Yah spend the money on a good quality pistol lanyard. Blackhawk! makes the best lanyard with a locking swivel clip, and its only 19.99. There is nothing wrong with drop legs. I practice drills with my Belt SERPA, and dropleg holdsters. I find it very useful using a dropleg for rifle to pistol transitions. Its only about 6" of difference between belt to drop. But my carbine isnt knocking around on my pistol that way. "Mall Ninja", that title cracks me up.