How is everyone. I am new to the community. Im a retired police officer / swat / supervisor. Now a full time father of 4. I had a question I am having trouble finding. Im am currently living in South Carolina. I am trying to find a range I can continue tactical training at. It seems that there are not many ranges around that even allow you to draw from your holster, let alone shoot while moving. If anyone could point me in the right direction much appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Thanks for your response brother. I live near Murrells Inlet / Garden City. The only place I have found that will even allow drawing from the Holster is Echo 6, however they only allow stationary shooting. So even if I have to drive a little and take more training courses that would allow moving while firing drills. Something like that would definitely work for me. Thank you again.
I really appreciate you brother. Sounds like paradise lol. I figure i trained seriously all these years I would like to continue with it even though im retired. My new full time job is to protect my family and loved ones from this disgrace of a world. Again thank you my friend look forward to looking into this training facility. .
How are you brother. Yes for sure. I am just in a unique area. There is not many locations for competition shooting. Im looking into a place near Columbia but thats around 3 hrs from me. I have a big family I have to look after so getting away to long is tuff at the moment. Thank you very much for your response cheers brother. Stay safe.
I’m holding it down brother man. I live near several ranges in the deep South. Only one indoor range allows me to draw and I had to take their training class for that. I have a friend with an outdoor range I use but I am pretty beaten up physically so I started shooting IDPA but I shoot full power SD rounds because I just don’t have enough physically to train and swap mindsets for Range and SD. I shoot with what I have like it would be in a SD situation. So IDPA works for me.
Good luck finding a good spot. I lived in Lake Wylie for a few years which is the border between S.C. and Charlotte N.C.
You might find what you are looking for at Patriot Training and Consulting in Jacksonville, NC if that’s not too far to travel. Give them a call. They have a connection with USCCA also.
Thank you brother! I feel you i have had several surgeries from a car accident on the job. That is why I had retire early at 17 years instead of 25. However, im still trying to stay in the best shape i can be cause of this insane world to take care of my family.
It was said above, find a range that has competitions. I think instruction is valuable but competition even more so. Our competitions all had a draw, lots of moving and reloads. Instruction is wonderful, but until you go up against other competitors you’ll never know how you stack up. I’m sure every Olympic competitor thought they were pretty good, until the actual competition showed them exactly how good they were. I was taught at an early age that in a gunfight 2nd place was a toe tag, not a spot on a podium.
It’s probably tough finding a commercial range anywhere that allows that type of training unless you find a specific tactical course and that is usually a one shot (pardon the pun) deal. And expensive.
I’m lucky enough to have a range on BLM land just a few miles from me where myself and a few friends can run any drill we want. I don’t know if you have anything similar in your area.
Upside—it’s free.
Downside—it’s unsupervised so you have to be careful about other untrained users. We usually train early mornings during the week to avoid the idiots.
That is definitely something Im trying to add to my cards one day. Been looking at acres. I dont think im ready to move away from the shore yet but a few more storms and it may happen lol. Thank you for responding. Stay safe brother!
@Kristopher11 Welcome to the community! Already you’re getting great feedback from great people in the community, and hopefully you’ll find what you’re looking for to continue training, and staying fit, last but not least, enjoy that retirement! Big shout out from across the country here in NM!
It’s a long haul for you for sure, this is the next best thing to being trained by the Army that I’ve found. I’ve attended several of their courses.