JFlowers Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Does anyone have a New Shooter's Guide? Maybe a page or two that bulletpoints safety rules and outlines general match administration for a new shooter. I have been recruiting friends and am looking for something to help them understand about gun handling in and out of safe areas, RO commands, etc. These are folks who shoot casually and are interested in something more, so they have some basic gun handling knowledge. I am hoping to get the together one night to go over the competition basics, but I was hoping someone might have something I could print or email to them. Thanks, James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidwiz Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 The USPSA web site has good info: Getting Started USPSA Rulebook has gun saftey info and match info, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRe Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 The front of the Rulebook also has a nice discussion on what the sport is, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRD Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 I have something I did for our IDPA club that should be pretty close, you could modify it and see if it works for you - could be a start anyway: scarfg.org/idpa The 'new shooter' and 'safety briefing' pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFlowers Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 GRD, Thanks, thats close to what I was looking for. David and Xre, I checked out the uspsa page before I even asked the question and while it gave good overviews of the sport and what you needed, it did not have what I was looking for. I did not look at the rulebook. The PRACTICAL SHOOTING ETIQUETTE section on page 12-16 also is pretty close to what I was looking for. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgary Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 My home section has a "getting started in IPSC" page on the section website http://northwestsection.org/newshooter.html and a more detailed/descriptive doc at the link near the top of that page. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFlowers Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 Bgary, Thanks. But what I am looking for is more of a "Here's what goes on at a match" rather than a what gear and skills you need to compete. We have a fairly formalize procedure for stages so I was hoping someone would have a "You got your gear, membership and show up on match day, now what" kind of document that would explain to a new shooter the procedures going on around him. GRD's page has range command and RO warnings (Finger, etc) on it and is close to what I was looking for except thats its IDPA rather than USPSA. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgary Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Thanks. But what I am looking for is more of a "Here's what goes on at a match" rather than a what gear and skills you need to compete. Did you look at the linked doc? http://northwestsection.org/files/SafetyCheck.pdf It has a lot of safety and rules stuff, but also includes discussion about what to expect at a match, including sample stages, some discussion about how to shoot those sample stages, how to interpret the different things on a stage diagram, etc. B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 (edited) I have a file on my Mac... I'll attach it tonight after work. it details, patching, brassing, on-deck, in the hole, squadding, score sheets and all that stuff. I thought I had posted it before and here is the link Link to Post with Guidelines and Etiquette Edited July 15, 2005 by BritinUSA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRD Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 That safety-check .pdf is a nice piece of work, Bruce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgary Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Actually, it was written by Floyd Shoemaker while he was our SC. I'll pass along your compliment. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFlowers Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 Bruce, I will go back and look again. I could have just skimmed over it too fast. Also, my hats off to Bruce, Floyd, GRD, etc for the work put into the documentation. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
short_round Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Try this one from the Richmond Hotshots: Safe Handgun Competitor: A manual for students and instructors It's 68 pages long so ... grab a cold one before you sit down to read it. Lots of pictures too for the text only challenged. Props to Bill for doing all the work to update the document. Check out Chapter 2 - Competition to see "what goes on at a match." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumpnav Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 If you haven't thought about it yet, the Fronst Sight Annual is a nice overview of the sport. It doesn't have the range commands etc, but I have printed it for people that show some interest and it goes a long way to explaining what USPSA is. It is always available on the USPSA website under the additional content tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XAFSP Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 These are some good rading for the novice practical shooter. thanks all Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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