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What type of Drills / Practice do you do for competition prep
- Thread starter zackgee
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g.willikers
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Most ranges frown on practicing most everything that has to do with the shooter being in motion, even drawing from the holster.
And forget about running around with a gun in hand or even rapid fire.
So, it might be best to split things up into what can be done on a range and what can be done at home.
At the range, if possible, arrange multiple targets, even if they have to be all on the same backing.
Something like four or five suitable sized circles to be engaged in different orders, as quick as the range rules allow.
Include magazine or cylinder reloads and such.
Weak hand shooting should also be part of a good practice routine, too.
At home moving and dry fire aiming drills can be added, as well as holster draws.
And what ever skills you see on youtube match videos that will prove necessary.
Modern realistic air guns are very useful, too.
There's lots more, of course, but I've found the above very helpful.
And definitely start your competition adventures with handgun matches before leaping into the possibly overwhelming three gun stuff.
And forget about running around with a gun in hand or even rapid fire.
So, it might be best to split things up into what can be done on a range and what can be done at home.
At the range, if possible, arrange multiple targets, even if they have to be all on the same backing.
Something like four or five suitable sized circles to be engaged in different orders, as quick as the range rules allow.
Include magazine or cylinder reloads and such.
Weak hand shooting should also be part of a good practice routine, too.
At home moving and dry fire aiming drills can be added, as well as holster draws.
And what ever skills you see on youtube match videos that will prove necessary.
Modern realistic air guns are very useful, too.
There's lots more, of course, but I've found the above very helpful.
And definitely start your competition adventures with handgun matches before leaping into the possibly overwhelming three gun stuff.
Thanks for the info. Surprisingly i do have a range with private lanes that i recently found. In speaking to them, they allow holsters, rapid fire, etc as long as they see you are responsible (Hence why its my new favorite place lol). They are pretty much 50 yard ranges and you can set them up how ever you want, but they come with two T posts at the end where 4 targets can be hung. Got any ideas what kind of things i can run in this space / set up?
g.willikers
New member
That sounds like a great place.
Kind of like what we used to have before some idjits' irresponsible behavior ruined it for everyone.
Do they have rules against the shooter moving around while engaging targets?
If so, then the best approach is to use one to four targets while standing still.
If they allow shooter movement, then side steps and even walking along the shooting line while engaging targets is good practice.
And don't forget to include reload and weak hand / strong hand practice.
If the targets have to be set up all at the same distance, different scale sized ones can be used to simulate actual distance.
For some ideas about what kind of courses of fire to set up, check out the USPSA.org classifiers that use four or less targets:
http://www.uspsa.org/uspsa-classifier-list.php
Even though they are designed for pistol competition, there's no reason they can't be used for rifle practice, too.
Kind of like what we used to have before some idjits' irresponsible behavior ruined it for everyone.
Do they have rules against the shooter moving around while engaging targets?
If so, then the best approach is to use one to four targets while standing still.
If they allow shooter movement, then side steps and even walking along the shooting line while engaging targets is good practice.
And don't forget to include reload and weak hand / strong hand practice.
If the targets have to be set up all at the same distance, different scale sized ones can be used to simulate actual distance.
For some ideas about what kind of courses of fire to set up, check out the USPSA.org classifiers that use four or less targets:
http://www.uspsa.org/uspsa-classifier-list.php
Even though they are designed for pistol competition, there's no reason they can't be used for rifle practice, too.
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