Eastern Colorado IDPA - @ Colorado Rifle Club, 4th Sat of the month.

[cstone]

Everyone I ever spent time with on the range and had respect for, believed that once you master something you should cut your time and add more difficulty. No one is so good they don't need more practice.

I like the creativity that goes into some of the dynamic shooting.

[madmike283]

Texas Star side match like at State last year. $5 per attempt. Winner splits the money with the club or something.

[MarkCO]

In case I forget, good idea to pack bug spray. The mosquito squadron is populous.

[Vanniek71]

I don't want to spill all the beans but I have a cool match in the planning stages......

IDPA Team Trials - team of 4 shoot through the match and scoring will be as follows for certain stages:

• All 4 shooters run stage like a normal match, but times/scoring is added together for final stage score
• All 4 shooters run stage, times/scores are averaged for that stage score
• All 4 shooters run stage with a running timer one after another, total score counts (like a relay)
• All 4 shooters run stage, best time/score gets recorded

Shooting is a individual sport for the most part, would think there would be some interest for a team event and it would put a cool spin on IDPA events


What say you guys?

[Vanniek71]

Anyway we can run the fifth stage with a dueling tree or something? Just have pre-printed, blank bracket sheets. Randomly fill in all the shooters' names, and the stage is run as a single round elimination where winner goes on to next round until only one shooter is left. Wouldn't be scored like a regular stage, but would be fun for bragging rights. Then, after all the stages have been shot, the winners of each group would shoot against each other. I bet a lot of people would stay to watch that.

If you only have one thing like two Texas-Stars, or two plate racks, then there shouldn't be much for the RO to have to watch all at once. Plus, there are usually enough regulars to have someone volunteer as an extra score keeper.

I had considered the idea of just having the stage set up with four identical targets on each side, but then you have to keep track of movement for two people at once, so just a stationary plate rack would be safer.

I like this idea, but try to do stuff differently than other IDPA clubs. Thats why we have 5 stages instead of 4 and a side match. I have gotten a few people asking about a side match, but not too many have shown interest. I would consider 4 stages and a side match, but 5 and a side is almost too long for a lot of people that come out and shoot.

At the next shooters meeting remind me and I will ask, and if there is enough interest, I don't have an issue running one. The other thing we have to consider is that the Cowboy shooters need the range after us as well, so we might have to break down and then set up the side match on one of the berms they aren't gonna use, or reuse a stage and change stuff up a bit. I'm not opposed, just trying to coexist with the rest of the disciplines that shoot out there too.

[ray1970]

What say you guys?

Any idea how you are going to decide who gets paired up?

I have no friends so not sure who would want me dragging them down.

[Vanniek71]

Any idea how you are going to decide who gets paired up?

I have no friends so not sure who would want me dragging them down.

I would set it up with pre-reg so we know how many would come etc, and then randomly select teams. Or if you wanted to shoot with a buddy, you could but could only have 1 other buddy or something like that. I want to keep it fair so everyone has a chance too

[Irving]

I LOVE all the cool ideas, and think that running five stages allows us to have the standard 4 IDPA stages that are strict IDPA, and the fifth stage can be a wild card. That way we can break from the mold a bit, but still appease the main shooter base that showed up to shoot an IDPA match.

[ray1970]

I LOVE all the cool ideas, and think that running five stages allows us to have the standard 4 IDPA stages that are strict IDPA, and the fifth stage can be a wild card. That way we can break from the mold a bit, but still appease the main shooter base that showed up to shoot an IDPA match.

This.

[Brass]

Would be awesome to shoot a few optional stages or a side match with a rifle!