I too am looking to start either USPSA or IDPA (Ive heard IDPA is easier on the new competitor). I have everything for my 1911 to compete except enough mag carriers. What are the odds of finding somebody at one of the matches to borrow mag carriers for a round or two?
Run what you brung!!!!Go by more guns and then Run what you brung and before long you will have guns and accessories for all DIVISIONS.I'd be shooting at the Silver Creek Conservation Club in Sellersburg. Anyone else shoot there?
I too am looking to start either USPSA or IDPA (Ive heard IDPA is easier on the new competitor). I have everything for my 1911 to compete except enough mag carriers. What are the odds of finding somebody at one of the matches to borrow mag carriers for a round or two?
IDPA is easier for a newbie only in sense that you need very minimal gear. A strong side type holster, 2 mag pouches, some kind of cover garment and you're on your way. Understanding the somewhat byzantine, nonsensical rules is another matter. Half the SO's don't even properly understand them.
USPSA has bigger stages with higher round counts, up to 32 a stage. So if you want to shoot a capacity limited division like Production or Single Stack, you'll need 4-5 pouches. USPSA is more permissive as far as non-safety rules. Loading from the front pocket is fine in Open, limited or limited 10. Loading from any pocket behind the hip bone is fine in Production and Single Stack. The game itself is much much easier to understand.
I doubt you'd have a hard time finding someone with some single stack mag carriers to loan you. I just recently sold all mine, otherwise I'd happily do so myself. (on the condition you change that avatar....it creeps me out for some reason! )
I too am looking to start either USPSA or IDPA (Ive heard IDPA is easier on the new competitor).
Run what you brung!!!!Go by more guns and then Run what you brung and before long you will have guns and accessories for all DIVISIONS.
If you shoot at Silver Creek, our range is only a few miles up 135-- we shot before Dave anyways(except this Sunday when the ICE hits) Come shoot with us also SCGC
I'd be shooting at the Silver Creek Conservation Club in Sellersburg. Anyone else shoot there?
I'm lookimg to shoot an USPSA match for the first time. I've been reading through the 100+ page rule book. I have a Sig P226 mk25 in 9mm with 3 15 round magazines. No holster, no magazine holders. It looks like I need to pick up a holster to be able to compete. I guess I can stick the extra mags in my back pocket.
Question: i see from the rules that I want a holster that is mounted to my belt and does not have access to the trigger well. Does that pretty much sum it up? Also, how much ammo do I need to being to such match? I watched some videos on you tube and it just looks like they empty mags on targets. Didn't appear that they had x number or shots per target.
any info for a newbie would be appreciated,
thanks
I don't know what you're watching with emptying magazines into targets. On most USPSA stages, each paper target requires two hits. Sometimes it's less and sometimes it's more, but 2 per paper is the standard. Steel targets must fall to score, which could take one shot to hit, or more.
Most USPSA stages are Comstock, which means you can use as many rounds as you wish to complete with no penalties other than the time it takes you. Any stage with steel will be Comstock. Some stage are Virginia count, in a Virginia count stage you are to shoot the number of shots per target specified in the written stage briefing (WSB). If you fire more and/or have more shots on target than specified in the WSB, you receive penalties per each occurrence. Around here usually only see Virginia count on classifier stages or standards.it looked like they were shooting 2 at paper targets, but some people looked to be rapid firing on the steel targets until they were hit. I just figured you would get x number of rounds per stage.
Kirkd,
Come check out USPSA in person this Sunday at Atlanta Conservation Club (ACC). It probably only and hour, hour & 15 minutes from Greenwood.
Kirkd,
Come check out USPSA in person this Sunday at Atlanta Conservation Club (ACC). It probably only and hour, hour & 15 minutes from Greenwood.