REFLECTIONS ON A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Woo-hoo! Just finished competing in the World Championship of IDPA, the International Defensive Pistol Association (www.idpa.com), held at Frank Garcia’s splendid Universal Shooting Academy in Frostproof, Florida. The tournament continues through the weekend.
It was...
A PERSONAL ANNIVERSARY
Got a personal anniversary this week: January 8, 2005 was when I became the first five-gun master in IDPA. The acronym stands for International Defensive Pistol Association, and until January ’05, there were four...
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF “TOP SHOT”?
The History Channel has been running a show called “Top Shot,” in which shooters young and old, male and female, from disciplines ranging from old-style rifle to modern speed pistol compete in visually exciting...
THIRTY OR FORTY YEARS LATER
A few days ago, I was passing through the Panhandle of Florida and got to spend dinner with a guy I hadn’t seen in 30 or so years, and whom I first met 40...
TOWARD REALISTIC SHOOTING PRACTICE
As a teenager, I discovered “turkey shoots” in New Hampshire. Turkey shoots are run different ways in different places, but in the Granite State they revolved around shooting full-size deer targets at 100 yards,...