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Hi BD.

I'm a member and match director at DPC and I'll try to answer some of your questions. I'm assuming you have reviewed our website, Dallas Pistol Club so you know what we have and what we allow. Our location in the city and our boundary restrictions limit what we can shoot.

Our current yearly membership is within the range of other private clubs, not the highest and not the lowest. The benefit of membership is that it is a once a year fee and you pay nothing to shoot there when you visit (except for our matches where the costs are minimum to just recover the costs of our equipment used andor damaged during our matches. You can also bring out guests at no charge as long as you can be responsible for their conduct and safety. There are target stands for paper targets as well as steel targets left out on our tactical bays for use by our members. We have barricades available for simulating cover. You can arrange targets in in any configuration you choose to practice shooting drills as long as they are set up safely. You can practice shooting from concealment requiring drawing, target acquisition, and rapid fire drills. You can practice speed re-loads. You are not watched and criticized by the ever-present "range nazis" you will find at any public range.

We provide several competitive matches for enjoyment by our members and non-members (yes, non-members are allowd to shoot in our matches). These matches are scheduled on the weekends and take upmost of the mornings and early afternoons, after which members can resume shooting. This is what I personally enjoy the most, visiting and shooting with friends, and having fun.

This is my perspective of joining a shooting club. If you don't shoot that much, it may not be worth it to you. If you shoot a lot, it's the only way to go. If you want more info, PM me and I can meet you out at the club and show you around and answer more of your questions. On a negative note, the waiting list to join DPC is currently over 370, which is at least two years out (speaking optimistically).

Tom