Organization

The league is intended as a practice league for all types of action pistol shooting, IDPA, and IPSC. Everyone is welcome to shoot regardless of club affiliation and does not need to be a De Pere Sportsmen's club member but would be welcomed to join if interested.

Rules

Overall, we will generally use IDPA rules for safety, gun-handling rules and target scoring. Please take the time to go through the IDPA rule book (see link below). Scoring will be the honor system, and those who do not wish to have their scores published do not have to. If you would prefer to use only your first name, or an alias, that is fine as well.

Scheduling

The league will shoot every Tuesday, starting the second week of April and running through mid-September. Sign in online using Practiscore, or sign in at the match. Sign in starts at 4:00 pm. Shooting starts at 5:00 pm.

Equipment

There are two groups of shooters, those that do/may compete in their respective disciplines and those that just want to shoot. For the competitors, and those that think they may want to, it is up to the individual shooters to make sure that their equipment meets the requirements of their disciplines. For those that want to just shoot, here is the basic equipment:

• Good quality firearm - Center fire revolver with at least 3 speed loaders or Semi- Automatic with at least 3 magazines.
• We will try to accommodate .22 rim-fire for each event – no holster is needed as we will shoot from low ready.
• Strong side belt holster (no cross-draw, shoulder, ankle, etc) , again no cross draw. See RESOURCES below.
• 2 Magazine/speed loader pouches (I'd recommend at least three)
• Stiff Belt at least 1 1/2" wide or wider if your holster/pouches will accept it.
• Eye protection (mandatory)
• Hearing protection (mandatory)

I also recommend:

• Hat
• High-necked shirts or tops
• Pants, not shorts
• No hoodies or baggie clothes that could impede drawing from a holster
• Sunscreen
• Bug Repellant
• Rain gear (we shoot regardless of weather)
• Minimum of 100 rounds of ammunition, but more is better.

Operations

Starting second week of April, check-in starts at 4:00 pm. Shooting Starts at 5:00 pm:

• $10 members and/or Safety Officers
• $15 non-members

From this point onward, eye and ear protection are mandatory. There will be a "gear-up" station where you can put on your gear and load magazines (pistols unloaded and cased) and then onto the "gun-up" or safety area where the pistol is uncased, still unloaded, is holstered.

** NO AMMUNITION IN THE SAFETY AREA**

Not in pockets, not in any magazine/speed loaders that you may be carrying. From there proceed to the firing line. At each stage, the course of fire will be explained. Once on the firing line the shooter will be asked if they understand the course of fire. Upon the affirmative, the shooter will be told to "Load and Make Ready", the shooter will withdraw their pistol, load, and then hold in a "Low Ready" position until instructed to "Holster Safe" placing on the firearm's safety (if applicable). The shooter will be given a "Shooter Ready?" call and the timer starts. To start with we will use a 3-second delay. Once the buzzer sounds, the shooter may draw and shoot the course of fire. After the last shot, the shooter will take a "Low Ready" position until told to "Unload" (remove magazine) and if the slide is closed, the slide should be locked back and visually checked for being unloaded. Then the command to "Slide Forward and Hammer down" is given, the slide is released, and trigger is pulled to verify the firearm is empty. Finally, the command to "Holster Safe". One the command "Line Safe" is given you may police your gear and tape targets.

The above is a generalization of the commands and there may be slight variations based on the stage/firearm/safety officer, but the basic goal is safety.

Remember

We are operating a "cold range" which means that all firearms are unloaded and holstered at ALL times until directed by a safety officer on the firing line. Muzzle discipline will be strictly enforced. Each stage will have defined "muzzle safe points" where the muzzle must be kept inside. Finger/trigger discipline will be strictly enforced (finger not on trigger until sights on target)

Resources

IDPA rules may be found at https://www.idpa.com
USPSA rules may be found at https://uspsa.org
Practiscore information may be found at https://practiscore.com