Annual Spring Shoot Out Sniper
Competition
Congratulations to This year’s Spring Shootout was a success once again, due to the hard work of our committee and the great efforts of the competitors and the generosity of our sponsors. Our competition was born out of the FSA’s mission of providing the best training for our members. The best training is practicing like you play: putting you under pressure to perform on demand under stress. The stress of a competition against your peers does just that. Our competitors this year came from all over the State of Florida and beyond. Our friends from Brazil Elcio Mello and Cassio Cardosi represented the Policia Civil –SOE-DHPP from Brazil. All the competitors and their hard work and efforts made for a great competition and training. A key point I saw in this year’s competition was the great regional efforts by two of the competing teams. Collier County’s team had a team member injured just days before the competition and because they train monthly with their neighboring agency Fort Meyers Police; they were able to replace him quickly and put together a great composite team that lost no continuity in the way they operate and place second in team competition. Port St. Lucie PD was also a man down and combined with an Orlando Police Department sniper. The quality of training these teams conduct allowed them to form very competitive composite teams Kimber Rifles was again our great sponsor of our top sniper. This west coast rifle maker provided a model 8400 Tactical Rifle for the top individual sniper. Tactical Rifles from Dade City Florida provided rifle certificates for the two members of the top team. These great companies along with: Safariland, PACA Point Blank, Propper, Vertx, RUAG, Hornady, DGG and the NTOA lead to the professionalism and quality of our competition. A special thanks to all. On the first day of competition the Sarasota County SO team of Robert Martin and Brent Wineka shot top team in the Walk in the Woods course while Steve Helseth and Robert Loupe from Port Saint Lucie PD won the Rifle Madness course. The Tower Challenge was won by Lakeland PD’s team of Brian McNabb and Bob Bernhardt. The second day of competition was just as intense as the first as the Kissimmee Police Department’s team of Bruce Connors and Gerardo Bellido won the Make it Count Challenge. The Lakeland Police Department’s team of Brian McNabb and Bob Bernhardt returned strong the second day winning the returning Champion’s Challenge. The Policia Civil Brazil’s team of Elcio Mello and Cassio Cardosi were the top shooting team in the Shooter’s Choice course. The top sniper in our 7th Annual FSA Spring Shootout was Bob Bernhardt of the Lakeland Police Department. The top team was the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office with Chris Carrington and Christian Mathisen. I want to thank all our competitors and especially our winners for two great days of competition, fellowship and training. We will see you next year and look forward to Indian River County supporting our event in the returning Champions Challenge course. I look forward to seeing you throughout the year at our other great training and at the 2012 Spring Shootout!
Joe Carter
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Wednesday March 7, 2012 1400 – 1600 hrs Early Registration OCSO Range 1400 – 1600 hrs Sight In OCSO Range Chris Eklund (10 Round / 100yds only) 1600 – 1800 hrs Welcome FSA Classroom Joe Carter • Safety Brief Classroom Joe Carter • Range Rules • Number and Letter Official Assignment • Gear Inspection outside Joe Carter  Thursday March 8, 2012 0800 – 0900 hrs Daily Brief Classroom Joe Carter 1000 – 1700 hrs Competition Friday March 9, 2012 0800 - 0900 hrs Daily Brief Classroom Joe Carter 1000 – 1600 hrs Competition 1600 - 1700 hrs Award Ceremony Schedule is subject to change by the competition committee |
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All equipment is required for each event  Safety Equipment [Per Man not Team]• Hearing Protection [Mandatory] • Eye Protection [Optional] Mission Equipment [Per Man not Team] • Duty Uniform / BDU top and bottom • Soft body armor worn under BDU top • Boonie Hat not base ball cap! • Duty Boots • Duty Gas Mask • Duty Back Pack / Vest / Bag [how you carry you mission equip] With:
Equipment not present for inspection before each event will be replaced with a brick!
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