BlackKnight

Joe, if you want answers about rules, contact your IDPA Area Coordinator, he/she should be on the website, along with Safety Officer Instructors, and the like. As in any organization, there is a "chain of command", and those AC's are responsible for making sure the rules are applied equitably and fairly, whether you like them or not! Input from all shooters is appreciated, and at the AC meetings, many points are brought up and decided upon, as in any corporation or business model. If you truly want an "inside track" then work with your local AC to voice your displeasure or express your wants and needs. I try and respond to anyone who has inquiries or issues in my Area, whether I agree or not with all the rules, whether they make sense or not, they are the rules. There is no "true" democracy, not even in the shooting sports community. If you want a different form of IDPA or Defensive Pistolcraft, feel free to "come up with the cash" and form your own.

Regarding your inquiry concerning the Galco Training Holster, I utilized it in two USPSA sanctioned matches with excellent results. Use the KG9 leather-kote from Brownells on the inside of the holster and mag carriers, applying it a few times over 7-10 days, and it will slick up the leather faster than a kydex. Unfortunately you can't use it in IDPA but it works great in Single Stack.

A heads up to anyone interested in shooting an IDPA sanctioned match in California in 2006. The Gold Country Classic will be held on May 6th, at the SDPS Club /Sloughhouse, just outside Sacramento. The California State IDPA Match will be held at the Prado Olympic Range in Chino, in Southern California. The tentative date is the last weekend in October. This is the same place the match was held last year. Information and applications are not up on the website as of yet, so contact the individual club officers for more detailed information.