Practical Shooting is a way to sharpen your skills with a firearm in a safe manner through friendly competition. Everyone is welcome to participate in matches. What you will need by way of equipment beside your firearm(s) is:

The ranges that we utilize for matches are "Cold Ranges". I.E., no loaded firearms are allowed on the ranges. Pistols may be carried in their holsters, unloaded. Firearms are loaded under the instructions of a Range Officer when a competitor is at the firing line for his/her course run.

Rifles and shotguns, likewise, are not to be handled in the range area except under specfic instructions from a Range Officer. Competitors will be directed before a match starts where to place their firearms prior to competition and also what areas are "safe areas" for handling one's firearm to adjust its sights, etc. No ammunition is allowed in a "safe area".

 Prior to a match the Chief Range Officer will outline the course of fire, conduct a "walk through" of each course of fire, and also provide a safety briefing.

Matches are scored under International Practical Shooting Confederation / United States Practical Shooting Association (IPSC/USPSA) rules.

There are six types of matches held at various times:

Apparently this website has gained some national attention and some folks from other parts of the country want to know where we are.

We are located in the Clearwater, Florida area but have competitors come over from Tampa, Florida and other nearby communities. If you happen to be in this area and are so inclined you are welcome to participate in any of our matches.

We have Action Pistol matches every Friday night starting about 7:00PM at the Wyoming Antelope Club.  On the fourth Sunday of every month we hold a USPSA Classifier Match starting about 9:00AM at the Wyoming Antelope Club.

There is a Steel Match at Wyoming Antelope Club on the 4th Saturday of every month.

We have either an Action Rifle match or a 3-Gun match at the Hernando Sportsman's Club starting about 9:00AM on the 2nd Saturday of each month.  Check the Action Rifle link to see what is scheduled.

He-Man 3-Gun Matches are specially scheduled at various times and are held at the Hernando Sportsman's Club as well.

There is a pistol classifier match at the Universal Shooting Academy  in Frostproof on the 2nd Sunday of each month.

There is a match at the Phoenix Gun Club in Brooksville, FL in the 3rd Saturday of the month.

On the fourth Saturday of every month there is a 2-Gun match at the Hernando Sportsman's Club starting about 9:00AM.

Many of us also go to matches put on by the Tampa Bay Suncoast Pistol Club at the Gun Craft Pistol and Rifle Club range in Ruskin, FL.  These matches are held on the 1st and third 3rd Sundays of the month. Matches on the first Sunday are classifier matches.  Matches on the third Sunday are fun matches. Gun Craft is located at: 2403 21ST AVE SE, RUSKIN FL 33570.  Phone is: (813) 645-3828



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