I'm impressed.

 

In the last few months, you guys have done a tremendous job of encouraging new people to try any number of action shooting events, and it seems that everyone who goes out to compete has, at least, nothing bad to say, and some have fallen hard and fast into the sport. With this in mind, I'm writing a piece for njShoot about the resurgence of action shooting sports in NJ.

 

The first few paragraphs follow. As always, cc and c are welcome. Keep in mind that this is a first draft, and will most likely change.

 

Action shooting sports in New Jersey

 

Many of the ranges throughout the state who host action shooting events have seen a recent increase in participation, and a lot of that increase has been coming from shooters who are new to the sport. Regular participants of the action shooting sports have been encouraging new shooters to try it out, and experienced competitors who are active on New Jersey based shooting forums such as njgunforums.com have been enthusiastically discussing the events and helping guide rookie shooters through the learning curve.

 

The goal in action shooting is to, as closely as possible, duplicate a wide variety of real-world shooting scenarios. Unlike shooting paper targets from the line, action shooters may draw from holsters or be required to treat their gun as a “pick up”, they may engage multiple targets while moving to and from positions of cover, they may be required to reload and engage additional targets, they may have to avoid hitting targets that represent “hostages”, and other situations that represent worst case shooting situations.

 

Action shooting disciplines vary, as do the rules for each, but there are general similarities. Competitive scoring is based on a combination of time and shooting accuracy, but most new shooters are encouraged to slow down and concentrate on accuracy. Learning how to quickly reacquire targets, how to plan the shooting sequence for the greatest efficiency, and how to reload quickly and effectively are more likely to bring up a new shooter’s score than simply pulling the trigger faster and hoping for the best. Speed will come eventually, and once a novice shooter has an understanding and control of the basics, their scores can increase dramatically as they shoot at more events.

 

Each match is divided into different stages, and each stage represents a different shooting scenario. The number and complexity of stages varies from event to event, but new participants will be able to compete on each of them, and each stage is different enough to make it a challenging and fun day of shooting.

 

Competitors are divided into squads, and each squad rotates through the stages until everyone has competed on each stage. If there are more than a few people competing, it can turn into a long day at the range, but the time between stages is perfect for meeting new people and socializing with friends, helping score and reset the stages after each shooter, and generally just having a good time. Some facilities have picnic areas available, and there’ll often be a group of friends showing up ready to spend a full day of shooting, schmoozing and eating.

As one of those who joined in with action shooting recently, I must say... very nice

Many of the ranges throughout the state who (i think technically "that" would be used here, no? while the "who" later in the sentence is accurate since it refers to "shooters". i could be wrong. host action shooting events have seen a recent increase in participation, and a lot of that increase has been coming from shooters who are new to the sport. Regular participants of the action shooting sports have been encouraging new shooters to try it out, and experienced competitors who are active on New Jersey based shooting forums such as njgunforums.com have been enthusiastically discussing the events and helping guide rookie shooters through the learning curve.

 

Looks good. Good topic.

maybe add a quick list of the various types of matches. i had no idea about "action" steel until someone from the forum told me about it.

USPSA/IPSC

IDPA

Static Steel

Reactive Steel

3-gun

 

.. what else?

USPSA/IPSC

IDPA

Static Steel

Reactive Steel

3-gun

 

.. what else?

Single Action shooting

Cowboy 3 gun

cowboy mounted (for Steph)

USPSA/IPSC

IDPA

Static Steel

Reactive Steel

3-gun

 

.. what else?

Cowboy action pistol, 5 stand (whatever that is), trap/skeet, and there has too be some rifle stuff. maybe a a short list such as what nick put and just a hyperlink to a respective association for that competition. gets you out of having to expand on each type of competition, know what i mean?

cowboy mounted (for Steph)

Mmmmmmm....cowboys.

Cowboy action pistol, 5 stand (whatever that is), trap/skeet, and there has too be some rifle stuff. maybe a a short list such as what nick put and just a hyperlink to a respective association for that competition. gets you out of having to expand on each type of competition, know what i mean?

clay sports is a whole 'nother topic. That one is in the works.

USPSA/IPSC

IDPA

Static Steel

Reactive Steel

3-gun

 

.. what else?

USPSA not IPSC

USPSA is what practical shooting is called in the U.S. IPSC is what the rest of the world calls it.

Also offer links to the various shooting sports and the clubs that host events in the area.

USPSA not IPSC

USPSA is foe the U.S., IPSC is for the rest of the world.

Also offer links to the various shooting sports and the clubs that host events in the area.

Part of the plan. I need a club list.

http://www.cjrpc.com/

http://obcats.com/

 

http://www.gssfonline.com/ i know they have matches in the area on occassion

Part of the plan. I need a club list.

Shongum http://www.shongum.org/home.html

USANA http://www.hsiusana.com/

Tenafly http://www.trpclub.org/

The above site links plus the ones for old bridge and CJ have a listing of events that are held at the club.

 

USPSA site link to find clubs http://www.uspsa.org/locate-uspsa-clubs.php

IDPA site link to find clubs http://www.idpa.com/clubs.asp

Single Action shooting

Cowboy 3 gun

cowboy mounted (for Steph)

 

I think the only person on the forum who fills the Old as Dirt Requirement for Single Action Shooting is..ummm... well you know who I mean.

Thanks for the assist, guys.

 

Article went up last night.