Help with 1911 while hunting wearing a backpack

[Biggerhammer]

I use Kaluban Cloak or a Raven Concealment Kydex Holsters. You can wear it on your waist and the waist strap of your pack will fit comfortably over it. With the built in inner guard(As seen in the pics), it protects the hammer and safety from movement and also from digging into you from the pressure of your packs waist belt. I prefer a 90 degree straight draw so it can be worn on my left or right side. I'm right handed and if a holster any can't forward, when it is worn on my left side it makes it almost impossible to skin the handgun efficiently. I won't wear my handgun on my packs belt, in the event I have to dump my pack. I want my handgun on my person. It has worked well for me and is very strong and durable.

The solid structure of the Cloak is not affected by the pressure of the packs waist strap on it. Meaning it doesn't collapse the holster any and the draw is still quick and efficient.

Kaluban Cloak





Raven Concealment

The Raven has a shorter inner guard than that of the Cloak. It has worked well and been comfortable just the same. I learned my lesson with the cant on the Raven and not being able to draw it efficiently on my leftmside. That's why I went with zero can't on the Cloak.

 

[JTQ]

Biggerhammer good post and both may be good options.

I'm right handed and if a holster any can't forward, when it is worn on my left side it makes it almost impossible to skin the handgun efficiently.

I learned my lesson with the cant on the Raven and not being able to draw it efficiently on my leftmside. That's why I went with zero can't on the Cloak.

I have some clarification for those considering the options you mentioned. The Raven, and I assume the Kaluban Cloak though I have no experience with that holster, is an adjustable cant holster. You can adjust the cant for cross draw if you care to wear a right hand holster on the the left side.

The Raven you have appears to be the MD cut which should be a zero cant holster. Yours has, the shorter sweat shield, and the bobbed corner at the leading edge of the holster beyond the front sight of the MD cut. The standard Raven will have a sweat shield that ends at the end of the back of the slide. It will also have an additional adjustment hole at the bottom of the holster and in the "normal" position, will ride at 10 degrees of cant.

 

[tarosean]

With the 1911 on my waist, the backpack waist strap goes over the hammer of the 1911, and puts pressure on the hammer from the side, pushing into my body. I'm comfortable, but is this side pressure of the weight from the backpack going to be a concern in bending the part in any way? The backpack is not light.

what about sewing a cheap uncle mikes to the backpack waist strap?

 

[Biggerhammer]

I can always just stuff it in my back pocket like I Do with a Glock 23 all the time, no joke.

 

[Rexster]

Another recommendation of the Safepacker!

The Safepacker was originally designed to work with backpacks and such gear used by mountain search-and-rescue teams. The materials and construction are far better than many, if not most nylon gear on the market today.