OSU Pistol Team sets sights on new competition
Nick Ngo
Issue date: 3/16/07 Section: News
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The Pistol Team is a competitive team made up of members from the OSU Pistol Club. The team will be attending an International Practical Shooting Confederation competition at the Albany Rifle and Pistol Club. Vice President of the OSU Pistol Club Eric Sundholm said this competition is something new for the team.
"It's something we're exploring, but we're not officially involved in it yet," Sundholm said. "It depends on how things go Sunday, then we'll think about steering the club that direction."
The club mainly focuses on "small boar bull's-eye" competition, in which a shooter stands 50 feet away from the target and shoots. The International Practical Shooting Confederation focuses more on what Sundholm refers to as "practical tactical" in which the shooter runs a course in a certain amount of time and shoots at various targets, which is measured by accuracy and power.
Only three out of the nine members of the Pistol Team are competing: senior Will Hoskins, and sophomores Don Bruss and Andy Bebeau.
Hoskins, president of the Pistol Club, refers to the style in the International Practical Shooting Confederation as a newer, exciting sport of shooting and said this Sunday is about understanding the new sport.
"We're just starting out and the best way to learn stuff like that is to get your feet wet," Hoskins said.
If all goes well and the club decides to move in the direction of practical tactical shooting, Sundholm said it would take a couple of years before the transition would be complete. Sundholm said it would take up to $3,000 to provide the club with new equipment. Also, they don't have a course or range to practice the new style of shooting. The closest range is in Albany.
Sundholm said the general purpose of the club is still their first priority. That purpose is to provide a safe place to deal with marksmanship along with spreading knowledge and awareness of gun safety.
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