These posts are making me so discouraged - and enormously jealous. In Ontario, there’s simply no feasible way to obtain the required exception.
I became a SFC member, requested the letter, was told I needed to compete and prove it. You can’t compete without a 22LR handgun. And you need to compete at a range/event officially recognized by the SFC and that publicly posts scores.
I’m in Ottawa - and from what I’ve seen, there’s no clear way to:
Obtain a 22LR to actually use in a competition
Find a relatively close location that SFC would deem appropriate or proof of me competing.
Has anyone else in Ontario found a realistic path to do this?
I’m a member at three local ranges but none qualify.
I became a SFC member, requested the letter, was told I needed to compete and prove it. You can’t compete without a 22LR handgun. And you need to compete at a range/event officially recognized by the SFC and that publicly posts scores.
It's a huge Catch-22 and ONTarget is doing nothing to help Ontarians get into the sport.
ISSF is being run in Sharon (GTA area), but the orientation course was in May.
The only competitions in the Ottawa area that I know of is in Arnprior. At the RA center, we practice every Wednesday and track our scores. I don't think they accept it as legitimate records but will soon probably.
Was for competitions at the RA center, we are a long way from hosting one as our turning targets aren't working. We still need to get that setup as the wires were shot out by some one.
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u/daddyfatsacks22 6d ago
These posts are making me so discouraged - and enormously jealous. In Ontario, there’s simply no feasible way to obtain the required exception.
I became a SFC member, requested the letter, was told I needed to compete and prove it. You can’t compete without a 22LR handgun. And you need to compete at a range/event officially recognized by the SFC and that publicly posts scores.
I’m in Ottawa - and from what I’ve seen, there’s no clear way to:
Has anyone else in Ontario found a realistic path to do this?
I’m a member at three local ranges but none qualify.