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Thread: Match attendance and ammo shortages

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zincwarrior View Post
    Our last IDPA match yesterday, still had six stages, but more movement and a bunch of targets that required 1 round per target instead of the usual two or so. We also had a lot of hard cover targets with head shots, etc. Still very interesting.
    Now that you mentioned it, one round per target is a excellent way to reduce round count while not greatly diminishing the fun and *training aspect.

    *I'm going by the premise that splits need less practice than transitions.

    I'm surprised IDPA's collective head didn't explode though with the thought of the cardboard muggers only getting one round a piece.

  2. #32
    No, that would be USPSA. I can't recall a USPSA field course with other than two scored hits per target.
    IDPA switches things around more.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Watson View Post
    No, that would be USPSA. I can't recall a USPSA field course with other than two scored hits per target.
    I shoot a 3 shot-per-target UPSA field course maybe a couple times per year (shooting 25-30 matches a year). Had one last weekend in fact. 1-shot-per-target is a lot less. The last time I remember one for sure was at the 2017 Area 8 match.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CleverNickname View Post
    I shoot a 3 shot-per-target UPSA field course maybe a couple times per year (shooting 25-30 matches a year). Had one last weekend in fact. 1-shot-per-target is a lot less. The last time I remember one for sure was at the 2017 Area 8 match.
    It's definitely uncommon, yeah, but I remember a 27-round 1 shot per target memory stage at the MN Section match a few years ago. That was a challenge. Thankfully some friends and I all walked it together and mapped out which targets needed to be shot from which views.

  5. #35
    Quote Originally Posted by olstyn View Post
    I withdrew from my spot in the MN section match (I was actually squadded on "staff day" even though I'm not staff), so I guess I sort of helped with that. I've got plenty of ammo, and I wish I was shooting matches, but at the one match I went to this summer, the vast majority of people were not maintaining appropriate social distance, and I came to the conclusion that I didn't want to deal with a full day of that while still trying to perform well and have fun, so I asked to withdraw from the section match. Thankfully, I got a full refund (did not expect that, but I guess the fact that there was a waiting list probably helped). REALLY hoping for a vaccine to be available soon.
    Don't think I saw you this year but hopefully will next year. Your conclusion about the section match was indeed correct.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Minnesota View Post
    Don't think I saw you this year but hopefully will next year. Your conclusion about the section match was indeed correct.
    Yeah, it's been a while - I've only been to one match since February, and like I mentioned earlier in thread, it didn't fill me with happiness. Hopefully things will get back to something resembling sanity over the next few months. Really I just need there to be a vaccine so I don't have to feel like I'm putting my wife at risk any time I come into contact with other people.

  7. #37
    The IDPA and USPSA numbers seem down in my area. And oddly enough the Indiana USPSA state championship match this weekend has several open slots which I can't remember when it wasn't plus capacity being shooters from surrounding states always added numbers.

  8. #38
    Match attendance is definitely being affected in Eastern NC by the ammo shortage . I shoot 3 IDPA matches monthly and attendance is down 35-40%.

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    I've started shooting the local BUG match more and more. I can get four stages of 6-12 rounds each, shooting .32 ACP which I can get cheaper than 9-ball right now. And it's fun.


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  10. #40
    Quote Originally Posted by LHS View Post
    I've started shooting the local BUG match more and more. I can get four stages of 6-12 rounds each, shooting .32 ACP which I can get cheaper than 9-ball right now. And it's fun.
    I've noticed that .32 ACP is in stock at places that are cleaned out of .380 and 9mm. Prices aren't terrible either.

    I don't need another caliber. Really. .Those Beretta 81s and 82s sure look nice, though.....:-)

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