I went to my first IDPA match yesterday, held by MetroWest Tactical at Harvard Sportsmen's Club. Had a lot of fun. Placed 14/17 in Carry Optic and 55/69 overall. The previous evening I timed myself at a 5x5 classifier and did it in 31.37s (Marksman-level) with no points down. With a little more solo practice I can probably cut that down under 28.8s and make Sharpshooter.
I think that's about as far I'm going to get without help, though. This seems like tough time to be getting into the sport. Sanctioned matches are all cancelled due to COVID, and MWT isn't running practices either. Even if I were to pay for private instruction (e.g. at Granite State Indoor Range where I usually shoot), there's only so much I expect to be able to learn standing at a traditional firing line and missing the whole "run" part of "run and gun". What training resources are still available?
I think that's about as far I'm going to get without help, though. This seems like tough time to be getting into the sport. Sanctioned matches are all cancelled due to COVID, and MWT isn't running practices either. Even if I were to pay for private instruction (e.g. at Granite State Indoor Range where I usually shoot), there's only so much I expect to be able to learn standing at a traditional firing line and missing the whole "run" part of "run and gun". What training resources are still available?
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