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Next IDPA Nebraska Indoor Match February 1st
Lorimor:
--- Quote from: jthhapkido on January 29, 2014, 09:51:45 PM ---
...so as long as you don't expect "realistic self-defense training" and instead think "fun shooting skills game" then it'll be okay.
--- End quote ---
I tend to think along the lines of "equipment proving ground." I like "O" rings on my lights. If I should, for instance, start a stage with the light in my weak hand, the ring will be on my finger. But if the stage requires me to deftly pluck the light off a tabletop, then the ring will not be used.
More "equipment race" stuff I guess. Oh well.
Aldo:
Just out of curiosity as well as from having designed CoFs that have required the use of a tactical light: ...I'll go first with my answers in (), be they in the minority or majority of others' responses...
1. Of folks who carry a tactical light daily (yes, I do), how many actually have a lanyard on it (no, I don't)?... and where do you normally carry it when NOT in a situation where you feel you need to have it ready in hand (for me, either shirt pocket, pants pocket meant for the light, or jacket pocket meant for the light)?
2. Of folks who carry a tactical light daily (yes, I do) and your situational awareness suddenly has you take out your tactical light to be in a ready position for either use as a light or even as a skull punch-out tool, do you have it in your support hand ready to do either of the above with or without a lanyard (me, without since I don't use a lanyard) or do you take the time (which I would find time-consuming to do) to put the lanyard on either my support hand or around my neck in a "sudden" situation?
3. Of folks who carry a tactical light daily (yes, I do), how many of you "practice" removing it and holding/using it during dry fire and/or range fire (woops, I don't as much as I should)?
I can't speak for why IDPA has the rule as it does regarding lanyards as well as starting a stage with it in your support hand, but I can take a stab at it: 1) in our CoFs in which I have designed them for the use of a tactical light (which we have done in the past last year, but, hint hint, we will be doing in the near future in this current season), the scenario of the CoF already has you in a sudden situational awareness, i.e., not one that you can see from a mile away (hyperbole here), which basically forces the shooter at the P1 position to be at the ready with a tactical light in the support hand (since that is the IDPA sport's rule) and a hair (timer buzz) away from taking action with your handgun in a critical incident. 2) perhaps a lanyard can serve as a possible means for the perp in a close-up FoF encounter to get into a tug-of-war with your lanyard to gain control of it.
Thanks for taking the time to read this, try to make sense of what I wrote, and to answer if you so choose to do. ;D
Aldo:
While digesting my prior post that has some questions for y'all about tactical lights, here's a couple thoughts regarding cover garment and IWB holsters.
1. Cover garments don't have to be a vest, unless one so chooses to wear it at the match since they choose to wear it daily anyways and that's what they want to practice with. The IDPA rule only requires that it be concealing the holstered gun when you lift your arms straight to the sides up to shoulder height. I sometimes choose to wear the vest, but I generally am wearing a shirt that I wear most everyday. At one of the matches last year, I even chose to wear a clinic lab jacket since that is what I sometimes wear at my private practice office. I've even worn my winter jacket. Granted, a couple of those clothing items may add a slight bit of time to my draw, but my approach to why I participate in IDPA may be different than others....but that is a whole other discussion. :D
2. The IWB appendix carry not being allowed by IDPA is purely for safety reasons, although bullit and I are always "happy" to see participants at IDPA Nebraska matches ::). Hopefully, folks who do elect to carry as such are careful in their draw as well as reholster so as not to blow off their privates with a negligent discharge :o, but such situation would also quickly have adverse ramifications for the host range as well as for the continuance of the IDPA sport at the host range. :(
bullit:
Did you fellas complain this much back when you were playing Dungeons and Dragons? :) Geesh.
bkoenig:
My .02 - every shooting sport needs rules, and every shooting sport has some rules that someone is going to consider silly, whether that's USPSA, IDPA, CMP High Power, etc. The people writing the rule book are human, and they're trying to strike a balance between keeping the sport competitive, fun, and (most importantly) safe. None of the sports are ever going to find that perfect balance, but they almost always have a reason for the rule being there. Sometimes that rule may not make sense to some people, but IMO it's not something to get all that worked up about as long as the sport is competitive, fun, and safe.
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