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I'm just getting into IPSC and very new to competitive shooting in general. For those who practice before you compete in a match, where do you do this? I understand some gun clubs have a day or two each month, but what if you wanted to train everyday outdoors and recreate some of the courses you've seen on YouTube?

I understand dry fire drills are important within your home and on the range, but where can you legally run around with your handgun in course you setup outdoors on a daily basis?

Specifically I looking for resources within Alberta (if even possible)

I understand my questioning and train of thought might be naive on this topic, please enlighten me.
 
Yes, dry fire, especially among new shooters is where you will make your biggest gains.

With respect to setting up a larger live fire COF, think you’ll quickly find that’s not practical or efficient use of your practice time. Like dry fire, most guys only require 1-4 targets to run a variety of accuracy, speed, transition, movement, strong / weak hand, prone, table pick-up, etc etc etc drills. These micro drills are easy to set up and very quick to run numerous times and is where you will make your biggest gains. Thinking you need a large 20 second COF to practice on is a common misconception among new shooters. You will expend a lot of rounds, time and money needlessly for minimum gain practicing this way.

Get yourself a couple good dry and live fire practice books by guys like Ben Stoeger or Steve Anderson etc and follow their practice suggestions. You will save a lot of time and money and get to where you want to go a lot faster.
 
Very good points Northaways, thanks for the insight. I'll pickup one of Ben's books and focus more on the dry fire drills.
 
Again, where are you located?
CDTSA has a blackbadge instructor that is putting on a couple courses this year.
You could just sign up to that and get all your questions answered.
 
I'm in Northern Alberta and I'm already signed up for Black Badge this month. In the meantime, I'll keep on my dry fire drills.

Thanks for the PM's. I'll wait until the done the course and see if I'm missing any information.
 
Mr. S said:
I'm in Northern Alberta and I'm already signed up for Black Badge this month. In the meantime, I'll keep on my dry fire drills.

Thanks for the PM's. I'll wait until the done the course and see if I'm missing any information.
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I guarantee you will be missing a lot of information, even after the Black Badge course.


Since you haven’t taken the BB, I wouldn’t worry about too much practice yet, as you have not been shown the proper/safe methods of specific actions. You would be just reinforcing bad or non-existant skills.

Take the course first, ask the instructor questions. Then practice, practice, practice...

I know I personally would not want you running around with a loaded pistol in your hands at any range I’m at. It’s not as simple as you think it is.

It is nice to see someone with this enthusiasm starting in the sport, but there is much to learn, and safety issues that need to be ingrained in your mind. Yes, you don't become an A or GM class shooter without practice. But also requires to train with other for input also.

Also, there are a VERY limited amount of ranges that will allow you to do what you want on your own time in Northern Alberta
 
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"I know I personally would not want you running around with a loaded pistol in your hands at any range I’m at. It’s not as simple as you think it is."

That is exactly why I took the BB course. I doubt that I will compete in IPSC, but wanted to be safe and not a danger to myself or those around me. Had an excellent teacher at CDTSA.
 
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