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meh
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06-03-2011, 12:00 AM
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what do you think love it hate it please explain
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06-03-2011, 12:03 AM
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Tactical use ok. Otherwise they are useless.
Have no need for one. I carry concealed.
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06-03-2011, 12:06 AM
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i plan on concealed as well testing on sunday. but if im out ill probably carry open and most hip holsters ive used i dont like just seems unnatural. though if i get used to carrying like that i guess it would become natural. thigh seems a better spot for me but im indecisive so i figured id get the valued experience from the board
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06-03-2011, 12:14 AM
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Should have said that I don't have much experience with them. Worn one a time or two but it didn't feel natural.
If I wore one in public, my hand would instinctively go to my belt line or pocket. Just not used to the holster so low.
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06-03-2011, 12:31 AM
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guess its what you start out with. iyll be less public more like if im hiking or somethimg like that.
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06-03-2011, 11:28 AM
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if you wear a leg drop holster in public....you will attract a LOT of attention...just saying...
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06-03-2011, 11:42 AM
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I like my gun close to the belt and not flopping around.
I do have a Buscadero Cowboy rig, but i changed it for a more tight fit
with the holster closer to the belt.
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06-03-2011, 12:11 PM
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well the poll seems to be pretty well one sided. 75% hate them. guess ill look for a better option. still may get one if i can pick it up fairly cheap.
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06-03-2011, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by jagen heie
what do you think love it hate it please explain
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Sir, it's not really a love/hate thing. As Mr. Moondawg correctly notes, it's a specialized item for situations that relatively few of us find ourselves in. I no longer wear green clothes for a living, so have no need for one.
FWIW, the first thigh holsters I saw were worn by Recon Marines during GWI, and they were just regular M9 holsters worn on extenders made by the unit's parachute riggers. The idea was to keep the pistol below your flak jacket and warbelt, and also to keep the pistol on your person when you weren't wearing the rest of your deuce gear.
In that context, they made sense. For concealed carry or even open carry in the woods, not so much.
Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.
Ron H.
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06-03-2011, 05:17 PM
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If you have a mullet you might be able to pull off the look of that holster.
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06-03-2011, 06:42 PM
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Only while wearing my utility belt and my black BDUs tucked into my combat boots.
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06-03-2011, 06:59 PM
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If your body armor covers your hip area they are necessary, other wise they are floppy unless you cinch them tourniquet tight. They were originally designed for specialized use to clear the long body armor some British special units used and a video clip of them storming an Iranian embassy made everybody think they were a must have.
In everyday outdoor use they are uncomfortable if you have them adjusted tight enough to stay on the side of your hip. They tend to catch on doorways, car doors. brush, etc. Unless you regularly wear a deployment vest there are better choices out there.
If you feel you need one, try the Safariland shorter mounting plate with a single leg strap. It clears most vests and armor and carries the gun much higher and works better than the two leg strap style.
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06-03-2011, 08:23 PM
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I have a whole bunch of holsters, but have absolutely no use for one of those.
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06-04-2011, 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by MOONDAWG
...unless you're deployed in the sand box toteing lots of gear or repelling down a high rise with SWAT they're a pain in the @$$...
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Yea but they look so wicked cool.....makes you look like .......an "OPERATOR"
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Some military stuff transitions into civilian purpose very well. A holster of this type is designed to carry a secondary weapon, the primary being a AW. (Yuk I hate that designation)
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it has its place.
Leg drops put the grip of the pistol right at your fingertips and lend to high speed low drag draws.
the downsides are that you end up with a heavy leg and potential retention issues if you find need of the act of running, they are looked upon with great concern in all situations where being dressed like Genghis Khan is less than appropriate.
This leaves them in a rather narrow band of use.
A waist level system is far more useful in far more environments.
I did, however, favor a leg drop type when in deep back country areas where you could get only 2 bars ... but they served liquor and you couldn't place a call with em
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I was issued one while serving as a police trainer in Afghanistan. Tried it a few times and then threw it back into the seabag. After being a cop for 27 years (25 years in the States and 2 in Kosovo), I was used to a high ride, butt forward thumb break holster. I carried my Beretta M9 in a nylon Bianchi holster.
I carried an M4 5.56, at times, in the sandbox as well as the M9. With the right sling, the high ride holster was no problem. If I had had to carry as much gear as did our Marines and soldiers did, I might have tried to adapt to a leg holster.
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06-04-2011, 04:35 PM
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Our PD used a type of canted drop holster when I served. I liked it, except in the patrol car. Since it didn't swivel, it was sort of a pain, but great to get to when he needed to.
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06-04-2011, 04:44 PM
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I use one while hunting, as my rifle, while slung, will bump up against my pistol otherwise. Other than that, it REALLY gets in the way.
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