Welcome to the USPSA BC Lower Mainland Association the first Canadian club affiliated with USPSA.
The United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) is an association governing practical shooters in US. USPSA rules, divisions and classifications are very similar to those of the more known in Canada International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC), however the induction process for new shooters in USPSA is simplified and less expensive than in IPSC.
USPSA BC (Lower Mainland) is a first Canadian club affiliated with USPSA which can host matches under USPSA rules in Canada and submit the match and classifiers results to the USPSA database. The goals of the club are: to promote practical shooting in BC, to host matches and informal events for USPSA members in BC and to safely introduce gun owners in BC to the world of competitive shooting.
New USPSA shooters need to go thru the orientation, demonstrate ability to safely handle a firearm during a course of fire and once their skills and their gear are approved by the NROI-certified Range Officer they can participate in a USPSA match. There is a nominal fee and the process takes about an hour. USPSA members living in BC can participate in USPSA matches in USA (Northwest section matches), BC or matches hosted by any other international club affiliated with USPSA.
Experienced USPSA BC shooters are encouraged to join a local governing body for IPSC -- IPSC BC.
Sign up to be notified when the match registrations open.
The following schedule includes our matches for the year. We welcome current USPSA, IPSC BC and IDPA BC shooters, as well as new shooters who will need to successfully complete an hour long safety-focused certification to shoot our matches. If you've shot club level matches or practiced with IPSC BC instructors you can challenge the safety check before the match.
All USPSA BC matches require advance registration/payment for the match, we do not accept drop-ins. Registrations usually stay open until Wednesday the week of the match unless they fill up in which case they can be closed immediately.
The Level 1 Special (all classifiers) matches will take place in February and November.
No matches scheduled for 2017 yet.
2016 USPSA BC Matches Results.
While you do not need an USPSA membership to shoot the USPSA BC match, you do need the USPSA membership if you want to obtain the USPSA classification.
If you're interested in the USPSA membership we encourage you to sign up for your membership directly with USPSA HQ at www.uspsa.org. As of the end of 2015 the cheapest option -- international associate (you will not receive Front Sight subscription by mail) membership is US $35 a year. USPSA BC cannot issue the membership number (and unlike provincial IPSC does not benefit from your membership), it has to be issued by USPSA HQ.
Once you have applied for the USPSA membership you can start accumulating USPSA classification for the matches you shoot with USPSA BC (or USPSA Northwest Section south of the border).
USPSA Classification is based on your hit factor (performance) at the special classification stages and (unline IPSC BC) not your whole match performance. While you do not need USPSA membership to shoot the USPSA BC match, you do need the USPSA membership if you want to obtain USPSA classification.
You will obtain your initial classification after you shoot 4 different classification stages at D-class level or better. That can be achieved by shooting 4 of the Level 1 matches (with one classification stage each) or by shooting just one Level 1 Special (all 6 classifiers) match.
USPSA BC classifier results are submitted to the USPSA HQ at the same time as the match results (usually within a few hours after the match ends) and classification is usually recalculated by USPSA HQ between 13th and 15th of each month.
If you have applied for the USPSA membership and have not received the membership number before you have registered for or shot the match, you might still see the classification record for the match -- it will be picked up by USPSA HQ automatically when classification is recalculated if your membership number is issued after the match took place but prior to recalculation.
If you're interested in just finding out how you would have been classified after shooting a particular classifier with a particular HF (Hit Factor), just look up "uspsa classifier calculator" online. If you type in the classifier number and your HF (look it up in the match results) you will get which classification bracket you fall in for this result.
More information on USPSA Classification can be found at USPSA web-site.