Grump
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Okay, I just gotta bug in my ear right now and wanna ask if we should ask certain "National/International Governing Bodies" to re-name themselves for greater accuracy. Sorta like avoiding deceptive trade names, dontchaknow?
So, IDPA seems to me more like the International Concealed Carry Pistol Shooters Association.
IPSC seems more like the International Speed Shooting Test Bed Confederation. They kept the rules so simple and unchanged, they allow quick-release holsters hanging way off the belt, which would dump the pistol if you ever sat in a car seat with 'em.
Yeah, Practical all right.
But they sure have helped us know what's humanly possible for speedy trigger manipulation!
Both of them, I believe, are a bit silly to *(almost?) never* allow duty rigs (IPSC wayback when I shot some in SLC did, but you were supposed to be either LE or a security guard by trade), but my readings of various after-action reports and even the Ayoob Files show that good guys often know trouble is brewing and are *not* in CCW mode when they either win or lose (why else do Medical Examiners know so much about high-vel rifle wounds imprinting the Mexican-Carry handgun in the decedent's belly skin?).
And both probably need a few more stages which start with the firearm in hand...But I digress...
NRA Bullseye Pistol needs no name change.
NRA Handgun Silhouette needs to hang it up, dump the multiple fragments of gun types, and just accept IMHSA and its competitions in toto. Who needs a third size of steel critter? Stick with full-size and rimfire...
UIT Pistol needs no change in name, but really should go back to .32 ACP minimum caliber for everything but slowfire precision (free pistol), including in Olympic Modern Pentathalon. .22 Shorts??? BAH!
That ain't modern military courier stuff! If they stick with .22 shorts, the rapid-fire event with the beheaded politically correct targets should be re-named "Useless PopGun Rapid Fire". Well, maybe "International Lightweight Rapid Fire."
Cowboy shooting needs to either put in a reasonable separate minimum power factor for each caliber and continue to allow nothing less than .32-20 (wimpy!), or add "Wannabe" somewhere in its name. Otherwise, it's the SAS-LSS--Single Action Sissy-Load Shooters' Society. "Sass-Less" sounds wimpy enough, right?
NRA Action Pistol needs to either rotate one Bianchi Cup stage OUT every 5 years to be replaced by something completely different until they have only four of the classic "standards" each cycle, or they just need to be called "NRA Par Time Holster Matches". The rotation cycle would bring back a different classic every 5 years as another on the seniority list gets retired for a few cycles. New stages should be alternated between Par Time and Comstock scoring.
So, whaddya think? Replies should probably cover one discipline, to avoid longish stuff like this post... (Long)
So, IDPA seems to me more like the International Concealed Carry Pistol Shooters Association.
IPSC seems more like the International Speed Shooting Test Bed Confederation. They kept the rules so simple and unchanged, they allow quick-release holsters hanging way off the belt, which would dump the pistol if you ever sat in a car seat with 'em.
Yeah, Practical all right. But they sure have helped us know what's humanly possible for speedy trigger manipulation!Both of them, I believe, are a bit silly to *(almost?) never* allow duty rigs (IPSC wayback when I shot some in SLC did, but you were supposed to be either LE or a security guard by trade), but my readings of various after-action reports and even the Ayoob Files show that good guys often know trouble is brewing and are *not* in CCW mode when they either win or lose (why else do Medical Examiners know so much about high-vel rifle wounds imprinting the Mexican-Carry handgun in the decedent's belly skin?).
And both probably need a few more stages which start with the firearm in hand...But I digress...
NRA Bullseye Pistol needs no name change.
NRA Handgun Silhouette needs to hang it up, dump the multiple fragments of gun types, and just accept IMHSA and its competitions in toto. Who needs a third size of steel critter? Stick with full-size and rimfire...
UIT Pistol needs no change in name, but really should go back to .32 ACP minimum caliber for everything but slowfire precision (free pistol), including in Olympic Modern Pentathalon. .22 Shorts??? BAH!
That ain't modern military courier stuff! If they stick with .22 shorts, the rapid-fire event with the beheaded politically correct targets should be re-named "Useless PopGun Rapid Fire". Well, maybe "International Lightweight Rapid Fire."Cowboy shooting needs to either put in a reasonable separate minimum power factor for each caliber and continue to allow nothing less than .32-20 (wimpy!), or add "Wannabe" somewhere in its name. Otherwise, it's the SAS-LSS--Single Action Sissy-Load Shooters' Society. "Sass-Less" sounds wimpy enough, right?
NRA Action Pistol needs to either rotate one Bianchi Cup stage OUT every 5 years to be replaced by something completely different until they have only four of the classic "standards" each cycle, or they just need to be called "NRA Par Time Holster Matches". The rotation cycle would bring back a different classic every 5 years as another on the seniority list gets retired for a few cycles. New stages should be alternated between Par Time and Comstock scoring.
So, whaddya think? Replies should probably cover one discipline, to avoid longish stuff like this post... (Long)
