Project R

So in my quest to be one of the best pistol shooters in the US I took a hard look at what that would take to accomplish. From that I decided that the essential components of success are:
-Time free to devote to practice and competition.
-A sufficient supply of ammunition and materials.
-Support from family and friends.
-The desire to not settle for anything less than the best.
-Natural talent.
-The mystery ingredient of Project R.

Project R is what I was lacking in my quest. I have ALL of the other things in sufficient supply, if not more than enough. But what I was really missing is something difficult to get here in Southern California. If you're not familiar witht the set up, let me explain it to you.

Shooting on public land is highly regulated and not open year round and you are limited to a few spots on a first come, first serve basis. You can join an outdoor gun range but you are limited in how quickly you can shoot and all from behind a firing line or static shooting position. Good for general accuracy but not for my sport. Again with limited hours. Then of course there are indoor shooting ranges. I happen to belong to a good one that lets me draw from a holster and shoot as rapidly as I wish.

But none of this lets me replicate what I do in my matches. When I look at tennis players they practice on a tennis court. Basketball players practice in a gym on a court. Football players work out on a field. So if I want to be a shooter, I need to practice on a shooting range where I can do my kind of things.

In other parts of the USA when you belong to a gun club you can check out a bay as a member and do what you want. There is a range 2 hours north of me that does this as well to the paying public. But here in San Diego? Nothing. So I decided to make my own.

Yep, I'm building my own private training facility for pistol shooting and it is going to be top notch. It should be totally done in about 4 weeks. The piece of land I bought also will be fun to ride motorcycles on, shoot rabbits, rock climb, camp and so on.

The CIA has The Farm. I have The Ranch, aka Project R.