Not lame at all, just no place for it in USPSA. It is called Rimfire Challenge, and there are some change in the works to make it a little more dynamic. We ran a "test" match Saturday and everyone really enjoyed it...kids, new shooters, veteran 3Guners, USPSA pistol shooters alike.
Drifting off.
I disagree. Rimfire is wildly popular in steel challenge and its what attracts all of our new shooters. Those people want to shoot uspsa but ALOT of them cannot justify the expense of it. They just cant find/afford ammo and are dont want to jump right into reloading (if they can find components).
Also, this rimfire challenge is just another match that needs a day and staff to run it. A lot of ranges dont have the slot or staff to run another one, why not combine it with a match that is already running?