johnmcl
Member
Hi all,
IDPA has a draft rule book that's out for public comment. A good friend of mine, Tony, did a quick look through and here's what he discovered as proposed changes:
Thoughts?
IDPA has a draft rule book that's out for public comment. A good friend of mine, Tony, did a quick look through and here's what he discovered as proposed changes:
- Sweeping one's leg on the draw while sitting clearly defined as a QD
- Range command COVER only only used at club matches
- Tactical Sequence gone (and no longer allowed). All targets tactical priority now
- Visible Cover reference lines may now be used
- Cover and reloads changed. can reload on the move, as long as not exposed to unengaged targets.
- 3 matches now before committing to IDPA membership
- Points down now = 1 second
- Clay birds are now a valid IDPA target
- New Penalty category: Flagrant Penalty (10 seconds). Used for intentional rules violations, gaming, cheating, intentionally breaking a rule/procedure to gain a competitive advantage, etc. FTDR still exists, but mostly for gross unsportsmanlike conduct.
- "Memory" Stages no longer allowed (another way of saying tactical sequence not allowed). Also states all targets in a string must have same number of shots, except one target. For example, first target gets 6, all others get 2 in the stage.
- Added Pistol Caliber Carbine Division (PCC)!
- Power factors have not changed. PCC PF is 135
- Changed official chronograph rules/procedures. In Tier 3 (and above), chrono now has to be a stage, and the shooter's gun will be used to chrono the shooter's ammo.
- Ammo carriers may now used a mixed method - both pocket AND belt are allowed simultaneously. However, the locations may not change during a match; i.e you store one in pocket and rest on belt, they must always be stored that way for the match.
- Clarified that shooting a sanctioned match in last 12 months counts as a classifier for that division. Also cleaned up wording about applying one classification to multiple divisions.
- Classifier times have changed
- Classifier COF has changed (3 stages, 8 strings total, 72 rounds limited). Should make for running classifiers much faster.
- Rule book now has an index!
Thoughts?