First IDPA match

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Wagonman

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I shot my first match yesterday, it was a blast... No pun intended. I got a DNF because I had to work....thought it would be over by noon. Had over 80 shooters. Everyone was friendly and helpful. Got a couple of procedural demerits... Gamemanship stuff.... Wrong order of targets and "airgunning". Can't wait for next month... Gonna bring all the shooters I work with.
 
Awesome that you had fun! I've been curious about the local IDPA/USPSA events. How far out from the city was the event? Perhaps I'll see you at one after my CFP comes in :D
 
Congrats, and glad you had a good time.

You got a procedural for airgunning? Yeah, it's not legal, but to give a 1st timer a procedural for it seems rough. It's been my experience that when new shooters airgun, they're simply told it's not allowed, and nothing more is said.

A procedural for engaging targets out of order, though...well, that sort of thing happens to us all once in a while ;)
 
It wasn't an official procedural... More of if this was a official match that would be wrong.... Very friendly people..... Might have found a new addiction.

It was in Plainfield.... Just off 55
 
If you like to air gun shoot USPSA. They allow all the air gunning one can stand. Otherwise obey the rules so you don't get a DQ and as we say you WILL learn the rule book 3+ seconds at a time
 
I'm going to shoot everything that is near Chicago that my schedule allows. don't care about scores... just hits and safety
 
Welcome to the sport! Kiss all of your spare cash goodbye as you will now be on a never ending search for ammo (or reloading components), but it is a seriously fun sport.
 
To airgun is to do a pantomime dance as if you are shooting, while holding your empty hands in front of you. IDPA does not allow "personal walkthroughs", rehearsing the stage to a greater extent than allowed by the official walkthrough conducted at the start of each stage, and airgunning is considered a form of personal walkthrough.
 
Shot my first match and then my first ever qualification match soon after that last month...also had a blast! I was 3.88 away from hitting the Marksman status so I have some work to do!
Our next outing is in a couple of weeks!
Gene
 
IDPA

The IDPA classifier match is a greatcourse of fire to test basic skills.

I make an effort to shoot in all the IDPA classifiers and USPSA classifier matches that I can find. Regular monthly matches I make when I can, but I really like shooting classifiers because they are standard courses of fire that you can use to determine what skills you need to practice to become a better shooter.

I'm usually really smooth and accurate and not particularly fast, although my speed is increasing over time.
 
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