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Your wife's fears are justified.
Rocket3
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It's big time fun but a lot harder than it looks.
For me anyway.
For me anyway.
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It's fun, though some of the rules are knit-picky.
USPSA shooters scoff at it but you can be competitive in IDPA with a gun you probably already have in your safe plus a few accessories. I'm a revolver shooter and priced out the gun & rig to be competitive in USPSA & was looking at a $2,000 investment.
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USPSA shooters scoff at it but you can be competitive in IDPA with a gun you probably already have in your safe plus a few accessories. I'm a revolver shooter and priced out the gun & rig to be competitive in USPSA & was looking at a $2,000 investment.
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And having fun should be the second highest priority after being safe. Most of us will never become sponsored Master or Expert shooters. I know I try my best but don't take it too seriously. I just like to show up and have fun.
S&WIowegan
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In our area we see people start out in IDPA and once they get comfortable with action shooting in front of the crowd, they then sample USPSA. They are superficially similar but also quite different.
A post on this forum mentioned that he was not used to longer shots. This is one of my pet peeves...if you only shoot 7 yards or less you'll give up lots of points in IDPA or USPSA.
There are other shooting sports such as ICORE(only revolvers), Steel Challenge(speed shooting steel targets) and pin shooting(hard to find).
Best advice is get to the nearest venue and do it!!
A post on this forum mentioned that he was not used to longer shots. This is one of my pet peeves...if you only shoot 7 yards or less you'll give up lots of points in IDPA or USPSA.
There are other shooting sports such as ICORE(only revolvers), Steel Challenge(speed shooting steel targets) and pin shooting(hard to find).
Best advice is get to the nearest venue and do it!!
imashooter2
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I always thought I was a pretty good shooter... Until I shot competition with folks that really were pretty good.
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Even the IDPA classifier, which is a fixed COF, has some 20-yard shots and others 10+
I haven't sampled USPSA yet but revolver shooters, at least, gravitate towards longer barrels, telling me there are some longer shots.
I'm in Ft Worth, Texas , and the nearest ICORE match is a 3.5 hour drive. Yes, pin matches are unheard of.
You'd think there would be more revolver shooters in cowtown, but I haven't encountered many in IDPA. There was even a request on our club forum asking about a revolver-only match that was shot down immediately.
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fredj338
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I am planning on attending a training session for IDPA this weekend. Looking forward to it with some trepidation. Seems like it has to be some fun, my wife is afraid I'm going to like it
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It may just change your shooting hobby into something a bit more. I've shot just about everything & prefer IDPA as it more closely matches my needs for CCW practice. USPSA is for trigger pullers IMO, lots of poor practice there, but JMO.
