jtischauser
I'm addicted to kicking ass
If I win the $50,000 I might sponsor my own team.
IPSC is stupid for not doing anything but trophies.slemmo said:I'm moving to the US.
for comparison:
7th place 2011 IPSC rifle nationals, prize: Safariland cap
6th place 2012 IPSC rifle nationals, prize: big green Stanley thermos
Team silver 2013 Danish open rifle, prize: glass trophy with inscription
other benefits, sponsored pants, shirts and cap and half price on Fiocchi ammo
expenses: thousands in ammo, gear, travel.....better not think about it too much.
You mean Red Dirt Plants. I gave them my all for a season, gave up a lucrative good side jersey shoulder; and all I got was a flat of pansys and a used magwell.Jesse Tischauser said:IPSC is stupid for not doing anything but trophies.
I shot the Pan-American IPSC shotgun match this year simply because I was asked to be on the Anerican Team but it cost me $1500+ for a gold medal and a cool $90 Team USA Jersey. Lack of prize table is why the other 3 big shotgun matches had more than double the Americans in attendance at each of them compared to the PanAm match.
I'd love to go to a world shotgun shoot but that would be financial suicide unless some awesome company like Accurate Iron paid for their team to represent them.
I'd bet that's a pretty low estimateJesse Tischauser said:I bet I spent $30-40,000 maybe more buying and selling stuff trying to get better faster and shooting every match my job and wife would allow.
Knee pads would be good too!mike cyrwus said:biggest thing about being a pro shooter is that you almost need a lip balm sponsor. Your lips take a real beating.
get to what level? all you have to really do is convince some company that you can make them money by spending money on youGamerNxUSN(JonathanWaits) said:Just a question here, how long did it take you to get to a level where you had sponsors? Do you think you could estimate the cost prior to that in your head?
yeah side tracked; get off your computer and get over here!Jesse Tischauser said:Knee pads would be good too!
Very true. I took every competition shooting class within 3 hours of OKC those first 3 years. I was shooting 30+ club matches and dry firing 3-5 days a week.Wall said:I'd bet that's a pretty low estimate
Aside from the $$$$$, I don't think alot of people understand the amount of time you & the others put into this. You don't get to this level by going to the range & shooting a hundred rnds a few times a month, it's a practically EVERY DAY routine.
Very true! I know a bunch of windbags that can't shoot their way out of C class but they talk the talk especially on Facebook and forums and get free stuff as a result. Heck some actually get paid for being full of elephant dung.mike cyrwus said:get to what level? all you have to really do is convince some company that you can make them money by spending money on you
yeah side tracked; get off your computer and get over here!
True......sponsorships & Pro are 2 different things.mike cyrwus said:get to what level? all you have to really do is convince some company that you can make them money by spending money on you