BESA hosts Pistol Leagues that begin three different times during the year. The Pistol Leagues welcome BESA members and non-members of both genders, of all ages and levels of shooting ability. The purpose of BESA Pistol Leagues is to allow shooters to gain experience with their pistol(s) while striving to improve their own scores, and to allow shooters the opportunity to gain knowledge from and build friendships with other shooters.

The WINTER PISTOL LEAGUE begins on the first Saturday after the New Year and runs for 10 weeks. Shooting starts at Noon.

The SUMMER PISTOL LEAGUE begins the first Tuesday in June and runs for 10 weeks. Shooting starts at 5 PM.

The BIG GAME PISTOL LEAGUE runs for four weeks in the fall to prepare shooters for hunting with a pistol. Shooting starts at 4PM and runs till dark.

The WINTER and SUMMER Leagues use the same silhouette targets and course of fire, as follows:

Stage 1 (large silhouette target)
50 yards; 12 shots, seated & supported, 5 minutes; one reload required.
Stage 2 (large silhouette target)
25 yards; total of 18 shots, standing, 1 minute: 6 right side barricade, 6 left side barricade, 6 free standing (any order); one reload after each six shots required.
Stage 3 (small silhouette target)
50 feet; total of 12 shots, 30 seconds: 6 shots sitting unsupported, 6 shots standing unsupported; one reload required after first six shots.
Stage 4(small silhouette target)
~20 feet: 6 shots standing unsupported in 6 seconds.
Total for four stages of fire: 48 shots

It is highly recommended that you have at least two speed loaders (for revolvers) or three clips with at least six shots each (for semi-automatics) as there is not time within a stage of fire for lengthy reloading. Speed loaders and clips can be reloaded between stages as necessary.

The Big Game Pistol League uses paper large game targets

More Questions? Contact Steve at 651 777-7224 sajansen@yahoo.com or Bob at ryund@hennepintech.edu