Pine City IDPA Match

[dmshozer1]

Any time you see this many penalties in a match, you know that something is wrong!

Stages had WAY too many gray area cover calls.

There is NEVER any consistency in stages with iffy

cover calls.This has been a IDPA problem from day one but can and should be avoided in a big match

with good stage design.

Stages were designed so everybody did the same thing.There was no thought process except to try not to get cover calls.

Chrono was a joke!!! In order to be consistent they MUST have artificial light and in a box. The gun MUST be shot from a gun rest so the bullet passes over the sensors in the exact same spot every time!!! At this match,the chrono was just hanging out there in the changing environment, the gun being fired standing from behind, going who knows where through the sensors. The perfect way to have inconsistent readings. I feel sorry for the people who DQ'd at the chrono. We will never know if they really made it or not!

I would think anyone entering a big match would make sure their ammo was making the power factor, at least that is what I do.

Because the SO would not activate the double swinger on stage one, the first shooter had no idea what to expect. The rest of the squad, mostly CDP, knew that the swinger first appeared with both targets together so they fired their last five shots getting shoot thou's on both targets.They needed three scoring hits on each.

Saved a reload and did not get a penalty for only firing five shots.

Afternoon shooters were not to watch people shooting stages. If they did, they would receive penalties.I saw people in fancy shirts watching most of the stages. Especially the double swinger! No penalties!

Just my thoughts.