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First time shooting new IDPA classifier

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March 26, 2017, 11:55 PM
1KPerDay
First time shooting new IDPA classifier
like it but I sucked. Last two years I've shot the classifier I used a Glock 41 so I can classify in three divisions with one classifier and shot Expert. This time I shot my P226 In SSP and shot SS. Raw time was 82 seconds but with points down I was over the SS limit. Don't think I'll ever shoot Master. The super fast guys who always win and are Masters barely squeaked into Master time by half a second. Supposed to be easier but not sure it is. They scored the new head circles though and I read later that they aren't supposed to until 2018. Unless I misunderstood. Fun match though. Rained all day.


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March 27, 2017, 12:35 PM
P320Mac
Huge changes in CCP and BUG. Bought a FNS9C for BUG only to find that this year its barrel is too long. CCP extends out to 4 3/8 (4.375 inches) so Commanders are now in. Somebody is playing.
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Mac in Michigan
March 27, 2017, 04:07 PM
cyberiad
I know a couple of people whose guns are no longer CCP legal and they're pretty annoyed.

We shot the new classifier last month. No one who is a master here shot a master time if I recall correctly. It seemed easier to me but I'm still SS so I guess not. Smile

The new rule book (9.3) says a classification shot in "any semi-automatic pistol division must be applied to all other semi-automatic pistol divisions" so there appears to be no need to shoot a gun that meets the rule in all divisions to be classified in all of them.
March 27, 2017, 10:29 PM
henryaz
 
My thought has always been that you really do not want to classify high. You get better marks in matches competing as a "classified" MM than if you are Expert or Master. If you have to "suffer" a match upgrade, so be it, but the classifier should be for practice only. Ego be damned. For some strange reason, I classified as MM with the P938 and the P320, but had a better score with the P938. Just enjoy the classifier for practice, because you have to shoot it once a year, but do not really worry about your score.
 
March 27, 2017, 11:55 PM
1KPerDay
Good advice.

Also I noticed that equality clause in the rules this time. Whatever you classify as shooting ESP, SSP, or CDP applies to the other divisions. Makes sense.


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