If you are current IDPA member, what is your highest ranking in any division?
In another thread the idea has been put forth that 8-percent-and-some-change of IDPA shooters are Master class. That would mean that one out of every 12 IDPA members is a Master class shooter. If I'm wrong I'll certainly be the first to admit it, but my immediate reaction is, "I am SO not buying that."
Granted that the results we get in this poll might not transition over to IDPA as a whole, but I would expect that a web site like this would tend to attract the more serious shooters, either already at the higher levels or seriously on the Path. If the answer comes out in this poll that a significantly lesser percentage of IDPA members are Masters, I don't see how the percentage couldn't be even lower among the rank and file.
I'll get the ball rolling here: Master.
What Is Your Highest Rank In IDPA?
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Duane Thomas
, Apr 28 2008 12:14 AM
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Duane Thomas
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 12:14 AM
Pride and fear are emotions, which hope for an outcome. Outcomes take your attention from the present, where the shooting happens, to the future. It is totally impossible to do anything in the future, because it hasn't happened yet. The key to shooting your best is to be present as the witness of the shooting. Do not judge, do not give yourself anything to live up to. We can only shoot as well as we have trained ourselves to shoot. To try to shoot only induces stress. Be content with your current ability. And accumulate practice to improve that ability. Consolidate, build strength where you feel weakness. We cannot raise our ability until we accept our current limitations. Practice dissolves limitations. Matches simply define where the current limits exist. The game of shooting is all about redefining our limits.
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 12:16 AM
Heavens! Thus far the answer is 100 percent Masters. 
Pride and fear are emotions, which hope for an outcome. Outcomes take your attention from the present, where the shooting happens, to the future. It is totally impossible to do anything in the future, because it hasn't happened yet. The key to shooting your best is to be present as the witness of the shooting. Do not judge, do not give yourself anything to live up to. We can only shoot as well as we have trained ourselves to shoot. To try to shoot only induces stress. Be content with your current ability. And accumulate practice to improve that ability. Consolidate, build strength where you feel weakness. We cannot raise our ability until we accept our current limitations. Practice dissolves limitations. Matches simply define where the current limits exist. The game of shooting is all about redefining our limits.
- Sam
Amateurs do it til they get it right. Professionals do it til they can't get it wrong.
"It's not the will to win that matters - everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters."
- Paul "Bear" Bryant
"The only reason why Everest is the highest mountain ever climbed is because it's the highest. If there was one higher, I bet there'd be people trying to climb it."
- Jack Barnes
- Sam
Amateurs do it til they get it right. Professionals do it til they can't get it wrong.
"It's not the will to win that matters - everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters."
- Paul "Bear" Bryant
"The only reason why Everest is the highest mountain ever climbed is because it's the highest. If there was one higher, I bet there'd be people trying to climb it."
- Jack Barnes
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 05:00 AM
Heavens! Thus far the answer is 100 percent Masters.
With a set classification system isn't it possible for everyone to be a master?
I certainly wouldn't have a problem with that!
I did NOT vote.
Edited by Mick, 28 April 2008 - 05:31 AM.
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 05:32 AM
Now ask for membership numbers and names to verify.
MA - SSR, ESR, SSP
EX - CDP, ESP
Craig Buckland
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MA - SSR, ESR, SSP
EX - CDP, ESP
Craig Buckland
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Edited by Bones, 28 April 2008 - 06:46 AM.
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Bill Nesbitt
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 05:33 AM
Bill Nesbitt
A-00281
Master: SSP, ESP, SSR & ESR
Expert: CDP
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Expert: CDP
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 06:33 AM
Master: SSP and ESP
Expert: CDP
I have decided to shoot CDP the rest of the year in hopes of moving up. Have not shot CDP in 7 years.
BTW I don't believe in moving up by a Classifier score. Lots of "Paper Masters" out there.
Expert: CDP
I have decided to shoot CDP the rest of the year in hopes of moving up. Have not shot CDP in 7 years.
BTW I don't believe in moving up by a Classifier score. Lots of "Paper Masters" out there.
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 06:39 AM
Gary Jones
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SSR ESR SSP ESP CDP = EX
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SSR ESR SSP ESP CDP = EX
Gary J.
IDPA A25864 SSR ESR ESP EX, CDP SSP MA
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 07:25 AM
Sean Murphy
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SSP and CDP Master
ESP Expert
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 07:35 AM
from the members area on IDPA.com
Custom Defensive Pistol Division - Expert Updated By Match
Class Date Status Club Match Name
EX Current ohio state 2004
Enhanced Service Pistol Division - Master Updated By Match
Class Date Status Club Match Name
MA Current alabama state 2005
Stock Service Pistol Division - Expert Updated By Match
Class Date Status Club Match Name
EX 3/26/2005 Current mountain valley regional
Enhanced Service Revolver Division - Sharpshooter Updated by Classifier
Class Date Status Club Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Total
A15199
Expiration Date: 7/31/2008
Classification Summary
Division Classification
CDP EX
ESP MA
SSP EX
ESR SS
SSR UN
Custom Defensive Pistol Division - Expert Updated By Match
Class Date Status Club Match Name
EX Current ohio state 2004
Enhanced Service Pistol Division - Master Updated By Match
Class Date Status Club Match Name
MA Current alabama state 2005
Stock Service Pistol Division - Expert Updated By Match
Class Date Status Club Match Name
EX 3/26/2005 Current mountain valley regional
Enhanced Service Revolver Division - Sharpshooter Updated by Classifier
Class Date Status Club Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Total
A15199
Expiration Date: 7/31/2008
Classification Summary
Division Classification
CDP EX
ESP MA
SSP EX
ESR SS
SSR UN
Edited by GmanCdp, 28 April 2008 - 02:07 PM.
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 07:39 AM
SSP - EX
CDP - MM (haven't shot a classifier in this division since 06)
Greg Bell
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CDP - MM (haven't shot a classifier in this division since 06)
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Jim Watson
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 07:40 AM
Man, I have got to dilute the horde of hotshots. My best rating is CDP Expert, attained by winning Sharpshooter in a match. Balance Sharpshooter.
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Edited by Jim Watson, 28 April 2008 - 11:21 AM.
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 07:56 AM
ESP=MA
SSP=EX (have'nt really shot it in matches for 1-1.5 yrs or so)
CDP=UN
REVO=UN
I also think that the way to the top is by winning matches. For what it is worth I have never shot a master class classifier in a match, been within 1 second many times, but I seem to do plenty good at the sanctioned matches.
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SSP=EX (have'nt really shot it in matches for 1-1.5 yrs or so)
CDP=UN
REVO=UN
I also think that the way to the top is by winning matches. For what it is worth I have never shot a master class classifier in a match, been within 1 second many times, but I seem to do plenty good at the sanctioned matches.
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 07:58 AM
I'll further dilute (delude?) it - EX in SSR, SS in everything else. I'll probably kick myself up to EX in SSP during my next classifier...whenever that is...
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 08:53 AM
SSP and ESP-MA
Never shot anything else.
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Never shot anything else.
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 09:35 AM
A26332 Tracy Deegan
MM - CDP, ESP
SS - ESP
That's as far as I've gotten!
MM - CDP, ESP
SS - ESP
That's as far as I've gotten!
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 09:54 AM
SSP- Sharpshooter
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 10:09 AM
Bill Baldock
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SS in all the otherns
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 10:15 AM
SSP - Expert
ESP - Expert
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 10:24 AM
Daune,
I think the skill level of shooters that visit this forum is higher than at the average IDPA match, so your numbers will skew higher.
I think the skill level of shooters that visit this forum is higher than at the average IDPA match, so your numbers will skew higher.
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 10:32 AM
When I shot it
CDP.....Master
ESP......Master
SSP......Master
Never shot revolver.
CDP.....Master
ESP......Master
SSP......Master
Never shot revolver.
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 10:38 AM
Chris Anderheggen
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 11:00 AM
Duane
Love2shot has got it right- - - - will be FAR more Master and EXP shooters on this forum than there is in the IDPA membership (or USPSA as well).
Love2shot has got it right- - - - will be FAR more Master and EXP shooters on this forum than there is in the IDPA membership (or USPSA as well).
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 11:09 AM
Duane
Love2shot has got it right- - - - will be FAR more Master and EXP shooters on this forum than there is in the IDPA membership (or USPSA as well).
Maybe - that's why a current, valid IDPA number and classification clears up so much of the ambiguity in responses. Let's compare the number of those we recieve with the poll numbers and see what portion of the populations overlap.
I'm not a huge fan of anonymous opinions - they are merely orphaned words.
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 11:13 AM
ESP MA
SSP MA
CDP EX
SSR SS
PAT JONES
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SSP MA
CDP EX
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PAT JONES
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 11:29 AM
SST - EX
ESR - EX
SSP - EX
CDP - SS
ESP - SS
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ESR - EX
SSP - EX
CDP - SS
ESP - SS
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