Shooting in April IPSC shoot at NRA range
This morning I called the NRA headquarters range to sign up for the IPSC pistol shooting competition being held there on Tuesday 15 April. Registration opened at 10 AM; I called at 10:45 AM and got the last available slot, on the 9PM squad! The RO I spoke with said most slots are usually gone in the first ten minutes of signup! Unbelievable. There are five squads (hourly from 5PM to 9PM), with roughly eight to ten shooters per squad, and all of them were full with waiting lists 45 minutes after registration opened.
On the one hand, it’s great to see such a large and active shooting community in an urban, Democrat-leaning area of the state. On the other hand, it means there are more of us competing for very limited shooting facilities. I read on Arfcom that the IPSC shoots at BRA are booked months in advance, and the NRA range always seems packed whenever I go. We really need more indoor shooting ranges in Fairfax County!