I write because Kodiak mentioned my response in his post. I intend to be helpful to all, the individual and the organizations, both CFDA and World...Gunfighters. If my comments are helpful used them if not disregard. I do not want to be a "can't" person.
I think it is wise not to have classifications in your new organization. From what the old timers tell me classifications almost destroy fast draw once before. In the February event where you had two classifications, one of which was labeled with a degrading term, there were 5 or 6 shooters in our club who would have qualified for the second classification, one of which was a .370 shooter. None of the others competed because we knew the .370 shooter would compete in the second classification. All six of those shooters can tell you how the six will finish in a contest based purely on speed, we shoot enough together, and the ranking would be identical.
I don't think the .370 rule is helpful to your organization. Why not just make it an "open" event. The format and rules really limit the competition to .31 and below, so what is the benefit to the .370 rule. It makes it appear that you don't want to compete against certain gunslingers. I know you don't like losing to a .43 shooter but is that loss any worst than a loss to the .34 shooter. An X is an X, hit the target and you don't have to worry about it. I think the .370 rule may prevent some growth. What about the up and comers. For example, we have some shooters in our club who are low 4 shooters but who have recently shot down into the .34s. They are probably not going to come if all or most of their shots are not going to count, but they might come if not faced with the .370 rule. And you never know, you might get a few like me who are deluded enough to think that they see some easy pickens especially at 14 feet.
I assume the move to 14 feet is again to help with accuracy. Why not move to 10 feet. You and I both believe in close work. If accuracy does not matter then move as close to the target as is safe. We have shot a lot at 5 feet and know that to be safe, but to be conservative, move to 10 feet. The point of the big target and close range is to eliminate accuracy as a factor, then do so by moving to 10 feet.
CFDA Shooters Beware! For those that continue to shoot CFDA, you need to be aware that while blockers may help you go fast they may also hurt your competitiveness in CFDA. I think it is reasonable to ask why a 3 flat shooter (.25 to .35 at better than 60%) loses in the National Championship to a 4 flat shooter (.35 to .45 at better than 60%). It may be that the 4 flat shooter practises mental toughness while the 3 flat shooter has moved on to competitions where mental toughness and accuracy are not a factor.
A Blocker Proposal: You need to develop a base from which to draw competitors. It is obvious that there are shooters who want to shoot blockers but are not quite at .30 speed yet. They clamour for classifications but that creates problems. Since you are using most of the rules of CFDA create something that works for the CFDA competitor.
How about this:
1. Shoot from 10 feet;
2. Paint a 10 inch circle on the center of the target. A hit in the 10 inch circle or touching it the shooter's time is divided by 2. You hit a .29 on the corner, I hit a .44 in the center, I win .22 to .29. You hit .29 in center you win. This would be the scoring for the "Open".
3. "Open" Everyone compete against everyone in a round robin event. Open to everyone.
4. After the seeding rounds top seven shoot off for the "Open" Championship using open scoring.
5. After the open championship the top seven with the quickest times shoot off in a Magnificent Seven Master's Championship.
What do you think? Helpful or not?
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