Ridgerunnr Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 what distances are you practicing at? Minimum steel distance for USPSA i found out is 23 ft..what is the maximum distance usually shot during competition for production class for paper/steel targets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 0 to 50 yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgerunnr Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 thanks for the quick reply...50 yds is a fair piece..furth than I shoot unless its my .22 pistol at prairie dogs..lol What is the size of the target at that distance? Surely not a 6 inch plate..lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve J Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I routinely place 10" plates and full size poppers at 20-35 yards in matches. Just shot a match Sunday with IPSC metric targets (the real ones with heads) out to 50 yards. So, if you have the facilities and resources and you're intent on practice, follow Matt's advice. Work at various distances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I shot a local 3gun match with my pistol last year that had a plate rack at 50 yards. I went something like 8-9 shots on 6 plates with a limited gun. If you want to hit the A zone at 50 it's not bad practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Burtchell Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I routinely place 10" plates and full size poppers at 20-35 yards in matches. Just shot a match Sunday with IPSC metric targets (the real ones with heads) out to 50 yards. So, if you have the facilities and resources and you're intent on practice, follow Matt's advice. Work at various distances. Just shot a match Sunday with IPSC metric targets (the real ones with heads) out to 50 yards. "Did you hit any of them, Steve? " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ankeny Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 (edited) The trend seems to be the more targets the better and the closer the better. I think the longest shot I have ever seen in a match was around 30 yards, and I can count the number of those shots on one hand. I have seen countless courses of fire where the longest shot was a popper at 15 yards or so, with all of the paper targets 10 yards and under. Of course, that's a local flavor thing. I rarely practice beyond 15 yards, but I do end every session with some itty bitty groups. I try not to practice stuff that I am already good at... Edited January 22, 2008 by Ron Ankeny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve J Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I routinely place 10" plates and full size poppers at 20-35 yards in matches. Just shot a match Sunday with IPSC metric targets (the real ones with heads) out to 50 yards. So, if you have the facilities and resources and you're intent on practice, follow Matt's advice. Work at various distances. Just shot a match Sunday with IPSC metric targets (the real ones with heads) out to 50 yards. "Did you hit any of them, Steve? " Why, yes. Two hits on each target. Tight groups too. They just happened to be all Charlies. At one of the Dallas Pistol Club's steel matches we had four 18x24" plates at 50 yards and a 12" stop plate at like 25 yards". The 50 yard targets were no problem. I wasn't the quickest kid on the block, but I got my hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Burtchell Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I routinely place 10" plates and full size poppers at 20-35 yards in matches. Just shot a match Sunday with IPSC metric targets (the real ones with heads) out to 50 yards. So, if you have the facilities and resources and you're intent on practice, follow Matt's advice. Work at various distances. Just shot a match Sunday with IPSC metric targets (the real ones with heads) out to 50 yards. "Did you hit any of them, Steve? " Why, yes. Two hits on each target. Tight groups too. They just happened to be all Charlies. At one of the Dallas Pistol Club's steel matches we had four 18x24" plates at 50 yards and a 12" stop plate at like 25 yards". The 50 yard targets were no problem. I wasn't the quickest kid on the block, but I got my hits. Just giving you a hard time Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Practice the long stuff, but your fat-part-of-the-bell-curve, bread-and-butter IPSC target is going to mostly be 7 to 20 yards away. Depending on the club, berms and shooting style, maybe mostly 5-15 yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann the Horrible Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I have seen that the higher level matches seem to have more longer shots than the Level 1`s. I am shooting a Level 3 in March and there will be several 30-45 meter shots there. I practice the long shots and then find the shorter shots "easier and faster". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boz1911 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Practice the longer shots as part of your routine, it will absolutely force you to watch your sights lift, not to mention the confidence you'll have when the occasional 35-50 yard shots are called for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Hepworth Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 try hitting plates up close (13y), and then go back and try it again at 40yards,.....you might encounter different distances in stages. I use an excercise that I got from the Matt Burkett dvd series. Pretty basic, but good practice for typical distances in stages. Target at 5-15-25y.....2 rds each, starting from various positions,...(hands at sides, etc.) It trains you to see what you need to see for good hits at various distances, and also what your transitions are going from near to far, and vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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