My first competition shoot
 

I just got invited today to join a competition shoot between members of my colleges shooting club and members of the pueblo county sheriffs department. From the looks of it we will be shooting semiautomatics in 9mm and 40 cal. The funny thing is I have seen a couple of these guys at the range and they were afraid of shooting my friends ruger blackhawk (I am not joking). Still, they were shooting pretty good even though a couple of them had lasers on their glocks. Looks like once I am done studying tonight I am going to have to get out the snapcaps. Ill tell you guys how it goes

Heh, competition is intense. I just competed in my range's Monthly National 2700 NRA Bullseye match. Was a full day of shooting, was a blast.

I did a little IPSC but I don't want to spend the money you need to compete at the high levels in that sport.

I'm very interested in IDPA competition, tho.

IDPA competitions are really fun. They are real world too. No fancy scmhancy high dollar target weapons, or even weapon custimizations (extensive trigger work, barrell porting, muzzle compensators are all banned).

Just real folks, starting from a concealed carry, requiring reloads, etc, and real world tactics (shooting in the order targets are revealed, moving targets, moving shooter, using cover and concealment, etc).

Training for IDPA is like training for the REAL reasons guns exist.

Plus some of those competitors really know their shit. If you've got a club locally or a friend who competes, they can get you in for a qualifier free of charge. Annual membership is like 20 or 30 bucks too.

-bear

Well, I guess if you guys ever come to Pueblo you can trust the sheriffs to protect you. These guys showed up on time carrying issued sig's in 40 cal and they out shot everybody in the room. Then as a victory dance the top sheriff pulled out a S&W model 500 50 cal. The best part was his wife got it for him for christmas and got it engraved. I didnt do bad but it will take me awhile to get to where these guys are.

Man that's really awesome!! I would love to get into competition shooting after I finish my MBA program and basketball eligibility. I love shooting and I love competing, practicing for concealed carry would just be the icing on the cake for me. Good luck with future competitions. By the way, what was your impression of the Smith .500? I haven't had the pleasure of firing it yet although a buddy of mine owns one. We are hoping for a Thursday range date with her. I'll keep you all posted...

-Dostoevsky

I shoot skeet, it's really relaxed and theres a bunch of good ol' boys that compete. the last competition i was in I got second place, the only problem was the first place guy had a pink stock on his gun :D

I'm only a junior, and am currently scoring with the average adults. Not bad, but not superior. It's great fun, and the tips that i receive are really helping me increase my ability. Competition is the way to go, you learn so much so fast.

Hmmm in my experience there have been a few guys that try to cram tips down my throat and it makes me all nervous and uncomfortable, and i shoot like crap, finally i just told them to leave me alone and let me shoot, i got a 39/40 out of that round :D