Just dropping in to say hello and welcome. I've grown up around firearms, but never shot competitively.
welcome
what do you do?
What kind of shooting are you into?
welcome!
Howdy!
From St. Martinville
Welcome aboard.
Hello from Abbeville! I'm in Lafayette enough times out of the week! Wouldn't happen to be into target shooting would ya? Specifically with rifles?
Just dropping in to say hello and welcome. I've grown up around firearms, but never shot competitively.
Bienvenue, What do you shoot?
Howdy!
If you want to practice indoors, Barney's up toward Carencro is the closest. Not a bad place. I used to be pretty bitter about the place, but last I went, for my CHP class, it wasn't so bad at all.
I tend to drive up to Krotz Spring area, and go to the Sherburne WMA shooting range. It's free, assuming you have some sort of hunting/fishing license or wildlife stamp. 50 yard pistol/rimfire range, and a 100 yard centerfire rifle range. They also have a couple shotgun throwers too.
For competition... since you have an XD9, you might look into USPSA matches. Every 3rd Sunday out in Gonzales at the East Ascension Parish Sheriffs Range. There are threads about it every month in the Competition section of the forum. There is one coming up on the 20th. My first match was back in October. They are a -very- friendly group to newbies and so long as you're safe, they'll do what they can to help you fit in and get by.