Volume: 16, Issue: 4 (4th Quarter 2012) - IDPA.com

Run a Better Match
Build a Better Club
by Ted Murphy A02127
Fall is my favorite part of the
year. It is finally cool and the sun
is not bearing down so badly. This
is the time for the IDPA Nationals,
plus the Pennsylvania State
match. The shooting is great and
the weather is beautiful.
The latter portion of my
summer found me receiving my
membership badge to middle
age; a pair of bifocals. It has been
interesting to watch the front sight
get more and more difficult to see
as this year progressed. I know a
lot of my younger friends think
this will not happen to them but
consider me your advance scout.
You too will learn to shoot by
using the fuzzy bumps on the end
of your gun.
I am a big fan of holsters with
what is called a “sweat guard”
or “shirt guard”. This is a piece
of leather or kydex that extends
behind the gun on the inside of
the holster. This stops the gun
from rubbing the shirt or body.
The premise is that it keeps sweat
from going directly onto the
pistol, and keeps your shirt clean
from contact with the gun and
any oil or grease it may have on
it. Shirt guards are found on both
Inside the Waistband and Outside
the Waistband holsters. Sweat
The shirt guard on this G-
Code holster keeps the shirt
out of the holster. Note the
clever screw clamp to keep
the holster tight on the belt.
6 IDPA Tactical Journal Fourth Quarter 2012