IDPA stage ?

[Guest recoveryman1]

this may be a dumb ? but is it possible to set up a low light or no light stage? like say u wake up middle of night and bg is in the house, as for how to do it my thinkin would be to cover the stage in black poly or tarps

i think it would be a great stage and would not mind suppling the poly to do it what are everybodys thoughts on this

[tnroadrunner]

Henry County Gun Club usually has one night shoot a year. Usually second Sat. in June, starts at 8pm. Great and lots of fun.

[Guest gsbell]

At one of my old clubs in Michigan they would do this. It can really slow down the flow of a match if you aren't careful. They should also be shot blind as in no rehearsal or walkthrough. They also took to setting a liberal par time for them. Don't drop any points! I highly enjoyed them.

[MemphisMechanic]

I've shot 5 low-light stages, IIRC.

Standard IDPA stage, but at an indoor range with the light out. You start like normal, but draw a gun and a light at the buzzer. Reloads, movement, whatever. Just like a normal stage.

You can do fun things though... We've done one where we had 8 targets, and had clip-on hands to designate 2 as no-shoots. We'd move them for each shooter.

It's something everyone should practice. It's convinced me that I don't need night sights, that's for sure. The proper grip on both the gun and the light, and your irons stand out just fine.

You learn a lot of things quickly. For instance, I don't aim my light directly at the targets. Like driving through fog, the light washes out in the smoke after a couple of rounds, and you can't see much.