Thread: My Introduction to pistol shooting

EBF's distinction between the differing levels in kind of accurate in practice, though shoots like the double tap at APC are often lvl3 it is just a matter of meeting the sanctioning requirements. The real differences are technical and mostly administrative. Lvl 3 events have to be sanctioned by the organisation over in Canada so draft stages are sent over there for vetting etc, also things like presidents medals are awarded. There is a tendency though by no means a rule that no shoots are limited to a certain percentage purely for keeping the flow throw stages quick. You have hundreds of people and a stage becomes a choke point things get slow. Really the things that will impact you are as mentioned the static ROs to give consistency, possibility of a chronograph, and because level 3s are administered by NROI/IROA ROs expect things to be run (more) properly.

My advice which no doubt you've already been told tends to be more about the admin. than the shooting. Check the hits on targets or get a proxy to do it (of course keeping more than a meter from the target), check your scores add up and time is correct before signing your score sheet, strangely enough I have to say this but read the rules (and have a copy with you) ROs are not infallible and you can challenge some rulings ((again read rules as to process) I've personally never done it but I should have, I didn't realise the RO had made the wrong call at the time because I didn't know the rules). Again another silly thing that you'd assume people do but they don't make sure your equipment complies with the divisional rules; a number of people shoot at clubs with casual application of the rules then rock up to a lvl3 shoot and get a hell of a shock (after market non OEM mag release on production pistol...welcome to open division).