IDPA - The New Rule Book is Here

[waktasz]

USPSA, 3 Gun and practice.

I might get desperate between November and March when those matches dry up so I might have to come crawling back but I'm not looking forward to it.

 

[Sam1911]

I might have to come crawling back but I'm not looking forward to it

Oh good grief. The drama!

 

[waktasz]

What weekend does your club shoot on again?

 

[9mmepiphany]

If you leave a position and encounter a target you couldn't see from a previous position, you have to pie around whatever vision barrier is there and treat it as cover.

That may be generally true, but I just picked up a Procedural for doing that this last weekend at a Regional Match.

When I saw the target, I stopped, used the barrel as cover, and pied out to engage....however, the instruction was to engage while on the move

 

[Sam1911]

What weekend does your club shoot on again?

1st Sunday.

 

[waktasz]

That may be generally true, but I just picked up a Procedural for doing that this last weekend at a Regional Match.

When I saw the target, I stopped, used the barrel as cover, and pied out to engage....however, the instruction was to engage while on the move

If you got a penalty for that it's your own fault for not arguing the rules properly. That's not a legal stage.

 

[9mmepiphany]

I seldom argue when a COF has been approved all the way to IDPA HQ.

I might view it differently if I was more competitive, but the difference between 3rd and 4th wasn't that important to me.

Now, when the State Match, end of Oct, description comes out, I'll take a closer look at it...I think it is going to be the first State Match under the new rulebook

 

[waktasz]

The stage likely didn't get approved by HQ. Regional matches get approved by the AC.

 

[ny32182]

I've shot many, many questionable or obviously illegal stages at majors.

I didn't shoot this match, but this is one of them.... this stage is not legal due to shooting on the move after leaving cover:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVL3YIYNarc

I've heard this was legal prior to the 2005 rewrite. I'm not sure exactly when this match took place. I believe it was an SC state match around 2004ish. Edit: Description says 2009.

 

[Jim Watson]

I follow the Bubba Rule; if the CoF is not immediately clear, I ask the SO what he wants me to do and then I do it as fast as I can. I may grumble later or light them up on the www, but when the buzzer goes off, I am following instructions and not worrying about the fine points.

 

[Thetaii]

As a new IDPA shooter I can say that I have been greatly enjoying their events, despite these rules. Anyway I just thought I'd throw in my 2 cents.

 

[MrBorland]

I follow the Bubba Rule; if the CoF is not immediately clear, I ask the SO what he wants me to do and then I do it as fast as I can.

As a new IDPA shooter I can say that I have been greatly enjoying their events, despite these rules.

Words of wisdom from the experienced and the new.

FWIW, I do as Jim - I burn few neurons worrying and griping about the rules. AFAIK, it's a counterproductive distraction that I generally avoid. I do ok and still enjoy the game.

 

[tarakian]

In addition to running an IDPA match every month, I shoot in one pretty much every weekend. Other than safety, the only thing I worry about when shooting is fun. It helps to remember, and remind, that you can't win anything. There is no Winnebego for first place. Be safe, work on your skills, and have fun shooting with like minded individuals. You might even make a new friend or two.

 

[jmorris]

I've personally never seen a plate rack or texas star at an IDPA match... etc.

That might be because a "real" IDPA match won't let you have more than 4 steel on any stage.

As Jim would put it, one of my "this isn't one of them" matches had this stage.

3 TX stars, one strong hand, one with counter rotating no shoots free style and finish up with one weak hand.

Video


Another stage had a plate rack, that powered a pin wheel target with alternating threats and non threats, while it reset.

Video


The videos are poor quality but you can get the idea.


I likely would have quit IDPA a long time ago if it were not for friends that I have made and the fact that it is the game that is played closest to my house every weekend.