Posted: 2/20/2009 8:12:02 AM EDT
| I'm thinking about organizing a shooting comp for our area LEO's. Has anyone done this before? Any suggestions or tips? |
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I did one as a "kickoff" event for Correctional Workers Week at our Federal Prison a few years ago..
Many ability levels. Many "dedication" levels. Quite an interesting collection of sidearms, too. VERY informal, but safe, and everyone agreed that it was a helluva lot of fun. ___________ Shooting Range Sunday, May 1st @ 9:00 AM OK . It seems that more than 15 people have signed up for the instruction/competition on Sunday morning. There is no entry fee, although I would imagine we could ante up a buck or two to be donated to a good cause. Bring 50 rounds ... at least. ... this allows a shooter with 50 rounds to either “practice” or to shoot the course twice. We believe we have a “course of fire” that will be challenging and creative and not be favorable towards any one sidearm type. We WILL keep safety as our major concern and will NOT be drawing from holsters to start a “string”, so a suitable holster will not be essential. Personal weapons are approved and should be transported securely and directly to and from the range area. Please do not lose sight of the fact that there are camp inmates close by. There has been some welcome response from FDC. If anyone does not have a weapon available, come on out anyway, if you want to shoot. Please bring a box of 9mm, though. You may shoot any caliber that you are comfortable with. Scopes and electronic sights will be allowed, but you will not (I am warning you) be able to overcome the assigned handicap. A good score doesn’t depend on anything but shot placement ... so, if it’s in shooting condition ... why not run some rounds through it !!! Course of Fire for 2005 Correctional Officer’s Week Kickoff Event “Sunday Morning Shooting Match” 1 round in 3 seconds, fired one handed, strong hand only, from 25 yards . Shooters can aim “on target” before the signal to fire. 1 round in 3 seconds, fired one handed, weak hand only, from 25 yards . Shooters can aim “on target” before the signal to fire. 3 rounds in 5 seconds, fired two handed, from 25 yards. Shooters can aim “on target” before the signal to fire. 5 rounds in 5 seconds, fired 2-handed, from the 15 yard line . Shooters start from a “low ready”position . (muzzle held midway between your toes and your target.) 2 rounds in 3 seconds ; strong-hand only from low ready at the 15 yard line. All shooters must hold a barricade upright (but not necessarily off the ground) with their “weak” arm. The use of the barricade as a support or rest for the weapon shall be prohibited . 2 rounds in 3 seconds ; strong-hand only from low ready at the 15 yard line. All shooters must hold a barricade upright (but not necessarily off the ground) with their weak arm. The use of the barricade as a support or rest for the weapon shall be prohibited . 1 rounds in 3 seconds ; strong-hand only at the 15 yard line . Any shooting stance; However ... The muzzle of the weapon must be in contact with the ground at the “start” signal (the use of a towel or cloth is OK) and the shooters “off” hand must REMAIN in contact with the ground while firing the one round. Keep your finger OFF the trigger till the command to fire, or you will be disqualified. We will do an unloaded dry run to verify the safety of any creative stances. 5 rounds in 5 seconds starting from 2-handed low ready at the 7 yard line . *** Note that there will be a “surprise” on this 5-shot string . Don’t ask ... I’m not telling. It will remain a surprise. It will be safe ... but it will be a surprise . (The “surprise” was ... prior to the start ... the weapon sights had masking tape applied to preclude the use of any sights. 5 rounds in 3 seconds starting from 2-handed low ready at the 7 yard line . Total of 25 rounds. Shooters are welcome to shoot the course twice, but a vote will be taken among shooting participants as to whether to accept “high score” . Please bring your own ear and eye protection. Stay safe |
You can try the NRA LE Competition staff. I am sure they are quite willing to help with ideas for starting up a LE event. In particular the guy who runs the LE competition side of things is a real friendly and helpful guy. His name is Marc Lipp. I took a few NRALE instructor courses from him back in the day, very good guy and I am sure more than willing to help. 
http://www.nrahq.org/law/Competitions/ppc/index.asp http://www.nrahq.org/law/Competitions/competitionstaff.asp |
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My buddy from another agency and I organized one a few years ago. It was very difficult. Many cops simply are not gun people, and it was like pulling teeth to get them to come out and shoot a match. You mean I won't get paid!? Its not training time!? I have to pay for the ammo!?
In the end, it worked out, and those that showed up had a great time, but it wasn't easy, and not nearly as successful as I had hoped. The comments I got from those that attended made it worth it, though. |
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we used to do it almost once a month but it has dropped off to where almost no one does it anymore. The exceptions are the NRA events, which are good. If you dont have turning targets, you'll need at least a couple of line judges if you shoot a timed PPC style event. My suggestion would be to try to run several short action type events, all you need then is a timer. Or have a steel match pretty easy to tell the winner in those matches too.
I really miss the competitions we used to have. |
| I think the biggest problem for our match was that it was not a strictly LEO event. I set it up at our LE academy, but basicaly ran it as our monthly local USPSA match, utilizing props, target stands etc. from our local club, and club members were allowed to shoot it. Even though I created 'LE only' categories, so they wouldn't be competing against the USPSA shooters, many of my co-workers were very apprehensive about the possibility of getting their ass handed to them at a shooting competition by a computer geek or construction worker. |
