I shot action pistol at our gun club. If there is one thing I could change it would be to add a carry optics division. As it is if you want to use an optic, you have to shoot open. In action pistol open is, IMO, an equipment game as much as it is a marksmanship game. Most folks shooting open have comped pistols, optic mounts that not only adjust for lead on the moving target event but also for range - a previous poster mentioned some events contain 50-yard stages. This is the target.
The black is the X-ring, the next line out is the 10-ring, the outer line is the 8-ring and all other hits on the target are five points. The X is 4 inches in diameter, the 10 is 8 inches in diameter and the 8 is 12 inches in diameter.
Unlike IDPA, or USPA, there are set time limits, and set round counts - so on the plates you can't fire an extra round to pick up a miss.
At our club Action Pistol is slowly losing members, new shooters are more attracted to USPSA. I get the more fun aspect of USPSA, but both disciplines can build skills for the other, IMO.
Here is a link to the NRA Action Pistol Rule Book:
https://competitions.nra.org/documen...n/act-book.pdf
The Bianchi Cup courses of fire are:
The Moving Target Event - page 18 @ para 7.8; also see page 35 @ para 10.24
The Practical Event - page 17 @ para 7.6; also see page 33 @ para 10.22
The Barricade Event - page 18 @ 7.7; also see page 34 @ para 10.23 (note: the modified barricade event found on page 27 @ para 10.15 is not the Bianchi event)
Falling Plate Event - page 18 @ para 7.9; also see page 36 @ para 10.25
I'm not sure if the regionals shoot only the Bianchi events. My club has monthly matches. The only Bianchi Cup events you can be sure of shooting at each match are the mover and the plates.
I have been shooting production, this year I'm switching to metallic sights using a CZ 75 SA.