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• Real World Practical Shooters
  
  Web Site
  A Practical Tactical Shooting Club based in Shreveport, Louisiana
  
  About RWPS: "We are dedicated to “Real World” training for “Real World” situations. Our shooting club is designed to help individuals test their skills and equipment in scenarios they may encounter on a daily basis. We want people to discover their strengths and weaknesses without having to find out at the worst possible time: In the Real World! We hold a variety of Concealed Carry/Tactical Handgun and 3-Gun Tactical Matches monthly. Event updates, match pictures, and scores will be uploaded to our website regularly, be sure to check the site often and feel free to email us with any questions or suggestions for stages and future matches you may have. If you wish to help us with setting up or tearing down the matches, we would really appreciate the hand."
  
   
• International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC)
  United States Practical Shooting Confederation (USPSC)
  
  USPSA Louisiana Section
  IPSC Web Site  USPSC Web Site
  
  Practical Shooting attempts to measure the ability to shoot rapidly and accurately with a full power handgun, rifle, and/or shotgun. Those three elements - speed, accuracy, and power - form the three sides of the practical shooting triangle. By design, each match will measure a shooter's ability in all three areas.
  
  To do this, shooters take on obstacle-laden shooting courses (called stages) requiring anywhere from six to 30+ shots to complete. The scoring system measures points scored per second, then weights the score to compensate for the number of shots fired. If they miss a target, or shoot inaccurately, points are deducted, lowering that all-important points-per-second score.
  
  If shooting has an "extreme" sport, USPSA-sanctioned practical shooting is it. Competitors move, negotiate obstacles, run, speed-reload, and drive their guns through each of several courses as fast as their skills will allow. Although most matches are held outdoors, in all weather, further taxing competitor skill, there are a growing number of indoor ranges conducting USPSA events.
  
  Most of our competitors do not lift weights, or otherwise work on their physical condition with the sport in mind, but those at the very top of the game do. For them, the edge provided by physical strength and dexterity matters, much the way a ping-pong player will improve his stamina by running daily.
  
  Most practical shooters are just regular Joes that enjoy shooting on the weekends - much the way the average golfer enjoys golf. There's no way the average golfer can do what Tiger Woods can do, but that doesn't limit their enjoyment of the sport and it's sure fun to watch Tiger. Where Practical Shooting and golf differ is that it's actually quite likely that you will meet one or two of the world's top shooters at any major match. What are the odds a regular golfer will meet Tiger Woods, much less play on his foursome?
  
  We offer competitive divisions for most handguns, from revolvers, to scope-sighted, recoil-compensated "race guns" developed just for our sport. For more information, download our color annual. It will give you a little bit of history, some good pictures, and a membership application. Enjoy!
  
  If you know of any other IPSC info that should be included here, please submit this information to us.
  
   
• International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA)
  
  Web Site
  Miculek IDPA Shooting Club
  If you know of IDPA matches in your area, please submit this information to us.
  
   
• National Rifle Association High Power
  
  Web Site
  If you know of NRA High Power matches in your area, please submit this information to us.
  
   
• Single Action Shooting Society
  
  SASS Web Site
  Bayou Bounty Hunter’s Web Site (LA Cowboy Action Club)
  "We are a SASS affiliated cowboy action shooting club that holds monthly matches at Florida Parishes Skeet and Gun Club in Amite, LA. (See Map) We shoot the 2nd Saturday of the month. Matches begin at 9 AM."
  
   
• Other competitions and matches
  
  Southern Shooting Center
  "We host a number of shooting competitions including; Practical Pistol matches, IPSC matches, Steel Plate matches, Cowboy Action shoots, I.C.O.R.E. Revolver matches and Sporting Clays for competitors from novice to master class."
  
   

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