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tedbeau · February 7, 2017, 02:14 PM

We just ran about a dozen shooters through the new classifier. I didn't get a chance to compare everyone's scores as opposed to their previous scores, but I do know one revolver shooter moved from Novice to Marksman.

Interestingly my score at Marksman level was .02 seconds faster then my score from last year. I actually was expecting it to jump considerably more, almost to the point of being bumped to sharpshooter. One thing that did cost me was I made a mental mistake and forgot to switch to head shots after the reload on string one. I fired my first head shot on the body then realized my mistake and switched to head shots so that cost me 5 seconds. Other than that I felt I shot at about my normal level.

Many of the expert level shooters in our club still feel that the new classifier is going to result in a lot more paper masters (classify high but do not shoot at master level in a real match).

I guess time will tell.

February 7, 2017, 02:14 PM	#7
tedbeau Member Join Date: March 17, 2015 Posts: 54	idpa classifier We just ran about a dozen shooters through the new classifier. I didn't get a chance to compare everyone's scores as opposed to their previous scores, but I do know one revolver shooter moved from Novice to Marksman. Interestingly my score at Marksman level was .02 seconds faster then my score from last year. I actually was expecting it to jump considerably more, almost to the point of being bumped to sharpshooter. One thing that did cost me was I made a mental mistake and forgot to switch to head shots after the reload on string one. I fired my first head shot on the body then realized my mistake and switched to head shots so that cost me 5 seconds. Other than that I felt I shot at about my normal level. Many of the expert level shooters in our club still feel that the new classifier is going to result in a lot more paper masters (classify high but do not shoot at master level in a real match). I guess time will tell.