At the time when I got into it I didn't have enough money to practice. So, it was not a good time. When I had enough money for practice I was low on time. I believe I have competed twice and I finished towards the bottom or at the bottom. It was an ok experience but I never felt like I had to go back.
Now we will see how things work out this time around. I suspect I will still have a time issue but I'm open to whatever goes on. It's been a while, I believe ~12 years since I last competed in any capacity with firearms. I never closed the door and am usually open to trying things again. Im certainly not seeking it out and I know I wont. However if my friends down here invite me out I will go (which is why I'm actually doing this class, I had never even heard of the school or range)
I do compete in BJJ which I do good in. I do the BJJ ones to have a strong reason to keep my conditioning high which just leads to a better quality of life physically and mentally. My kids also want to compete a ton, so I made it a point to do at least some of them instead of coaching all day. I find that it's getting a little long in the tooth as I am fighting mostly people in their late teens and 20's and I'm not young anymore. "Fun" isnt a word I'd use.... maybe a necessary evil? Not sure. I actually find it aggravating most of the time dealing with the ruleset and scoring
I never had a competitive personality. Dealing with myself is all the adversarial shit I need and can handle most of the time
A fun day for me would be soloing the whites. Not at the range or matts competing. everyone's different.
You know that's a good question. I know of most of the ranges about 50 miles from where I live. I say most because theres probably 1 or 2 that are well hidden that I havent figured out yet. That said this part of FL has all the worst case scenarios for shooting clubs. All the good "private" clubs are $100-$250 PER MONTH to shoot at, which is F'ing insane. While most of them are nice, hell, one of them I believe goes out 1.5 miles, I still can't afford that monthly rate when I factor in how much I'd actually go, the drive (70 minutes each way) and the ammo cost... shooting isnt that high up on my to-do's so it's not getting all my free time and money.
We have a free state owned FUDDY range about an hour from me that is great for things like zeroing, however since it's all paper it's a yawn fest plus you have to deal with a free public range setting which is a nightmare on a good day.
Shooting in SWFL is geared towards wealthy retirees. The locals don't seem to shoot much as they can't afford it and don't have a place to go.
I miss Harvard very much and took it for granted.
A bunch of us down here are trying to find some land we can use. I own plenty of nice plates... just no where to bring them usually. I've only been able to bring them out once this year to a friends place but it was very limited in terms of space and openness...we were shooting in a thick quasi swamp setting that had a few narrow lanes cleared. We can't use this location either from spring to fall as it's flooded, which is another problem downhere in open spaces.
My draw isnt a complete nightmare which is also good. I think Sig hammered out the rest of my crap draw skills a few years ago. I used to go with my wife to classes there.. we enjoyed it very much until COVID did the COVID thing.
we'll figure something out.