AN AVERAGE PRACTICAL MATCH, WILL USUALLY HAVE 5 OR 6 STAGES OR SCENARIOS, HISTORICALLY FROM 12 TO AS HIGH AS 49 ROUNDS. TARGETS WILL BE PAPER AND OR STEEL.
THE PAPER TARGETS ARE USUALLY NON MOVING, BUT SOMETIMES WE MIGHT PUT IN A MOVER HERE AND THERE JUST TO KEEP YOU AWAKE. THE STEEL TARGETS RANGE IN SIZE FROM 6" SQUARE ON UP TO NEAR THREE FEET HIGH. TARGETS WILL BE PLACED AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES,THE STEEL WILL RELATE TO THE DISTANCE AND SIZE OF A 6" TARGET AT 33 FEET.
YOU USUALLY NEED ABOUT 3 BOXES OF AMMO TO SHOOT THE MATCH, DEPENDING ON NUMBER OF MISSES. MOST OF THE TIME YOU WILL NEED 2 OR 3 MAGAZINES. MOST PISTOLS 9MM OR LARGER CAN BE USED IN A PRACTICAL MATCH, IT MIGHT EVEN BE POSSIBLE TO MAKE IT EASIER ON BEGINNERS ( SUCH AS YOUR KIDS ) TO USE A 22, TO GET THEM STARTED. WE NEED WOMEN AND CHILDREN INVOLVED IF OUR SPORT IS TO GROW IN POPULARITY.
IF YOU HAVE NEVER PARTICIPATED IN A MATCH OF THIS TYPE AND MIGHT NOT HAVE ENOUGH EQUIPMENT, MOST OF THE TIME WE CAN FIND MAGAZINES, HOLSTERS, HEARING PROTECTION ETC. TO BORROW FROM ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, TO GET YOU THROUGH YOUR FIRST MATCH. AFTER YOUR FIRST MATCH YOU WILL KNOW WHAT OTHER EQUIPMENT YOU NEED TO CONTINUE THE SPORT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THIS DID NOT ANSWER, CALL, CLIF AT 806-781-2314