Over the past few weeks I have been shopping around for a concealment garment for IDPA. I realize that this isn’t necessary and that most people have a variety of items in their wardrobe that would work just fine. I have a number of button down shirts that could easily serve as a concealment garment and plenty of long shirts that would do the trick as well. One quiet morning while I had the house all to myself, I belted …
Month: August 2012
Over the weekend, I shot my second IDPA Match, which also happened to be my first IDPA Classifier. With a Sanctioned Match right around the corner, the Classifier Match was rather busy. Shooters of all skill levels were in attendance to race the clock and meet the minimum Marksman requirement to shoot the Liberty Match at Valley Forge. I learned a lot about myself and my abilities that day, but there was also one complete and total WTF moment. At …
The month of August has been a whirlwind of activity. It started out with my wanting to compete in a Sanctioned IDPA Match and being required to meet the match criteria under a rather short deadline. I spent a little time out of town and when I returned, it looked as if shooting the Liberty Match at Valley Forge wasn’t going to happen. The desire to shoot was reignited when I learned of an IDPA Classifier Match going on at …
At the beginning of this month, I put together a post outlining my desire to participate in a Sanctioned IDPA Match that was coming to town. In that post, I outlined how difficult it was going to be for me to meet the match criteria and I was unsure if it was worth undertaking what seemed like a monumental task for such a short period of time. The commenters on that post were very supportive and urged me to do …
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Every so often I get into a conversation with a non-shooter about my hobbies. When the topic of guns arise and I talk about competitive shooting, I sometimes get a dreaded stare as if I tempted fate in my spare time. The truth of the matter is that competitive shooting is much safer than the average person realizes. With that said, there are dangers and accidents happen. Last year I recall being told about a Range Officer shooting himself in …
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