I was wondering if you could do this with a penalty like in steel. It's not really

for me, but in case I wanted to bring a friend to shoot who maybe has no

experience drawing a pistol. Can he start un-holstered in low and ready position?

 

If it's not allowed would the RO's allow them to do this and just not get scored

for someone who is new?

I'd definitely get in touch with the match director beforehand to ask. In IDPA my guess would be no, you're not supposed to be handling a pistol unless you're in the uncasing/casing "safe" area or shooting a stage.

 

Holsters are relatively cheap - have your friend get something basic and practice drawing/re-holstering before the match.

Nope, holster is required.

 

Practice with a holster - gun empty.

I was wondering if you could do this with a penalty like in steel. It's not really

for me, but in case I wanted to bring a friend to shoot who maybe has no

experience drawing a pistol. Can he start un-holstered in low and ready position?

 

If it's not allowed would the RO's allow them to do this and just not get scored

for someone who is new?

 

For Old Bridge's USPSA Indoor Action League (a practice Match held every 1st and 3rd Friday evenings at the Indoor Range) you can start at the low-ready, BUT you have to first go through a Safety Check after getting there early and listening attentively to a volunteer Instructor who will teach you what USPSA is, how the scores are tallied, the Rules, the common sense, etc. As a matter of fact, the guys there would rather start you at the low-ready than have you buy a POS holster that doesn't quite fit your gun and have the gun fall out of the POS holster, causing an unsafe condition and a mandatory DQ! The regular outdoor Match on the 4th Sunday requires a holster....... Just make sure that you keep the muzzle pointed at the backstop while bagging and un-bagging the gun, and don't show-up with loaded mags already in the gun (listen to the Instructor during the classroom session)!

 

And while I'm on the subject of starting at the Low-Ready position, we also allow that at Old Bridge PPC Silhouette League on the second Friday of every month at the Indoor range. Lots of folks bring their dot-sighted .22 semi's sans holster and just work outta the pouch, with laying said pouch on the range floor during the Relay.

 

Since I see you live in town, you might want to consider membership at Old Bridge. In the meantime, you can always just pay our nominal walk-on non-member fee and enjoy some nice times, since the League Matches are open to non-members!

 

Any way I can help you to be a better shooter I will. Just let me know.......

 

Dave

Geez, just have your friend go out and pick up an inexpensive holster, practice with it at home a little bit, and he'll be ready to go.

What kind of gun does he need a holster for?

He's got a crappy soft holster and like Dave said it's probably better to not use it at all.

The Indoor match is not a bad idea actually. I shot that once, but it was for a classifier.

Right now he only has a 1911 but might be getting a Sig. In any case I do have an

extra holster for either gun.

 

Thanks for the info Dave. I actually shoot at Old Bridge quite a bit (not so much lately).

I should become a member, but I might move so wanna be sure where I will be long term

first.

Just go buy a good holster.

Good kydex holsters are not expensive. What pistol is he using?