Jane

But SC doesn't seem a state where many have a mindset to elect people like Boxer and Feinstein

That may be. But California certainly isn't a "right to carry", and we closed out registration for last year's state championship at 175 shooters almost 3 months before the match.

Not exactly slo motion http://www.doublealpha.biz/images/mikael_vieira.mpg

As someone else mentioned, the club president may or may not be the greatest shot around. You can check the results from the Wisconsin state championship in which he competed, and get an idea of his skill level versus a larger pool of shooters... Jane

Clay1 is correct - only one FTN per target, or one nonthreat per target regardless of how many holes you put into a particular nonthreat. But as for your question - Yes, the 5 second FTN penalty plus 5 points off for each bullet that missed the target altogether. If you had one hole in the down 3 and one mike, you'd be down 8 points plus the 5 second FTN. Jane

Ain't that the truth! I've written scoring software for IDPA (which is what Ripon uses, BTW) and was the scorekeeper for the local USPSA club for a year and a half as well as for our IDPA club for 2 years. But with USPSA, I felt totally like a semi-trained monkey at the keyboard. I knew what buttons to push to input scores and produce results, but had no clue how they do their calculations. (And NO... please don't try to explain it to me, anybody! ) Jane

There's already this knockoff : http://www.degraeve.com/cgi-bin/babel.cgi?...www.idpa.com&w=

Just in fairness to the oft-maligned rulebook... it says the reloads are interchangeable, not the terms... and goes on to explain the terms. So perhaps your analogy might be more accurately phrased - if the menu specifies a sandwich containing tubular deli products, you may serve the customer either a hot dog or a polish sausage

In IDPA, you don't count up points on a target. Rather, you try to hit the "zero down" zones. Hits outside of those (or complete misses) count against you. As in golf, the guy with the lowest score wins. You can download the entire rulebook here: http://www.idpa.com/rule_info.htm You should be good enough that you know the basics of handgun safety, and can safely draw and reholster a gun. If you don't worry about your score, you can learn a lot and improve at your own pace. Most IDPA clubs don't charge a lot. Members of our range pay $12 to shoot a monthly match, non-members pay $17. You also need to join the national IDPA, which costs $35 a year. As someone mentioned, IDPA stages are limited to a maximum of 18 rounds required. Our monthly matches are 6 stages, so a hundred rounds give or take works. You could check with clubs in your area and ask how many stages they generally shoot.

Thanks for the kind words, guys Jane

Carlos, Where do you find that in the rulebook (that concealment garments need to be split in front/center) ?? I've worn a pullover top with an IWB holster at club and sanctioned matches. It's slower than flipping a vest out of the way, but AFAIK it's legal. Jane

You might check the local match listings on http://www.idpaforum.com The folks who run that forum are in the PA area.

Over the past year, several people here have mentioned the scoring software that I've been developing for IDPA matches (not supported by or endorsed by the IDPA). It's now available online. But it isn't free, so I apologize if posting this notice here is inappropriate. More information, downloads, and links to a number of match results (including this year's Maryland and Texas state matches; the Mountain Valley, Fiesta, and Gold Country Classic regional matches; and some local club matches) are on the web page: http://www.beachbunnysoftware.com/idpa/ I know that many people can score a match with Excel. But although my software has been used for a number of sanctioned matches (including 4 state championships last year), I've focused on making it easy for non-geeks to use for club matches. Jane

When I drove down for their regional last year, I stayed at an Econo Lodge on S. Euclid. IIRC, it was about a 5 mile drive to the range. There's also a Motel 6 in Chino. If you're looking for something high class, though, I'm the wrong one to ask. Jane

In addition to what Ted said... if they were to change the Classifier requirements, wouldn't they need to come up with some revised times to compensate so all previous classifications remain valid? Jane - expert on nothing with opinions on everything