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Classifiers and Special Classifier Matches

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Guest post by Jake Martens, Director of Media & Events, A52987

The USPSA Classification system is a way to compare your skill level to other members and track your progress. The stages have been designed to test your shooting skills against high hit factors that have been set in each division. There are differences in the hit factors between divisions because each division is somewhat unique based on the allowed gear and firearms.

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New Rulings: Competition, Multigun, Steel Challenge

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There are a few new rulings up for voting by the board.  Most of them are simple clarifications of existing rules, adjustments to the wording on some, and additions to one rule set so that it mirrors the others, particularly covering safety issues that should be common to the three rule sets.  None of them affect equipment types.  Here’s a short summary:

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USPSA LOCAP Nationals Staff

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USPSA’s Lo-Cap Nationals will happen at Universal Shooting Academy, November 3-9, 2019  This match will be conducted in a back-to-back format.  The first match is the Production/L10 match, and will run from November 3-5.  First room night for staff for the first match is Friday, November 1.  If you only want to work the Single Stack/Revolver match, November 7-9, your first room night will be Tuesday, November 5.  Please see the staff benefits package before committing to these matches. 

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USPSA Certified Ammunition

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USPSA’s Match Ammo program has been revised as the Certified Ammunition Program.  The conditions for this are largely the same as the old Match Ammo program:  vendors supply ammunition that they design and make for USPSA competition, and competitors can either order this ammo for delivery to a match or purchase it at retail and bring or ship it to a match. 

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Jammin’

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As a Range Officer, you’ll be faced with situations where the competitor’s gun appears to be hopelessly jammed: double feeds, stuck cases, backward bullets, failure to extract, etc. In any case where a competitor has a malfunction, by rule, they have two minutes to correct the problem.

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