I think steel challenge is the ideal intro for people. You can shoot rimfire up
through 45, pistol or 22lr rifles, very little to no movement, can start from
the low ready, and get 5 chances at each stage. It's like they said "what's
the barriers to people getting started in competitive shooting?" and designed
something that eliminated them all
On Feb 19, 2016, at 4:29 PM, Harrison Schmidt <hwschmidt357@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I spoke to a nice woman from Pelham (nh) gun club who runs a women's only
training class that covers rifle, pistol, shotgun and several disciplines,
everything from archery to 3gun. If you're interested, I'll try and dig up
her name.
Also, the guys at wallum lake in RI constantly do small steel matches that
are great for new shooters. It rarely involves movement and seeing the steel
fall is great for new shooters.
H
On Feb 19, 2016 12:00 PM, "Erich Thalheimer" <thalheimer@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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
