2025 Scores on Practiscore 

Previous Action Pistol Scores

Action Pistol (AP) Matches fill a unique role in shooting sports at River Bend Gun Club. Our goal is to provide a safe, friendly, welcoming place for shooters to practice skills and compete in a lower stress environment than many other disciplines. We pride ourselves on being the place for people to develop skills needed to compete in other disciplines or simply for the sake of personal development.

Action Pistol is a mix of many parts of various handgun shooting disciplines with elements of Practical Pistol, IPSC, USPSA and, IDPA. Action Pistol is its own entity in the sport of pistol shooting and River Bend Gun Club Action Pistol is a competition that is not formally sanctioned by national shooting sports organizations. However, Action Pistol utilizes many of the safety protocols, Course of Fire (COF) designs, techniques, and target types as other shooting disciplines.

Match Schedule

Set-up: 7:30 AM-8:30 AM

Sign-in: 8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Safety Brief: 9:00 AM-9:30 AM

Begin Shooting: 9:30 AM

Lunch: When The Match Concludes, Usually Just After 1:00 PM

AP matches are held on the Third Saturday of each month, however, match scheduling is subject to change so please reference the calendar on the RBGC website or check our Practiscore for specific match dates.

Registration on Practiscore is not required but helps us know how many people to expect.

Match Fees:

RBGC members and non-members are welcome to compete in Action Pistol matches. The fee is $20 per shooter or $30 for couples, for the match.


Match Scores:

Action Pistol matches are scored as they are being completed. Scores will be uploaded to Practiscore as timely as possible.

Contact the Match Director

Notice to all Competitors!

All ammunition used must be standard velocity with lead, jacketed, or plated bullets only. We have a 1600FPS maximum velocity limit on all projectiles.

RBGC AP Divisions Effective January 2025

Who can participate?

Anyone who can safely handle their handgun is welcome to participate. Most shooters who compete in Action Pistol do so for the fun of it, to build and maintain shooting skills, and for the satisfaction of competing. Occasionally, professionals who work in Law Enforcement, Security, Military and even World Class IPSC and IDPA competitors will compete in Action Pistol matches. Many shooters like Action Pistol because of the friendly atmosphere and camaraderie exhibited by our guests and members.

For safety reasons, our Courses Of Fire will start from a "low ready" position or a staged gun as part of the COF.

Scoring:

Scoring is done depending on target types with paper and reactive, metal targets used as specified in each COF. Scores are recorded and computed using the Practiscore app using the “Hit Factor” match type. This is the same scoring method utilized by other shooting sports like USPSA and PCSL.

Prizes:

In addition to a fun match and grilled lunch with desserts AP shooters have the chance to win door prizes of ammo and gun stuff after every match.

Come Shoot!

If you have not participated but would like too, come to a match and observe what we do. Ask questions and you’ll be surprised at what you can learn. The next month you’ll be there with your equipment ready to participate in a fun day at the range. Bring your shooting gear and pistol, at least 150 rounds of ammo and eye and ear protection and plan to spend about a half day.

Match Results:

Action Pistol matches are scored as they are being completed. Individual scores are input after the match and match results are posted on the RBGC website and the RBGC Action Pistol Forum. Our goal is to make AP match results available within 48 hours of the match date. However, conflicting schedules and priorities may occasionally delay making match results available within this time frame. New shooters are requested to include their email address on the sign in sheet so they can be contacted, if needed, after the match.

Contact the Match Director