Hearing
and Eye Protection is Mandatory on the range for participants
and spectators!This is a International Sport that stresses SAFE pistol
handling skills in realistic action settings. It is a place for
all reputable persons to have a good time and shoot diverse course
designs with many different props and targets. Some courses may
call for movement from place to place, other call for firing around
walls, through barrels, doorways, ports, hitting moving targets
or steel plates that fall when hit and white no shoot targets
to avoid. Some courses are scenario based and some are just shooting
& gun handling exercises. Practical Shooting Is not SWAT,
Combat Training or for Rambo types. IT LETS YOU TEST YOUR DEFENSIVE
SKILLS IN A SPORTING ATMOSPHERE!
While we are not in the business of training, IPSC is a sport, You will shoot better just by having people around that shoot well. Example: You could shoot $300.00 worth of ammo (Only18.5 boxes on 9mm winchester ammo) at the range just plinking at a bullseye target and not be a lot better shot than when you started and $300.00 poorer. Mainly because there was no one to give you pointers and nobody was around that you could watch and pick up training ideas or techniques from. At the matches you will see proper gun grip, proper stance and trigger control and a host of other things that will make you a better shot. Coming and particapating in the matches you will learn how to shoot better just by being around folks that shoot well. Isn't the idea that if you are going to shoot, to shoot as well as possible? IPSC style shooting will help you do that. So If you weren't satisfied with the shooting section of the concealed carry class and think you would like to learn more this is the place.
Think of the scoring as how well you are doing, not how well you are doing compared to others. This will help keep everything in prospective. That said you are scored on how fast and how accurate you can complete the courses. The scoring system is setup to score you on how many POINTS PER SECOND you can shoot on each course. (Example: Say you shoot 100 points in a course and do it in 20.00 seconds. To find out how many Points Per Second you shot, take and divide your time by your points. (100 Divided By 20) which scores you at shooting 5 points per second. Say another person shoots the same course in only 10 seconds but only scores 50 points. He also would be shooting 5 points per second and would tie you.) The idea is to shoot as many points per second as you can. Everybody is ranked from first place, shooting the highest points per second, to last place shooting the lowest point per second in each gun type division/class for each course. Then all the course are added up to give the overall results for the match.
YOU CAN USE THE PISTOL YOU HAVE NOW! If you own a 38, 9mm .357 Magnum or larger caliber, either a revolver or a semi auto, then you can participate. You will need a holster that covers the trigger guard, an inexpensive nylon holster is ideal. You will also need a belt, a couple of magazine or speed loader pouches and a few extra magazines or speed loaders, because the courses generally average about 20 rounds. Bring about 100 to a 150 rounds of ammo just to be on the safe side. You will generally shoot 4-5 different courses at a match. One of the really exciting & fun aspects about this sport is, that the course change every month, so it is always new and fresh.
That's Right, bring the family. We have people that are
seventy plus in the senior class, that begins at 50 years old
and as young as ten in the junior class. We have several female
shooter that shoot on a regular basis in the female class. The
folks at our matches are wonderful, friendly and have a good time
making new friends and answering questions that newcomers have,
because we all were newcomers once. It's fun for the whole family
and it's fat free!!! (Just seeing if you are paying attention)
You will be competing in a division based on the type of pistol you are using (the divisions are Revolver Division, Production Division which includes box stock Brettas, Glocks, Sigs, Rugers and most double action guns. Limited Division which is high end, high capacity guns such as STI's, Para Ordnance and other custom guns. Limited-10 Division designed for single stack 1911's and other ten round only guns. Then comes the Open Division these guns are the Formula One type guns of the sport, with red dot optics and all kinds of options to make them faster and more accurate.
After determining what division you will be in by the
gun you are shooting, we also classify you by your skill level
in one of the classes in each division (Grand Master, Master,
A, B, C, D or Unclassified) You will be unclassified if you have
not shot before. This makes the match fair in that, You
only compete against people in your class with similar skills
and in your division with similar guns & equipment.
So, don't be intimated by all the gear and gadgets some of the
shooters have in the high end classes. Just enjoy watching them
shoot and may be after the match they might let you bang off a
few rounds with their high end equipment.
If you ONLY come to win you are not going to have a very good time. Less face it, a large percent of the time You and I are not going to win. (Only one guy places and all the rest of us are winners just for being there.) So most of us are there to have fun, enjoy the commardery and try to learn how to shoot better. Of course those times when you do Win or Place the victory is that much sweeter! To help remember that sweet taste of victory and to have something to put up on your "I LOVE ME WALL" (that's where all your ribbons and trophies go). The first place finisher in each class, when there is more than three people in a class gets a SOLID SLIVER COIN. Generally 2nd and third place get either a ribbon or a special pin.
There will be awards in each Class, of each Division, at the end
of the match for First through Third. (Example: 1st "C"
class shooter in the Production Division, then 2nd "C"
class shooter in production and so on) Most competitors come and
compete for the fun of shooting different courses of fire, the
excitement of competing, the camaraderie of the fellow shooters
in this sport and mostly to hone their pistol skills. It's all
about shooting and having a good time burning gun powder, not
where you placed.
There is a giant discount if this is your first match, to help you get acquainted with the rules and how the match goes. At Red River Rifle & Pistol Club your first match is only $5.00. and you don't have to be a member to participate in these matches. The normal match fee is $15.00 dollars per person. This covers the Silver coins, and Awards, Targets, Tape, Target Sticks and Stands, Staples & Staplers, Score Sheets, Timers, Dues to the National org. and a host of other expenses that it takes to put on a high caliber match.
The Red River Rifle & Pistol Club will sponsor a match every 4th Sunday of the month at 10:00 am - rain or shine. Just a few miles west of Burkburnett, Texas. (See Map first page of this web site)
What do I do when I get to the Match?Go to the Stat Shack (it is the Tan Chev. Truck on the road
down by the 100 yd berm) before 10:00am to get signed up and pay
your match fees. The Club Secretary will introduce you to some
folks that will give you a safety check and the range rules. (see
the Safety page on this web site for the safety rules)
Then just relax, hang around and look at the courses to see what
you are going to shoot that day. Talk to the folks around if you
have a question and wait for the shooters meeting that is held
before each match. After the Shooters Meeting we have the course
walk throughs, in which the course designers will tell you how
to shoot that course of fire in that bay. We will then assign
each person at the match to a squad with other shooter to speed
up the match. We generally have 2 to 3 squads and will assign
a squad to start on a particular course. When all shooters have
finished that course they move to the next course as a group.
This being a club we encourage all the members of a squad to help
tape targets, reset the steel targets and such, after the "Range
Officer" with the timer has said "the range is clear".
Continue helping until your name is announced as being in the
"HOLE" ( which means you are two shooters away from
it being your turn to shoot) then of course after your turn resume
helping reset the course for the next shooters.
Generally you have some time when you first come to a new course to look it over and practice the way you are going to shoot it, before you actually do. Watch other shooters practicing for ideas on the best way to shoot that course.
You may load magazines anywhere on the range, except the "SAFE AREA" (There will be a sign designating this area), but NO magazines, loaded or unloaded, may be in your gun at any time that you are not up to shoot.(when it is your time to shoot, load your gun only when told to by the range officer) There will be NO AMMO handled in the SAFE AREA at any time and the Safe Area is the ONLY place that you may handle your gun when you are not up to shoot, otherwise it must be in your Holster, Gun Rug or Shooting Bag. When in the safe area always keep the muzzle of your gun pointed at the back berm of the Safe Area. When in the safe area you may dry fire your gun and practice reloading with EMPTY magazines, always keeping the muzzle pointed at the back of the berm. There is a 180 degree line in the safe area also.
Yes. Occasionally we will mix in rifle and shotguns in other courses what we call side matches. Usually after the regular match, while the scores are being calculated. Sometimes we will even use small caliber guns like .22 rim fires. Sometimes we hold special 3-GUN matches where you will use all three guns in a match.
Yes, there are 2 other clubs with in an hour drive of Wichita Falls. Duncan OK- 3rd Sunday at 10:00 am and Indian Territory - 1st Sunday and 3rd Saturday. There is an Area 4 Championship in May, The Breckenridge Club holds the Texas State Limited in August, the Oklahoma State Limited Championship is in the fall and the Oklahoma State Open Championship is in May. There are also two national match in the Fall in Barry IL. All these large matches attract 200-500 people. These large events have vendors from all over the Untied States that offer discounts on merchandise at the match, and you get to see new products and techniques.
Yes, U.S.P.S.A.
United States Practical Shooting Association is the governing
body for the United States. The International Practical Shooting
Confederation (I.P.S.C.) is the World Governing Body and holds
a World Shoot Off every three years. We encourage every member
to join USPSA there are many benefits to being a member of this
larger organization. One benefit is USPSA keeps a record of your
classification scores that you can access on the internet and
a Bi-Monthly high quality Magazine called Front Sight.
Questions... E-mail us at the address below or come to a match and watch and talk to the folks shooting, they are some of the most friendly people around
Practical Shooting is great Fun to watch and to participate in. It's a good way to develop a higher degree of proficiency in the use of your pistol and a great way to spend a afternoon. Because your Gun Should be Fun!!!!
E-mail us at 
scorch@wf.net