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Provisional 2017 IDPA Rules up for discussion...

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JTH:
So, the (supposedly) final form of the IDPA rulebook is out:

http://members.idpa.com/Content/Rules/k0vchmkq.nkx.pdf

...in my opinion, they took almost all of the good things that were in the provisional rulebook and screwed up their implementation.  :(  The reload rules are about the only part I think they initially got right, and KEPT it right.

The fault line idea initially was great...then they screwed it up in the final ruleset by saying you could only have one fault line at any particular point of cover--which means that if the target array is separated at all, you are  either 1) going to have to crowd cover, and 2) lean out ridiculously far OR hang onto the cover and shoot one-handed around cover, neither of which makes sense in context.  The illustration in the rulebook of how fault lines should be used seems to show an array that would be almost impossible to actually shoot.  :(

Failure to Neutralize (as a penalty) has now disappeared.  It doesn't exist anymore!  (Probably because if you already have two Down Three hits on a target, the 6 second penalty you just picked up is sufficient without adding another 5 seconds on top of that.)

PCC has (mostly) disappeared, even though supposedly there is a classifier arrangement and rating times for it that no one has seen.  It is a "specialty division" which is undefined and treated like the former-NFC division, which means that no one knows exactly what PCC is or what you can do, BUT it can be shot at local matches anyway as NFC.  (Which isn't called that anymore.)

Take a look at the new rules---they are interesting.  And they are now officially in effect, as they started being official on January 1st.

(If you don't understand any part of it, too bad, because they have already loudly proclaimed "no clarifications, changes, or interpretations will occur!")

Don't get me wrong, folks:  IDPA is fun to shoot, and the people who shoot it (most of them) are fun to be around.  That is separate from my opinion regarding IDPA HQ and the decisions they make.

There's an IDPA match at Thunder Alley tomorrow---come out and give it a try.  As long as you are safe, the worst that will happen is that you'll have fun shooting.

JTH:
Oh, wait.....now there is a NEW final version out.

http://members.idpa.com/Content/Rules/4sig5pxx.mr1.pdf

[sigh]

JTH:
...on the good side, it DOES seem to clear up (and fix) a few (at least) of the prior version's problems...

....boy, tomorrow's IDPA match should be interesting!

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