The real game.

The Montana Defensive Pistol Association (MDPA) is a shooting club. We are open to the public and have no membership requirements. MDPA is sponsored by the MWA Logan Shooting Range. We are not affiliated with the International Defensive Pistol Association.

MDPA is dedicated to providing a supportive environment to train for and practice real-life defensive shooting skills using standard handguns. We believe if you are going to keep and/or carry a handgun for self-defense you have a responsibility to learn and practice to use it safely, accurately, and quickly.

MDPA offers the best defensive shooting training and practice in the area. Shooting with us offers you a unique opportunity to test and improve your handgun safety skills, your shooting accuracy, and your gun-handling speed. Our shooting events are fun, challenging, and rewarding.

We host shooting matches the third Saturday of every month from March through November at the Logan Shooting Range.

Most events will have ten different defensive shooting problems allowing you to develop and practice a variety of defensive shooting skills. Each problem and the skills required are explained before you shoot. Experienced shooters are grouped with new shooters to answer questions, offer advice, and help in anyway they can.

MDPA welcomes new shooters and we invite you to join us at our next shooting event. You will have fun while improving your handgun skills. Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with any questions.

The Day/Night match scores are posted. Thanks to all the shooters that participated in one or both matches.

We are one of the few clubs in the nation that regularly hold outdoor night matches. These are valuable opportunities to practice in what is the most likely environment for an actual defensive situation: No or low light. We invite our newer shooters to participate in our day matches in order to meet the experience qualifications for a night match.

This Saturday (10/15/11) is our annual Day/Night match. We will be registering for the day match between 1pm and 1:30pm. We will set up the match and start shooting soon there after. We will shoot the same stages for the night match. The night match will start at 7:30pm. There will be time for an early dinner between matches.

You may shoot both matches or just the day match or the night match for one registration fee.

The night match is limited to experienced shooters only. You must have participated in a minimum of three MDPA matches this year or have similar experience approved by our Match Director prior to the night match.

The minimum round count for the Day Match is 88 rounds. The Night Match also has a minimum round count of 88 rounds.

The long range weather forecast calls for a mild fall day on Saturday so come out and shoot what maybe our last match of the year.

The scores for our September match are posted. Thank you to all the shooters for participating. Congratulations to all the division winners and especially Lee Blackwood for most accurate and George Pilgrim for leaving everybody else in the dust.

Our next match on the third Saturday of October and is our annual Day/Night match. The day match will be shot in the afternoon followed by the Night match as soon as darkness permits. You are welcome to shoot both or either match. The night match is limited to experienced shooters. (Three MDPA matches in the past year or similar shooting experience if approved by the Match Director.)

Match Scores were revised 9/20/11.

This Saturday, September 17, 2011, is the MDPA’s Montana State Championship Match. Bob has put together 12 very challenging stages that will test your accuracy and gun handling. If you don’t miss you can shoot the entire match with 116 rounds. Bring extra ammo if you think you might miss a few shots.

We will start registration at 9am and start shooting at 9:30am. The weather looks fair for Saturday so plan on a day at the range for some great stages and a fun match.

We will be setting up on Friday afternoon. We will start a 3pm and will work until 7:30pm. If you can come out anytime during those hours please do so. We can use all the help we can get.

See you at the range.