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Max Michel Wins USPSA Area 4 Shooting Championship; Open Class

Hornady Ammunition

Grand Island, NE --(AmmoLand.com)- If seventh heaven is a state of perfect happiness, then Max Michel, world professional shooter and member of Team Hornady, experienced that after winning the Open Division of the United States Practical Shooting Association Area 4 Championship for the seventh time.

Competing in the 2009 Infinity Area 4 Championships, organized by the North Texas Practical Shooters and held at the Double Tap Ranch in Wichita Falls, Texas, Max won his division with a winning score of 1491.0745.

After the match, Max said “my shooting schedule this past year has taken me all over the country where weather conditions and temperatures have varied at times. Knowing I can count on the performance and consistency of Hornady 9mm 124 grain XTP projectiles gives me the level of confidence that I need.

There was a lot of effort put into designing these stages which required me to visualize a technical strategy in how I was going to run and attack each stage in a timely manner.”

Steve Johnson, Hornady Marketing Communications Manager commented, “Max’s winning performances this past year reinforce why having 100% reliable ammunition is essential to shooting a clean match.

We’re looking forward to the remainder of Max’s competitive schedule to bring home more wins for Team Hornady.”

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Army Team Member Travis Tomasie Takes Another Shooting Title

U.S. Practical Shooting Association

Wichita Falls, Texas - -(ShootingWire.com)- Travis Tomasie (GM) is on a roll. The army marksmanship unit shooter has captured the Limited title at the USPSA / STI Double Tap Championship held over the weekend of March 27-29, 2009.

Facing off against a field of top shooters, Tomasie won five of the 13 stages and led the match after the second stage. Defending champion “Manny” Bragg (GM) representing ProTech Co. finished second winning four stages and shooting the match on Thursday with the Range Officer staff, finishing the match in only 3.5 hours. Henning Walgren (GM ) took third winning only 2 stages. Paul Clark Jr. and Blake Miquez rounded out the top five finishing fourth and fifth respectively. Tomasie takes the win shooting against 9 Grand Masters and 11 Master class shooters in the Limited division.

“Travis is certainly one of the top in his division. With his earlier wins in the Nationals as well as the World Shoot last year. I think it’s safe to say Travis is on a roll,” said Robert Porter, the Match Director for the Double Tap Championship.

The USPSA / STI Double Tap Championship were held at the Double Tap Ranch range in Wichita Falls, Texas. A total of 349 top shooters competed in USPSA’s Open, Limited, Limited-10, Production, and Single Stack divisions, making The Double Tap Champ. the 2nd largest USPSA match in the USA besides the national match. The Double Tap Championship theme was “Indiana Bones and the Double Tap of Doom” and all the unique courses of fire (or stages as it is called on range) were designed around this theme. Notable stage designs were the ” Temple of Boom”, the on range dark house, where competitors shot in very low light conditions at target that were painted solid fluorescent colors and illuminated by UV black lights only.

One other stage to note was Stage 13, “Short Rounds Revenge”, a 1/3 semi circle stage, the stage used a rope tethered to a pole outside the shooting area to control shooter movement by attaching the rope to the competitors belt at the waist. In addition, you had to keep tension on the rope while shooting the targets- if the competitor let the rope slack, the rope would knock tennis balls off of the PVC posts (also outside the shooting area), awarding you with a procedural penalty per ball dropped. This was a FAST stage, resulting in an 18 hit factor (points per second) stage winning score!

About USPSA:
The United States Practical Shooting Association is a non-pro fit membership association affiliated with the International Practical Shooting Confederation (I.P.S.C.), which is comprised of approximately 67 nations. USPSA’s now 16,500+ members and 350 affiliated clubs make it the largest and fastest growing Practical Shooting sport. For more information visit www.uspsa.org.

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