2023 Competition Schedule

[alfsauve]

My friend and fellow Steel Challenge Club 13 member, Mark Hu  (and yes when he's the first shooter on a stage we all shout Hu's On First) has set our primary goals for us.  Now mind you we probably won't win, or place or even show, but we'll be there, rubbing elbows with the pros.  Or at least the semi-pros.  Or some very good amateurs.

IDPA WORLD (once every 4 years it comes to the US) is at CMP --- check
STEEL CHALLENGE WORLD (every other year in the US) is at CMP --- check

To get into IDPA I need tiered matches so I'm planning on:

GA State - River Bend Gun Club (GA)
TN State - Soddy Daisy, TN
Double Trouble - Belton, SC  (actually it's 2 matches in one day)
Rolling on the River - Valdosta, GA

All but the latter are within 2hours drive.
Also ICORE Southern Regional at JM's range in LA.  IRC is too far away this year.
Not planning on any USPSA matches this year.

LET THE GAMES BEGIN and MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN ALL OUR FAVOR

[Rastus]

No USPSA?

[alfsauve]

Too much else going on.  I stand some chance of placing in IDPA, or at least moving up to Expert.  USPSA times have gotten pretty much out of reach for me.  Though I like shooting it because it helps me break questionable habits ingrained by IDPA.

If the GA State USPSA match is local I'll probably go to it.  Depends on schedule.

[alfsauve]

Belton Double Trouble 2023 IDPA Match.   Day match from Noon to 4pm.  Night match from 7:45pm to midnight.   18 stages total.

1st Place Revolver Sharp Shooter.   

Man was I tired.  And then drove back to Atlanta arriving home at 2:30am

My Olight Baton 3 worked like a champ for the night match.   And let me tell you, shooting AND scoring in the dark is a challenge.  Finding the your magazines/speedloaders/moonclips a real challenge.  No, before you ask, there were no lights on the range.  Spooky at times.

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For those wondering.  The Belton (SC) match uses the same courses of fire for the night match as the day.  I couldn't imagine trying to shoot a totally new COF in the dark.

Which brings up an interesting question.  Does it take longer to shoot the stages in the dark.   An advantage is of course we all knew the courses of fire and had "practiced" them with the day match.  So for my area coordinator, I did an analysis.  Many shooters changed divisions from day to night to use weapon mounted lights.  I only used data on the people who shot in the same division, of course and who completed all 18 stages.

So here's a chart showing the percentage increase of the Night scores over the Day scores.  There were 4 shooters who had lower scores at night (and one with an almost 0% change), but on average shooting at night add about 15% to the scores.   This ignores any fatigue factor and we did have several drop out before they finished that night from fatique.

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