Accuracy during a competition

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Hello everyone, I have a quick question for you. I am fairly new to handguns and am interested in getting into competing one day. I can say I'm a pretty decent shot and can easily manage decent grouping at 20 ish yards. When competing, from what I understand the targets are double tapped and as long as they are hit they count as points? Now are there parts of the target that when hit will count higher or am I just supposed to double tap the main body cavity and move on to the next one?
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What type of competition are you specifically interested in? IPSC? IDPA? Both have different scoring zones on their targets and different sets of rules associated with them.

As far as I'm aware though neither refer to any of the scoring zones as "the main body cavity"...
 
Just google IPSC or IDPA, whichever one your interested in and you can find the rules on line.

Here are the links for IPSC.

https://www.ipsc.org/pdf/RulesHandgun.pdf

http://www.ipsc.org/rules/rules_faq.php
 
Sorry, couldn't resist.
If you're really interested in IPSC or IDPA - both of them use paper targets with 3 scoring zones, smaller one in the middle giving most points (or less time penalty in IDPA); also in use are metal targets that only count as hit/miss (these are poppers or plates that need to be knocked down to score a hit).
Most common course of fire would require 2 hits on paper target and 1 hit on steel, although there are exceptions that would require 1 or 3 or more hits on paper target.
 
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There are 3 scoring zones.
 
IPSC is freestyle. The course of fire is laid out with various shoot (bad guy) and no shoot (good guy/hostage) targets. Within the restrictions laid out in the rules and the briefing for the course of fire, you must engage all the shoot targets.

Typically this will mean moving around the course of fire, engaging the shoot targets with 2 rounds each, reloading as needed.

Your course of fire is timed with a shot timer. Your time starts at the buzzer and stops on the last shot fired. You accrue points with your hits. Misses, or hits on the no shoot targets, subtract penalties. Your performance is judged based on your point score divided by your time, or points per second. Most courses of fire are scored "Comstock" which means that you may take extra shots if needed to make up misses or poor hits, but every time you take a shot, your time gets longer.

Here's a pretty good video on IPSC... it was made in Australia so there are a lot of legal things mentioned which are Australia-specific, but it gives you a good idea of what the sport is like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quYZMJO81Sw
 
Thanks for all the very useful info and even more thanks on taking it easy on me. I semi-cringe now while reading my original post but that was simply due to ignorance. (kinda made me sound like one of those guys who shoot their gun sideways, haha)

Anyways, good material, cheers!
 
All courses in IPSC are comstock scored now, no more fixed time or Virginia count (fixed number of rounds)
 
accuracy is very important. Making sure your equipment works well is just as important. THink about the time gained or lost with up close targets, little hard cover or penalty targets. It basically comes down to going fast with no brain farts, accuracy has little to do with it. Mag changes, draw etc...have to be spot on with close targets that dictate little or no movement. (speed) The DVC "accuracy" has little to do with it. Throw some distance steel, no shoots, hard cover in the mix to include accuracy and all things being equal, the shooter who knows his sights, load, etc, and can shoot A's all day at 35-30 yards will triumph in the challenging stages. So,...yes, accuracy is very important.
 
if you can go very fast...and only get a few misses...you may end of the top of the heat. Remember it is your hit points and time....and then you get your hit factor. You still need points. No or low points + incredibly fast time still equals a ####ty hit factor.
 
you say you're a decent shot, well if so, keep it up and get into the game slowly and pick up speed as you go along and do your best to keep accuracy key....and you'll do fine..
not that all of us actually practice what we preach, but that's how you should do it...
 
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