Range Time & Club Bracket Shoot
CFDA scores by losses. What matters is how many Xs you have. Because of that you can calculate range time by counting Xs needed to complete an event.
For illustration, at our last event we had 39 shooters. For each full round we got 19 losses. We shot 5 no x rounds for 95 losses. In the shoot off we had 38 shooters with 3 shooters being clean so we needed 35 losses in the shoot offs. For our last monthly shoot therefore we had 120 losses, which is the equivalent 6.3 full rounds (120/19=6.3). That is a useful bit of information to know for thinking about other formats.
For our state shoot discussion assume we have 120 shooters. A full round would result in 60 losses. If we are going to give each 5 Xs with a magnificent 10 shoot off, the total losses to complete the main match would be computed as follows: 100 shooters would get 5 losses for 500 losses. Twenty Magnificent shooters would average no more than 2 losses each for additional 40 losses, so total losses need to end main match would be 540 losses.
If we shot four full rounds on Friday, that would give us 240 losses (60x4=240). That would leave 300 losses to be shot on Saturday which is 5 full rounds. Some will question that as the field is reduce you do not get as many losses per round. That is true but for our calculation it does not matter. A full round is 120 shooters, it does not matter whether that is Round 1, or a combination of Round 8, 9, and 10. A full round is the next 120 shooters.
Another way too look at it is that on Friday we shoot 4 full rounds (240 losses) which is a short easy day. The first round on Saturday is by itself a full round (60 losses). After the first round we only need 240 losses which is a short easy day.
Club Shoot: We are a CFDA club and we ought to shoot a CFDA event every once and a while. A CFDA bracket shoot would be good change of pace and is easy to do because it is programed into the scoring program. As for range time I submit the following;
Assume 40 shooters for a 3x bracket shoot. This is last man standing so 4 shooters will be winners. 36 shooters will have 3 Xs for 108 losses. The four winners can have no more than 2 Xs so that adds 8 more losses. The total losses needed to shot this to completion is 116 losses. This about the same as our last club no x Arizona Bracket shoot. The CFDA bracket will be actually a little quicker because it is more efficiency in the use of range time.
Top Gun: The only real issue we would need to resolve is how to handle the top gun points. I would suggest we just score each bracket separately. You would have four 40 points, four 37 point four 35 points and so on. It might tighten up the race a bit. Right now, in men in the top seven you have 3 Master Gunfighters, 3 Gunfighters and 1 Sheriff. It might provide some interest to the race. Might make it a fair fight.
Administration: I know there is some concern about doing something different but it is really not that hard. I have done four this year. I will volunteer to do all of the computer work. I will register the shooter, enter the score, draw the rounds, everything on the computer for a club bracket shoot. Miss Kitty deserves a break.
We can use either my computer, Shady's or the clubs. My computer and Shady's has the advantage that our master list is current. If I use my computer I would bring the TV. CFDA bracket is a little more forgiving than our no x shoots because you never use the standings reports, and therefore errors are not as much of a concern.
If we did it in September it would be about a 40 shooter one range event. Shady and I intend to have the second range up and running for the October shoot. If you did it in October I think 60 shooters would be likely and some consideration should be given to upping the x count or match format.
"Bring me another match."
For illustration, at our last event we had 39 shooters. For each full round we got 19 losses. We shot 5 no x rounds for 95 losses. In the shoot off we had 38 shooters with 3 shooters being clean so we needed 35 losses in the shoot offs. For our last monthly shoot therefore we had 120 losses, which is the equivalent 6.3 full rounds (120/19=6.3). That is a useful bit of information to know for thinking about other formats.
For our state shoot discussion assume we have 120 shooters. A full round would result in 60 losses. If we are going to give each 5 Xs with a magnificent 10 shoot off, the total losses to complete the main match would be computed as follows: 100 shooters would get 5 losses for 500 losses. Twenty Magnificent shooters would average no more than 2 losses each for additional 40 losses, so total losses need to end main match would be 540 losses.
If we shot four full rounds on Friday, that would give us 240 losses (60x4=240). That would leave 300 losses to be shot on Saturday which is 5 full rounds. Some will question that as the field is reduce you do not get as many losses per round. That is true but for our calculation it does not matter. A full round is 120 shooters, it does not matter whether that is Round 1, or a combination of Round 8, 9, and 10. A full round is the next 120 shooters.
Another way too look at it is that on Friday we shoot 4 full rounds (240 losses) which is a short easy day. The first round on Saturday is by itself a full round (60 losses). After the first round we only need 240 losses which is a short easy day.
Club Shoot: We are a CFDA club and we ought to shoot a CFDA event every once and a while. A CFDA bracket shoot would be good change of pace and is easy to do because it is programed into the scoring program. As for range time I submit the following;
Assume 40 shooters for a 3x bracket shoot. This is last man standing so 4 shooters will be winners. 36 shooters will have 3 Xs for 108 losses. The four winners can have no more than 2 Xs so that adds 8 more losses. The total losses needed to shot this to completion is 116 losses. This about the same as our last club no x Arizona Bracket shoot. The CFDA bracket will be actually a little quicker because it is more efficiency in the use of range time.
Top Gun: The only real issue we would need to resolve is how to handle the top gun points. I would suggest we just score each bracket separately. You would have four 40 points, four 37 point four 35 points and so on. It might tighten up the race a bit. Right now, in men in the top seven you have 3 Master Gunfighters, 3 Gunfighters and 1 Sheriff. It might provide some interest to the race. Might make it a fair fight.
Administration: I know there is some concern about doing something different but it is really not that hard. I have done four this year. I will volunteer to do all of the computer work. I will register the shooter, enter the score, draw the rounds, everything on the computer for a club bracket shoot. Miss Kitty deserves a break.
We can use either my computer, Shady's or the clubs. My computer and Shady's has the advantage that our master list is current. If I use my computer I would bring the TV. CFDA bracket is a little more forgiving than our no x shoots because you never use the standings reports, and therefore errors are not as much of a concern.
If we did it in September it would be about a 40 shooter one range event. Shady and I intend to have the second range up and running for the October shoot. If you did it in October I think 60 shooters would be likely and some consideration should be given to upping the x count or match format.
"Bring me another match."
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