Hey Nat, that's great!
That's just about the age my son started to get involved in USPSA and it's
certainly served him well. We even featured it on his college applications to
demonstrate a unique skill of his and maturity level.
USPSA still has a "Junior" classification. I forget the cut off age but I
think it's under 17. There are no Junior only matches but it would allow your
kids to be scored against other juniors in a given match. It would also make
your kids eligible to apply for a shooting class scholarship (if it still
exists). William was fortunate enough to have won it in 2007. It's called
Camp Shootout. It's a week-long class with Jerry & Kay Miculek down in Bossier
City, LA. Needless to say, he loved it - especially the day they brought tout
the full autos.
If your wife and/or kids can already handle a gun, then they could attend our
Intro to IPSC class at HSA on March 12th and 13th. It's about half classroom,
half shooting time. Let Rob know if they are interested (rob@xxxxxxxxxxx).
Erich Thalheimer
INCE Board Certified Acoustical Engineer
27 Peterson Road, Natick, MA 01760
H: (508) 651-9772
C: (617) 785-8249
Thalheimer@xxxxxxx
www.ErichThalheimer.com
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From: hsa-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:hsa-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ;
Nat Fairbanks
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 11:36 AM
To: hsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [hsa] Advice for wife and kids getting into USPSA
My long term plan is starting to pay off. This year my wife finally decided
she wanted to learn to shoot and has even suggested that she and the kids
should start doing "that pistol shooting thing you used to do". She's taken
one woman's shooting class so far and went to the range with the kids and I on
a warm day last month.
The kids have been going to the range with me for a few years and they finally
are at an age where I think they could begin competition.
Given that they're my kids size and recoil aren't a problem, my 11yo son is in
love with my 1911 and my 13yo son think the glock 17 might be a little too
small for him.
What are the current popular USPSA divisions? Anyone offering junior programs
semi locally? Now that both Pelham and Pioneer are offering matches in NH I'm
planning on attending both regularly. Not sure if it'll be worth it to come
into MA for Harvard and Hopkinton matches (even though I really want to see the
new pits at HSA).
Right now I'm planning on starting them out with a local pin shooting league in
the spring and joining Pelham soon. If Pelham has practice shoots I want to
take them to several of them to slowly introduce the idea of moving and
shooting safely before going to watch a full match.
Hopefully sometime in the summer they'll be ready for a match. Any
suggestions? My local club doesn't really have facilities to practice moving
and shooting thus my interest in Pelham. Anyone know the people involved there?
-Nat
