Rule summary?

[D.Hayden]

I'm going to help RO an IDPA match this weekend, but I've never seen the IDPA rules..

Is there a summary of the major differences with USPSA somewhere? (kind of like Cliff notes?)

Thanks.. Dave

[nwb01]

Yikes !!!!!

There are some major differences, I would reading the rule book a couple of times before you RO the match.

Majors that I can think of at the moment:

Cover must be utilized when engaging targets

Targets are engaged in tactical priority (first seen or close to far)

Cannot drop mags with ammo left in them ( no speed reloads)

Reloads have to begin and end behind cover

Shot throughs count !

There are more but this should help

Edited May 29, 2009 by nwb01

[Mark Perez]

definitely read the rules

http://idpa.com/Documents/IDPARuleBook2005.pdf

[D.Hayden]

I'm thinking more of commands and difference in safety concerns, etc.. not scoring.

[Jim Watson]

This is more comprehensible than the rule book for the first go-round.

http://idpaforum.com/images/Welcome_to_IDPA_Shooting.pdf

Know the warnings for

"finger" (in the trigger guard while reloading or moving)

"cover" (failure to use same adequately while shooting from a positon of cover)

"move" (failure to shoot on the move when required)

"muzzle" (failure to keep the gun pointed within the range - should be marked out in lieu of IPSC 180)

which are called out to give the shooter a last chance to avoid penalty or DQ.

[D.Hayden]

Thanks Jim!

[freeidaho]

Don't shy away from reading the rule book. It isn't like the NYC yellow pages of other shooting sports. You can cover it in an hour.

The first step is that you will be a Safety Officer, SO, not RO.

kr

[Duane Thomas]

It all comes down to "Read the Rule Book". Having said that, and seeing that one of the Forum Guidelines is "No USPSA/IPSC versus IDPA threads", I'm going to go ahead and lock this one down.