Perry,

The divisions at local club matches will vary. Open and Limited correspond to Open and Limited in USPSA. Minimalist race holsters are legal in these divisons, as is just about any gun. A compensator and/or an optical dot sight puts you into open. Officially, Steel Challenge also recognizes CDP, ESP and SSP where your gear has to be IDPA legal. Revolver division allows just about any revolver and gear. When they say a divison "also competes in open" that is for High Overall.

Local clubs may or may not have all the true SC divisons. If the SC match is being hosted by a primarily USPSA club, you'll usually see Open, Limited, and Production, even though SC does not recognize USPSA Production.

Think USPSA and IDPA legal divisions. Compare them to what is offered locally and decide where you want to compete.

p.s. our local Steel Challenge match is actually hosted by an IDPA club. Our divisions are Open, Limited, CDP, ESP, SSP, Rimfire iron sights and Rimfire open.  I like to shoot both Rimfire Iron Sights and CDP at the matches. Lots of trigger time.

Steve J
A17557
CDP MA
Match Director & SOI
Copperas Cove Pistol Club
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/CopperasCovePistolClub/

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Last Edited By: Steve J Mar 26 10 4:40 PM. Edited 1 times.