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Originally Posted by Sten
Competition shooting can just be fun too. IMHO competition shooting is a much better hobby then home genetics research .
I use matches as a chance for me to shoot from all kinds of novel (to me) positions and situations while I am under some stress. Is it perfect practice? No, but it is better then just punching paper or doing nothing (plus it is really fun).
I was advised to not get caught up in the "gamesmanship" and set some personal goals. So I ignore all the games, I kind of laugh to myself at the fracking crazy unlimited guns and game specific equipment. I shoot a production gun out of my daily carry holster, sure I don't win but I don't care, it is just fun.
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Great outlook, Sten. If you go to a match, regardless of whether its IDPA, IPSC or WXYZ, shoot the way you want (within safety and game rules), get the trigger time and have fun. If you fail to get classified, or you come in dead last, but get shooting experience under time and accuracy stressors, then the only thing that really suffers is your ego.
If your goal is to become a better shooter, and you improve relative to your own performance (vice everybody else's playing "the game"), then the gamesmanship factor becomes immaterial.