Besides all the BLM and Forest Service land that surrounds Medford, we have a nice range located in White City Oregon. It costs $3.00 per shooter for an all day pass and you can get a year long pass for <$30.00 at BlackBird sporting goods store on West Main St. If you are an Oregon Hunter's Assoc. member you shoot for free with proof of membership.
- Large bow hunters range, with walking trail.
- (4) shotgun ranges
- (1) 25 yard pistol range
- (1) 50 yard pistol / carbine range
- (1) 100 yard rifle range
- (1) 22lr ONLY 100 yard range
- (1) 200 yard ONLY range
- (2) 100 yard Rifle ONLY ranges with one having an extra 100 yards on one side for a 200 max distance
- (1) Competition and Police range with (7) bays [open to public for IPSC/IDPA/CASS and other events only]
I first started in the Shooting Sports via USPSA at a local club here in Medford, Oregon. It was the first time I had done anything like it and previously had only shot Bullseye style, which made sense considering my shooting mentor (Tom Claytor) was an accomplished Bullseye shooter at the national level.
Unlike the accuracy goal of Bullseye shooting USPSA or IPSC as we call it even though we shoot under USPSA rules, the goal seemed to be how fast you could place hits good or not on a target at usually a close range between 1-15 yards with the occasional 15-25 yard shot thrown in.
Course of fire and my performance in this my first match…
This was my first training session with the man known as “SouthNarc” on many internet forums and the owner of the best self defense forum on the internet http://www.totalprotectioninteractive.com
I recently had the great pleasure to spend 2 days (16 hours) with Roger Phillips in Las Vegas, NV. for some excellent 1:1 training and wanted to pass along my impressions of it.
Anyway, I’m back and just wanted to say that Roger has some good stuff going on in Nevada that people should get in on before its too late!
You probably know already that he is now a Special Instructor for Suarez International and will soon be running regular classes instead of what I got which was a completely tailored learning experience.
What follows is my opinion of a recent class taken at OFA (Oregon Firearms Academy) featuring the instruction of John Farnam.