https://airsoftshottimer.com/en/tags/ipsc-belt-rules/ Recent content in IPSC Belt Rules on Airsoft Shot Timer Hugo en Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0800 https://airsoftshottimer.com/en/posts/competition-belt-guide/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0800 https://airsoftshottimer.com/en/posts/competition-belt-guide/ <p><img src="https://airsoftshottimer.com/images/posts/competition-belt-guide/cover.JPG" alt="Competition Belt Complete Guide"></p> <h2 id="the-60-second-answer-how-to-set-up-a-competition-belt">The 60-Second Answer: How to Set Up a Competition Belt</h2> <p>Most belt advice is a shopping list. The part that changes your times is the layout, so here is the whole thing in one pass.</p> https://airsoftshottimer.com/en/posts/competition-holster-guide/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0800 https://airsoftshottimer.com/en/posts/competition-holster-guide/ <p><img src="https://airsoftshottimer.com/images/posts/competition-holster-guide/cover.jpg" alt="Best Competition Holsters 2026: USPSA, IPSC and IDPA holster comparison"></p> <h2 id="-holster-rules--best-picks-the-60-second-answer">🎯 Holster Rules &amp; Best Picks: The 60-Second Answer</h2> <p><strong>The two USPSA rules that decide whether your rig is legal:</strong> the heel of the butt of the handgun must be <strong>at or above the top of your belt</strong> — in the current 2026-09 rulebook that is <strong>rule 5.2.11</strong>, not 5.2.7.2, and it applies to <em>every</em> division — and the gun can sit no further from the belt than <strong>2-1/8 inches</strong> in Production, Single-Stack and Carry Optics, or <strong>3-3/8 inches</strong> in Open, Limited, Limited-10, Revolver and Limited Optics (rule 5.2.5), measured from the <strong>outer surface of the belt to the closest point of the grip</strong>. <strong>Thigh straps are legal in USPSA</strong> — that prohibition was removed on 29 February 2024, though thigh <em>holsters</em> still fail the height rule. <strong>IDPA is stricter</strong>: the butt must sit clearly above the top of the belt (8.5.1.12), an OWB holster may not stick out more than <strong>3 inches (7.62 cm)</strong> from your body measured at the top of the belt, cant is limited to vertical or muzzle-rear by <strong>no more than 15 degrees</strong> (8.5.1.6), and magnets may not be used as magazine carriers (8.6.1.3). Cross-draw, shoulder, small-of-the-back and pocket holsters are banned outright (8.5.2). <strong>IPSC is not simply &ldquo;USPSA abroad&rdquo;</strong>: the height rule matches word for word (5.2.7.2, Appendix E3b), but the distance limit is <strong>50 mm in every division</strong> — tighter than any USPSA division — tie-down rigs are still prohibited (5.2.7.1), the muzzle may not point more than <strong>1 metre</strong> from your feet (5.2.7.3), and the January 2026 edition added a seventh division, Optics. <strong>Three things most club advice still gets wrong in 2026:</strong> the USPSA height rule has been renumbered to 5.2.11, thigh straps are no longer banned, and IPSC has no &ldquo;trigger guard behind the hip bone&rdquo; rule — what it has is the Appendix E2 forward line, which binds Standard, Classic, Production, Production Optics and Optics but not Open or Revolver. Full numbers, division by division, are in the <a href="#uspsa-ipsc-and-idpa-holster-rules-the-actual-numbers">holster rules section below</a>.</p>