9235G Notes

 Here is the infamous drift gate at 9235G.  This gate has always been a disaster and it's only become worse since the last time we used it almost a year ago.  The key thing is getting the metal post anchored in the bottom loop (arrow) before attempting to close the top  loop.  We will do a little work on the gate tomorrow to hopefully make it easier to deal with.

 The red arrow shows the location of the gate.  We were facing East driving back out when we took this picture because we couldn't get a good photo shooting into the sun.  Anyway, this is what the road looks like.

 We drove our relatively low clearance 1994 Nissan pickup and it did fine.  There are no muddy spots--everything is dry.  When you come to the multiple forks in the road,continue straight ahead as shown by the long  arrow.  The Classifier site is  at the short arrow.

 This is were we will be shooting the Classifier....in the wash.  It provide some decent buffering for any wind that might arise tomorrow afternoon.

 This is just one reason we're not using 9204W--almost countless cow pies in the area where we normally set up the Classifier!

And here are the cow pie perps!  Yes, they are directly downrange of where we would be shooting the Classifier.  So, clearly a No Go at Site #1.

Classifier Links

Eventually, we will dress up this post with graphics but we wanted to get this links all put in one place.  Here they are:

Nice, concise overview of the Classifier Stages and Strings with a good diagram:

http://www.cbshooters.com/idpa/files/IDPA_Classifier_Match_Scoring_and_Layout.pdf

IDPA's official description of Stage 1:

http://www.idpa.com/compete/stagedetails/39

IDPA's official description of Stage 2:

http://www.idpa.com/compete/stagedetails/40

IDPA's official description of Stage 3:

http://www.idpa.com/compete/stagedetails/41

Great Advice from the Dallas, Texas, area IDPA.

http://www.ccidpa.org/classifier-tips.html

Magazine Management

Magazine Management is arguably the most confusing aspect of The Classifier.  Newcomers to The Classifier are generally befuddled by the perennial magazine loading puzzle.  Even Old Hands at IDPA's signature Match can easily become confused as to how many magazines to bring and how to load them for smooth shooting of each Stage and String.

The Montezuma Marksmen are grateful to member Larry M. for his tireless efforts and dedication to decode and demystify the Rubik's Cube of IDPA.  Thanks to Larry, we now have a chart showing precisely how to load any magazine for optimal and efficient participation in The Classifier.

Here is the very first presentation of this Most Welcome and Awesome Information debuted by Larry on March 30, 2015.  THANK YOU, Larry, for taking The Challenge!

(NOTE: Click on the graphic to see a larger version.  When the larger version is displayed, you may "right click" the graphic and then choose "Save Image As" to download the graphic to your device.)

Blog Born

The Montezuma Marksmen Classifier blog was born on march 30 at 4:30 PM Arizona Time in Rimrock, Arizona 86335.  The sole purpose for this blog is to explain all aspects of the IDPA Classifier as Stages by The Montezuma Marksmen (IDPA #CL633280).