Calling all IDPA shooters!

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After I wrapped up officiating my February match, I came upon a dismal realization.

We need to have some free exchanges of course of fires.

I've come up with 2-3 stages from scratch and many have enjoyed the challenge that it posed. My borrowing of certain ideas from IPSC stages and IPSC shooters alike, stages have started off as a steel drill and evolving into a scenario, or have been flat out textbook scenarios.

Frankly, seeing the same stuff on the internet is getting old. Painfully old. Hell, when I have IPSC shooters giving me better IDPA courses of fire than most COF libraries, that says something.

The biggest problem I've found about the internet courses of fire: EQUIPMENT.

Some of us dont have range props as advanced as say...something from IDPA nationals or a USPSA regional event. In my opinion as a match director, good scenario design also incorporates use of readily available materials. One of the best examples I've seen of a "hallway" was 4 steel posts stuck in the ground and roped off with string to create the hallway. We started from one end and made shooters shoot on the move - engaging targets hidden behind closet doors. Simple enough to make it work and to where the specific equipment can be subsituted with something that works equally well.

I'm throwing a few ideas out here to get people's feedback on so I can get a feel on how much of a maverick I'm being.

ACCURACY DRILL - Standard layout of a vice presidente. Shooter has an array of 3 targets, equally spaced apart at 21'.

Why this kicks ???: The el presidente and its variants are the pretty much the gold standard of speed and accuracy testing.

What I intend to do: Creation of a new "A" ring by using a 4x6 index card to center mass. Miss the card, miss the target. Targets will be scored 0, -5, or -10 + FTN.

What everyone will be complaining about after the shoot: I'm making you shoot one string moving forward to cover and another backwards to cover.

CHANGE UP DRILL - Any course of fire will be suitable for this drill.

Why this kicks ???: Shooting strange guns may be a lifesaver one of these days. Plus, who says I dont broaden anyones horizons.

What I intend to do: Assign a shooter another gun, with some restrictions. I'm tempted to do it randomly but I'm also thinking of an assigned scale. ie: 1911's change with glocks. Glocks change with Sigs. Sigs change with CZ's. S&W's (wheel) change with S&W's (auto).

What everyone will be complaining about after the shoot: Why in the hell some dumbass brought a J frame/Sigma to IDPA.

GUESS THAT GUN - Any course of fire will be suitable for this drill.

Why this kicks ???: I get to suprise the shooters again.

What I intend to do: Typical mystery gun course. Grab a gun in a drawer/briefcase and start blasting. Keep everyone on their toes.

What everyone will be complaining about after the shoot: Why in the hell some dumbass brought a J frame/Sigma to IDPA.

Any radical ideas or commentary is not only welcome, but encouraged. If you think any of these can be tweaked or is a total waste of space, feel free to let me know.
 
Hehe, I like the change up scenarios!

"All right, MP5 in the briefcase! Don't need my J-Frame or Sigma for this one!" :D

If I actually competed, I might have some ideas, but as it stands... :(
 
TACTICAL SCENARIOS

Some of the best "range" of tactical scenarios I've ever seen can be found at Texas Tactical Shooters -- which is an IDPA Webring site. Take a look.

They offer a few HUNDRED scenarios and will - for a reasonable donation - send you a CD with even more on there.

Good Shooting.

Very Respectfully,
CAPTAIN MIKE
 
We shoot indoors in the winter months,so our course options are pretty limited...outside tho we get pretty creative..one guy who kind of runs the show is retired and is always on the lookout for stuff we can use that others are throwing out...we have actual doorways and walls and a baby carriage.....we all take turns coming up w/ senarios...last summer we used my car in a few stages(still finding brass in my car)...it is challanging trying to come up with fresh ideas after a while tho....:(
 
I'm planning on...maybe...using my truck for a stage in an upcoming match. We have alot of beginning shooters. Am I just asking for it or what?

- Gabe

PS: Mike, do you have a link for that Texas Tactical scenarios page?
 
Duke,
Those are some great ideas.

I've been participating in IDPA for a little more than a year.

The best scenario that I went through was one where you did the standard walk through but there was a twist. During the walk through you see a total of 8 potential targets or so. The non-shoot targets had smilie faces on them. There were four non-threats. When everyone was cleared from the line, the safety officer would go through and move the smilie faces around so you never knew if you were facing a threat when you sliced the pie until you saw the lack of a smilie face.

It was probably the most realistic stage in that although the shooter knew the course of fire, the shooter was required to qiuckly decide whether a target was a threat or non threat and then act accordingly.

Another one that I liked quite a bit was called We'll See. You are a bar owner and some thugs threaten you for protection. Naturally you decline their offer and they come back with muscle. Since there were patrons at your bar, the shooter had to be aware of their muzzle while moving down the length of the bar so that they wouldn't sweet a non-threat.

Other stages that I've done in the dark included the use of the flashing lights on a police car. I'd recommend using that in the dark. The strobe light affect makes shooting your target very difficult.

I've participated in a number of other stages that were very creative, interesting or were enjoyable because the stage designer had a good sense of humor.

I was thinking of designing a stage where the competitor was required to reload a magazine before putting the magazine into the gun. The real life situation that I'd be trying to mimic is that you use your firearm to repel a home invasion, run your gun dry and have to relaod it yet your extra magazines/speed loaders are just out of reach etc so you have to reload directly from the box.

-Jim
 
Excellent idea. I'll post some of my favorites this afternoon. Moving this to competition shooting though.
 
I think that site sucks.

Its unviewable for any length of time and when it is, navigation is extremely difficult.
 
East Georgia Speaks

We tried the switch up gun with the sights off, unintentional, but people loved it. We used a 38 revolver, it took me forever to clean it for the owner.

We also made people stab a target with a knife grab an empty mag and loose rounds, load while moving, to the gun in a box and take out three BG's with two to the body- people loved that too.

The most I have heard people complain about is when you make the string too complicated as far as discerning who gets two to the head or three to the body, but doing something without the gun is usually fun.

One informal match, we got a dummy from the fire dept (145 lbs) made people carry their fallen officer to cover and then come out shooting. Then having to retreat to get his gun to finish off a final pop up.
:cool:
 
I would most certainly love to give people a gun and ammo to shoot, except my current gun budgeting prohibits it. My range will not even purchase weapons for the club to shoot on liability.

I'd have to raid a friends gun safe to find something suitable.
 
I've also started a NASCAR type points ladder system.

Everytime you participate in a match, you get points.

All are seprarated by division. #1 gets 150 points. #2 gets 135 points, etc....each place down recieves 15 points less. Fail to show up or get DQ'd and you dont earn any points.

At the end of the year, I add up the points and give division ladder champs a trophy.
 
We do something similar on our November and December Friday (1st) and third thursday shoots. We will host Back up guns and those that shoot get some to many tickets. The more times they shoot, the more tickets. The range we shoot at donates some cool prizes in the form of free range times or merchandise discounts. We had enough participation that the range donated $200 in free merch. Not a lot but free is good and it adds to the paper wins.

In a big match, call up PMC or someone and ask them to donate ammo, we got 500 rounds from Georgia Arms for placing them in the COurse of Fire Book.
 
Have you tried here??

SPORT SHOOTER

Locally we build props once a year. We have walls, framed doors, windows, a desk, a couple chairs, all used to set up different scenarios. Limited only by the imagination.

One stage started with a shotgun to knock down a pepper popper, move to position 2 draw own firearm loaded with 6 only engage three threat targets with 2 each shoot to slide lock or empty cylinder, move to position 3 and engage 2 threat targets with a J frame.

I also collect match bulletins from major matches I attend and save them for future use.

Regards,
 
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