At a Glance
Holster innovator and founder of the reactive-shooting Rogers Shooting School.
Schools
- Rogers Holster Company (1973)
- Rogers Shooting School, Ellijay, Georgia
Accomplishments
- Former FBI special agent
- Built the first Kydex holster (c. 1972)
- Early paddle and retention holster designs for police
Books
- Be Fast, Be Accurate, Be the Best (2010)
- FBI agent
- 1972 devised the first Kydex holster
- patented the process to laminate leather to the inside of a sheet material
- 1973 Rogers Holster Company
- devised the first paddle holster
- devised the first “ retention ” holsters
- 1982 devised the electronic shot timer
https://www.competitionelectronics.com/ - 1985 Rogers holster company purchased by Safariland
- 1985 member of Team Safariland
- 1975 Rogers Shooting School
- 2010 Author of “Be Fast, Be Accurate, Be the Best”
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