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Uspsa Skill Vs. Idpa Skill

#1 User is offline   ken hebert 

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Posted 15 December 2006 - 11:31 AM

Thought this would be the proper place for this thread...


Is it just me, of do others see a disparity in the skill vs. ranking in USPSA and IDPA? What i'm driving at is I'm a B limited with USPSA and ESP master in IDPA, using the same gun. To be perfectly honest with ya'll and myself, I think I'll make A limited if I turn in another good classifier or two, but still, do you see where I'm coming from?

Or is my prescription medication skewing my thought process at the moment? :blink:
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Posted 15 December 2006 - 11:45 AM

As far as classifiers go, I think that a "A" USPSA is about the same as a Master IDPA.

IDPA just doesn't have the equal of M and GM.

But that's just my opinon, I could be wrong.
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Posted 15 December 2006 - 11:49 AM

You are right on. I am a master in both SSP and ESP and am at 70% in USPSA. I think IDPA needs another class over master. When sevigny is shooting the classifier in the 70s it makes it look like the rest of us are in slow motion.
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Posted 15 December 2006 - 12:04 PM

We're comparing apples to oranges here. The top IDPA shooters and the top IPSC shooters are top shooters. The classifications systems are totally different. :)
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Posted 15 December 2006 - 12:33 PM

I'm gonna close this now before it goes the way these "Vs." threads always go....
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Posted 21 December 2006 - 11:40 AM

Ak! And here I was about to enjoy adding my thoughts on the topic. :o
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