Bartholomew Roberts
Member
When I first started carrying a pistol, I used to carry "Mexican" style. This works well enough, though I did end up with the pistol down the pants result several times. I eventually decided to by an "Assault Systems" nylon holster (pretty high speed, eh?).
To my surprise, it was worse than Mexican carry in a lot of ways. The pistol not secure without a thumbstrap and with a thumbstrap, the fit was not ideal as it was a "one-size-fits-all" holster. Not only that but instead of the pistol ending up in the pants, the nylon holster tended to dump it out on the ground. It also had the butt of the pistol constantly shifting position.
I then gradually made the switch to better holsters (mostly leather and kydex) and ended up very happy with Milt Sparks.
Today, I saw a post discussing nylon holsters and I started thinking "Why would you ever want one of those? Do they have any role at all for anyone who is serious about carrying a pistol?"
About the only role I could think of was for certain military applications. I have a Tactical Tailor nylon holster on a chest rig and while it still has many of the problems common to nylon holsters, it does serve a particular niche role there better than any of the other solutions I have seen. Am I being too hard on the nylon holster? Is it better than nothing?
To my surprise, it was worse than Mexican carry in a lot of ways. The pistol not secure without a thumbstrap and with a thumbstrap, the fit was not ideal as it was a "one-size-fits-all" holster. Not only that but instead of the pistol ending up in the pants, the nylon holster tended to dump it out on the ground. It also had the butt of the pistol constantly shifting position.
I then gradually made the switch to better holsters (mostly leather and kydex) and ended up very happy with Milt Sparks.
Today, I saw a post discussing nylon holsters and I started thinking "Why would you ever want one of those? Do they have any role at all for anyone who is serious about carrying a pistol?"
About the only role I could think of was for certain military applications. I have a Tactical Tailor nylon holster on a chest rig and while it still has many of the problems common to nylon holsters, it does serve a particular niche role there better than any of the other solutions I have seen. Am I being too hard on the nylon holster? Is it better than nothing?