For those interested in getting better at pistol shooting. Tri-County Gun Club in Bonner Springs KS has a Monthly Outdoor pistol match (april 22) w/multiple COF's. They usually run 3 diff COF's, w/ one all/mostly bowling pins, one COF w/all steel, and one COF as paper targets w/"hostages". All 3 are shoot/move/reload scenarios. It's all in fun and they have homemade, (but nice) trophies too. No special guns or holsters are needed and there are plenty of Fobus style holsters out there. They run an open class(any optics or comps), stock (any mods are allowed except optics/comps) and a revolver class too. You can shoot the COF either low speed (ie, walking, shooting) or high speed (running to the next shooting station), and for those of you, like me, who like to spray and pray, there are no deductions for "extra rounds". Heck I paid my money , I'm not bringing any ammo home. :)
If you are fairly new to shooting, that's ok too. As long as you can draw/holster a pistol, and reload in a safe manner, you are good to go. It will be as fast or slow as you want to make it. This is a fun envirnment w/ normally no more than 30 shooters at the most. There are plenty of shooters like myself who are past their prime, a little pudgy around the middle, w/ bad knees/eyes (and bad haircuts too), who just like getting out of their local indoor gun range that has: stationary targets, no drawing from holsters, and only allow 1 shot every 3 seconds.
cost: 20.00 for 1 gun, 24.00 for 2 guns (or the same gun twice, etc). plan on 100-150rds per gun.
We are normally full w/ 4 people and gear, but if we get enough/anybody interested, we can plan on a meeting location to arrange carpools, follow us, etc as it's approx 45 min/1hr from Lees Summit.
They also have a 3 gun match in Sept. It is rifle, pistol and shotgun. and a NRA match in May.
The website is www.1911a1.com but there's not much listed except the dates and the recent match scores.
scottMO