USPSA/IPSC is a formally recognized sport that is about to celebrate it’s fiftieth birthday very soon (May 24, 1976). The earlier foundation sports from which it sprang go back well into the 60’s and perhaps beyond. As such, there have been a LOT of rules that have come and gone over that time. Some have helped to found a bit of the mythos around certain aspects of the rules and certainly had a hand in some of the legend surrounding the rules. Let’s cherry pick a few and talk about them and also discuss what you can do when things like this pop up…because they will.
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Range is clear?
Recently I received an email from one of my former students. Apparently at a recent match the timer RO would not call the “Range is Clear” until he removed his hand from the butt of his handgun. He asked under what rule was this a correct call. That brought back distant memories to a rule change that occurred in 2008.
[Read more…] about Range is clear?From the Beginning: The evolution of the USPSA Target
For many years I have discussed how the “Classic/IPSC” target was nothing of the sort. In fact, it was mis-named and was a sore point to some older USPSA/IPSC shooters. So, to bring some order to this conversation let us go back to the distant past and explore where we came from.
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