Practical Handgun

The knowledge and skill base of a champion IPSC competitor’s potential is contained in the depth of their experience. Eric Grauffel, one of the most successful IPSC competitors in the world, shares this knowledge and skill base with other shooters in several types of training course. After taking part in an IPSC Level III Championship Match Eric typically runs one of his training courses. I spent one of these days with the current IPSC European and World Champion and closely examined how Eric demonstrated his skills and impaired other competitors with the knowledge to improve their performance in IPSC competition.

      Eric started the course with the basic elements of grip, stance, body alignment   and sight picture

Organised by the DVLE Apaffay Shooting Range in Debrecen, the MFS Open Level III IPSC Championship Match took place over the 9^th – 11^th July. First organised in 2006, this was the fifth match in the series to take place. Hungary is one of the new IPSC Regions in Eastern Europe. These regions have established themselves to the point where they now have some of the world’s best IPSC competitors and organise some of the best matches in the European IPSC match circuit. This Level III IPSC competition was sponsored by MFS 2000 ( www.mfs2000.hu ), which is an ammunition manufacturing company in Hungary. First set up in 1952 to provide ammunition for Hungary’s military and law enforcement organisations, they now also provide a range of ammunition suitable for both target shooting and hunting.

SVI European team member Jorge Ballesteros focuses on his sights in one of the short stages. He finished in second place in Open Division.