New to IDPA-What about tucked shirts?

[frgood]

I want to my EDC wear to be primarily IWB with a tucked shirt. This is what I would like to become proficient in my style of carry.

As best as I can tell from the rules this should be acceptable. Am I correct in my reading of the rules?

(1) The IWB holster is Kydex. So the holster top remains open.
(2) When tucked, and as long as I pocket my magazines, the RO cannot see the weapon or accessories per 8.9.2.

The only thing I see is that the time to re-holster and re-tuck my shirt at the end of each stage and after the 'Make Ready' command. A bit inconvenient, but a necessity when practicing anyways.

Is this acceptable within IDPA matches?
Is this done by others at IDPA matches?

 

[MrBorland]

Is this acceptable within IDPA matches?

AFAIK, there shouldn't be any reason why you wouldn't be allowed to do this.

Is this done by others at IDPA matches?

I see the untucked version occasionally, but I personally haven't seen the tucked version yet.

Funny thing about IDPA - it's a terrific platform for testing your EDC setup...but it's still a competition, so there are many who come out ostensibly interested in the former, but quickly make concessions to the latter.

 

[Sam1911]

It is acceptable at IDPA matches as long as you can do this with (what the S.O. considers to be) perfect safety. And as long as you can do so QUICKLY and not hold up the flow of the match by needing to unbuckle and carefully tuck in every time you "Make Ready."

Now, if you've got a tuckable holster, that's great, but an S.O. maybe could not accept it if s/he can still see your holster straps or clips when your shirt is tucked in. That would be a fairly discretionary call, but I can't fault the official for making that call, based on the wording of the rule.

Is it done by others? Someone, somewhere, I'm sure. You can't be the very first person to ever think of it.

It is about as uncommon as wearing a formal dinner jacket instead of a "shoot me" vest, though. If you really want to shoot that way, I imagine you can work that out at your local club matches and won't have any problems as long as your technique is good and you don't sweep your support hand manipulating garment and gun. My prediction would be that you move away from that degree of "real life" practice as you enjoy the match(es) more. It's going to be slow and fiddly and there's already enough to think about just in shooting the stages well.

But, you should be legal, I think. Speak to your local Match Director ahead of time to be sure.

 

[frgood]

Your responses makes sense to me. I'll see how this all pans out at the next match I attend.

I see this as an opportunity to practice w/live fire same base EDC skills. Mind you I did not say training. Simply, the ability to draw from my concealment and hit a target.

For competition, I find USPSA quite satisfactory.

Thank you all for your responses.

 

[strambo]

How often do you carry tucked in? If you nearly always carry that way it may be worth the IDPA hassle, but if you only occasionally carry that way then just practice the tucked draw dry fire at home and use your predominant method at the matches.

 

[ny32182]

Since you already shoot USPSA, you should have a really good idea already of what other people will think. Primarily, is it going to be a massive delay at every make ready?

The flow of the matches is about the same in both. If you think people would be irritated in USPSA, they probably will be at IDPA, and vice versa.

Personally I wouldn't bother shooting a whole different sport just to be able to draw a certain way... I'd just stick to whatever sport(s) you like best, and then practice the concealed draw on my own time.

Actually there is nothing preventing you from drawing from concealment in USPSA either. In fact there is a somewhat well known guy in USPSA trying to make GM in Limited shooting a Glock 34 (minor) from AIWB.

 

[ATLDave]

Actually there is nothing preventing you from drawing from concealment in USPSA either. In fact there is a somewhat well known guy in USPSA trying to make GM in Limited shooting a Glock 34 (minor) from AIWB.

And said guy is also hilarious on the interwebs!

 

[IdahoSkies]

The big thing with an IWB and tuckable holster in IDPA is watching your muzzle. Don't sweep yourself. This includes your hand, arm, or your body. Whenever I have seen worn (or wore myself) an IWB holster at a match, sweeping is usually a problem. But if you can work it out, go for it.