Thread: My Introduction to pistol shooting

What does LEVEL 3 practice mean?

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IPSC levels

1 - Club
2 - Interclub
3 - National / Regional
4 - Continental
5 - Worlds

The big differences between the levels is RO quality. Level 2 you typically have floating RO, level 3 dedicated (with some IROA), level 4 and 5 you have lots of IROA guys.

Its kinda relative to where you shoot as well. In RSA, provincial shoot was the same size as NZ National... Western Province champs used to be 80-100 competitors, Nationals well over 200. in the states a club shoot would be 200...

Cheers for that. Thought it was a prerequisite or something.

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I see when doing my entry for the Dunedin shoot the Nats, are on the following month in Wanganui.
Another road trip😆

Who wants to take us hunting fallow if we come up early😆

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Some tips for your first major comp :

Concentrate on grip and sight picture (repeat N times) !
Ignore speed for now, build a solid base first and then speed up only enough to not start hurting your scores
Keep negative scoring shots (mike, no-shoot, procedurals to below 2% of total shots fired)
Keep positive scoring shots (A, C, D) between 85-90% of total shots fired
Expect plateaus in your progress. If you start going downhill, return to the fundamentals and go back to the point where you last had decent metrics.

When I first started with the club I was given the same advice.
I am resigned to the fact I will never be that fast so never a threat of winning anything.
I am only going to improve and compete against my self.

My fast is everyone else's deliberate shooting. 😆


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haha, that's the beauty of multiple grades, you compete at your level...

don't watch any videos by @Banana, he is a fukn speed demon

Looking forward to meeting you all also what classes is everyone in? I'll be in Standard, last year's SI event was my first level 3 comp and I loved it the Dunedin guys are very accommodating even for the first timers. We should all meet at some stage for faces to names

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Looking forward to meeting a few members as well. I will shoot production with gimp in Dunners.
Might shoot standard at the Nats as I am enjoying my .40 big time.
Will see how I go before I make a decision.
When doing my entry I could only choose one otherwise I would have shot production and standard.
New to this at island level so still learning.
I will bring my .40 just in case😆


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I shot my first level 3 at the north islands. Had a great time. Even got a medal in rookie div!

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I plan to go well at the after match😆

Will bring a bottle or 2 of fine whiskey

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Shit i'm getting tempted to try come down, our club has booked a house and have a few car loads going but just need to find the time

Originally Posted by R93

Fumbling is my middle name lately.
Dropped a full mag out of the gun at the start of one stage.
Dropped some shotgun shells during a stage.
Run the shotgun dry twice when counting shots. Had an abortion of a day.

Para 16-40 limited.
Attachment 40563

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I nearly brought that very gun. Is the other one still there?


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Originally Posted by Uplandstalker

I nearly brought that very gun. Is the other one still there?


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Well I am glad you didn't as it was a steal at the price.😆
I have had my eye on it for 3 months. It dropped in price substantially since I first enquired about it.
I don't know about another. He mentioned selling a Para to someone that they tricked it out to be a race gun.






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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).