Steel Challenge at The Holbrook Sportsmen's Club

Holbrook Sportsmen's Club proudly hosts the Steel Challenge, an exciting action shooting event featuring well-known stages like Pendulum and Smoke & Hope. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced shooter, this event offers a great opportunity to improve your handgun skills and have fun.

About Steel Challenge

Steel Challenge is a time-based shooting competition where participants engage steel targets across multiple stages. Each stage is designed to test speed and accuracy, with competitors shooting five timed runs per stage. You don’t need to be an expert—each match helps you improve!

The event follows USPSA rules, but membership is not required. However, joining USPSA allows your scores to be nationally ranked.

View the official Steel Challenge rules here.

Match Details

• Format: 5 stages, each shot 5 times per competitor
• Squadding: Competitors remain with their assigned squads throughout the match
• Safety: Cold range—firearms must remain unloaded until instructed to “Make Ready”
• Firearms & Equipment:
  • Handguns: Must be holstered (strong-side, hip carry)
  • Rimfire Pistols & Long Guns: Must have chamber flags and remain bagged until on the firing line

Learn more about stage design and course of fire here.

Ammunition Requirements

• Minimum: 125 rounds (does not account for misses)
• Bring extra ammunition to complete the match

Registration & Match Day Schedule

• Pre-registration required (limited to 60 shooters + staff)
• HSC members get priority sign-up before opening to the public
• Walk-ins accepted only if spots are available
• Match Day Schedule:
  • 8:00 AM – Check-in begins
  • 8:45 AM – Mandatory safety briefing
  • 9:00 AM – Match starts

Matches are held on the last Sunday of each month, weather permitting.

Fee: $25.00

Juniors: $5.00

Ranges used

HSC has allowed the use of all the outdoor ranges to be used during this event.  One stage will be setup in the Outdoor Pistol Range, Two stages are set in the 100 yard range and two stages setup on the Big Bore Range.  Ranges that have two stages setup on them will be run one stage at a time.  One squad competitor will shoot their targets five times, then the next squad competitor will shoot their stage five times.  At the conclusion of shooting the firearms will be made safe and the Targets will be repainted.