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NRA Disabled Shooting Action Pistol Range Accessibility

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Posted 09 September 2009 - 12:48 PM

Hi Everyone,

My name is Vanessa Warner and I manage the NRA's services for people with physical disabilities. I have received a number of inquiries from individuals looking to shoot action pistol matches but have no information on ranges/courses that are handicapped accessible.

If the range where you compete is accessible and you hold action pistol matches, could you please post your range information (including website info) here so that I can begin to compile a list to help people attend your events.

Thank you for your assistance.

Vanessa Warner
Manager, Disabled Shooting Services
National Rifle Association
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Posted 09 September 2009 - 05:50 PM

Triangle Sportsmans Club in Bluefield, VA. Triangle

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Posted 18 September 2009 - 08:13 PM

View PostAction Pistolero, on Sep 9 2009, 07:50 PM, said:

Triangle Sportsmans Club in Bluefield, VA. Triangle

All but perhaps one of the bays (out of 6) here in Memphis is flat ground, from the parking area to the shooting line.

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This post has been edited by MemphisMechanic: 18 September 2009 - 08:14 PM

The truth is that there is no choice between the two. You line the sights up in the A-zone and let it fly at the absolute soonest moment that you see what your experience tells you will put the hole where you're aiming it using the amount of trigger control you need to keep the gun lined up in that spot. There is no concern about accuracy or speed - either one is an illusion from behind the gun. There's "where do I want to hit" and "is the gun lined up there or not"... followed up with "did the sights lift from where I wanted to hit". To assign an "either/or" to the equation is to deny the fact that the gun can be shot ridiculously fast while shooting all As - but it won't be done while you're determined that one must be sacrificed for the other - and it also has the amusing side effect of pressuring the shooter to ignore "the shooting" in the name of "the speed" - XRe

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Posted 20 September 2009 - 05:16 AM

This should not only be Ranges that hold Action Pistol Matches as it should include Ranges that are Handicapped Accessable for any discipline! I am disabled and I have also asked why there is not a Class for those of us that are disabled? I used to shoot Outdoor Pistol and I had to compete against non-disabled people which is not totally fair in my eyes. On the Entry form there wasn't even a Class Labled Disabled and maybe if there was on any of the NRA Matches you would be surprised that there would be enough of us to make up a seperate Class. The part that really gripes me is that I am a 100% Disabled American Vet and there is no Class to let me shoot against my piers? I believe the NRA should get on the stick with this one!
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Posted 24 September 2009 - 09:25 PM

Both Phoenix Rod & Gun Club and Rio Salado Sportsmans Club have flat pistol bays of hard soil/decomposed granite. Parking lots are also relatively flat and of the same material. I have witnessed wheelchair-bound shooters at both clubs, sometimes self propelled and sometimes assisted. Disabled shooters should be prepared to request reasonable accomodation at an action shooting match, given the nature of the sport, but I think it can usually be done.
Scottsdale Gun Club action shooting matches are indoors on concrete floor ranges, so movement would be easier for the impaired. I have seen wheelchair shooters lane shooting but not shooting matches there. Websites follow:

http://www.phoenixrodandgun.org/
http://www.riopractical.com/
http://www.scottsdalegunclub.com/

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Posted 06 October 2009 - 03:35 PM

Vanessa,

I don't know of any particular ranges that are wheelchair accessible, but I wanted to say a big THANK YOU for what you do. My friend is a medically retired LEO and is paralyzed from the chest down, and I have been working with him to get back into shooting.

Again, thanks for looking out for disabled shooters.

Chris
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