For reasons unknown to me the USBP Team shot a lot of matches in CA. Their presence upped the quality of the competition. When they did you would be shooting with the best of the best. Usually 5-6 previous national champions from USBP and CA! and other class champions.

Our team was sponsored by Winchester. The travel team received all their match ammo and enough practice ammo every month and we could by ammo at cost too! Seems that because the department bought their ammunition by the truck load. I'm sure there were at least 1 million rounds in the armory! (When I retired 15 years ago, there were 1,000 sworn!)

I remember when Robert Vadez shot his first CA match as an Expert. Knocked me "off the podium" for a few matches as he made Master pretty quick. He went on to win 4-5 NPSC's until recently. Many shooters move on after they promote up with their agencies.

Smiles,