What to Expect at Your First USPSA Match
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
- Action shooting is the most popular type of shooting sport.
There are several associations and USPSA is arguably the most popular. You shoot paper and steel targets with the goal to shoot them as fast as possible. Here are a few tips for your first match.
Click here to download and the USPSA handgun rule book.
www.uspsa.org/uspsa-rules.php
See chapter "Match Management" for the titles of Range Officials.
See chapter "Range Communication" for the approved range commands and their sequence - Sport
The clothing optional stage is always a surprise for new shooters
People wear clothing when shooting these events?
Downside is random sun burns and brass getting into your crannies Burnt nads
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I just shot my first match in several years. Good tips. Thanks!
Thank you for making this video. I started to get tired of telling people this info over and over.
Also, you could point out your excellent muzzle control at 3:10. It may look funny to a new shooter how the gun is held up and pointed in a different direction than the direction the shooter is traveling. But what he is doing is keeping the gun pointed downrange and it is up to prevent it snagging on anything, makes it clear to the RO, and prevents the shooter from pointing the gun at his extremities. Nice video!
I’m more hung up on his girly run
Exactly what I was looking for. I just wish you could turn your recorded audio gain up about 4 times as much. It's really hard to hear you.
Thanks for the info. Going to my first match this weekend
Good stuff! Thanks for the vid.
Im in SD and cant wait for my first match!
Great video!
Good video. Thanks.
Great info
great video.
Thank you!
Very good explanation.
Great vid
Good Basics and pointers. Its is a blast yall come join us!!
Nice video.
just subscribed.
Thank you. Im really worried about breaking some rule and getting DQ on my first match.
The magazine placement rules are stupid for USPSA. The RO has mags on his back.
Was this at Pala?
Not sure if it still the case, but the first match use to be free.
Thank you for taking the time to make a video, and wanting to be helpful. The people that are bitching sure don't take time to help they just want to be a bitch. Wonder if there any good at shooting sports? Probably not.
Can you use stippling and modified G34 during USPSA Course?
+bandofbrothers19 You would have to check the USPSA rulebook for each division.
www.uspsa.org/uspsa-rules.php
For production division: "Checkering, stippling, and/or tape may only be applied to the areas illustrated by the dashed line boundaries which include the frontstrap and backstrap. Grip Tape cannot be applied to any part of the slide, trigger, trigger guard, or any lever or button. Grip Tape or Grip Sleeves cannot disengage a grip safety"
Thank you!
Man, I’ve been invited to participate in a match at a range in my area……I think I’ll pass.
You forgot the most important rule: catching your bullet when showing clear every single time.
How do you catch a bullet?
@@Tanfo77 At the end of the stage you are instructed to unload and show clear. In the video you see the shooter remove the magazine, snap the slide back, which ejects the round that was in the chamber up in the air, he then catches it. You must also do this without pointing the gun anywhere but downrange which would get you disqualified. It's an advanced skill. : )
@@ZeeCaptainRon It's an advanced skill that sometimes still gets advanced shooters dq'ed because you can very easily sweep your hand while catching the bullet. It makes you look really cool, but it's an unnecessary risk.
My first match is friday
how did it go?
Great, ive done 3 so far! Love it
Looks like a Wolf in the background at 1:59
MyDenny51 yep, lol,, it was smoke from the gun. Good eye tho!
+gunRunner411 Can you please make a change @ 2:29 . "Place your pistol back in the holster." These are not weapons, unless you shoot someone with it. Weapon is a thing designed or used for inflicting bodily harm or physical damage.
+Joseph Ronie Nice catch! In the Marine Corps, everything was considered a weapon. Now that I'm involved with USPSA, pistol is the correct term. Thanks for watching!
That just seems...silly to me. If I'am holding a sword and i just happen to be using it as a tool to slice bread, does that declassify it as a weapon? You know, what it was DESIGNED to be?
Lmao a pistol is 100% a weapon. Don’t get your soft feelings hurt because he’s calling it what it’s made for.
you do not ask if they understand the course of fire. this is not a range command. a shooter can get a reshoot for getting into their head. or if they draw early will not be DQ because of improper commands. "Make ready, standby, Beep" nothing more.
OMG, why are you doing a press check !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No it's sadly not the most popular type of shooting sport, its actually one of the least if you count participation. Shotgun sports and other traditional shooting sports far outweight the IDPA/USPSA crowd.
"DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE COURSE OF FIRE?" Is NOT an official range command. It may be given by some RO's, but is totally unnecessary.
Per USPSA Handgun Rules, February 2014 Edition:
8.3 Range Communication
The approved range commands and their sequence are as follows:
8.3.1 “Make Ready” - This command signifies the start of “the Course of
Fire”. Under the direct supervision of the Range Officer the competitor
must face down range, or in a safe direction as specified by the Range
Officer, fit eye and hearing protection, and prepare the handgun in accordance
with the written stage briefing. The competitor must then assume
the specified start position. The Range Officer will not proceed with any
further range commands until the competitor is still and is in the correct
start position.
8.3.1.1 Once the “Make Ready” command has been given, the
competitor must not move away from the start location prior to
issuance of the “Start Signal” without the prior approval, and
under the direct supervision, of the Range Officer.
8.3.2 “Are You Ready?” - The lack of any negative response from the
competitor indicates that he fully understands the requirements of the
course of fire and is ready to proceed. If the competitor is not ready at
the “Are You Ready?” command, he must indicate to the Range Officer
that he is not ready.
8.3.3 “Standby” - This command should be followed by the start signal within
1 to 4 seconds.
8.3.4 “Start Signal” - The signal for the competitor to begin their attempt at
the course of fire. If a competitor fails to react to a start signal, for any
reason, the Range Officer will confirm that the competitor is ready to
attempt the course of fire, and will resume the range commands from
“Are You Ready?”.
8.3.4.1 In the event that a competitor begins his attempt at the
course of fire prematurely (“false start” prior to the issuance of
the start signal) the Range Officer will, as soon as possible,
stop and restart the competitor once the course of fire has been
restored.
8.3.5 “Stop” - Any Range Officer assigned to a stage may issue this
command at any time during the course of fire. The competitor must
immediately cease firing, stop moving and wait for further instructions
from the Range Officer.
8.3.6 “If You Are Finished, Unload And Show Clear” or “Unload and
Show Clear” - If the competitor has finished shooting, he must lower
his handgun and present it for inspection by the Range Officer with the
muzzle pointed down range, magazine removed, slide locked or held
open, and chamber empty. Revolvers must be presented with the
cylinder swung out and empty.
If a competitor has been stopped by the Range Officer, they will be
given “Unload and show clear” as the command.
8.3.6.1 When conducting Standard Exercises, Range Officials may
issue other interim commands on completion of the first string,
in order to prepare the competitor for the second and
subsequent strings. (e.g. “Reload if required and holster”). This
option may also be applied when two or more courses of fire
share a common shooting bay or area.
8.3.7 “If Clear, Hammer Down, Holster” or “If Clear, Cylinder Closed,
Holster” for revolvers only - After issuance of this command, the
competitor is prohibited from firing (see Rule 10.4.3). While continuing
to point the handgun safely downrange, the competitor must perform a
final safety check of the handgun as follows:
8.3.7.1 Self-loaders - release the slide and pull the trigger (without
touching the hammer or decocker, if any).
8.3.7.2 Revolvers - close the empty cylinder (without touching the
hammer, if any).
8.3.7.3 If the gun proves to be clear, the competitor must holster his
handgun.
8.3.7.4 If the gun does not prove to be clear, the Range Officer will
resume the commands from Rule 8.3.6 (also see Rule 10.4.3).
8.3.8 “Range Is Clear” - This declaration signifies the end of the Course of
fire. Once the declaration is made, officials and competitors may move
forward to score, patch, reset targets etc
Difficult to find anyone shooting production division. Everyone wants to "build a better mousetrap." Oy!
What a pain in the ass.....
great video.