dajarrel Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I'm 55 years old and have been shooting just about all my life. Plinking and hunting as well as some basic training in the Navy and a short time as a police officer. But, I didn't get involved in competitive shooting until 2000 and IPSC in 2001. I wish I had been aware of the fun I could have been having years earlier. So I have been shooting competitively for about nine years. How long have you been at it? TY47071 dj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel1212 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 (edited) August 06 I wish I had found it sooner as well. Edited March 2, 2009 by steel1212 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSEMARTIN Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 October 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwb01 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 (edited) Summer of 2006 went to a couple of matches......... Been hooked ever since ! Edited March 3, 2009 by nwb01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTrace Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I'm 55 years old and have been shooting just about all my life. Plinking and hunting as well as some basic training in the Navy and a short time as a police officer. But, I didn't get involved in competitive shooting until 2000 and IPSC in 2001. I wish I had been aware of the fun I could have been having years earlier. So I have been shooting competitively for about nine years. How long have you been at it? TY47071 dj My first match was in February '08 and I took the entire summer off. I really wish I had found this 10 years earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atbarr Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 April '08. A.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyg00 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 51 years old and entered my first match in November 1987. Marty A-7424 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidwiz Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 1994 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speculatorking Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Jan 06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbs007 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 (edited) Started competitively in '94, walked away in '95 for personal reasons. Got back in '03 and just got hooked like crazy. I regreted the years I stopped shooting and it wasn't by choice. The only thing I did right back then was signing up as a Lifer with USPSA Edited March 3, 2009 by norbs007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSabbath Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I started in August, 1989. It's hard to believe it's almost been 20 years. I'm 41, so that's nearly half my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark K Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Rifle from 1975 to 1995, took up USPSA in Sept '06. Wish I had started sooner (USPSA) Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noypi916 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 December 2008. I'm a newbie to action pistol or competition but now I'm hooked to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 first match was steel challenge in 1984...took up ispc right after that. so a long time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Bell Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Came to firearms late I bought my first gun in Aug 02, first match March 03. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharonAnne9x23 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I started shooting pistols in the early 80s. By the mid 80s I was sort of competitive. I did win 2 local matches. Since then I have continued shooting, in competitions, but I have not been competitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMC Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 My dad and I went to the local club to shoot one sunday in the summer of 99 and the range was closed for a pistol match. I was mad but stayed to see what they were doing. When I saw the guns, gear and guys running and gunning I knew I had to try it. I took a local action pistol class in Nov of 99 and have been competing ever since. Started 3-gun in 2002, ICORE in 2003, Glock matches in 2005 and Steel Challenge in 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 On and mostly off since 1980. Shot some matches with Brian and TGO in 1981-3. Trophied in what I think was the first Practical match at Rio Salado in 1983. Quit, then shot some pins in NW Florida for a few years. Took up the great of game golf in 1988. About a 7-8 handicap when I "retired" in 2003. At least twice that know. Re-joined the USPSA in 2001 and shot some. Going ape s#!t at it since 04. I'm here for the duration. No one else will have me. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrawandDuck Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 (edited) May 2005.........one match per month at first.....Didn't find the forums until October 05...... Edited March 3, 2009 by DrawandDuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 1999-2000 I think? Joined the forums in 2001 so it had to be around that time. BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimInFL Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I'm 54. Started a year ago - Feb 08. 3 months in Production, then switched to Open. Didn't shoot a lot before that. JimInFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limitless13 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Knew about USPSA and all that back in college around 03, didn't start competing seriously until 07 after I got involved with Detonics. Been going hard ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSeevers Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 USPSA 20+ years. Too old to remember a first day. I do remember the match in vivid detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoShooter Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Man, do I feel like an underachiever. I have the first run of Brian's book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingchange Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I started competing around the same time I started shooting. First time I touched - heck, even SAW - a handgun was August 31, 2004. Took some classes, where I learned about USPSA, and entered my first match a year later. So, it's been 3.5 years for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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