One of the emails we’ve gotten fairly regularly during the Quest for Master Class is “all these drills are great, but what if I don’t have access to an outdoor range?” Luckily, there are still plenty of great ways to practice indoors and still improve your basic marksmanship skills for IDPA. This week we took [...]
In two previous installments on the Quest for Master Class, we have examined Stage 1 and 2, breaking them down in to specific areas where the average shooter can look for ways to pick up time. Now here we are at the last stage, which is widely regarded as the most difficult in the IDPA [...]
Two weeks ago, we took a look at the first stage of the IDPA classifier, breaking it down to help improve your times on each string and thus give you the cushion to make Master on the entire stage. We used an approximate par time of 25 seconds after points down, and while we failed [...]
Competition shooting such as IDPA is great practice for the skills that could save your life in a defensive situation. However, just shooting competition may not give you all the training and skills needed, which is why taking classes from reputable trainers is an important aspect of carrying a firearm for self defense. Additionally, it’s [...]
It’s good to be back on the range! After some downtime, we’ve settled in to our new facilities here in the Pacific Northwest, and we had the opportunity to do some serious shooting with the Ruger SR9c. The focus of the shooting was to breakdown strengths and weakness on Stage 1 of the IDPA classifier. [...]
This past weekend just north of Indianapolis, over 200 shooters got together to shoot the Indiana USPSA Section Championship Match. This is the largest Section match in USPSA and attracts top flight grandmasters from surrounding states. This year, I was among the shooters at the match running the Ruger SR9c as a part of the [...]
Another good weekend under the belt for the Ruger SR9c in the Quest for Master Class. Sadly, it wasn’t such a good week for our cameras, as the Sunday rains in Indiana prevented us from getting out to the range for our drill of the week and video shoot. The Ruger SR9c did get another [...]
Back at the range with the Ruger SR9c in the Quest for Master Class, and there are few things better than a beautiful afternoon and a case of ammo. Last time we were out, we shot the IDPA Classifier for accuracy, trying to get as few points down as possible and yet still get the [...]
If you ask me, there is no better way to celebrate the 4th of July weekend than with a trip to the range and an IDPA match. Luckily for me, that was in order as it was time to get some rounds downrange through the Ruger SR9c as part of the Quest for Master Class. [...]
Welcome to The Quest for Master Class on Downrange.TV where we’ll be showing you how competing with your every day carry gear not only makes you a better shot, but that you can win competitions while you do it! I’m Caleb Giddings, author of Gun Nuts Media at www.gunnuts.net, and a fairly average competition shooter. [...]
