I run the USPSA practical pistol program at a small local range. Been shooting
USPSA since 2001, and it is a blast!
We are an affiliated club, run under USPSA rules, pay our monthly fees to
USPSA.
Typically we have 6 stages, with a mix of paper and steel targets. Range
is "in your face" to about 30 yds (our deepest bay). Steel is engaged no
closer than 7-8 yds, per the rulebook. Match fee is $17, which is typical
in this area for a club match.
Scoring in USPSA is total points divided by time. That generates what
is called a "hit factor". It's also weighted by whether you are shooting
minor or major power ammunition--major scores higher on the B,C and
D zones on the targets.
4 or 5 guys setting up some targets of a Sunday and shooting? Sounds
like a bunch of guys playing around with doing something sort of like
what they saw on TV---in a really simple way. You can go to the USPSA
website and see if they are an affiliated club. If they are an affiliated
club, you might want to give them a little support--it's a volunteer
organization, you could probably design some stages to do what you want.
The "club finder" function will also tell you where there are other matches in your area.
http://www.uspsa.org/
It looks simple. But it's points per second---and believe me, you
can go too fast and actually MISS those 5 yd targets
