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Alright,I have been looking around here for the past fews days. I used to be in Sporter 3P Air Rifle, and then moved to Air Pistol when I got bored with it Rifle. I have been to the Junior Olympics for both rifle and Pistol as a youth(Bowling Green,KY/Anniston,AL/Camp Perry,OH). My last year as a youth I placed 9th at the PPP Junior Olympics for Air Pistol.... Then I started college and ran out of time and money. Well, I am ready to get back into events and with 1 year left in college, I think I should start up now.

My average was 344/400 when I stopped. Personal best was 372/400. And ended up completing Pistol Qualification Program, which was a great feat in itself.

Is there any advice out there? I have sent an email out to my old shooting coach to see if he wanted to get together and figure something out, but we shall see.

I am new to adult leagues, so I don't know much (Im 21).

Nothing has changed in the last 3 years, and what you were doing to shoot a 370 will still work to get you to the same score. You'll have LOTS less competition, and most of them will be white a bit older (typically, wives who start shooting because their husbands or children do).

The worst part is training alone, finding matches to shoot in and keeping motivated. If you have a local range with other pistol shooters, that'll help a LOT. So will participating in postal leagues. Past that, it's finding matches and getting to them. It's really nice when you have a range that runs monthly matches, most of the time you're going to have to ask after these though as there's no GOOD resource for local matches.

Welcome back.

Brian M wrote:Nothing has changed in the last 3 years, and what you were doing to shoot a 370 will still work to get you to the same score. You'll have LOTS less competition, and most of them will be white a bit older (typically, wives who start shooting because their husbands or children do).

The worst part is training alone, finding matches to shoot in and keeping motivated. If you have a local range with other pistol shooters, that'll help a LOT. So will participating in postal leagues. Past that, it's finding matches and getting to them. It's really nice when you have a range that runs monthly matches, most of the time you're going to have to ask after these though as there's no GOOD resource for local matches.

Welcome back.

I am prepared to go outside of local matches, although local matches are still great practice.

Before I had stopped, my parents had been talking to Bob Foth about getting a flight out to CO Springs to get a little tour of things and attend some courses out there. I am unsure if there are still things like that for 21ish year olds?

I am also worried about training alone. Which is why I contacted my old coach to see if he would be interested in doing a little one-on-one shooting.