String of Fire, Stage, and Course of Fire

[FWSixgunner]

What's the difference?

SOF is defined the the rule book in 6.10.1 as a section of the COF that starts on a signal and ends with the last shot, and their can be more than 1 SOF per stage.

I don't see definitions for Stage or COF.

Based on that definition, I've never shot a stage that had more than one SOF.

However, 6.10 states no SOF can exceed 18 rounds. I've definitely shot "Stages" that were more than 18, without any pick ups.

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[gahunter12]

Stages are pretty self explanatory. A stage can contain 1 COF, or multiple SOF. Our 4th Saturday local match had 2 stages with multiple strings of fire. The first stage was 2 SOF consisting of 6 rounds per string. The second stage had 3 SOF with 6 rounds in each string for 18rnds. Each SOF will have its own audable start, and time ends with last shot on that string.

[racknrider]

Think of the classifier. Stage 1 has 7 strings of fire.

[FWSixgunner]

Thanks.

I'll have to take it up with the MD next time . Last match had a stage of 22 rounds, just one SOF per IDPA definition.

Shooting revo, I got screwed. That was the first time I started with a full cylinder and used all 3 SLs.

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