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What to Know About USPSA Matches | Sioux River Sportsmens Club

If you are new to USPSA there are some things you need to know.

To register for the match you must sign up on Practiscore.com . Under matches search for SRSC or under clubs search Sioux River and you will find us.

We've received a few emails asking about various rifles and shotguns that can be used. A regular USPSA match is for handguns or pistol caliber carbines. They are not 2-gun or 3-gun matches.

As a USPSA affliated club we must follow the USPSA rules . This may be something different for people new to the sport.

Guns can only be taken out of bags and handled at the designated safe tables . There will be two of these and will be clearly marked with a safe area and orange paint. The range is cold at all times except for the shooter who is up. You may not take you pistol out of it's holster at any time, and it must be decocked, unloaded, and no magazine in the gun.

Do not get your gun out of its case at your vehicle. If you walk up with an empty holstered gun in your holster you will risk a DQ. Just get the gun out of its case at the safe table and holster it.

If you have a gun problem that needs to be worked on, you may only do that at a safe table. You cannot do it anywhere else. See the full USPSA rules here.

The only required equipment to shoot USPSA is a belt and holster for a pistol. You don't have to have magazine pouches, but they certainly help. You also don't need the fancy belt set up. If you have a leather belt and a holster you can play the game. To shoot PCC (an AR-15 or other semi-auto 9mm rifle) you just need a case and a chamber flag. Again a mag pouch on your belt is helpful but pockets are okay too.

All holsters in all divisions must be high enough that the heel of the pistol grip is at least as high as the top of the belt. Strap on thigh hol