That's why I cast alot of bullets!!!! My girl and I shot 122 matches last year and my son about 55, that's alot of lead !!!! I would hate to think about how much that would have cost in store bought bullets, the powder and primers alone cost alot.
I think a lot of folks thought this at first when IDPA first came out and everyone wanted to trash it as IPSC-Lite and I Don't Practice Anyway.
Then IDPA became wildly popular with beginning shooters.
And just about any experienced MD knows, beginning shooters make the match since they vastly outnumber good shooters.
USPSA tends to cater to the good shooters and that is certainly their decision.
Looking at the two sports' magazines gives real insight into what and whom they consider important. USPSA puts JJ Racaza or Chris Tilley on the cover. IDPA puts some woman none of us know on the cover. USPSA's magazine articles tend to cover what the good shooters do at matches; IDPA's magazine tends to focus on the needs of the average shooter in IDPA or the average beginner.
Personally I'm a Life Member of USPSA and always renew my First 100 IDPA membership even though I haven't shot a match in years because I think it's important to keep both sports around so that folks will have choices for as long as we can go armed.
I don't have a good answer for why this is the case but it is my personal observation.
YMMV.
Michael Brown
Very well said Mr. Brown
I'm sorry that you I didnt clarify myself better. We have a large 3 gun following here in OK. You would know that if you shot a match with us sometime??? We don't want watered down 3 gun. We want the real deal!!! It's not worth driving from OKC to Tulsa for a 50 round match.
You do make a good point though about average shooters attending pistol matches.
Perhaps I wasn't clear either.
New shooters, not current dedicated shooters, are the life-blood of competition shooting. Those with significant devotion to the sport are still a small number compared to the large untapped gun owners market.
IDPA successfully tapped into this pool despite the larger round count matches that USPSA has been doing for years, so I don't think round count was a factor to anyone but dedicated shooters.
The current crop of 3-gunners, the "we" you refer to, isn't who IDPA or this particular match is seeking to attract although I'm sure both would gladly welcome their participation and experience.
There is plenty of room for both types of events and customers for both.
Michael Brown
A 590 or SKS would be just fine for DMG.
Any update on the plans for impmelememting multigun into your matches at USSA?
My intent is to implement it at the April match, starting with 5 shotgun stages, to be shot after the pistol portion of the match. The shotgun stages will incorporate the use of the pistol as well.
Sweet! It might have to be my first IDPA match...
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