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With our Son off to the Academy, I'm left here twiddling my thumbs without a regular shooting buddy. The husband doesn't mind hitting the range a couple times a year, but.....

Is there anyone else in the El Paso area that would like to get together some weekend for a bit of plinking? (or on an evening, if you have access to the indoor community college range?)

your community college has an indoor range?

I am not sure about the one in El Paso, but it is not really all that unusual in Community colleges that host a police academy.

College of the Mainland in Texas City has an indoor range.

Jason

quidni, can you recruit some new women shooters, perhaps from your church or clubs that you belong to?

- JIm

We have a couple other shooters in our small church, but we have a hard time coordinating schedules during the week to be able to shoot much together. Same with the folks I know in the Guard.

I do have an open invitation on my blog to any women in the area who've never had a chance to shoot before... but no takers, yet.

And, while I do enjoy teaching newcomers, I'd kind of like to find another shooting buddy who knows at least as much if not a great deal more than I do about the topic! I like learning, too!

(Can you tell I'm already missing our son? )

A little more work, but I suggest you start a women's shooting club with regular meetings at the range, say the second Saturday of each month. You get to know the people and after a short while, people will start scheduling around the meeting time. I would think most ranges would be happy to help get a club like that started.

Realizing what I typed, I presumed too much. There is no need for the club to be women only. You could open it to everyone. I support the idea of trying to get more women involved in recreational shooting, so I put it forward from that point. You may want both genders to get more shooters.

quidni,

I think one of the best ways to find a shooting buddy is to go to an IDPA (International Defensive Shooting Association) match. You will meet a bunch of other shooters all in the same place, find out when they practice, and get a chance to build a shooting relationship.