Divisions in USPSA

With all of the various handguns on the market today, the concept of divisions can be very consuming, especially for those that are new to the sport. This may add to your confusion and nervousness when you first get started, because chances are, everyone will be shooting a different pistol and you want to make sure that you get squadded correctly.

The purpose behind these divisions is to allow you to shoot against other shooters that have similar gear, in order to make things more competitive. For this reason, the USPSA has developed six divisions in the sport. Although there are more details on the rules for each division in the USPSA rulebook, we are going to take a look at the basics for each division. The six divisions are as follows:

1. Production: In this division, everything is scored as minor, so 9mm pistols are not at a disadvantage. The gun needs to be out of the box with no modifications such as magwells or non-factory parts. The maximum magazine size is 10 rounds, and no single action guns are allowed. No race holsters are allowed, and no maginescan be forward of the hip bone.
2. Limited: With this division, some modifications are allowed, with the exception of optics, porting, and compensators. Magazine length is restricted to 140mm.
3. Limited 10: This division is exactly the same as Limited, by the magazine size is limited to 10 rounds. This is a common division for 1911 pistols to shoot in.
4. Single Stack: This division is designed around the standard five inch 1911 pistols. Minor calibers are allowed up to 10 round magazines, whereas major calibers are limited to 8 round magazines. Non race holsters are only allowed.
5. Open: This is the anything goes division, where you will see tweaked out pistols with compensators, optics, special race rig holsters, and many other things to give them an edge over the compensation. Magazines up to 170mm are allowed. This is the Formula One division.
6. Revolver: This is a standard iron sighted wheel gun, and it needs to reload every six shots. There is both a major and minor category.

As you can see, this sport has a way for anyone to be able to have fun and enjoy the gear that they already own while still remaining competitive. We look forward to seeing you at the Heartland Public Shooting Park.

Jerry Miculek - Superhuman

There have been times that all of us have been proud of a really good run, but if you ever get the opportunity to see Jerry Miculek shoot in a competition, it will be hard not to have your jaw drop open. This man can fire a revolver faster than most of us can fire a semi-auto pistol. Fortunately, just like most of the people that you will meet in this sport, you will find that he is very down to earth and will take to time to give tips to anyone thta asks for it. He is also among the first to grab the paster to help paste targets. Although Jerry doesn't shoot at our local club, I want to bring him up as an example of the type of people that you will meet in this sport. No matter what their level, everyone jumps in quickly after each stage in order to help you gather brass, reset steel, paste targets, and do whatever is needed in order to keep the match moving along smoothly.

Among the World Records help by Jerry, you will find the following:

• Firing six shots each from ten different .38 revolvers: 17.12 seconds
• Fire six shots, reload, and fire six more shots from single revolver: 2.99 seconds
• Fire eight shots from single revolver on a single target: 1.00 second
• Fore eight shots from single revolver on four targets (two per target): 1.06 seconds

That's right. Those times were not typos. Check him out in action: