Thread: B cat licence?

As above.

I had mine (B-cat) for about 6 years, but the commitment is huge having to participate and go to the club days a minimum of 12 times per year. It doesn't sound like much, but esentually it takes out 1 in every 4 weekends.

Its a lot of fun to start with, but I soon got bored after a couple of years. I'm not an overly competitive person, so competing meant nothing to me personally. I have a general interest in firearms and that's what made me keep up the visits to maintain my B-cat license, but in the end I didn't think it was worth it for me, so I sold the pistols and serenaded the endorsement.

Now I spend that time with family and/or hunting and I feel I'm better off for it. But each to their own eh.

kj

Check out your nearest club or the club that shoots the type of discipline you are keen on. Go and meet them and intro yourself. The club will explain the process but basically you need to join a club, pass your probation period of 12 shoots within 6 months and apply for your endorsement.

Most clubs seem to have vastly different training requirements. With some using rimfire as the preferred training pistols and others letting you train on all sorts of pistols. Find a club that suits you and if possible has midweek shoots etc in case your a shift worker.

Once you have your endorsement then you do need to commit to 12 club shoots or activities per year. This can be range maintenance, club meetings, or competitions/shoots.

Clubs cater for .22 Olympic match shooting or ISSF, NRA action, cowboy action, IPSC or practical and Service Match. I love IPSC and Service but there are so many other styles to give a go as well. Opps I forgot, but there is also Black Powder and long range stuff like Metallic Silhouette.

It is a fun sport and very addictive if the bug bites you. Check out youtube for IPSC and NRA Action or Service Pistol etc. Be keen to help out at the club by scoring and patching etc and your 6 month probation will fly by.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by kimjon

minimum of 12 times per year. It doesn't sound like much, but esentually it takes out 1 in every 4 weekends.

i guess it may depend on where you are, but i often see ppl turn up, have their shoot and are away within 20-30 mins, (dependent on the turn out for the day of course) add travel time to that, and you are still under an hour, 12 times a year. not at all hard to achieve if you keen. but as i said, will depend on the area. waiting time at range, travel time etc. but 12 hours a year isnt what i would call buggering 1 weekend out of every 4. but that is one extreme to the other.

the biggest reason i hear ppl give it up, or dont bother starting, is the time requirement.