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Registration is open for the 2016 Toys For Tots Match which will be held on 29 October 2016. This year we have on-line registration, payment, and self-squadding at: https://practiscore.com/orsa-toys-for-tots-charity…/register Be sure you and your buddies register early so that you can all be squadded together.

We have a great high count match set up for this Saturday, June 18. The weather is going to be great, the bread is wonderful, and it's going to be a great time. More details, including stage diagrams and a link to pre-register is on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ORSA-uspsa-119338841557558/ Look forward to seeing you at the range.

The Oak Ridge Sportsman Association will be hosting the 2016 USPSA Tennessee State Match - Atomic Blast, on 17-18 September. Slots are still available. https://practiscore....-blast/register more info at our Facebook page: https://www.facebook...seeAtomicBlast/ recommend you register early and get your room reserved (we have a block of rooms at a great rate)- it is a UT home football game that weekend. We already have a get list of sponsors. Sign-up and partake of the fun.

The stages for the 21 May ORSA USPSA "Back to the Future" Match are up at: https://www.facebook.com/ORSA-uspsa-119338841557558/ Guaranteed to be fun, and homemade bread is included with the registration fee. Registration info included on the Facebook page. If you have not tried USPSA matches before, be forewarned, it is very addictive. And please forget the old myth that you need a race gun to compete. There are divisions for your basic stock Glocks and Sigs etc, Hope to see you at the range.

I am looking to get some RX safety glasses but I need to first get the correct prescription for the lenses. I don't need a strong correction - just enough to help me quickly focus on the front sight.  Does anyone have a recommendation for an ophthalmologist in Knoxville who will understand what I am looking for?  I don't plan on taking a gun into the office so that is not a concern.   TIA

Here is one for $5500   http://www.rwsgunsmithing.com/catalog/edm-arms-50-bmg-windrunner/

Our November Match is our annual Veterans Appreciation Match - all veterans shoot for free.  Stages are up on our Facebook page:   https://www.facebook.com/ORSA-uspsa-119338841557558/   Come on out and shoot before the winter rolls in.

I want to say Thank You to everyone that came out and shot the match yesterday.  I think it was our best match ever.  I want to again thank our ROs/SOs for their time and effort, and Byrl for his mastery of the Nooks and Practiscore.  Without their help, this match does not happen.  I also want to recognize and THANK our wonderful sponsors for their generous donations that make the registration gifts and prize table possible.   I especially thank Craig’s Firearms, WaltherArms, Hogue, Black Bullets International, Bayou Bullets, and CRTK Knives, for their donations, and my dear wife for making the lunch possible.   Hope to see everybody next year.   You can find the results of this year’s match at:  https://practiscore.com/results/13403

We still have some slots available.  Please submit your applications as soon as possible.  As always, it is going to be a get match.

Great match planned for this Saturday.   Check out the stages and match details at:  https://www.facebook.com/ORSA-uspsa-119338841557558/timeline/   Weather is going to be great.  Hope to see you at the range.    

I like to characterize it as IDPA scoring with IPSC no-rules.  Generally no cover/concealment rules, reload anytime, any where, drop mags with ammo.  Detailed rules are on our Facebook page.

ORSA will be hosting our 9th Annual Toys for Tots Match on 31 October 2015.  Over the years, this match has earned a reputation as one of the premier fun, high value matches in the region.  $35 and a new toy ($15 minimum value) gets you into a fun and varied match with 8 handgun stages, a goody bag, a free lunch, and a chance to go to the best prize table you will see for a "budget" fee match.  We will be giving away 6 or more guns, an a plethora of additional great prizes.  Shooters are flighted, so shooters of all ability have a chance of winning a gun.  For more information, including the rules, an application, and photos from previous years can be seen at our Facebook page - orsa toys for tots.  An application can also be downloaded at orsaidpa.com.  If you have shot this match in previous years, you already know what a great match it is; if you have not shot this match, now is the time to join in the fun.

Ryan - You da Man!  You have learned well.

The stages for this month's match - 3 Dog Night Classic, are posted at our Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/ORSA-uspsa/119338841557558   Come join fun, enjoy the challenge, experience some good competition.  As always, guaranteed to be fun.  Regarding the weather, it will be warm but should be dry.

The Stages are set for ORSA's USPSA match on Saturday - June 20.  Please go to our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/ORSA-uspsa/119338841557558  to see the stages and the link to our practiscore preregistration page.  Guaranteed to be fun!!

No, they are not available.  Even I have not seen them, though that is probably because they suspect that I am a USPSA gamer.

We are going to have a pre-match get together at the Doubletree Hotel on Friday, 7 PM to 9 PM.  There will be a cash bar.  Nothing fancy, just time to meet old friends, make new friends, and do a little trash talking.  Hope y'all can make it.

The stages are set for the May match and they will be fun - guaranteed.  Should be a great match - come on and join the fun.

If you want to get in this match, which will have 10 stages, lunch and t-shirt included in the paltry $85 match fee, and a great prize table with numerous firearms, you better get your application in SOON as the match is quickly filling up.  Application can be found at orsaidpa.com.  You do have to be a classified IDPA member to participate.

The stages are up for the ORSA USPSA Match on April 18 at our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/ORSA-uspsa/119338841557558   Seven Stages total, which includes two classifiers.  About 145 rounds minimum.  Guaranteed to be fun.

I can not guarantee the dome will be closed, however I will guarantee the stages are going to be a lot of fun.  Hope to see you at the match.

The November 15 USPSA match at ORSA is our Veterans Appreciation Match.  All Veterans shoot for free.  Six stages - about 120 rounds total. Please come join the fun.

Checkout some photos and videos from the match at our Facebook page:       The videos show the variety of the stages.

We were thrilled with the great turnout in spite of the poor weather conditions in the area.  Fortunately, there was no precipitation though it was a little cool.   I want to thank everybody for participating and for our great sponsors for supporting this match.  Look forward to seeing y'all next year.     The scores are posted here:   https://practiscore.com/results.php?uuid=79F75FDB-6938-4CEA-AB3A-5316AB661AC6

The match is quickly filling up.. Less than 20 slots remain open as of 10/23.  Please get your applications in as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. I hate to turn people away but we are limiting the match to 105 shooters on Saturday.  Please visit our Facebook page for more info and an application:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/ORSA-Toys-for-Tots/1474924499437284