IDPA - Page 6

Miggy · June 28th, 2009, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NC Buckeye

I think with the interest we should have a forum for these games.

Buck, if you think .45 v 9mm arguments are bad, you have no idea how nasty IDPA v. IPSC, IPSC v. PPC, Everybody v. Cowboy Shooting, etc can get

Landric · June 28th, 2009, 11:15 PM

I really enjoy shooting IDPA. No, its not training. Anyone who goes into it thinking it is training has the wrong mindset. It is supposed to be fun. Real training shouldn't be fun most of the time. If it is, its not intense enough.

That said, it does provide excellent experience with gun handling under stress, fast and accurate shooting, at least considering cover and concealment, etc.

My only real gripes with IDPA are the somewhat silly reload rules when a gun is empty (if its empty its time to start reloading, IDPA requires the reload to wait until one is behind cover, it makes a lot more sense to start the reload while moving to cover rather than to wait until one gets there to start) and the points down system. I think we could do away with a lot of the gaming if we assigned a more significant penalty for -1 and -3 hits. I think each scored hit in -1 should be a full second penalty (not a 1/2) and a scored hit in -3 should be a 3 second penalty.

Other than that, I have no real complaints about the sport and I find it to be a tremendous amount of fun.

jualdeaux · June 30th, 2009, 08:45 PM

I shot the monthly match on Saturday. And I'm considering going to another this sunday as a friend is taking over the match director position there for the first time.

Amp Mangum · July 1st, 2009, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Dal1Celt

Would like to know if anyone knows if there is any near my location (Fayetteville, NC)??

Coharie Shooting League 2 times a month at Clinton and once a month near Angier.

Miggy · July 2nd, 2009, 06:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Landric

My only real gripes with IDPA are the somewhat silly reload rules when a gun is empty (if its empty its time to start reloading, IDPA requires the reload to wait until one is behind cover, it makes a lot more sense to start the reload while moving to cover rather than to wait until one gets there to start).

From the Rule Book, page 44:

Quote:

All reloads must be executed from cover (if cover is available) and must be completed before leaving cover.

View Poll Results: Do you participate in IDPA or another pistol shooting sport?
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June 28th, 2009, 11:15 PM	#52
Landric Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: North Carolina Posts: 416	I really enjoy shooting IDPA. No, its not training. Anyone who goes into it thinking it is training has the wrong mindset. It is supposed to be fun. Real training shouldn't be fun most of the time. If it is, its not intense enough. That said, it does provide excellent experience with gun handling under stress, fast and accurate shooting, at least considering cover and concealment, etc. My only real gripes with IDPA are the somewhat silly reload rules when a gun is empty (if its empty its time to start reloading, IDPA requires the reload to wait until one is behind cover, it makes a lot more sense to start the reload while moving to cover rather than to wait until one gets there to start) and the points down system. I think we could do away with a lot of the gaming if we assigned a more significant penalty for -1 and -3 hits. I think each scored hit in -1 should be a full second penalty (not a 1/2) and a scored hit in -3 should be a 3 second penalty. Other than that, I have no real complaints about the sport and I find it to be a tremendous amount of fun. __________________ -Landric "The Engine could still smile...it seemed to scare them" -Felix

June 30th, 2009, 08:45 PM	#53
jualdeaux Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Waponi Woo Posts: 928	I shot the monthly match on Saturday. And I'm considering going to another this sunday as a friend is taking over the match director position there for the first time. __________________ Unreasonable men are ever unreasonable, and only become more so when threatened. Truth always threatens the false-hearted.

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