I can safely say I will not SO someone with appendix carry. I can TQ a leg. Gut shot is a different animal.
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I can safely say I will not SO someone with appendix carry. I can TQ a leg. Gut shot is a different animal.
The matches are just plain different.
locally, IDPA serves up stuff you don’t see much in local uspsa - or I haven’t seen it much in the year and change I’ve been shooting matches locally. Shooting from inside vehicles, prone shooting, awkward position shooting, shooting from a seated position, shooting with props like a briefcase or parcel in hand, strong and weak hand only. You see some of the latter in uspsa classifiers, but not a lot.
Attendance at idpa locally is quite good in decent weather.
When I shoot games where I can not AIWB (idpa, steel challenge) I use my clutch belt and get reps in with that.
I started with IDPA because there just weren't many USPSA matches convenient to me. I still have to drive over an hour to the nearest outdoor USPSA match.
I get the desire to shoot a match with carry gear, but there are so many benefits to match shooting beyond the meager number of draws that comprise a match that I think focusing on this limitation is throwing the baby out with the bath water. My two cents; I've shot IDPA, USPSA, and KSTG - each has their merits, and drawbacks.
I've corresponded directly with Mrs. Wilson. In my personal experience, she was helpful, open to suggestion, and very diplomatic in her responses.
In response to your essential question - i.e.: "What would it take?" - I think that all it would take (for IDPA to change it's policy) is enough letters from IDPA members to Mrs. Wilson.
https://www.idpa.com/about-idpa/contact-idpa/