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Way back when ( pleas do not make age slurs ) IPSC was new and sweeping the country . Before i became the range officer , and for a time after ( untill i could set up a non square range... as a side note ranges cost $$ that will not be in a budget LOL ) i both shot and attempted to encorage my " gun oriented officers " into ipsc due solely to the scenarios . Hell i bought bullets and powder out of my pocket several times to keep them shooting ( had one guy who would reload , and not short stroke a progressive ( which i bought too lol , a junk lee ) too many times . We shot matches , we lost matches , Not because we couldnt shoot , it was a rare thing for us to be out scored on target . We got our butts kicked on time ( we had too much per stage) and tactics ( we had too much ) lol . Real world tactics dont lend themselves to " fun games " If your in a robery at the local " stop and rob " in a small town the local constabulary will likely be there before you can so much as clear the isles you can see . If you think the gameing barricade technique works well you will die young enough to make a pretty corpse . this is one place that my crew lost time , many were dq'd because they would step out of the box on barricade ( to them it wasnt support , and it wasnt cover , it was concealment that might disrupt bullet path if they were far enough back ) or they would slice the pie untill they found the target . Just food for thought , and i have to say that one of the local business men shot as a gamer , and had he slowed down a bit he could have had real promice but he over shot his abilitys . He chided me and the officers on our slow times , i then ran a gamer run only i made it a point to head shoot all hostages . He advised my time was admirable with a " stock gun " but my accuracy was deplorable. I just pointed out to him that if his buisness ( a liquor store ) was held up i would be the first one thro the door to come get him . Tho unintended he counted headshots on hostages and my agencys reserve orginisation had a $300. donation in a few days from his business .
Point is that IDPA came about to cure the gamer in IPSC that did not work . Nor ever can it . It is still a great tool , just ignore the " factored " score and then if ever ( your god (s) ) forbid you have to do it in real life you score will be apparent . For myself i have managed to muddle thro a couple of times that things went rodeo . I have to say tho i came out well due to luck not wisdom .
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