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What is Defensive Pistol Shooting?
Defensive pistol shooting as a sport is quite simply the use of practical equipment including full charge service ammunition to solve simulated "real world" self-defense scenarios. Shooters competing in Defensive Pistol events are required to use practical handguns and holsters that are truly suitable for self-defense use. No "competition only" equipment is permitted in Defensive Pistol matches since the main goal is to test the skill and ability of an individual, not his or her equipment or gamesmanship.
Why do we need another shooting sport?
Prior to the formation of Defensive Pistol, there was no place to compete and hone one's skill with equipment designed for and suitable for self-defense. Other shooting sports are just that, sports that have no relevance to self-defense. Defensive Pistol offers an exciting new forum for practical shooters in which truly practical equipment, techniques and courses of fire are mandated. Prior to Defensive Pistol there was no place at all to compete with common service pistols such as the Beretta, Glock or Sig. Nor was there a shooting sport where your concealed carry holster could also be your match holster without handicap. When you come to a Defensive Pistol match you cannot only use your duty/CCW equipment, you can be completely competitive with it! Other shooting sports have become equipment "races," Defensive Pistol will not. If you're interested in using truly practical pistols, drawn from practical holsters to solve challenging and exciting defensive shooting problems, then Defensive Pistol is the sport for you.
What are the goals of Defensive Pistol?
The goal of Defensive Pistol is to create a level playing field for all competitors to test the skill and ability of the individual, not their equipment or gamesmanship. To promote safe and proficient use of guns and equipment suitable for self-defense use. To offer a competition forum for standard factory produced service pistols such as the Beretta 92F, Glock 17, etc. (STOCK SERVICE PISTOL Division), for popular single action 9mm/.40 pistols which have been modified for carry (ENHANCED SERVICE PISTOL Division), for 1911 style single stack .45's which have been modified for carry, not competition (CUSTOM DEFENSIVE PISTOL Division) and for service revolvers such as the popular Smith & Wesson 686 (STOCK SERVICE REVOLVER Division). To provide the shooters with practical and realistic courses of fire that simulates potentially life threatening encounters or tests skills that would be required to survive life threatening encounters. To offer a practical shooting sport that is responsive to the shooters and sponsors, with unprecedented stability of equipment rules. To offer a practical shooting sport that allows competitors to concentrate on the development of their shooting skills anRIPON DEFENSIVE PISTOL CLUB
My son Mike and i have been shooting IDPA since this spring and love every minute of it. We shoot at the Ripon Rifle and Pistol club. So far Georgia has not joined in the shooting, maybe next spring, of course then we're going to have to find someone else to enter all the scores into the scoring program. We've met some great folks at this club and thanks to the organizational skills of Jim Williams, the match director, have truly enjoyed the shooting there. For more info on this great sport and club, drop an e-mail to Jim at mailto:[email protected]
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