Are Black Badge courses valid in any province?
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It's not actually your Black Badge that is valid and recognized, it's your IPSC Membership. The Black Badge is the key that opens the door to acquiring an IPSC Canada membership, via the province you reside in. I took my Black Badge, that allowed me to join IPSC Alberta and compete in any province in Canada. You can also compete in the US and elsewhere, but there may be some minor bookeeping hurdles for other countries, so look before you leap internationally.
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Black Badge has nothing to do with any other country outside of Canada. At least not directly. But across Canada it is accepted.
I have very mixed feelings about the BB system here and they came about after experiencing USPSA.
To me it seems as if someone actually consciously thought "god damnit, gov has made this sport too easy to get into - any old soul can buy a holster and compete.... we need more red tape and arbitrary rules. what do them rednecks in USPSA know?" Worse is some of the BB courses discussed on here where students learnt nothing but how to holster, unholster, awkward movement and engaging safety while reloading etc. - all of which should be grounds for BB instructor privilege removal.
The only positive I see is it introduces a lucky few to a select few BB instructors' courses where they actually learn to be better shooters. If you can swing ANY sort of course with these guys; you really should, BB or otherwise.
To me it seems as if someone actually consciously thought "god damnit, gov has made this sport too easy to get into - any old soul can buy a holster and compete.... we need more red tape and arbitrary rules. what do them rednecks in USPSA know?" Worse is some of the BB courses discussed on here where students learnt nothing but how to holster, unholster, awkward movement and engaging safety while reloading etc. - all of which should be grounds for BB instructor privilege removal.
The only positive I see is it introduces a lucky few to a select few BB instructors' courses where they actually learn to be better shooters. If you can swing ANY sort of course with these guys; you really should, BB or otherwise.
The explanation I got back in 1992 was the course evolved in part to ensure the CFO's would allow holster use on olde tyme bullseye ranges.
Keep in mind this was the same era when one douche bag in NRCAN's incorrect or biased reading of the CCC effectively cut the supply of hollowpoint handgun ammo.
