3djedi Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 With pistol, is there a 9mm min requirement or something else?. I'm a little confused as I thought you could use a 9mm. However, I just read something on the net that says .40 is required. Is it like USPSA limited where .40 is major and 9mm would score minor? Thanks ps I think it also said there is no minimum caliber for rifle so .22LR would be legal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waktasz Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 (edited) The minimum calibers are usually 9mm and 5.45x39 OR .223/5.56. Except for USPSA MG (which I've never done so I'm no expert) none of the matches give a benefit to shooting major PF ammo so lots and lots of people run 9mm. Personally I just run my .40 Limited gun and download it to about 135pf. Edited February 12, 2014 by waktasz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MoreChains Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Its been a few years since I shot a USPSA MG match, but from what I recall the rulebook gives the match organizers the choice of running the match using comstock scoring or Time Plus. Under comstock scoring the minimum caliber for major is .40 for Limited and Tactical. So that might be what you read. However if the match is scored using Time Plus, other than Heavy Metal division which requires a .40 cal or larger, there is no added scoring bonus for shooting a major PF pistol, in which case 9mm is pretty popular for the lighter recoil and +2 or 3 mag capacity. Time Plus is similar to 3GN or outlaw 3-gun scoring in that it requires 1A/B or 2 hits anywhere on paper to "neutralize" the target, and steel must fall. Your score is basically the raw time plus any penalties (ie miss, FTN, procedural etc...). I want to say the last few MG Nats have been run using Time Plus and more and more USPSA affiliated MG matches are run using Time Plus over Comstock since it has many similarities to 3GN and outlaw 3-gun matches. I've actually never shot a USPSA MG using comstock... but I've only been shooting 3-gun/MG since 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkCO Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Yes, USPSA MG can run HF or Time-Plus. However, there are still divisions and minimum calibers. It is 9mm in most, but the two Heavy divisions use Limited 10 rules and HL further restricts the caliber to .44 or larger. So the "minimum for major" applies to the HF scoring, but not Time-Plus scoring. The .44 Minimum in HL applies to both types. AFAIK, only Nationals and the Noveske match run USPSA rules, and both use TIme-Plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3djedi Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 Im confused now. Lol the rule book says .40 is minimum for major scoring. (This is for tactical div.) Are you saying that most 3 gun doesn't use major/ minor scoring so there is no advantage for using a .40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegunnerd Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 You are correct sir jedi . Most of the non uspsa multi gun type 3 gun matches have no minimum caliber requirement . People use 9s for capacity mostly . All the 3 gun nation type matches , no minimum and the like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3djedi Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 Gotcha.......Actually found a set of rules-regulations used by the club where I will be shooting 3-gun and it has nothing in it about major/minor scoring. Just says that 9mm is the minimum requirement. Thanks everybody! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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