jkh@jade.BERKELEY.EDU (Jordan K. Hubbard) (09/10/86)
Article: 9:13 I am interested in taking up "practical shooting" (where you walk through a course with pop up targets, etc.) and was wondering if there is a national organization that promotes/supports this. Is this the correct name for it? Is this the correct description for what the name means? Any and all info would be greatly appreciated. Also, I live in Chicago which has laws prohibiting handgun possesion. It seems that the only legal work around to this is to store them outside of the city. This is not a serious inconvenience for me but if there is another way, I'm interested. ---------------------- Ben Liberman ihnp4!chinet!magik or ihnp4!homebru!magik --- ---------------------- Ben Liberman ihnp4!chinet!magik or ihnp4!homebru!magik
jkh@jade.BERKELEY.EDU (Jordan K. Hubbard) (09/17/86)
In-Reply-To: your article <1259@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Article: 9:18 RE: Guns in Chitown There is no good answer. You must move to some place like Glenview where the laws are less strict. And stay out of Morton Grove. Jon Kaplowitz ihnp4!erc3ba!jfka
jkh@jade.BERKELEY.EDU (Jordan K. Hubbard) (09/19/86)
Article: 9:24 The name of the organization in the United States that promotes "practical shooting" is the U. S. P. S. A. or The United States Practical Shooting Association, P. O. Box 811, Sedro Woolley, Washington, 98284. They often have an add in "The American Handgunner". This outfit is in turn a member of the I. P. S. C. or the International Practical Shooting Confederation. Matches are shot under I.P.S.C. rules. As IPSC shooters walk around their range with their handguns in holsters and the courses of fire have one draw from the holster and fire, most places require some sort of training or accreditation before allowing new shooters on the range. The best way to find out about practical shooting in your area is to call the shooting ranges and ask for the name of the person conducting practical shooting events and then call that person. I have often gotten poor or faulty information from the ranges themselves. (For shooting in the San Jose, Ca. area may I suggest calling Leroy Pyle at (408) 947-7678. He teaches a qualifying course and runs some fun practical shooting games at the Santa Clara range off Metcalf Road.) Of all the shooting I've ever done, these fast moving shooting games are by far the most fun. I really love "shootin steel" and especially the man-on-man steel shooting duels. In this game two identical but mirror image sets of steel plates are set up with a stop plate or dueling tree in the middle. Two contestants stand side by side and on command draw and blaze away until their set of plates have fallen and then finish off by hitting the stop plate or pushing all the steel on the dueling tree to the opponents side. Any number of rounds may be fired. Reloading is permitted and is often part of the game. Try it, you'll like it. Larry Clark