Beginner's Guide
Getting Started with IDPA Competition
IDPA offers a fun, practical way to practice shooting in defensive situations, win prizes, and make new friends. Read on to find out how to get started.
Annette Evans
Author
Annette Evans picked up her first gun almost ten years ago "because every girl should know how to shoot." She started as a defensive shooter, became an instructor, then fell in love with competitive shooting. Her passion is the craft of marksmanship, which she pursues as a representative of King Shooters Supply, Grayguns, and Race Street Range. And yes, she finally cleans and maintains her own guns.
Experience
- IDPA Match Director & Official
- USPSA Match Director & Official
- Rangemaster certified Instructor
- Certified Pepper Spray Instructor
- Ladies Centerfire Pistol Champion 2016 East Coast Steel Challenge Championship
- Ladies Production Champion 2017 USPSA Area 8 Championship
- Rangemaster Ladies Casino Drill record-holder (13.52 seconds)
- Holder of two Gabe White Training Light Pins
- Purple Belt Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Authored The Dry Fire Primer
- Appeared as shooter and instructor on NRA TV’s Love at First Shot, Season 5
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