Combat Pistol, or Practical Shooting, is credited to have been established by Jeff Cooper in the late 60’s.
It has since evolved into several different shooting competition sports like today’s IPSC, IDPA, ICORE, Steel Challenge and NRA Action Pistol to name just a few.
The focus at our Combat Shoot is not to teach you tactics, but rather to provide an environment for you to develop the ability to shoot well under pressure. Take this opportunity to build your overall proficiency with your handgun for defensive and sporting purposes. This all takes places under the supervision of multiple experienced Range Safety Officers.
This opens the sport up to most anyone. Shooters of all shapes, sizes, and ages come to compete against themselves, and others of comparable skill level.
Each month we present 2-3 different courses of fire or skill drills to challenge you. We run Maxon’s Combat Shoot like a United States Practical Shooting Association style event.
The quick & easy answer is “Bring whatever you have.”
Our top priority at Maxon’s Combat Shoot is to educate shooters in how to apply the four main rules of gun safety in a competitive environment.
We don’t care how fast you shoot the stages; all we care about is that you do it in a safe manner.
Failure to follow the safety rules will get you a warning at minimum, and disqualified from the match at maximum.
at the SAFETY TABLE area
The Safety Table is the designated gun handling area where you are only allowed to bag/unbag, handle, dry-fire or work on your gun. NEVER handle ammunition or magazines at the Safety Table area.
The Safety Table
When you leave the Safety Table area, your gun is either holstered or bagged/cased. Do you want to oil, wipe, (dis)assemble, etc. your firearm? Transfer your gun to/from the case, show it off to your new friends? Do it at the Safety Table.
You can put on/off your shooting gear anywhere in the store/range except at the Safety Table area. This includes holster, mag pouches, etc. Your firearm is NOT considered part of your gear. Gun handling only happens at the Safety Table.
Magazines can be loaded/unloaded somewhere else in the store/range, away from the Safety Table area. The stalls in the range are usable for reloading during the Combat Shoot.
Limited to 36 shooters. Tickets go on sale 9:00 AM the Monday prior to the event.
We randomly group shooters into 2 squads. We will announce the people in each squad and let you know which range to report to. This is a participatory sport. This means we appreciate your help to tape targets, reset props, etc. after they have been scored. Everyone will get to the line quicker when everybody pitches in to help.
… you have one last chance to ask questions before we start the range commands. Remember, the RSO is there to safely assist you through the stages. The RSO will instruct you step-by-step, so relax and wait for each command to be issued.
This is where you will take your gun from the holster, keeping it pointed downrange, insert a loaded magazine, pull the slide back to chamber a round, and apply the appropriate safety for your gun. Place your gun in the prescribed starting position (typically back into the holster) and assume the start position.
If you are not ready, you should say “NOT READY!” If ready, the next command will be…
When you hear the beep, complete the course of fire safely as specified in the course description. Remember to keep your trigger finger out of the trigger guard when moving from one shooting position to another, when reloading, or when your firearm experiences a malfunction. Remember! Keep the gun pointed downrange at all times.
Point your gun downrange! The warning will be given when your gun is moving towards or is close to being pointed in a potentially unsafe direction (floor, ceiling, nearing the 180 degree break, etc.)
Take your trigger finger OFF the trigger and OUT of the trigger guard!! When moving, reloading, or clearing malfunctions, etc. the finger doesn’t belong on the trigger or within the trigger guard.
If you are finished with the course of fire, remove the magazine and pull the slide back. Keep it pulled back so that you and the RO can see an empty chamber. This visual inspection is the first step towards ensuring an unloaded firearm.
The next inspection is a physical inspection. Release the slide and PHYSICALLY pull the trigger. Do not decock the gun; PHYSICALLY pull the trigger! This is to verify that the gun actually has an empty chamber.
Shooter will then put the firearm back into the holster. AFTER the gun is safely back in the holster, THEN you can retrieve the ejected round, your discarded magazines, etc…
With this command, everyone knows that it is safe to proceed downrange to score and tape the targets, reset props, etc. Scoot on down with the RO and see how you did.
