CRPA Jan-Feb 2016

Mike Seeklander is the owner
of Shooting-Performance LLC,
as well as the president of the
U.S. Shooting Academy in Tulsa,
Okla. Mike has extensive
formal training and experience
as a full-time professional instructor,
and has authored numerous
pieces of curriculum.
Visit his website at shooting-performance.com
or his blog at
blog.shooting-performance.com
by Mike Seeklander
Things
New
Shooters
Need to
Know About
Competition
Like many shooters, my passion began
for competing in high school,
but unlike many, I had the opportunity
to join the rifle team and was introduced
into small bore and high power
competition rather early.
Years later, after some competitive
shooting in the Marine Corps, I found my
true competitive love while watching a
shooting video of the top United States
Practical Shooting Association shooters.
Practical shooting began decades
before in the form of leatherslap competitions,
where the shooters focused
on fast drawing defensive firearms from
their holsters. The original informal
competitions became governed by the
USPSA and the International Practical
Shooting Confederation. The sports became
known as “practical shooting,”
and the shooting and gear evolved at a
very fast rate.
Reprint permission given by Mike Seeklander
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