USPSA Match (Duration)

AboveNBeyond · January 2, 2009, 11:25 PM

Hello all,

I was wondering, how long would a typical USPSA take? Maybe 12-20 people competing?

T. O'Heir · January 3, 2009, 03:15 AM

Hi. It really depends on how well organized the match directors are and how much help they have/get from the shooters. Setting up or taking down. Some matches, with 20 shooters, can take half a Saturday. Some will take the whole day. However, once you've shot, nobody will chain you down. Helping, even for an hour, before or after you shoot, is a good thing. Every little bit helps. Mind you, if you're in a rush to be some place, you won't shoot as well. Throws off your concentration.
Match results will be posted somewhere at your club.

9mm1033 · January 3, 2009, 09:54 AM

In my area with @ 35/40 shooters, starting the matches between 10 and 11, with course breakdowns, we're out of there no later than 3 PM.

WESHOOT2 · January 3, 2009, 05:14 PM

Seems like they're never long enough for me......

Figure 1000 start, 1500 finish.

Ken O · January 3, 2009, 09:51 PM

Depends on a lot of things. How many stages, how many strings in a stage (this can be the killer), how many squads/ROs.

So if you figure six stages, and 60 seconds of shooting each stage, you are actually shooting 6 minutes max. The rest of the time you are picking brass, pasteing, waiting to shoot, etc. So, its up to how organized the match is. I have seen only a four sage matce take six hours. And, have saw a six stage match take just an hour and a half. The latter was in Dorr, MI, I couldn't believe how they could do it. I haven't shot there in a few years, this kind of jarred my memory and I should make a point to make it down there next season.

Amen · January 13, 2009, 02:14 AM

We start at 8 am and are there until between 3 and 6 pm. We only run 3 stages, but we have had upwards of 35-40 shooters at a time. In Iowa weather also plays a part. In the winter we have short stages and in the summer we have longer stages. It also depends on how many "workers" are at a particular match; nothing slows the action like one person taping targets, setting steel and picking up brass.

So to make a long story short, it depends on the how the club operates(squads or single shooter), how many stages, how many shooters are involved, how many people are re-setting stages and just how cold it gets in Feburary.

January 2, 2009, 11:25 PM	#1
AboveNBeyond Member Join Date: August 26, 2008 Posts: 23	USPSA Match (Duration) Hello all, I was wondering, how long would a typical USPSA take? Maybe 12-20 people competing?

January 3, 2009, 03:15 AM	#2
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	Hi. It really depends on how well organized the match directors are and how much help they have/get from the shooters. Setting up or taking down. Some matches, with 20 shooters, can take half a Saturday. Some will take the whole day. However, once you've shot, nobody will chain you down. Helping, even for an hour, before or after you shoot, is a good thing. Every little bit helps. Mind you, if you're in a rush to be some place, you won't shoot as well. Throws off your concentration. Match results will be posted somewhere at your club. __________________ Spelling and grammar count!

January 3, 2009, 09:54 AM	#3
9mm1033 Senior Member Join Date: April 18, 2005 Location: A big city with far too many cars and people. Posts: 932	In my area with @ 35/40 shooters, starting the matches between 10 and 11, with course breakdowns, we're out of there no later than 3 PM. __________________ No one reads or cares what is written in ones signature box. So I'm not writing anything worth reading or remembering.

January 3, 2009, 05:14 PM	#4
WESHOOT2 Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 1999 Location: home on the range; Vermont (Caspian country) Posts: 14,324	more shooting, less other crap of real life! Seems like they're never long enough for me...... Figure 1000 start, 1500 finish. __________________ . "all my ammo is mostly retired factory ammo"

January 13, 2009, 02:14 AM	#6
Amen Member Join Date: January 13, 2009 Posts: 17	We start at 8 am and are there until between 3 and 6 pm. We only run 3 stages, but we have had upwards of 35-40 shooters at a time. In Iowa weather also plays a part. In the winter we have short stages and in the summer we have longer stages. It also depends on how many "workers" are at a particular match; nothing slows the action like one person taping targets, setting steel and picking up brass. So to make a long story short, it depends on the how the club operates(squads or single shooter), how many stages, how many shooters are involved, how many people are re-setting stages and just how cold it gets in Feburary. __________________ www.cruspsa.org

January 3, 2009, 09:51 PM	#5
Ken O Senior Member Join Date: November 2, 2005 Location: Half way between Grayling and Cadillac, Michigan Posts: 353	Depends on a lot of things. How many stages, how many strings in a stage (this can be the killer), how many squads/ROs. So if you figure six stages, and 60 seconds of shooting each stage, you are actually shooting 6 minutes max. The rest of the time you are picking brass, pasteing, waiting to shoot, etc. So, its up to how organized the match is. I have seen only a four sage matce take six hours. And, have saw a six stage match take just an hour and a half. The latter was in Dorr, MI, I couldn't believe how they could do it. I haven't shot there in a few years, this kind of jarred my memory and I should make a point to make it down there next season.