We used to shoot bullseye and 'action pistol" shoots at our range. The action pistol later transitioned into IDPA. When we stopped bullseye, there were 3 to 5 showing up for the matches. 40 to 60 showing up for "action pistol".
400 members and a long waiting list. Non members showed up on shoot days.Sounds like a big club. How big was the range? One issue our club had was it was small and we didn’t have much space for the courses.
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Amen SIGSHR! In these days of "Run and Gun" and "Spray and Pray" style shooting, the truth still remains, "You can't miss fast enough to win". There's no substitute for learning the basics.It seems to be out of fashion or old fashioned at present. I firmly believe that Bullseye shooting is the best way to teach pistol shooting, requires concentration, developing all the proper habits and skills.
It seems to be out of fashion or old fashioned at present. I firmly believe that Bullseye shooting is the best way to teach pistol shooting, requires concentration, developing all the proper habits and skills.
In these days of "Run and Gun" and "Spray and Pray" style shooting, the truth still remains, "You can't miss fast enough to win".
Saying it like this is a good way to encourage people new to the sport to give it a try:
Saying it like this keeps people away:
Just because a discipline of shooting sports or a skillset that is trained to is on a shorter time limit does not mean it is "spray and pray". By my count I'm the third one to mention the attitude of bullseye shooters turning people off to it. I could just as easily walk into my old gun club on a bullseye evening and make the statement that none of them have the athletic conditioning needed to compete in other pistol disciplines. But that is going to turn them off to the idea of looking to expand their skillset, so I don't.