Week 212: New IDPA Classifier
Results may be posted until May 14th, 2017.
Designed by: IDPA
Range: 5-20 yards
Target: Three IDPA targets at staggered heights (6', 4', 5' from left to right)
Start position: Hands at sides unless otherwise specified
Rounds fired: 72
This is IDPA's newly-revised course of fire to determine appropriate classification for IDPA competition. More generally, it is a reasonably broad test than can serve as an ongoing benchmark of skill over time, and allow direct comparison to many other shooters, including up to the highest levels.
You'll need two barricades at the 15 yard line spaced seven feet apart, and a barricade at the 20 yard line.
[img]New IDPA Classifier Range Setup by OrigamiAK, on Flickr[/img]
Stage 1 (All strings at 7 yard line)
String 1 (12 rounds) - Start holstered and loaded with exactly six rounds total. Draw and shoot 2 rounds to each body, reload from slidelock, and shoot 2 rounds to each head.
String 2 (6 rounds) - Draw and shoot 2 rounds to each body strong hand only.
String 3 (6 rounds) - Start with gun in weak hand only ready. Shoot 2 shots to each body, weak hand only.
Stage 2 (5 and 10 yard line)
String 1 (12 rounds) - Start at the 10 yard line holstered and loaded with exactly six rounds total, and facing uprange. Turn, draw, shoot 2 to each body, reload from slidelock, and shoot 2 to each body.
String 2 (6 rounds) - Start at the 10 yard line. Draw and advance toward targets, shoot 2 to each body on the move before passing the 5 yard line.
String 3 (6 rounds) - Start at 5 yard line. Draw and retreat away from targets, shoot 2 to each body on the move before passing the 10 yard line.
Stage 3 (15 and 20 yard line)
String 1 (12 rounds) - Start behind the barricade at the 20 yard line, holstered and loaded with exactly six rounds total. Draw and shoot 2 rounds to each body from whichever side of the barricade you prefer, reload from slidelock and behind cover, advance to whichever barricade you prefer at the 15 yard line, and shoot 2 rounds to each body from the inside of that barricade.
String 2 (12 rounds) - Start behind whichever barricade you prefer at the 15 yard line, holstered and loaded with exactly six rounds total. Draw and shoot 2 rounds to each body from the inside of your current barricade, reload from slidelock and behind cover, move to the other 15 yard barricade, and shoot 2 rounds to each body from the inside of that barricade.
Concealment is optional. Targets can be engaged in any order, except from behind the barricades on Stage 3, where targets must be engaged in the order in which they appear to the shooter as they lean out from the barricades. 100% of shooter's lower body and 50% of shooter's upper body must be behind barricade. All shots are to the body unless specified to the head.
Scoring: Limited Vickers (no makeup shots are allowed.) Your score is your time, plus penalties. One point down = one second added to your time. Misses are 5 points down. Designated head shots that hit the body count as misses. Designated body shots that hit the head are scored. Add up your raw time and penalties to determine your total score. NOTE: There is now a 4" circle in the head, which is a -0 zone. Everywhere else in the head box is a -1 zone. Feel free to draw or otherwise add a 4" circle to the head if your target does not have one.
Please report the following when you post your results in this thread:
Pistol, holster, and concealment (optional) used
Raw time
Points down
Total Score
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