This sport, enjoyed all over the world, involves the use of firearms in situations where you might be forced to defend yourself. Handguns are our primary focus, with two matches a month (weather permitting) on the 2nd Sunday and 4th Saturday of each month. Rifle matches are held the 1st Saturday every other month. Check the Schedule and Results page for specific dates. 
         
For handguns, targets are placed anywhere from point blank distance to 50 yards away. They may be paper targets, steel plates, or knock down steel targets called “Pepper Poppers” after their inventor, John Pepper. After the course of fire is described to everyone, you get to try your hand at the course. We rarely repeat a course of fire, so the challenges are always different.

Your score is divided by your time, measuring both speed and accuracy.  The person with the best score in the shortest time is the winner, although we place no emphasis on winning. We want you to A) be safe, B) have fun, and C) learn something.

(For a more detailed description of practical shooting, visit the USPSA web site, www.USPSA.org)

What do I need to bring? 
For your first match, you need to bring:
    1.      Eye protection (to be worn at all times).
    2.      Ear Protection
    3.      A Centerfire handgun - .38 Spl, 9mm or larger
    4.      A holster, belt, and a way to carry at least 2 magazines or speedloaders
    5.      100 rounds of ammunition

What are the Fees?
As we shoot in the National Forest, we ask for a donation of $8 from non-members to offset the costs of targets, tape, staples, etc.

Are there divisions for different types of guns? Absolutely!
The divisions are: 
    Limited – Factory stock guns
    Limited 10 – Factory stock guns with 10 rounds or less in the magazine
    Production –  Double action/Safe Action, Glocks, Springfield XD’s, etc.
    Single Stack – 1911 style guns with single stack magazines
    Revolver - Revolvers
    Open – Optic sights, compensators, long barrels, any safe modification
 
    For USPSA definitions of acceptable competitor equipment for a respective division look at Chapter 5 and the appendices beginning on page 74 here. 

        (Bring what you already have, if it's safe and it shoots we'll help get you in the right class.)

    When do you shoot?
The 2nd Sunday and 4th Saturday of each month weather permitting. Setup starts at 8 AM, the shooters meeting starts at 9 AM. We are usually done no later than 1 PM.

Where do you shoot? 
  A little west of the Waste Management transfer station on Lone Pine Dam road. Click here for location information.
We hope to have a formal range soon. Click here for more information about the planned shooting facility located just east of Show Low.