger, can it? Or maybe just more often? I actually laughed out loud as I pulled up the drive to the range just after 8:00AM (after dodging loose horses on Marriotsville Road!) and found myself having to park down the hill below the first bay. That's a lot of happy, eager participants there bright and early on a crappy gray mud-day. Which is fantastic! I genuinely wonder where/how growth for this at AGC could actually happen.

MEGARMS · Jan 5, 2020

squaregrouper said:
I make a point to engage the people standing on the road and watching. The smiles on their faces when I say they can enter themselves is priceless.
As stated previously by many of us, this is going to get BIG once the weather warms up.

How was work today? :tdown:

We need to come up with a plan for how to handle it when this "gets BIG." We had 50 shooters show up today and 14 of them shot two guns. That's 64 guns on a day when the weather was far less than desirable.

What do we do when it is 75 degrees and sunny and we have 100 people that want to shoot? We only have so much real estate, so in my mind that really only leaves us with a couple of options.

1. Run two matches per month (this would require someone else to run it as I have no time to do it).

2. Stop allowing a second gun during the summer months. Maybe allow 2nd gun "walk ins" if there is room at check in time . This would open up room for more shooters.

I am leaning towards #2, but it is a tough decision and I am open to ideas. Don't want to upset those who have been supporting us all winter, but it is important to get as many shooters involved as possible.

Stoveman · Jan 5, 2020

Occam said:
Alas, the only thing that's going to get big is the Oklahoma Land Rush for event slots on Practiscore ... because, the event itself can't really get any bigger, can it? Or maybe just more often? I actually laughed out loud as I pulled up the drive to the range just after 8:00AM (after dodging loose horses on Marriotsville Road!) and found myself having to park down the hill below the first bay. That's a lot of happy, eager participants there bright and early on a crappy gray mud-day. Which is fantastic! I genuinely wonder where/how growth for this at AGC could actually happen.

There were 69 guns signed up today. In early January.

The only way to make it bigger is to make that space beside Bay Six Bay Seven. Very doable.

knovotny · Jan 5, 2020

It's definitely going to fill up quick once it gets nice out!

DPFNG doesn't allow you to pre-register for the next month if you register and no show for the previous. That would be a good policy to replicate. Discourage no shows that would otherwise be an open spot. Other than that, I don't know. Good problem to have!

Can we use bay 1? It's not long, but adding a squad would add a ton of guns.

erwos · Jan 5, 2020

#2 is very reasonable, and I say that as a dude who shot two different guns this time around. I liked being able to burn it down with a PCC along with my CO gun, but if we've gotta make room for more people, it might just be one slot per person.

I am surprised you didn't consider using more bays... you'd need more ROs, but using bay 1 would have given you another set of shooters.

Art3 · Jan 5, 2020

Incorporating some sort of additional fee? :innocent0

Stoveman · Jan 5, 2020

Art3 said:
Incorporating some sort of additional fee?

Stoveman · Jan 5, 2020

Bay 1 could be a simple stage, just a plate rack or dueling tree set all the way against the berm.

Art3 · Jan 5, 2020

Stoveman said:

danb · Jan 5, 2020

Stoveman said:
There were 69 guns signed up today. In early January.

The only way to make it bigger is to make that space beside Bay Six Bay Seven. Very doable.

I think that you mean the spot for archery.

Bay 1 is barely a bay, does it actually get used? Seems tiny.

Politically, eliminating the archery range is no bueno it would have to be moved. It does get used. To where?

One could move the archery to bay 1 and make a bigger badder bay 1. Or, another home for the archery range needs to be found.

Also, I know this will be controversial... but the fact is I think AGC will need to see some $$ from the matches before they authorize more hescos and dirt moving. Call it a very educated guess.

Stoveman · Jan 5, 2020

danb said:
I think that you mean the spot for archery.

Bay 1 is barely a bay, does it actually get used? Seems tiny.

Politically, eliminating the archery range is no bueno it would have to be moved. It does get used. To where?

One could move the archery to bay 1 and make a bigger badder bay 1. Or, another home for the archery range needs to be found.

Also, I know this will be controversial... but the fact is I think AGC will need to see some $$ from the matches before they authorize more hescos and dirt moving. Call it a very educated guess.

Got to use all that additional revenue from the guest passes for something. :innocent0

And seriously, why couldn't archery use a Bay Seven when matches weren't happening?

Squaregrouper · Jan 5, 2020

MEGARMS said:
How was work today? Douchewaffle

We need to come up with a plan for how to handle it when this "gets BIG." We had 50 shooters show up today and 14 of them shot two guns. That's 64 guns on a day when the weather was far less than desirable.

What do we do when it is 75 degrees and sunny and we have 100 people that want to shoot? We only have so much real estate, so in my mind that really only leaves us with a couple of options.

1. Run two matches per month (this would require someone else to run it as I have no time to do it).

2. Stop allowing a second gun during the summer months. Maybe allow 2nd gun "walk ins" if there is room at check in time . This would open up room for more shooters.

I am leaning towards #2, but it is a tough decision and I am open to ideas. Don't want to upset those who have been supporting us all winter, but it is important to get as many shooters involved as possible.

My 2 cents and take it for what its worth...
My take is #2, combined with jacking up the price for non badge holders ($10 vs $30???). In the least, we should open registration to badge holders 48hrs prior to the general public. This will be a huge motivator to selling range badges.

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