The dust continues to fly at the USPSA Nationals.

What a difference a venue makes. From a hurricane soaked mud bowl of 2008 USPSA Nationals to the Desert Baked dust bowl of 2009 some things remain the same, the game competitors, the dedicated Range Officers and the fierce competition.

Team GLOCK took home several titles during three competitive pistol tournaments in June. Jessie Abbate won the High Lady title in both Limited and Open at the Pro-Am championship in Tulsa, OK held June 13-14. The following week, Dave Sevigny won the USPSA Production championship at Area 1 in Idaho and Area 5 in Michigan. EOTAC’s Robert Vogel made it two years in a row as he again won the Limited-10 division title at the U.S. Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) Area 5 regional championship held June 19-21 at the South Kent Sportsman’s Club in Dorr, Mich.

The United States Practical Shooting Association is the controlling body for the American region of the International Practical Shooting Confederation (see below). Known as USPSA the American region is the largest individual region with a membership of 15,000 with affiliated clubs across the nation.

The Scene: Just before dawn day 2 of the 2008 Rio Salado Desert Classic Area 2 Championship, Stage 2 “And This Is For You”. Squad 21 receives their briefing and begins to prepare. The first shooter of the day loads in the predawn light, knife in hand awaits the signal to begin. Are you ready, Standby, the morning explodes awake with the new day of competition.

Links to some press coverage of the 2008 USPSA Nationals. The coverage was pretty decent the first link is local coverage and the second was Fox news.