IDPA Course Design Rationale

Of the many concepts set forth in the establishment of IDPA, none is more important than the requirements of Course Design. When the IDPA founders set out to structure "Defensive Pistol" guidelines, the one area that became very critical to the long-term survival of this shooting discipline was the problems that shooters are asked to solve must reflect reality. Requirements like the use of cover, reloading behind cover and the limit of 18 rounds per string of fire were all based upon the principle that defensive pistol shooting should help promote sound basic self-defense tactics and test the

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