To preface, I've always been one who thought the high-end holstermakers were WAY overpriced, and have studiously avoided them. I always thought the lower-priced makers did a fine job (and many of them do!) and I'd just be paying for a name with one of the big-name companies. I refused to pay over $49.95 for any holster. I figured all the holsters concealed "almost" as well as I'd like them to, and it wouldn't make a difference. However, I got fed up enough to send off the cash (well, pull out the credit card) and see if the pricier stuff really performs.
It does.
It really, really does.
Got the new VM2 yesterday (thanks again to Lightning Arms!) and put it on last night. First impression, comfy. Nicely comfy. Holds the gun butt nice and close. Put on shorts and a T-shirt, went to get my photographer's vest to cover. Walking past the mirror on my way to get the vest, I noticed I wasn't printing. At all. Zero print. I giggled. I stood in front of the mirror and I bent, folded, spindled, and mutilated. Slight printing when bending wrong with one arm outstretched holding a wok. I have to TRY to print with this rig. I tried several T-shirts, and the same results with all. Then I went out for the evening, without my vest, with a full-sized steel 1911 in naught but shorts and a T-shirt. Wooooo-hoooo!
Went over to my parents house. I got out of the car, and went to readjust my holster, as all my previous ones would shift when sitting in the car. It was still where I'd left it. No shifting whatsoever - completely stable. Asked my father if he could find the gun. He said "Yeah, I see it" and proceeded to point to the wrong hip. I giggled some more.
Short conclusion, I LOVE this holster. Worth every penny. Thanks to the good folks at Milt Sparks, and thanks yet again for the excellent service at Lightning Arms.
It does.
It really, really does.
Got the new VM2 yesterday (thanks again to Lightning Arms!) and put it on last night. First impression, comfy. Nicely comfy. Holds the gun butt nice and close. Put on shorts and a T-shirt, went to get my photographer's vest to cover. Walking past the mirror on my way to get the vest, I noticed I wasn't printing. At all. Zero print. I giggled. I stood in front of the mirror and I bent, folded, spindled, and mutilated. Slight printing when bending wrong with one arm outstretched holding a wok. I have to TRY to print with this rig. I tried several T-shirts, and the same results with all. Then I went out for the evening, without my vest, with a full-sized steel 1911 in naught but shorts and a T-shirt. Wooooo-hoooo!
Went over to my parents house. I got out of the car, and went to readjust my holster, as all my previous ones would shift when sitting in the car. It was still where I'd left it. No shifting whatsoever - completely stable. Asked my father if he could find the gun. He said "Yeah, I see it" and proceeded to point to the wrong hip. I giggled some more.
Short conclusion, I LOVE this holster. Worth every penny. Thanks to the good folks at Milt Sparks, and thanks yet again for the excellent service at Lightning Arms.
