Hello everyone
I'm the new guy, figured i'd introduce myself and ask for a bit of advice. First off, about me. I'm 27 and an (new) LEO. Firearms training has really sparked my intrest in shooting. I've been lucky to have firearms instructors who care as much (if not more) about survival training than just passing the POST coarse. Now, don't get me wrong..i'm not new to firearms. I was introduce to them at a very young age, shooting my grandpa's 22lr out behind his house. Hunting was a big part of my life growing up, and i got my conceal/carry permit about 4 years ago. But, that being said, i never had any formal instruction until now, and TBH i've never had so much fun in my life Our instructor had us shoot 2+2+2 on a 3 piece steel coarse (2 shots, reload, 2 shots..etc)...now that was a blast.
soooooo i've decided to take up shooting as a hobby. I've been researching the past few days and am getting kinda lost in all the info. Ive read about reloading, watched a ton of match footage. But after reading these forums, i figured one of the best coarses of action would be to just ask what you'd do in my situation.
Now, the good news is i live about 5 mins from Clarks Shootout range (lf to seeing some of u at the 3 gun nationals in oct) ... the bad news being my limited resources as my wife and i have a beutiful 4mth old daughter. My PD range is open about once a month, and i have a free range available to me on weekends, but, it only alows for static shooting from the 7 yard line (no movement/drawing) .. My skills are fairly good, i shoot a Glock 19 (my conceal weapon) and a glock 22 (my duty weapon). I'm a bit confused about dryfire practice, as i can only pull the trigger once on my glocks before racking the slide to reset the trigger.
So, what would you do first? Join a club? setup for reloading? buy books? All of it? I know its kind of a wide subject, but i'm hoping to get some advice on where/how to start shooting on limited resources.
thanks in advance