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TEX wrote:I don't mean to spoil the party, but my advice is to stay away from that competitive shooting stuff. I mean, they always let you shoot the first match for free - right, just like those drug dealers that usually let you have the first hit for free. It's an old trick - an evil trick, just to get you hooked. Addicts love company and we, uuhh, I mean they, are no different. Only crack is more addictive. After the first one, you find yourself cruising around the net looking for better gear and skipping meals to check out guns shops on your lunch hours. Before you know it, you are thinking about buying your own timer and shopping for a new range bag, or figuring how much overtime you will have to work to get a case of ammo or a mo-betta gun. You lay awake at night wondering if the 147 grain really does have less recoil that the 115 grain. It really gets bad when you start thinking about 3-gun competition. You start buying your dog the cheap food so you will have more money for ammo or travel to exotic matches. You hear shot timers go off in the middle of the night and it wakes you in a cold sweat reaching for a pistol at your side that is not there. When your doctor ask how you doing you mumble "down three" or "Failure to Netralize" and start crying. You start speaking in gunny talk with other addicts at work in a language that no one can understand. It never gets any better and you can never give it up. You could end up living under a bridge with nothing but a reloading bench for shelter. Don't do it my friend - save yourself while you still can!

TEX

joseywales wrote:

R3dbull wrote:I am interested in getting into competitive shooting and was wondering how to get started in it. I live in the north Dallas area (elm fork is very close to me).

I don't really have any idea on how the competitions work, or how much it costs to get involved in it. Is it very expensive?

I will go the range every once in a while but don't go as frequently as one should. Is it worth it to get involved without shooting very often?

Sorry for all the questions just don't really know where to start.

In your area - Belt Line Rd @ Luna - Dallas Pistol Club http://www.dallaspistolclub.com/competition.php

Recommend the 3rd/4th Sunday morning steel plate shooting events.
Very low-key, beginner friendly format. Stand in a 4x4 shooting area, upon audible signal, shoot 5 steel targets from 10-15 yards away.
The targets are arranged differently on each stage. Each target varies in size from 10" circles to 18"x24" rectangles.
Bring pistol, 150 rounds, eye & ear protection, 4-5 magazines, and $20. 22-caliber or above.

Most of the events work as follows:
-Participants are grouped into Squads and assigned to Stages
-Range Officers are assigned to each squad
-Each participant will, in turn, shoot the stage assigned to the squad, and then the entire squad will rotate to the next stage

When it’s Your Turn to Shoot
-The Range Officer will call your name
-Listen & Obey the Range Officer instructions
-TAKE YOUR TIME, KEEP SAFETY IN MIND ABOVE ALL, Relax and Have FUN