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IDPA 72rd Classifier

2.2K views 10 replies 7 participants last post by  Jim Watson  
#1 ·
Has anyone here shot it? Just curious how some of the experienced shooters have done. I don't shoot sanctioned IDPA matches, but do like drills with specific goals and times. Having a known time to shoot for is more fun for me than just running drills with no set guidelines.
 
#2 ·
I've been shooting IDPA for about 18 months. I shot the 72 round classifier in Sept 2018. My club had a classifier yesterday and offered the 72 round or the 5x5. I opted for the 5x5 this year. I shot Marksman last year which I didn't think was too bad considering it was only my 4th-5th month of competing
 
#3 ·
I've been shooting IDPA for about 18 months. I shot the 72 round classifier in Sept 2018. My club had a classifier yesterday and offered the 72 round or the 5x5. I opted for the 5x5 this year. I shot Marksman last year which I didn't think was too bad considering it was only my 4th-5th month of competing
The 5x5 is nice because it's so easy to run. We shoot it every few months as a quick drill after a match. I don't know how accurately it mirrors full classifier scores since it loses several of the harder bits like weak hand, moving, and distance. Still a good baseline skills test, but I wonder if it could bump people to a new rank unnaturally. The 72rd is a little more streamlined than the 90rd we shot back in the day, but retains all the necessary skills.
While USPSA is wildly more popular, and IDPA has mostly died off around here, I think IDPA has always had a better classification system and scoring. Too bad they suck at everything else.
 
#7 ·
Interesting. I find exactly the opposite to be true. The IDPA classifier being a single COF that never changes is much worse than the book of potential classifiers USPSA uses. Sure there are some that are harder than others, but that's why you need six good ones out of your last eight scores to average together to move up.
I don't necessarily dislike having multiple classifier stages. I just think they should have a set goal. Shooting the same score on a classifier this year and next year should impact your class the same. If no top shooters did that particular stage this year you can be artificially bumped up. The opposite if a bunch of GMs shot it and you don't get that class bump you've been working hard for. It's too random.
Like everything else, there's an ass for every seat.
 
#9 ·
I don't necessarily dislike having multiple classifier stages. I just think they should have a set goal. Shooting the same score on a classifier this year and next year should impact your class the same. If no top shooters did that particular stage this year you can be artificially bumped up. The opposite if a bunch of GMs shot it and you don't get that class bump you've been working hard for. It's too random.
Like everything else, there's an ass for every seat.
The high scores don't change like that. There have been some adjustments or corrections to the scores since Foley has come in as Prez, but the scores don't update every year just because someone smashes the original high score.
 
#8 ·
The 5x5 is nice because it's so easy to run. We shoot it every few months as a quick drill after a match. I don't know how accurately it mirrors full classifier scores since it loses several of the harder bits like weak hand, moving, and distance. Still a good baseline skills test, but I wonder if it could bump people to a new rank unnaturally. The 72rd is a little more streamlined than the 90rd we shot back in the day, but retains all the necessary skills.
While USPSA is wildly more popular, and IDPA has mostly died off around here, I think IDPA has always had a better classification system and scoring. Too bad they suck at everything else.
The 5x5 bumped me to expert. I don’t know if I should really be there, yet. I easily made expert with the 5x5, but like you said, it doesn’t include a lot of skills. Sorry, OP, I know this is a bit of a derailment of you thread.
 
#10 ·
I have been shooting IDPA for almost 15 years. So far I am 3 gun master and have shot master on the old 90 round classifier, the new 72 and the 5 x 5 classifier. Yes the 5 x 5 is a simplistic COF but I have found in my experience that it is a good measure of one's shooting skills.
 
#11 ·
Hang on, it's fixing to change again.
Announcement of the 2020 Postal:

IDPA is pleased to announce our first sanctioned National Postal Match consisting of 4 stages and a round count of 68 rounds. This match was designed to be easily set up and run by all IDPA clubs regardless of their size and range limitations. The stages were designed by Rick Lund & Ken Reed who are serving as the match directors for this event. We are looking to add these stages as classifiers in the future.