Metal Madness shooting sport

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Charlie1022

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Has anyone tried this 22 LR shooting challenge yet? I was talking to my cousin over the weekend and he was telling how much fun it is. You shoot 4 metal plated in order then a stop plate on 10 different shooting lanes on a timer. I watched it on you tube and it looks like a lot of fun!
 
No personal experience, but a google search brought me to the sport's main page and its descriptions. I would offer the following observations.

One of the "dimensions" of practical shooting games is how prescribed things are. Some games often or always dictate order of target engagement (IDPA), others rarely do so or do so only as to a single element of the stage (USPSA, and to a lesser extent, Steel Challenge). The numbered plates here, and the gigantic penalties for engaging out of order, put this one far at the dictated end of the spectrum (as opposed to the freestyle side).

Another "dimension" is how fixed the courses of fire are. Steel Challenge, by virtue of being basically the same courses of fire for every match, is just about as fixed as skeet. USPSA and IDPA are, outside of classifiers, at the other end of the spectrum on that dimension. This one appears to be in between - the sequences change, but the lanes are of fairly consistent (and narrow) dimensions and the distances are only variable among a few discrete distances.

So if you like rimfire steel challenge, but wish the targets were closer together, want to be told what order to shoot them with, and have slightly different stages every match, this may be your game. As a practical matter, it looks like it would take up a lot less range space than most other practical shooting games, with an entire match fitting into a single bay. I have no doubt it's fun.
 
I am the founder of Metal Madness. Metal Madness is a game designed for everyone, we are not a typical shooting sport. Metal Madness is more of an introduction into shooting with a competitive edge. That is not to say that Metal Madness is an easy sport.
I would like to answer some of the questions in the forum. The lanes are color coded so crossfire isn't an issue unless the shooter does not follow the rules of the game. there is more than 60,000 target arrangements so that each time a shooter shoots a MMSSA match they see a different target arrangement. Our range set up has a small footprint and will fit into most any shooting range or even in someone's back yard. We are a new sport but are gaining popularity quickly in the shooting world. Come try Metal Madness out at this years NRA World Shooting Championship at the PNTC in Glengary WV.
 
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