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That is the weekend of the VA state USPSA, probably not making it.
eh, do one as a warm up for the other!
Between having to de-conflict with other IDPA matches and club events there were not a whole lot of other choices for weekends. I hope most of you can still make it.
I used to shoot IDPA, but eventually got tired of it for a number of reasons:
1. MDs changing the rules on the fly because they can't actually write decent stages ("you can't shoot from there!" "why not? there's nothing in the stage brief or the rules stopping me" "I'm telling you, you can't shoot it like that!")
2. Target priority rules that are by turns either completely in the eye of the beholder ("well, if you can see the swinger between the two barrels...") or force you to shoot inefficiently.
3. Scoring that makes it almost ALWAYS better to go slow and get the D-0 than risk a D-1 or worse. We can have reasonable discussions about USPSA HF making speed maybe a little too important, but there's not even the trade-off in IDPA given how badly D-1s and D-3s hurt. About the only time I risk it is on swingers.
4. Inane rules about how you can make ready ("don't actually draw and get a sight picture!!!") and do stage walkthroughs ("OH NOES YOU AIRGUNNED!!!"). My last straw was getting dinged on the former while shooting CO - I can do a sight picture check after loading, but I can't draw, sight picture check, and then load? **** you, IDPA.
I don't mind the mag limits per se. I'll hit up a low light IDPA match or some kind of special event, but I've stopped wasting my money on it as a regular thing. Shooting is still better than not shooting it, but given the choice, it's pretty low on my list.