LA shooters?

[deerslayer]

Anyone in USPSA in the Baton Rouge area? I'm looking into getting into it in college, trying to find if there's any other game in town other than the one match near my every third week.

[scooterj]

Thibodaux, Vacherie, Gonzales, and Amite. All 4 clubs within an hour of Baton Rouge. More info here: LOUISIANA SECTION

[deerslayer]

Thanks man. I'll be in Baton Rouge in August, probably go to my first competition in Sept. We might see each other in Gonzales.

[scooterj]

I should be there in Sept. Talk to the match director, Daniel and tell him scooter sent you. BTW, that's me and what used to be my Glock 34,sold it and bought an XD9 Tactical, on the LA Gator home page.

[deerslayer]

Nice. My plan is to find some freshman ROTC cadets at LSU and try to restart the shooting team LSU had in the 1970s- I got the idea from an article in the Louisiana Sportsman. The Dept. Of Mil. Science is remodeling the range to take pistols up to .45, but you can only use their guns. I'm willing to talk to the range operators and the department with any interested potential shooters and sell it like this:

By having a team that participates in not just regular range shooting but practical shooting, and going around the region competing, your cadets get more practical experience in weapons handling that would come to bear more in combat than a normal firing line session. We have the range here at LSU, why not use it for that? I'm willing to pull targets and help them rebuild the range.

Personally I think having an LSU-affiliated practical shooting team composed of the mil. science department is a great idea, and practical, considering that in five to six years these same guys may find themselves in a real tactical situation.

How do you like the XD9 tac, I'm picking one up pretty soon.

[scooterj]

I like the XD much better than the Glock, mainly because of the gip angle. It is very accurate and easy to shoot.

Get in touch with Max Michelle and Travis Tomasie, who both shoot for the US Army, to help get the ROTC thing going. Max is a local and I'm sure he would help out in any way possible. A couple new recruits would be a plus for them also.
Welcome to Max's Choice
You'll find contact info for Max here.

[deerslayer]

Thing is, even though I've shot rifles and shotguns my whole life, pistols to a smaller extent, I'm new to practical shooting, never shot a match- college is going to be my time to do that. I've only seen these guys in youtube videos and soaked up every piece of literature they've written. I did forget, however, that Michel is from LA- thanks for the heads up.

As for other means of finding student shooters at LSU- facebook would probably be a good idea. Any other advice?

The grip angle and the fit of the hand is also why I feel the XD would be a better choice for me.