Thread: Going to give pistol shooting a go

@seano either/both would be great. I ordered a CZ shadow holster but there will be Glocks to use.

Originally Posted by stug

@seano either/both would be great. I ordered a CZ shadow holster but there will be Glocks to use.

Ill give my mate both of them tomorrow so your bases are covered

Cheers, much appreciated!!

There are a few good bastards on this forum.

I need to do the holster course as well at the Chch range who do I contact for this and what gear do I need also is there a cost for the training and how long is the course
Thanks in advance

@paulbrady Just email admin at pistol club. Course is 6-7 weeks $10 a time plus ammo. You need your own belt holster etc. I think there is a charge for the final assessment of about $30, but I could be wrong on that.

rodger that thanks

Had a good first day of the course. Bit different not shooting at 25m. Learnt heaps. Caught up with @seano after the course and had a go at 3 gun. Great fun. Just need to remember that pump shotguns don't reload themselves!

Originally Posted by stug

Had a good first day of the course. Bit different not shooting at 25m. Learnt heaps. Caught up with @seano after the course and had a go at 3 gun. Great fun. Just need to remember that pump shotguns don't reload themselves!

Was nice meeting you this morning ,you could of avoided using the pump,by using my 13 + 1 Shotty ...But it's a Big Black Evil E cat ShotGun ...

Nearly finished the holster course, shot at moving targets today. Did alright in the practice shoot, but when shot in a course of fire only got one hit on the target. Did the safety test today as well. Just over a month left and then my 6 months is up.

Originally Posted by stug

@paulbrady Just email admin at pistol club. Course is 6-7 weeks $10 a time plus ammo. You need your own belt holster etc. I think there is a charge for the final assessment of about $30, but I could be wrong on that.

When we started the holster courses in the 1980's (it all began at the Ch-Ch Pistol Club) it was a 1/2 day course and was totally free, the instructors giving their time voluntarily (as indeed did all club committee members and NZPA executive). Isn't progress wonderful!!

Originally Posted by gundoc

When we started the holster courses in the 1980's (it all began at the Ch-Ch Pistol Club) it was a 1/2 day course and was totally free, the instructors giving their time voluntarily (as indeed did all club committee members and NZPA executive). Isn't progress wonderful!!

I'm glad mine was totally free. It was pretty rubbish.

We just had to draw, fire, then replace the gun in the holster a few times without shooting ourselves or anyone else and put a few rounds into a D1 target.

That was in 1987 or 88.

Same but 2015

Interesting, if you go to the Pistol NZ website it spells out what happens on the holster course and what you have to do to be assessed, seems like each club does what they want

Holster course

I did the course again about 15 years ago to make up enough numbers to run one. That time it was much better in course content and the instructor was much more switched on than the first one and really wanted to be there.