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Archives for February 2024

Layered targets in Virginia Count and Fixed Time

February 29, 2024 by Jodi Humann

The 2024 rulebooks release today (February 29th) and that means we have new rules to discuss! If you look at the USPSA Competition Rules you will see a new rule about not overlapping scoring targets directly on top of each other. Let’s look at the new rule, discuss why it was added, and some example target layouts.

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Filed Under: Stage Design

REF, Range Equipment Failure, What Now?

February 22, 2024 by Troy McManus

What constitutes REF? The rule book describes it as:

4.6.1 Range equipment must present the challenge fairly and equitably to all competitors. Range equipment failure includes the displacement of cardboard targets, the premature activation of metal or moving targets, the failure to reset moving targets or steel targets, the malfunction of mechanically or electrically operated equipment, and the failure of props such as openings, ports, and barriers.

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Filed Under: Miscellaneous

The NROI Blog is 5 years old!

February 15, 2024 by Jodi Humann

I can hardly believe that we have been producing this blog for five years, but in February 2019 we set up this website and started releasing blog posts. Let’s look at some of our stats for the past 5 years!

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Filed Under: News & Announcements

So, YOU Get to be the RM today

February 8, 2024 by Kevin Imel

Ask anyone, especially those that have earned their RM card but also a lot of CRO level folks and they can tell you the story of their first time working as the RM at a match. And, if you stick in the sport long enough, stay abreast of the rules, and help run matches at your local club(s) then it is probably going to happen to you. Here are some tips and some advice to help you in that journey.

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Filed Under: RO Best Practices

Plates and major matches

February 1, 2024 by Jodi Humann

In 2023, there was a change in the rules as to the legality of using steel plates in upper level USPSA Competition matches. Most Area and National matches already avoided using steel plates to minimize reshoots to ensure the match stayed on schedule, so most competitors probably didn’t even notice the change. But we wanted to quiz our rules aficionados and see if they noticed the change in the January Question of the Month.

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Filed Under: Question of the Month Results

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