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And that his where the IDPA shooters came from - at least in my part of Texas. It was easy to say that you can show up to a IPSC match and ignore the open class guys, and shoot your own agenda. But when everything is geared towards race equipment and shooting the fastest possible time, and you can clearly see that you are being judged, squaded and befriended based on your gear and how you shoot, it is also easy to feel unwanted and unappreciated. So when someone comes along and says we are going to change the rules and shoot with concealed carry street gear, it is not a hard choice when filling our your match calendar.Thats what I always thought about the Open-class shooters with their highly modified completely impractical race guns and uppity schmuck attitudes with zero sense of humor. That's what took the fun out of it for me.
I became a happier shooter when I gave up shooting qualifiers and only attended on the regular weekend matches. I would like to get back into it a bit. But my early 1980's Clark .45 Pin Gun (with the Keithville LA address on the slide) and Ernie Hill leather holster, Wilson mags and my worn-out Galco leather mag carriers with the green verdigris on the snaps might date me a bit.