Inside FAST-Idaho: The 2-Gun Match That Trades Standing Around for Trigger Time

If you think a 2-gun match means a quick sprint and a mag dump, FAST will reset your expectations. RECOIL's David Lane headed to Parma, Idaho, for FAST-Idaho, a match built around long, grueling stages that test both your shooting and your stamina.

Key points

• Round count: Lane reports firing over 550 rifle rounds and 400 pistol rounds across eight stages, with many stages running past 100 rounds once misses are counted.
• Stage design: Six-minute stages keep shooters moving the whole time, with targets set from 50 yards out to 720 yards and props including a dune buggy, a broken-down bus, a truck, and a van shooters had to crawl through.
• Divisions for every setup: FAST offers categories like Armored, Gray Man, Trooper, Irons, Minuteman, and a new AutoRifle Division, which Lane shot with a belt-fed Lima SIX/Inoculum running a Trigger Kicker FRT.
• Time on the clock: Lane compares a recent USPSA Major, where a good shooter logs around 200 total seconds across 11 stages, to FAST-Idaho's roughly 2,200 seconds of shooting and movement over eight stages.
• Growing series: FAST already has upcoming matches scheduled in Utah, Arizona, West Virginia, and Iowa.

Quick take

For shooters tired of matches that front-load prep and back-load standing around, FAST's format of long, demanding stages looks like it delivers actual trigger time and real physical work for your money. The AutoRifle Division and dynamic prop stages also suggest a match willing to let gear and imagination play a bigger role than usual.

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