Open Handgun: How Crazy Can You Go?

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So in the USA they've got all these fun rules about SBR's, Any Other Weapons, and other silliness.

Here in Canada, restricted, is restricted, is restricted.

So when it comes to Open Guns: where all the insanity of optics, brakes, etc are allowed . . . how far can we go?

For example:

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Is there any explicit rule that would ban that little guy from most matches?

Note: I'm not debating whether any of these ideas are good. Just whether or not you could compete at a shoot with them if shooting option.

If that's allowed . . . is this?

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Or hell: why not this?

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At some point there's going to be an issue with the Stage Instruction: "pistol starts loaded and holstered" that probably prevents these, but even then: kydex is amazingly pliable.

And at what point does it become unsporting to just convert your "handgun" into a carbine? :confused:

Just fun thoughts now that the season is mostly over...

Any difference between wet & wild 3 Gun and the other "tighter officiated" shooting sports?

Would you be irritated if another shooter showed up at a match with one of these?

Would you ever consider shooting one yourself?​
 
if you are talking IPSC pistols
Rule 5.1.10 Handguns with shoulder stocks and/or fore grips of any kind are prohibited
DQ 10.5.15 using a prohibited firearm
 
MP3G doesn't have any rules for Open handguns. A stock wouldn't fly though, as it's not really a pistol then, it's a PCC.
 
heavenIsAlie said:
lol yea, what a stupid sport stipulating that for a pistol competition you cant use something with a stock
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That's . . . not the part that makes me laugh. It's the fact that their rules run into massive documents needing to be organized like Rule 5.1.10, DQ 10.5.15, and things like this that make me laugh.

Which in no way makes IDPA less valid as a shooting sport. Just more complex. More political. More ________.
 
The IPSC handgun rulebook has 72 pages, including index and diagrams. The NHL 2013-2014 rulebook has 214 pages, including index and diagrams. While your logic has some very distant possibility of merit, as I'm not a hockey fan - the argument doesn't hold water.

I don't know of a competitive sport that doesn't have rules and regulations - if it's that hard of a concept for you to grasp, perhaps competitive shooting isn't your cup of tea.

Or, it is and you just find it all genuinely funny - in which case, carry on. :)

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That's . . . not the part that makes me laugh. It's the fact that their rules run into massive documents needing to be organized like Rule 5.1.10, DQ 10.5.15, and things like this that make me laugh.

Which in no way makes IDPA less valid as a shooting sport. Just more complex. More political. More ________.
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thanks for playing though. What country are we in?
 
I watched an idiot trying to draw and fire from a holster with a stock attached! But somehow, I really don't think it would fit in the sizing box if used at a match!
 
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