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What IWB do you guys use for your J-frames with a thumb break?
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What IWB do you guys use for your J-frames with a thumb break?
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02-21-2009, 07:40 AM
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You will have a hard time finding a holster such as that.
I don't know of any holster makers that do so.]
I carry my 637 in a Comp-Tac CTAC
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I use a Mika, open top, for ease of draw. I believe he'll make one with snap if you ask him to.
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Thumb break IWBs are not vey common for good reason...the gun is lower and tighter into the body...not only doesn't it need one, but it can be harder to manipulate. I use a simple horsehide off set clip-on from Del Fatti...
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I use either a K&D Thunderbird or an Andrews McDaniel II. Either maker would add a thumb break but I don't see why you'd want one.
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02-21-2009, 09:51 AM
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Quote:
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I use either a K&D Thunderbird or an Andrews McDaniel II. Either maker would add a thumb break but I don't see why you'd want one.
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When I am working around the yard and house working in the garden and playing with the dog and my sons rolling around the grass. I like the extra security of a thumb break or strap.
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you shouldn't be rolling around with a gun on anyway...you could hurt yourself.
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Quote:
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When I am working around the yard and house working in the garden and playing with the dog and my sons rolling around the grass. I like the extra security of a thumb break or strap.
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I've done all that with that 637 in that CTAC and it has never, ever, moved out of the holster unless I wanted it to.
One advantage of most kydex holsters is that retention is adjustable with the turn of a screw. But even when retention is increased, due to the nature of the material the gun pops right out once you break the resistance.
A short barreled pistol in a kydex holster is lightning fast on the draw. My 637 and my 3" 29 are both carried IWB in kydex and they are incredibly fast in presentation.
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Five bucks buys a simple, slip one, suede IWB holster off Ebay. That's what I have. Works fine. If you use it in conjunction with a clip draw on the gun itself, it is going to stay put, save perhaps if someone is holding you by your ankles and shaking you.
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I've never seen a thumb break IWB for a J frame. I use this:
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A Bianchi #3 pocket pistol holster is what your looking for,it is a great IWB holster.Don't let pocket pistol name misled you it is IWB.
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As stated before, IWB does not require snap retention. Your belt and body will retain it very well.
OWB is a different story....I prefer snap retention for OWB.
A real Gunbelt is a necessity, and almost more important than the holster itself.
I have a trunk full of holsters and other type gun rigs to prove what works.
BTW, if you don't like the advice, just buy a large trunk for your own collection.
(CompTac MTAC for my .45)
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I find thumb breaks unnecessary in OWBs as well. I only buy custom boned holsters, so the pistol is retained by the glove like fit. The gun will NOT fall out on its own.
I am not concerned about gun grabs. No one knows I have a gun on me and I am not a plain clothes cop who ocassionally has to go hand to hand with scumbags.
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I have many IWB holsters from Wild Bills Concealment. My first holster I ordered, I ordered IWB with a thumb break. He told me it
was unessasary I ordered it anyhow. After a short time I cut the thumb break off and all my other holster from him were without it.
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I too bought a model 6L "small revl" Bianchi IWB many moons ago. I was just thinking about cutting the thumb break off the other day. It doesn't exactly fit a centennial frame real swell, buts it's adequate better for external hammer J frames. I bought the thumb break when I was young and thought that I might actually need to run with holstered gun. Now days when a younger 40 or 50 year old women is advancing on me with only one thing on her mind. I blow my rape whistle and scream like a little boy. Works pretty good deterring those women bycracky. Course my ugly old geezer face helps too. From fertile minds comes fertilizer.
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Thanks everyone. I found a new desantas in the bargain bin for 7 bucks. It can be worn IWB and OWB.
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I found a new desantas for 7 bucks.
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Hard to argue with that.
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Yup, every once in a while the bargain big has some nice stuff!!
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