I am toying with the idea of an outlaw/fun match that would pair shooters together to shoot courses of fire basically under the USPSA rule set - except with the modifications necessary to make teams work.
I am envisioning two kinds of courses of fire:
I am envisioning two kinds of courses of fire:
- Field courses broken into two strings with two shooting areas. The teams decide who is going to shoot the first string and who is going to shoot the second string. The times are added and the targets are scored together. This way, you never have 2 people running around shooting at the same time! Some targets might be accessible from both shooting areas, so part of the team strategy will be deciding who's going to shoot which targets... and doubling-up just means more wasted time.
- All-steel course of fire, with the two teammate shooters in two shooting boxes, both under the same timer. Object is to knock down all the steel as fast as possible. This does involve two "hot" shooters at the same time, but poses only the same kind of safety issues as the still-rule-endorsed "shootoff" where two competitors are shooting at the same time at steel arrays.
- Does that sound like an interesting match?
- How do we create teams? How do you deal with divisions (or classification) in a mixed setting? Do we try to create any kind of balance between teams, or do we let an Open GM and PCC GM team up and just annihilate the field?
- Scoring: Major or minor? I think each team will have to be one or the other... do we score the whole match one way or the other, regardless of actual PF/caliber? Team scores major if one shooter is shooting major PF? Team scores minor unless both shoot major?
- Any other thoughts/reactions? To be crystal clear, this will not be a sanctioned match, so pointing out that "the rules" don't permit this is not helpful. I know that already.