txblackout
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Im not sure what you mean, couldnt you just pull it out? In any case Id like to try one, but cant really find them.
If anyone has a used one let me know.
I would really, REALLY say you don't want a soft holster. I know folks hate it when someone tells them they don't want what they think they want, but soft holsters are really a poor choice for carrying a sidearm.
They do not retain their shape when you draw, which means you end up either "shoe-horning" the gun into it (pointing the muzzle at your own body while you try to lever the thing open with your gun), or you have to get your support hand in front of the gun and try to hold the holster open, or you have to un-do your belt and maybe even remove the holster to put the gun in it. Those are bad things.
Bad enough when you're putting the gun on in the safety of your home, but how about for all those thousands of training reps you're going to want to do on the range? Or, heaven forbid, when you've drawn in a moment of danger and need to holster so you can open a door, render aid, or secure your gun while waiting for the responders to arrive? Smoothly and securely reholstering is an important function that cheap softies utterly fail to provide.
Further the retention of your gun is just in no way comparable to a good, high-quality kydex or leather holster.
This isn't a case of needing a cheap screw-driver to pry off paint lids or a $3 Harbor Freight hammer so you can bang up a picture hook. This is a serious piece of kit to carry a deadly weapon you might need to save your life.
I think that's a little much. I agree that having a spare mag on the strong side would be awkward, and I agree that using a Remora for quick re-holstering practice won't work. That being said, I use a Remora every day and have for a couple of years now. The gun stays in the holster and then the holster & gun go IWB. In fact, I feel that this is much safer than a lot of setups that I've seen where you are moving the gun in and out of the holster in the mornings and evenings. My gun doesn't come out of the holster unless I'm going to fire it. Yes, when I do draw the gun I have to take very special care when putting it back in the holster and in certain situations I've pulled the holster out of my pants, re-holstered and then put gun & holster back IWB. Practice should be on quick un-holstering which you can do with this holster, not quick re-holstering which probably shouldn't be done with any holster.Hmmmm... a soft, floppy holster that DOESN'T even have a belt clip?
Please take our admonition as given in only the best spirit, but please find another way.
A real holster that holds its shape (so you can holster and re-holster safely) and which is truly secure on the belt can be just as comfortable (even MORE so) than any floppy cheapie like that.
On another forum I wrote about this as well:
Practice should be on quick un-holstering which you can do with this holster, not quick re-holstering which probably shouldn't be done with any holster.