Ronald E. Avery (September 22, 1956 – February 23, 2019) was an American sport shooter and

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s instructor who took bronze in the Standard division at the

2002 IPSC Handgun World Shoot The 2002 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XIII held in Pietersburg, South Africa was the 13th IPSC Handgun World Shoot. Champions Open The Open division had the largest participation with 339 competitors (43.4 %). ;Individual: ;Teams: Modi ...

and bronze in the Standard division Senior category at the

2014 IPSC Handgun World Shoot The 2014 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XVII held at the Universal Shooting Academy in Frostproof, Florida, United States, was the 17th IPSC Handgun World Shoot. Champions Open The Open division had the second largest match participation with 385 com ...

. He also took the Standard division title in the 2013

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and the Limited-10 division title at the 2000

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. Ron focused most of his instruction on developing a doctrine for shooting called "Reactive Shooting Science", which he termed "the earliest way to get a hit and then do it again". His primary life interest was in "helping the good guys win", so he focused on creating a doctrine that was competitive but always tactically sound. He taught for various academies, for his own Practical Shooting Academy, and in 2013 founded th
Tactical Performance Center
as a destination training academy centered around developing and teaching Reactive Shooting. He and others at the school created numerous videos on th
Tactical Performance Center YouTube channel
that document the details of Reactive Shooting. In 2007 Ron did a shooting seminar and practical course for the Bulgarian IPSC team who was going to participate in the World Shoot France same year. Also and another dozen of top shooters and law enforcement/military from the same country participated. For them it was a big eye opener and they are very grateful and honored. Ron died on February 23, 2019, at the age of 62 from cancer,Obituary , Ronald E Avery of Ouray, Colorado , Pine View Mortuary
/ref> and was remembered at the 2019 USPSA National Championship in

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on Sept 24 2019.

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1956 births 2019 deaths American male sport shooters IPSC shooters 21st-century American people 20th-century American people {{US-sportshooting-bio-stub

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