My take on IPSC

sorry my friend but ONLY THE FEW people that makes it through the CFO red tape,has the right to practice the sport. THAT IS JUST NOT RIGHT
 
I agree that it's the most professionally run sport I've ever seen - the rules are clear and enforced (the safety record speaks to that), scoring is done rigorously, and the IPSC-ONT web site is up to date and straightforward to use.


I think that the ROs deserve special mention and thanks (even the guy who DQed me a few matches ago, LOL). The ROs take safety seriously, and spend real effort knowing and enforcing the rules. Every time I do a match I am grateful that they are putting their time in so that we have a great match.

And at my club the IPSC guys are friendly and encourage new shooters.

IPSC is the most fun I have ever had with a sport. It gets me out of the house and office. I'm 50 years old, and I can't imagine what I would be doing for leisure time without it in the future.
 
ezzyfreeway said:
sorry my friend but ONLY THE FEW people that makes it through the CFO red tape,has the right to practice the sport. THAT IS JUST NOT RIGHT
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Meh. If you have a restricted license, all you need is to spend a weekend doing the BB.

Nothing more.

Even if your club doesn't have IPSC, you can practice accuracy at the club, and show up to a competition every week or two for more practice. There's tons you can practice at home that will improve your IPSC performance at the match.


The CFO isn't stopping anyone from participating in IPSC (yet....). And the more of us there are, the harder it will be to shut us down.
 
It seems to me that with the safety precautions that IPSC enforces, the chances of shooting yourself in the foot or anywhere else are infinitesimally small. I know of no IPSC matches in Ontario in the last few years where this has happened. Does anyone?

I'd argue that with the safety habits taught, and enforced, as part of IPSC, you are actually LESS likely to have a negligent discharge.
 
Mike Auger from the Guelph club here in the GTA was IPSC Super Senior World Champion. He just placed second overall in open at the Provincials in July and top Super Senior. That's what I love about this sport. Even if you can't move nearly as fast as the young bucks, by mastering fundamentals and economy of motion you can compete at the highest levels well past retirement. So don't fool yourselves into thinking you can't do this because of age. :D
 
silverfoxdj said:
^^^^^ If I was younger definitely..
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Mr. Fox,

I shot an IPSC match today and I'll shoot another one tomorrow. I should every 3 Gun Match I can get to and pistol , carbine, shotgun and multigun matches all winter in Texas. I'm 70 and have bad legs. I can't run and some shooting positions are difficult for me. So guess what? I walk or rather wobble around the course. If I have trouble kneeling or going prone, I explain to the RO and usually get some consideration. In Texas many of my matches are unsanctioned so rules are flexible so they make up rules to help me out.

Too old you say? Meh!!

Gord
 
I think all the practice makes you a safer shooter. I have fairly limited IPSC experience but with safety protocol drilled into you starting with the BB course and continued at every practice and match coupled with the ever present fear of getting disqualified (and making a fool of yourself) keeps you pretty sharp.

To answer to "ezzyfreeway" in the above post I think just about anyone with a very basic shooting aptitude could pass a black badge course and shoot IPSC. Not all the tests are easy but there is ample time in most of the test shoots to take your time and get on target. The tests include a margin of error if I remember right, and you can re test after some practice if you completely flunk out. Also most clubs have practice nights that you can show up to before you take the BB course, and the guys / girls there are super helpful (just like everyone is at the matches). From my experience if one were to fail the BB course multiple times I think they may be at worst a safety hazard, and at best just not cut out for that particular style of the sport.

Unfortunately I had to let my membership lapse due to money and time restraints. Ammo is expensive to stay sharp but once the house I'm building is done (the source of the money / time drain) I will defiantly re test and join up again. Some of the really creative stages I've shot were incredibly fun and challenging.
 
Practice will make you better IF you are practising the right things. Solitary "practice" with no instruction or criticism can simply reinforce poor technique. That's why the best golfers still take lessons and often employ a coach. This may not be practical for many of us. However, shooting matches and as many of them as you can usually produces good results. Simply watching and emulating the better shooters will transfer some of the knowledge and skills if you are in learning mode. I have found that shooting more matches has helped me a lot. The other element of learning is in your confidence level as the unfamiliar becomes more routine. I rarely get through an entire match without some sort of screwup. I've had to learn not to focus on mistakes other than to recognize them as an emotional investment in mistakes brings on more of the same. I've learned to shoot the matches one stage at a time. If I shoot a stage well I think about what I did well as much or more than I focus on my mistakes. My priorities are pretty simple, the first is to stay safe, the second is to have fun and the last and possibly most important to me is to enjoy the fellowship. I'm pretty successful from my perspective.
 
I stepped up my effort and practice regime this summer in advance of Nationals and then Provincials. Doing a stage well in a match - just a single one - is tough because we don't get to practice the stage or run it multiple times. And unsurprisingly after every stage I would be grimacing, knowing I did this and that wrong.

I think my #1 memory from this summer of IPSC shooting is going to be of one stage in Provincials. It was a simple stage, draw and shoot 4 papers and 3 B zones. And I shot it fast and nearly clean (1 charlie?). That was worth a smile. Later in the day they told us they had changed the stage description for the second squad to make it a legal stage and we had to re-shoot. Naturally I didn't do it properly the second time, but at least I have the memory! I shot a IPSC stage properly!
 
Grey hair/ No hair rules!! Except when it's raining of course. I think I'll stay warm and dry today.:mad:

To me, as long as a person is safe there's no reason not to be out there. I have to make concessions to the speed component but that's because of physical issues I've had all my life.

Those damned "Senior Moments" between shots can be a pain though....:rockOn:
 
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TJspeller said:
Meh. If you have a restricted license, all you need is to spend a weekend doing the BB.

Nothing more.

Even if your club doesn't have IPSC, you can practice accuracy at the club, and show up to a competition every week or two for more practice. There's tons you can practice at home that will improve your IPSC performance at the match.


The CFO isn't stopping anyone from participating in IPSC (yet....). And the more of us there are, the harder it will be to shut us down.
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if the CFO refuse to give u a RPAL u cant do the BB course. so u cant join the IPSC
 
I took the BB course last year ..right after my 66th birthday. I shoot all the matches I can get to in the area. If there are stages with low ports or other things which require agility you could time me with a sundial.
Age should not prevent anyone who wants to shoot from joining IPSC.
I don't expect to ever 'win' but if we only participate in things in which we think we can 'win ' almost all of us would spend our time doing nothing.
 
ezzyfreeway said:
if the CFO refuse to give u a RPAL u cant do the BB course. so u cant join the IPSC
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Of course.

But the CFO does not refuse RPALs routinely. If you have a club and you passed the course, you're nearly always good to go.

When I decided to get my BB and start with IPSC, because just standing and shooting at a paper was getting boring, I had the impression that it was "hard" to get started. My experience was that it was not. Dedicate a weekend to it, the same way that you probably dedicated a weekend to getting your license in the first place, and the payback is amazing - excluding cost of ammo :)
 
hercster said:
Mr. Fox,

I shot an IPSC match today and I'll shoot another one tomorrow. I should every 3 Gun Match I can get to and pistol , carbine, shotgun and multigun matches all winter in Texas. I'm 70 and have bad legs. I can't run and some shooting positions are difficult for me. So guess what? I walk or rather wobble around the course. If I have trouble kneeling or going prone, I explain to the RO and usually get some consideration. In Texas many of my matches are unsanctioned so rules are flexible so they make up rules to help me out.

Too old you say? Meh!!

Gord
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Thanks Gord, that's inspirational...makes me think
 
silverfoxdj said:
^^^^^ If I was younger definitely..
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If you're still on this side of the dirt you're young enough to come out and have fun. Come and play at your own pace; you can be as competitive as you want to be... or not. In my opinion, having something like ipsc to do can help keep you younger for longer.
 
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