The Marksmen Club - Defensive Pistol

"Alterations to the range as required by the CFO have been completed.
The Marksmen Club Defense Pistol league
is now operating as per the standard schedules.
For further information, please contact your league reps."

Please check the forum for updates from the executive.

Purpose:

Defensive Pistol shooting as a sport is quite simply the use of practical equipment including full charge service ammunition to solve simulated "real world" (not the Canadian world) self-defence scenarios. Shooters competing in Defensive Pistol events are required to use practical handguns and holsters that are truly suitable for self-defence use. No "competition only" equipment is permitted in defensive Pistol matches since the main goal is to test the skills and ability of the individual, not their equipment or gamesmanship. Scoring for competition purposes is a combination of time and accuracy.

These images show a typical pistol in it's stock version, and the same pistol "tricked out" for IPSC shooting.
Defensive Pistol	IPSC Pistol

Principles:

To create a level playing field for all competitors to test the skill and ability of the individual, not their equipment or gamesmanship.
To promote safe a proficient use of guns and equipment suitable for self-defence use.
To provide shooters with practical and realistic courses of fire that simulate a potentially life-threatening encounter or that test skills that would be required to survive a life-threatening encounter.
To offer a practical shooting sport that is responsive to the shooter and sponsors with unprecedented stability of equipment rules.
To offer a practical shooting sport that allows the competitors to concentrate on the development of their shooting skills and to fellowship with other like-minded shooters.

Typical Courses of Fire: (Limited only by your imagination)

Courtesy of the International Defensive Pistol Association.