Im fortunate enough to have a local, borough owned, indoor pistol range 5 minutes from my house. Unfortunately, It’s been around since the 50’s and by looking at its average members, it shows..
Let me explain.
The club was founded as an offhand bullseye league, and in most of the membership’s eyes, that’s the only type of shooting there is. If you shoot too fast, you get dirty looks. If I shoot one of my guns with a comp on it, I get questioned on if I’m shooting a magnum (big no no in my club) If you draw from a holster, you’ll not only be asked to leave, you’ll probably be asked to never come back. Holsters are dangerous and people can’t be trusted using them. It’s a real shame. It’s so close but I really only go there to sight stuff in or function check anything because the members just seem to look down at USPSA type shooting.
Have any of you guys dealt with this type of club? Were you ever able to change their mentality and make them see that drawing from a holster isn’t a scary evil thing?