LEOSA quals today!

[geeollie]

Just did mine yesterday.
Our states training center got off schedule and left a several month gap between my expiration and new qualification date. So, I went to a private range with certified trainers. It cost 1/2 the price!!

I shot 1 ragged hole.......well sort of if you don't count the ones that spread all over the place. Our state is pass/fail and the ranger officer stopped counting once he got to the minimum. So my score was???? The 25 yard line requires two strings where we begin standing and then must go to kneeling. I'm starting to notice a little catch in the knees!!

 

[CelticSire]

I am a retired HCSO Reserve Deputy. When I asked about LEOSA, They told me the Sheriff won't allow Ret. Reserves to qualify at his range, only ret. full timers. They just updated Texas laws 9-1-21 that adds CHLs' to the list of people who can do LEOSA Quals. When the CHLs catch up with the law change, hopefully I will get qualfied.

If you're close to Dallas, I can qualify you.

 

[Miami_JBT]

My LEOSA expired and I need to requal. Not sure what I'm going to take. Thinking about using my no dash Model 586 and my Gen 2 G17.

FL does the state course for everyone. Sworn or retired.

40rds from the 3 to 15 yard line with one mandatory reload. No kneeling, using cover, etc. Just work from the draw.

 

[mic214]

I recently moved from New Mexico to Colorado, so I contacted the local Sheriff's Office and I was able to shoot with them last month. It was a 15 round total course of fire. We shot at 3, 5 and 15 yards.

I used my Glock G48 and qualified the first time through. I had to wait to get my Colorado driver's license before I could get my carry card. I got all the paperwork in last week and I am waiting to get my card in the mail.

 

[moosedog]

My qualification is this Saturday. I shot the course out back this afternoon with my Glock 23 40 caliber just to practice.
I'm looking forward to seeing some old friends. Every one get's skinnier and has thicker hair each year.

 

[blues7]

These days I only shoot the LEOSA course with the gun I'm going to have with me if I travel to a state with no reciprocity. So, I take one of my two Glock 26's. (10 round mags seem to be acceptable everywhere.)

I can carry everything else I might want on my state permit, including in states with reciprocity. So I see the LEOSA qualification as being targeted toward a specific purpose.

Before I had two of the 26's, I brought a couple different guns just in case one was in need of repair. Now that's not an issue.

 

[CH4]

In Nevada you qualify with the one gun that makes you happy on LEOSA qualification day, but it qualifies you to carry any "handgun" you want.

The course of fire for Nevada CCW is the same as for LEOSA and CCW holders can also carry any "handgun" they wish. Nevada CCW holders are also exempt from gun purchase background checks, while retired and active cops alike have to pay $25 and submit to a background check with any firearms purchase.

Nevada LEOSA (annually) and CCW (every 5 years) course of fire consist of 30 rounds untimed:

3 yds - 6 rounds
5 yds - 12 rounds
7 yds - 12 rounds.

 

[David Sinko]

I pay $90 for my qualification at a local indoor range. If I didn't live so close to NY and NJ I probably wouldn't bother. There is a 15 minute lecture during which the instructor reminds us that it's not our responsibility to save the world. The current course of fire is from about 3 to 15 yards and it has been getting easier over the last five years that I've been doing it. I have to specify revolver or auto, and make, model and caliber. I'm always the only revolver shooter there. I carry six rounds of non hollow point ammo so I'm good to go in case I stray into NY or NJ. There are always questions about magazine capacity and hollow point bullets and whether they pertain to retirees and nobody seems to have a definitive answer. The skill level of many of the retirees is very low. It's clear that many never practice. A guy from Philadelphia showed up and said that he couldn't find anybody to qualify him down there and he had to drive the hour north to do it.

 

[mckenney99]

Here in OH, the OPOTA standard course of fire for LEOSA is only 8rds total. I try to hit every LEOSA shoot I hear about in my area, even if I'm not due to expire since they never are conducted at regularly scheduled intervals and I prefer to keep my retiree certification current. Also it gives me the opportunity to see the retirees from other agencies that I came up working with, that I don't run into at other times. It's only 8rds so I'm not exactly burning through my ammo supply and so far none have been willing to accept a penny for conducting the shoot.
My former agency Academy does offer the shoot several times a year at the Academy but I would rather take a beating than drive thru Columbus.

 

[Tommysgun]

In Virginia, we are required to shoot the same course active duty Leo's shoot. Normally it is what we call the 50 TQC (tactical qualification course). 5,7,15, and 25. In my community it is offered annually by our local police and Sheriff on the county range, free to retirees. I find it more convenient to go to a local range that has a certified instructor for a minimal fee. A much less formal atmosphere and one on one qualifications with the instructor. As a former rangemaster and lead firearms instructor for the sheriff I find this much less hazardous to my health. Some of our retirees have lost any semblance of what it takes to be safe on the range. If they ever had it before retirement. Our policy and procedures specified attempts permitted for qualification, then one on one retraining, and then more attempts. There were always a few that still failed to qualify. Somehow the rules were bent for them providing additional one on one instruction until they finally made it. Of course they never shot again until the following years qualification.

 

[ispcapt]

I have to specify revolver or auto, and make, model and caliber. I'm always the only revolver shooter there. I carry six rounds of non hollow point ammo so I'm good to go in case I stray into NY or NJ. There are always questions about magazine capacity and hollow point bullets and whether they pertain to retirees and nobody seems to have a definitive answer.

I don't know who it is that doesn't have a definitive answer but both questions have been answered a long time ago and are clearly defined. If a person would read LEOSA they would know the answers.
1) magazine capacity is not covered by LEOSA. Nothing in LEOSA is mentioned of mag capacity.
2) HP ammo is covered by LEOSA. It's spelled out clearly in T18 USC 926(C)(e)(1)(B) includes ammunition not expressly prohibited by Federal law or subject to the provisions of the National Firearms Act;

This section was added to address the HP ammo. HP ammo is not prohibited by federal law or the NFA. Some states prohibit expanding ammo. LEOSA overrules these state restrictions.

 

[safearm]

Did my annual qualification on October 13, just before I traveled to Gatlinburg, TN. Used the Off-duty course (which is geared towards 5 shot revolvers, although you can use any gun): 10 rounds at 3 yards (5 strong/5 weak); 5 rounds at 5, 7, and 10 yards; total of 25 rounds, all timed. Used my SIG P320 to qualify and carried my SIG P365 on vacation.
Put the sticker on the back of my retired ID card and I'm good for another year.

 

[viceunit]

I qualified last month and again last week. Last week at the full-time agency I retired from and last month at the other agency I worked for part time after retiring from full time. No reason to do it twice other than hanging out with some former co-workers. Plus, the part time agency had a cook out afterward at their outdoor range! No cost except my ammo. Used my recently acquired Glock 26.4, which has quickly become a favorite EDC.