Defensive Pistol Training/Pistol Competition

RightCoastBias

RightCoastBias

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Anyone ever do any training with Norcal MedTac?

I'm signed up for their Defensive Pistol 101 course this coming Saturday, down at Coyote Valley.

All the training I've looked into requires the 101 course, to proceed to other courses. So I'm looking to do this to go ahead and get some more advanced training in the future. It's been many years, 8 I think, since I've done any formal training and I'm quite looking forward to it. I'd signed up for a 2 day course with LMT for mid-May, but it was a bit close to my 2nd daughter's due date. With the course being out in Fernley, NV, my lady protested and I obliged. Hoping to do some training this summer, likely some carbine/shotgun and more pistol courses, if timing allows. Any favorite training courses of the BARF militia?

Also hoping to get into some competitive shooting, just to get some more dynamic experience. Really tired of shooting paper targets at 2 second intervals at most of the ranges I've been to. Also tired of heading out to BLM in Nevada to shoot however I damn well please.

Any of y'all shoot USPSA/IDPA/IPSC? What's got a good scene around here where I can get out and shoot regularly? I've got a G17 with aftermarket sights and a G19 with a RMR. Not sure which shooting association would work best for me. I'm not looking for sub-moa groups at 25 years. Just looking to have some fun and put rounds in A zones at reasonable/useful distances.
 
Hoho

Hoho

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Looks like a fun time! Would love to join you, but I’ve got other things to worry about at the moment.
 
2strokeYardSale

2strokeYardSale

Moab on my mind
RightCoastBias said:
Any of y'all shoot USPSA/IDPA/IPSC? What's got a good scene around here where I can get out and shoot regularly? I've got a G17 with aftermarket sights and a G19 with a RMR. Not sure which shooting association would work best for me. I'm not looking for sub-moa groups at 25 years. Just looking to have some fun and put rounds in A zones at reasonable/useful distances.
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I've shot USPSA since 1997. I've travelled outside the U.S. to shoot IPSC sanctioned matches as a USPSA member. I've dabbled with IDPA.

In around the bay, you have Richmond Hot Shots in Richmond/Pinole. There might be an outlaw (unsanctioned) club in Concord. Another club, TASC, might have moved to a range in Almaden after Chabot closed, they would be good to start with. Moving outward there's Solano Targetmasters in Davis (Yolo range). Every club has a noob intro class to show you the ropes and make sure you aren't a danger to others and yourself. Drawing from a holster and running with a gun is serious bidness.

The G17 is ideal for Production division, limited to 10 rounds in the mags. The G19 with RMR would be for Carry Optics division.
 
Dubbington

Dubbington

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^^ I've done a few IDPA but not USPSA yet.

Do I need anything special to do a USPSA at Richmond or Linden?

Got my wife a Glock 34 and I have an xdm 5.25 for uspsa production. She needs to do some intro thing and I'll probably have to do it with her.

Wonder if the course listed by the OP would be 'credit' and allow to get into USPSA matches?

Noticed Linden range has a course Saturday for new to competitive shooting. Might look into that.
 
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Sharxfan

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I don't know if USPSA rules are different for different clubs but all we do here is you show up and take a quick 20-minute intro course on how not to shoot yourself and others then you get to shoot. We do have an RO up your butt the whole time but that applies to everyone. Could also be because we don't have an outside course so the stages are pretty much everyone is behind the shooter in the indoor range.

This reminds me I need to practice some more so I can head back out when the doc says I am good to go.
 
Ahab

Ahab

Lucky
I had good times at https://www.civiliandefensegroup.com/ in their handgun classes. Especially in the fighting handgun you shoot from behind things and on the move etc. It is a nice outdoor range in the boonies south of Hollister. They are friends with NorCal medtac and strongly recommended their tactical medical classes.

Since someone mentioned Linden, they have this coming up: https://threatscenarios.com/tacticalmatch/
Looks interesting imo, similar to what the guys do on inrangeTV
 
2strokeYardSale

2strokeYardSale

Moab on my mind
Dubbington said:
^^ I've done a few IDPA but not USPSA yet.

Do I need anything special to do a USPSA at Richmond or Linden?

Got my wife a Glock 34 and I have an xdm 5.25 for uspsa production. She needs to do some intro thing and I'll probably have to do it with her.

Wonder if the course listed by the OP would be 'credit' and allow to get into USPSA matches?

Noticed Linden range has a course Saturday for new to competitive shooting. Might look into that.
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Pistol, strong side hip holster, mag pouches, extra mags.

The only thing that counts for USPSA is a USPSA membership card or a club's certification that you completed their new shooter course.
 
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Sharxfan

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Also make sure your gun is cleaned and also the mags. I learned the hard way that clean mags are functioning mags. Nothing like going to your first competition and learning that FTEs happen with dirty mags. On the plus side, I got really good at malfunction drills.

Also mark your mags so that if you have an issue you can trace it to a particular mag or your gun.
 
RightCoastBias

RightCoastBias

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2strokeYardSale said:
I've shot USPSA since 1997. I've travelled outside the U.S. to shoot IPSC sanctioned matches as a USPSA member. I've dabbled with IDPA.

In around the bay, you have Richmond Hot Shots in Richmond/Pinole. There might be an outlaw (unsanctioned) club in Concord. Another club, TASC, might have moved to a range in Almaden after Chabot closed, they would be good to start with. Moving outward there's Solano Targetmasters in Davis (Yolo range). Every club has a noob intro class to show you the ropes and make sure you aren't a danger to others and yourself. Drawing from a holster and running with a gun is serious bidness.

The G17 is ideal for Production division, limited to 10 rounds in the mags. The G19 with RMR would be for Carry Optics division.
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2strokeYardSale said:
Pistol, strong side hip holster, mag pouches, extra mags.

The only thing that counts for USPSA is a USPSA membership card or a club's certification that you completed their new shooter course.
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Was hoping you'd chime in.

I've got plenty of mags, 10 round and standard cap. Plus all the other gear like a pistol belt, holster, mag carriers and the like. I've been doing research for a while, and from what you're saying here, I think I've got as much info as I can, before I need to just go shoot. Going to figure out Richmond's schedule and head out there with a friend in the next few weeks.
 
Dubbington

Dubbington

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Richmond has a $25 essentially intro to match shooting on May 11th. Gonna sign the wife and I up for that. Hopefully she likes it so we can do some matches here and there.
 
RightCoastBias

RightCoastBias

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Definitely had a good, and long, day with NorCal MedTac at Coyote Valley.

The course was a 101, so a bit of a slow start. But definitely good for the newbies that were there, and the folks that have owned guns, but have never taken the time to learn how to use them properly.

There were 3-4 folks that had taken the 101 class with NorCal MedTac a few times, as well as shotgun/carbine and med courses. I'm looking forward to do the same. Hoping they offer their defensive pistol 102 and shotgun course again soon so I can sign up and shoot!
 
Inkman

Inkman

Not so grizzled.
^^^

Bright side? Early last year we had a lot more volunteers decide to help with the intro classes at RRGC. Before that there was about a 9 month wait to take the class. I'll wager a guess that maybe 1 out of 10 actually shoot a match. 1 out of 20 that are still shooting 3 months later.

Clubs do their classes differently. The couple times i had a gun pointed at me were new guys at a club whose intro class was 5 minutes of instruction on booger hook placement, what "180" means and that was about it. Much prefer the 1/2 day part classroom talk part dry and live fire which RRGC does and DAP did with a more intense focus on safety.

Al
 
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