No. The plates are all steel, 8"ers I think. The Five-to-Glock is all paper. The Glock-M is four paper targets with three pepper poppers. You knock over a popper on each run.
There are variations on how each stage can be laid out, but they all follow a bassic framework.
Check out www.gssfonline.com
interesting. just watched a video on it.
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I am also planning to shoot a GSSF meet in Orlando, Florida in February.
I'm going to use my Glock 17 and shoot two or three events.
"While the anti-gunners seem very concerned about the "one life" that your firearm might take -- they are not very concerned about the lives it will save." Jon H. Gutmacher, Florida Firearms - Law, Use & Ownership.
For anyone else interested in GSSF matches here's a link to the actual courses of fire.
http://www.gssfonline.com/courses.cfm
The round count is different depending which division you are shooting. However, for most of us novices you load your pistol with no more than 11 rounds total (except MajorSub) for each string of each stage. There is no movement, drawing, no speed re-loads, nothing tactical, etc. They do change the courses up WRT distance and target placement but it's pretty much the same idea each time. It might look a bit different to you from match to match but it's pretty much the same.
Major Sub was designed around the G36 and the G39, but it can be shot with a G30 with downloaded mags. Instead of two shots on the paper targets you only shoot one. Where the wheat gets separated from the chaff is on the steel plates.
I shoot USPSA, IDPA and have shot and RO'ed 2 GSSF matches.
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I exclusively shoot USPSA and an occasional GSSF match. I may try IDPA and Steel Challenge this summer....
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