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  1. Just a stray thought... but any time rules require a great deal of "interpretation" from a number of learned parties, it would seem to me that said rules are not written with a great deal of thought regarding circumstance, nor clarity regarding consistent results. Chris Christian
  2. Everytime HQ "clarifies" the rules they just seem to muddy the waters more and leave more for "creative interpretation". I love IDPA. Just wish they'd clarify a bit better. Chris Christian
  3. An ocasional "outside the box" stage... like the load the mag on the clock originally described... is not a bad thing. If it makes people think about something they haven't thought of before, then it may be more benificial to them in the long run than just another "blast three targets.... move to cover... and blast three more." I wouldn't have one every match. Just as I wouldn't have a 25-35 yard stage every match... or a standards stage. But, there is a place for them on a periodic basis. New thoughts... outside the box... is IMHO a valuable part of IDPA. I forget how many stages I've shot by opening a window, blasting a few targets, running to the end of the wall, and blasting a few more. Or, "dropping the pizza box" and blasting a few targets while retreating... or... well, you get the idea. I've forgotten them because they all ran together as the "same". The stages I remember most where the ones we didn't do every month. Something new, thought provoking, and kept me thinking after I did the Unload/Show Clear and left the line. I've seen some great non-standard stages that kept me, and other shooters at the two FL clubs I SO at thinking. If some shooters want to shoot by rote, that's fine. many others would rather be tested by new experiences. Chris Christian
  4. Speaking of opinions... my time as a IDPA SO has shown me that there will always be a whiner, or two. I think we've met some here. Chris Christian
  5. If you can chew gum and load mags at the same time, what's the problem? Everybody else is shooting the same COF under the same rules. If you can chew & load faster than most, you should be able to score fairly well. Isn't that is the point of a competitive event... to see who can do it better than the rest... regardless of what it is? Rob Moore... I understand your comment on "moving up a couple of classes". That's not on my schedule. I shoot USPSA revo with my 4-inch Minor caliber SSR gun, am 60-years old, with shakey knees, and don't care to play the USPSA game for real, unless (and I do at times) want some serious trigger/reload time with my IDPA gun when I'm shifting from semi-auto to revo. As for normal shooting, I'm not running 50 yards and going back to pick up 8 or more Comp IIIs just for fun (those things are expensive and I hate to loose them!). It's not fun for me... especially in Florida during the summer months. That's one of the reasons I prefer to invest my serious match time... travel/expense time (Sanctioned/Regionals/Nationals) in IDPA. IMHO USPSA is a track meet with guns, while IDPA is more of a choreographed event that tends to favor us Senior Citizens a bit more. Beyond that... all opinions welcome! Chris Christian
  6. Oh darn!... did I do that again? I think I have to go back to my 12 Step program and talk to the other members. I keep screwing up like that. Chris Christian
  7. There are many shooters who do not consider it a waste of time. They consider it a nice " out of the box" experience. And, some actually learn something from it. For those who would rather dispense with all that nonsense, there is always USPSA. Load all your mags and shoot all the targets as fast as you can run. Thinking not required. I do that when I really want a lot of trigger/reloading time (I shoot Revolver and L-10 and use my SSR and CDP gear). As for IDPA, sometimes you actually.... Geez!!!... have to think. I like that. So do a lot of other shooters. In fact, the membership roles at IDPA are growing at a faster pace than USPSA. Chris Christian IDPA A23489 USPSA A-55647
  8. +1 to Ty. Those who compete will look at the COF requirements and figure out how to do their best at them. And, they may learn something from it. Others may just whine.... "To hard"... Not in the Rule Book"... "Didn't practice that"... "Didn't know you were going to do that"... "It's not fair!". I've heard it all; will likely hear it again; don't care to. IDPA is a COMPETITIVE PISTOL MATCH... not Real Life. If you came to compete, then deal with the COF you're confronted with. Chris Christian
  9. SOs whine the most? That's a new one on me. If anyone can explain that I'm all ears. Chris Christian
  10. I've noticed, over the years, that there is a degree of "whining" when the COF description is read. I've also noticed, that the upper level competitors don't seem whine as much (although some do)as the competitors ranked just below them, and the newbies seldom whine at all. They're just trying to figure things out. So.. for all my fellow SOs out there I would like to ask this question... are the biggest COF whiners Masters, Experts, Sharpshooters, or others? Chris Christian
  11. Rob Leatham is one of the great pistol competitors of our time. He's also a guy with a great sense of humor who knows that you can't "stay focused" forever, so he joked a lot between stages. GOD BLESS HIM! and I hope he has a speedy recovery. He's a very neat Dude. Chris Christian
  12. I will agree with some of the posters on this thread that overly-creative MDs can sometimes create stages that are not suitable for the skill levels of all competitors at a IDPA club match. There have been a few times, on the SO walk through, where I have mentioned (sometimes forcefully, but a CSO gets to do that) to the MD that this might be a nice stage for a Super Squad, but may create an unsafe situation for the UNC, Novice, and even Marksman class shooters. With that said... loading a magazine on the clock is a problem? It hardly seems an unsafe action, and it may be an eye opener for some. "Eye Openers" are not necessarily a bad thing in IDPA. I designed one stage that was Limited... three targets... 35, 25 and 15 yards, requiring three shots each ( I did that knowing I would be shooting SSR that match and would obviously have to make a reload that the 9 & 11 shooters wouldn't have to make). There were a number of shooters, after the match, that told me they figured they needed to practice at those longer ranges because they never felt the need to, hadn't done so, didn't even know where their guns hit at those ranges, but this did "open their eyes". Is that a bad thing? This is where I'll get into trouble (might even get another suspension).... but IMHO... true competitors look at a stage... it's requirements... and figure out a plan of action that can help them win it. The "Also Rans" and "Wannabees" are the ones whining "It's not Real Life"... It's not in the Rule Book" "It's too hard"... "It's unfair"...yadda, yadda, yadda. There isn't an SO out there ( and I am one) that hasn't heard this line of serious whining before. I will say this, IMHO, you can instantly separate the real competitors from the "Wannabees" by just listening to how much they bitch about a stage. I did my best to keep this non-antagonistic... but it is my opinion.. based upon about five years of IDPA matches from the National level all the way down to the local club level. Chris Christian
  13. It's interesting to see how competitors like Rob & Koski are are thinking about how to handle the "load the magazine" scenario (and maybe even expand on it) while others are finding fault with it because they don't seem to think it makes sense to them. I'll leave it there. Chris Christian
  14. One of the things I like about IDPA is that it does stress "gun handling" skills that are not normally stressed... and never applied in a square range format. I think that's one thing many other shooters also like about it. A creative MD can make things very interesting. Chris Christian
  15. We had a stage at Flagler IDPA last month that was just this. Start with gun loaded with six rounds only and no spare ammo or mags on body - engage three targets through a window (2 rds each) move four yards to a barrel where loose rounds were pre-positioned. With those loose rounds, reload the gun as it existed when you arrived at the barrel. Bottom feeders had to reload the magazine, moon clip shooters had to refill the moon clip, SSR shooters just loaded the cylinder. After that, engage three more targets with two rounds each. After engaging the last three targets, the first three could be re-engaged by moving two feet to the left of the last firing position. Vickers Count so FTNs counted. I showed up that day with SSR... it is the only "revolver friendly" stage I have ever seen. I reloaded the old fashioned way... two rounds at a time. The bottom feeders (even the young/fast ones) didn't stand a chance. I immediately named the stage "Revo's Revenge". Chris Christian
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