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October USPSA match at ENGC on 10/6
NENick:
I had a blast at this match. All of the stages were fairly simple, I thought. Driving and shooting was awesome.
Anyone think that we should have a multi-gun rifle stage with a driving portion on the 100 yard range?
I have an idea for designing the stage if it is something we could actually do.
JTH:
--- Quote from: NENick on October 07, 2013, 09:39:45 AM ---I had a blast at this match. All of the stages were fairly simple, I thought. Driving and shooting was awesome.
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Hm. Actually, I thought that all but stage 2 was straightforward (in that there were no questions about how to shoot them) but that all stages but 2 were not easy in terms of getting good hits at speed. In every single case, there were shots that required quite a bit of care.
And stage 2 was interesting, because as a Production shooter I could think of 3 different ways to shoot it effectively. (If I were in Open or Limited, that would probably have turned into 1 or 2 different ways.) Which of those three to pick---really depended on the specific shooting strengths of the competitor.
(By the way---when are you going to join USPSA? Sheesh! Among other things, it'll give you a breakdown of your times/points/etc for each stage, and you also can see how you stood relative to the people in your division, as opposed to compared to everyone in the match.)
For example---I don't think stage 4 was simple. Straightforward, yes---but certainly not simple, particularly since the person who did BEST on that stage at our match (which certainly wasn't me) still only got a barely-B-class hit factor nationally. And 13 people zeroed the stage. :/
So, maybe it is a simple/easy/straightforward semantics thing--but I find that in USPSA, simple does not mean easy! And if you didn't get within 5% of the high score in your division on that stage, well, then... After all, you aren't trying to beat the stage, you are trying to beat everyone else who shoots the stage.
--- Quote ---Anyone think that we should have a multi-gun rifle stage with a driving portion on the 100 yard range?
I have an idea for designing the stage if it is something we could actually do.
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Talk to Tom Engel--I know a couple of people have already said that this would be a completely fun time.
NENick:
I just signed up for USPSA after reading your post. :)
What is the best way to get in touch with Tom? I'll be happy to design a stage.
I agree with you. I should be more specific in what I meant by simple (since thankfully no one can ready my thoughts...except for maybe the NSA) - I found it easy to put a plan together for each stage. At the last match I attended, I had a difficult time putting together a plan, remembering it, and executing it.
JTH:
--- Quote from: NENick on October 07, 2013, 03:45:09 PM ---I just signed up for USPSA after reading your post. :)
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Excellent! Make sure to tell Julie your number as soon as you get it--that way we can make sure that your last classifier (that you shot yesterday) counts for you.
--- Quote ---What is the best way to get in touch with Tom? I'll be happy to design a stage.
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Contact information for coordinators and such are on the ENPS website under Committee Members and such.
http://www.easternnebraskapracticalshooters.com
--- Quote ---I agree with you. I should be more specific in what I meant by simple (since thankfully no one can ready my thoughts...except for maybe the NSA) - I found it easy to put a plan together for each stage. At the last match I attended, I had a difficult time putting together a plan, remembering it, and executing it.
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Ah. That makes more sense to me--and I agree that most of the stages were very straightforward that way. Being able to come up with good solid plans (and then not forgetting them once the timer goes off) is an important skill in USPSA, most certainly.
How'd you run stage 2? That's the one where I thought several different plans were all possible, depending on the shooter's specific strengths.
abbafandr:
--- Quote from: jthhapkido on October 06, 2013, 04:41:17 PM ---(And yes, I zeroed a stage. Yay me! Oh wait, that's bad...)
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So how did you, probably the best pistol shooter in the state, zero a classifier ?:o
How did you get a U classification with all the matches you've shot?? ???
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