Just wondering if any of our members have been watching the matches going on in Italy. Quite a few of Team Canada shooters are members of CGN. It’s interesting to see the different stages!! It’s being filmed and streamed by an American show so our guys don’t get a whole lot of exposure but they do pop up every so often.
World Championships IPRS in Italy
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I watched a stage yesterday and the shooter transitioned after firing 2 rounds instead of three and shot the remaining without a miss but no points scored after the incorrect transition. The rules are tough! But the same for everyone. They should have realized when they were hitting and no impact was being called that they needed to go back.
Bring the world championship, I’m glad to see it’s tough and unforgiving. Gives a guy another level to strive towards.
this is posted from my memory and with the greatest of respect
womfat
Mathew hui was 113 th after the first day of competition I think
he ended up 20th overall open I think
his scores on the first day were really quick I time
SO I HOPE HE SLOWED DOWN as the targets were small and he needed TO MY WAY OF THINKING
hit the targets first and worry about the overall time second, of course you have to finish before the expiration of the time allotted
will be interesting to see what he says on his videos and when he gets back and has time to reflect
Jeff
womfat
Mathew hui was 113 th after the first day of competition I think
he ended up 20th overall open I think
his scores on the first day were really quick I time
SO I HOPE HE SLOWED DOWN as the targets were small and he needed TO MY WAY OF THINKING
hit the targets first and worry about the overall time second, of course you have to finish before the expiration of the time allotted
will be interesting to see what he says on his videos and when he gets back and has time to reflect
Jeff
Your very correct with slowing down. Much better to hit 7 targets and run out of time than hit five but beat the buzzer. It will be interesting to see what he says on his channel. He’s very skilled and I find it hard to fathom the Americans are that much better but many of them shoot for a living and that’s all they do. Lots of pressure being on a stage of that magnitude.
Without being there, but having competed in shooting matches south of the border, I can confirm that Americans are that good. They are leagues ahead of us in the majority of shooting sport disciplines.
As an explanation:
- they take it more seriously
- there are ten times as many of them
- the population is into guns at a rate something like five times higher than ours (I made that number up, but it should be close)
- they fund the top competitors to the point where they get free gear and a number of them are paid to shoot and can do it full time or as part of their full time job
- they can shoot 12 months a year
- they have multiple matches to choose from every weekend
- they have access to the best equipment
- their law enforcement takes firearm proficiency very seriously and some of their best shooters are LE
- their military has units of troops that are selected as the best shooters in the nation and whose job it is to train and be the best at their discipline
- of the Canadian gun owner population, a huge majority of them are only concerned with developing their capability to the point of hitting a pie plate at 100m from a bench - not that this is a bad thing, but it reduces our pool of talented and motivated gun owners that enter into the high level performance pool
- contrast the last point with the huge majority of Americans that put the baseline of capability they want to achieve at the level winning a personal defense gun fight, which is a much higher bar to achieve and puts the overall gun ownership pool at a more advanced stage of development to then pull high performance competitive shooters from
Edit - a few more explanations:
- they have a significant 'scholastic shooting program' with teams of students in high school competing for their school and practicing together at shooting sports
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It was interesting to see that the competitors in the "factory" class could run a relatively-custom rifle such as the MPA Matrix Pro Rimfire Rifle which lists for $3399 USD. I suppose it's not the same price rules as we see over here for Production.
