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Virginia Chapter e-Postal Pistol Match (2nd Quarter)

Tess

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If no one else wants to host one, I will.

I have to admit to no interest in the standard bulls-eye target at 25 yards, but the novelty targets at different ranges intrigue me.
 

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Tess wrote:
If no one else wants to host one, I will.

I have to admit to no interest in the standard bulls-eye target at 25 yards, but the novelty targets at different ranges intrigue me.

I agree. The majority of the people on this board carry for defensive purposes. 25yds is well beyond our normal engagement range...
 

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well I do like seeing just what I can hit (and how well I can hit it) at long ranges with a pistol, but everyone's probably right--this kind of thing probably doesn't have much place in a defense-oriented community such as OCDO. Thus, I'm content with going out on top (of this format, at least) :p

Maybe we could change the format to silhouettes at 10 yards, and have it be timed...10 seconds? A full magazine or a full cylinder, # of shots not to exceed 10 rounds with no reload. That should ensure rapid-fire shooting.

The scores would be out of 100, with weighted scores for guns whose max capacity without a reload is < 10 shots (like revolvers and single-stack semi-autos). Guns which can fire 10 or more shots without a reload would not get a weighted-score (or you could say the shot-weight would be 1.00).

Something like:

# of shots:
6 shots (standard-capacity revolver, .38spl)
shot-weight = (100/# of shots)/10:
1.6667
score on paper:
9, 8, 8, 6, 9, 10 (pretty accurate, one flyer)
total score on paper (add up all scores on paper):
50
total weighted score (total score on paper * shot-weight):
83.335 pts

Misses would be worth 1-paper-point each (i.e. 1*shot-weight points each), hits on-paper but outside of the silhouette would be worth 5 points, hits in the silhouette but outside the rings would be worth 6 points. Hits touching/breaking a ring/the silhouette would be worth the higher paper-point value.

This would level the playing field somewhat between all the different flavors of defensive handguns...plus, in a SD situation against one static opponent (like the silhouette) 10 shots would be plenty.

Target-size? What's the difference between a B-34 and B-29 silhouette?

How challenging would something like this be?
 

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hmm...it might be a good waste of ammo, and it might mean it would have to be done with cheaper ammo (i.e. 9mm and .22LR). I can imagine it would get expensive for people shooting the more powerful stuff (like .40S&W, .45ACP, .357SIG, .357 Magnum, and even .38 Special).

Maybe then it should be limited to a max of 5 shots (which should cover just about everything except for the little 2-shot derringers) in 10 seconds at 10 yards, and max score out of 50 (or 100, with a shot-weight of 2.00, which is functionally the same).
 

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and without any caliber restrictions it would favor the lighter rounds (i.e. .22LR). And I assume I mean pistols, because using a rifle that close would be too easy :p (although I've never actually shot a rifle...hmm...)
 

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hmm. Any shots (out of 10 or 5, whichever) not fired will count as misses, thus only count for 1 paper-point apiece.
 

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kle, I had in mind something like the earlier postal matches I particpated in .

www.targets.com/fun01.htm:
At 10 yds, hit all the stripes and none of the solids (or vice versa), then the 8.

We've shot the gnomes, and the slot machines, etc. I've shot the balloons for fun - not for a postal match.

The problem with timed shots in this kind of format is it takes a second person to do the timing.

The problem with these targets is not everyone has access and wants to print them - and some don't like the 8-1/2 x 11 format. I don't feel comfortable making an "equivalent" determination.

Let me know if you want to set one up as you're pondering here, and I'll hold off and take one another time.
 

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the timed idea was to ensure rapid-fire. But the whole thing will basically be on one's honor that they stood 10 yards from the target, put 5 rounds through it, and did it rapid-fire. Maybe the timed idea can be done away-with and just have it be rapid-fire only (on one's honor, as with everything else).

Why couldn't we run both matches simultaneously? They work on different skills, after all--the more-defensive one I'm proposing would be rapid-fire shooting at defensive distances (10 yards with a B29/B34 target simulates 20 yards, so maybe it should be moved closer, like 7 yards or something). Your fun-targetz would probably be untimed-fire shooting at more interesting distances...
 

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I'm gonna do some more own-horn-tooting: if we were still doing this and using the old rules (i.e. Glock FAQ targets), I would've kicked even my own butt!


http://www.flickr.com/photos/kent_le/2191674564/ --
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96 points (or 95, depending on whether or not that one shot counts as 10 or 9 points) today with my just-traded-for Ruger Mk. II. I think I've found my newest, bestest target pistol =)

Tess, when're you gonna do the next thing? I wanna play!
 
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