Sebastian the Ibis
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Ok, so I took a tumble the other day and my pistol came out unexpectedly -- I noticed it on the ground as I got up and dusted myself off. So now despite having a closet full of holsters, I realize I must continue my quest for the perfect holster. Right now my favorite holster is a comptac minautar with grip tape wrapped around the kydex to keep the gun in. I want something better.
Here are my criteria:
1. Inside the Waistband. I like to carry a full sized pistol. OWB guns poke out under a shirt.
2. Kydex around the gun. Leather gets too soft in the humidity, causing the holster to get loose. Also, guns can't be re-holstered when training without putting your fingers in front of the muzzle.
2(a). I do like the leather panel between the gun and skin - but I can live without this.
3. Some sort of retention stronger than rubber bushings. I am done with rubber bushings (like cheap scope rings) I have cried many times, I do not trust them to be reliable and am done with them.
4. Belt LOOPS not clips. Clips are not reliable, eventually you will draw and your holster will come out with the gun. My number one failure clearance when training is shucking a holster off the end of my gun. I will probably have to live without this since nobody makes an IWB holster with loops, but I would rather not.
There a lot of holsters that come close:
https://www.safariland.com/products...nder_hasaddon=&dwfrm_holsterfinder_addontype=
... but the reviews indicate the exact issues I have. Namely clips suck and the holster should have loops.
I think there is some sort of institutional reluctance to having an IWB holster with loops not clips or hooks, since the loops would have to go over a belt. However, I think this is the key to getting reliable retention. Companies like Fobus or Safariland make good OWB holsters with passive retention sufficient that only a firm yank will remove the gun. However, that degree of passive retention would cause belt clips to fail every time resulting the draw of a secured firearm.
A lot of companies make leather thumbreak IWB holsters:
https://www.safariland.com/products...nder_hasaddon=&dwfrm_holsterfinder_addontype=
But these don't work for training since the leather gets too soft in the sweaty humidity and reholstering becomes a PITA. I wish they would just incorporate a Kydex or metal ring around the mouth of the holster to keep it open.
What say you? Does my goolge-fu need reprograming, or does the unicorn I seek just not exist?
Here are my criteria:
1. Inside the Waistband. I like to carry a full sized pistol. OWB guns poke out under a shirt.
2. Kydex around the gun. Leather gets too soft in the humidity, causing the holster to get loose. Also, guns can't be re-holstered when training without putting your fingers in front of the muzzle.
2(a). I do like the leather panel between the gun and skin - but I can live without this.
3. Some sort of retention stronger than rubber bushings. I am done with rubber bushings (like cheap scope rings) I have cried many times, I do not trust them to be reliable and am done with them.
4. Belt LOOPS not clips. Clips are not reliable, eventually you will draw and your holster will come out with the gun. My number one failure clearance when training is shucking a holster off the end of my gun. I will probably have to live without this since nobody makes an IWB holster with loops, but I would rather not.
There a lot of holsters that come close:
https://www.safariland.com/products...nder_hasaddon=&dwfrm_holsterfinder_addontype=
... but the reviews indicate the exact issues I have. Namely clips suck and the holster should have loops.
I think there is some sort of institutional reluctance to having an IWB holster with loops not clips or hooks, since the loops would have to go over a belt. However, I think this is the key to getting reliable retention. Companies like Fobus or Safariland make good OWB holsters with passive retention sufficient that only a firm yank will remove the gun. However, that degree of passive retention would cause belt clips to fail every time resulting the draw of a secured firearm.
A lot of companies make leather thumbreak IWB holsters:
https://www.safariland.com/products...nder_hasaddon=&dwfrm_holsterfinder_addontype=
But these don't work for training since the leather gets too soft in the sweaty humidity and reholstering becomes a PITA. I wish they would just incorporate a Kydex or metal ring around the mouth of the holster to keep it open.
What say you? Does my goolge-fu need reprograming, or does the unicorn I seek just not exist?