[yar]

Ray stage 1 (http://www.madtrigger.net/videos/Lopez/Lopez%20IPSC%20ray1%203-25-07.wmv)

Ray stage 2 (http://www.madtrigger.net/videos/Lopez/Lopez%20IPSC%20ray2%203-25-07.wmv)

Ray stage 4 (http://www.madtrigger.net/videos/Lopez/Lopez%20IPSC%20ray4%203-25-07.wmv)

Ray stage 5 (http://www.madtrigger.net/videos/Lopez/Lopez%20IPSC%20ray5%203-25-07.wmv)

Please excuse my stage 1. I'm not that proud of it. We all have our bad stages

[Chris Rhines]

You have some mean stage designers, that's for sure.

Which stage was your best?

- Chris

[yar]

Today I would say stage 2. Not really feeling good about any of the stages. I'm primarily a steel match guy. Still I do OK at IPSC.

[OH25shooter]

Question:

I'm new to this sport, but why were guys standing off to the side of the shooter in stage five? I'd feel better behind the shooter. Right or wrong?

[yar]

The bystanders are actually safely behind the shooter. The shooter is shooting downrange at a 45 degree angle and the camera has a wide angle lens that makes it appear that the bystanders are closer than they appear.

I get this question a lot btw. The wide angle lens just makes it look this way.

[Stump Water]

The first four rounds... the people to the right are behind the shooter?

Allrightythen.

[lebshiff21]

uhh...

[yar]

http://www.madtrigger.net/images/misc/illustration.jpg
I drew a quick picture because this confusion needs to be cleared up. As you can see the shooter is shooting to the right at an angle. The bystanders are behind the shooter from the start position, in that they are up range of the shooter.
In practical pistol matches they often use all 3 sides of the berm. The wide angle camera on my headset makes the bystanders appear closer than they appear. For example I did not see the bystander as he was probably outside my natural peripheral vision. He was in the camera angle though.
Yes it would of been wiser of him to stand somewhere else. As if I broke the 180 really badly for whatever reason like somewhere in the 225 angle then he would of been looking at my muzzle.
It is not the stage designers fault nor my fault as the shooter. You can see he walks up while I'm at the line and well into my routine of preparing to shoot the stage. I will ask somebody in my squad to look out for people walking into the camera angle as I get this question all the time. I don't want anybody to get the impression that our sport is unsafe.

[VARifleman]

USPSA prides itself on being safe, as referenced by no injuries from unsafe gunhandling at any of their matches since its beginning. Good to see another USPSA shooter on here. I'm just a lowly L10 C Class shooter though.

[Rich in VA]

"USPSA prides itself on being safe, as referenced by no injuries from unsafe gunhandling at any of their matches since its beginning."

Unfortunately, I believe there have been a few injuries, and I stress the word few.

Rich