Mag pops out with pocket carry

[Steve912]

I solved this problem by filing down the magazine release button to the point it didn't protrude where it could be easily bumped. I have since carried it for many years and never experienced an unwanted magazine release.

That's the way to do it. Go to the problem, not the
symptom.

The holster's not the problem, it's the degree of protrusion of
the mag release. You don't need or want anything like an
"extended" release on a carry gun that can be accidentally
actuated, whether by pressure in holster, or pressure from
a hasty grip under stress.

 

[Muss Muggins]

That's the way to do it. Go to the problem, not the
symptom.

The holster's not the problem, it's the degree of protrusion of
the mag release. You don't need or want anything like an
"extended" release on a carry gun that can be accidentally
actuated, whether by pressure in holster, or pressure from
a hasty grip under stress.

Clearly there are two different schools of thought here. Some take a file to a $300 pistol, some take a hole punch to a $40 holster. Both achieve the same result. I'd rather not take the risk of Dremeling just a tad too much off my pistol, but hey, as Gramma Muggins used to say, there's a lid for every pot. Somebody's gotta keep gunsmiths and parts suppliers in business. Others of us choose to keep holster makers in business . . .

 

[Erich]

True on the two schools of thought. I've filed down the mag release on my LCP to good effect and I've punched divots into holsters for other guns. Whatever works for the particular problem you have. (He types, wearing the P320 Subcompact with the mag release switched over to the RH side.)

 

[kthom]

Muss Muggins picture demonstrates the concept of making a hole in your holster at the location of the mag release very well. I could show you mine but it would basically show you the same thing. I tend to agree with Muss also about making the mag release smaller or shorter. When I want to release the mag, I don't want to have to hunt for it or have to make more movement or contortion than absolutely necessary to get a good clean release. I don't want an extended length mag release either, but i prefer not have a shorter one either. The relief provided by the hole in the holster where the mag release touches gets the job done well for me. Now if your mag release happens not to be covered by the holster and is exposed as is the one in the picture above posted by D Brown, then there is no place for the relief hole and so perhaps if the problem exists in that case, your choice would be to file down the mag release or buy a different holster. My choice was to buy a different holster.

 

[bulletslap]

Since I only carry my KelTec 380 as a backup i have strongly considered adding some sort of heel catch to it. I haven't quite figured out how yet.

The Savage Pocket Pistols have an excellent latch, in my opinion.

 

[Whitwabit]

I use a leather wallet style holster to pocket carry my KelTec. Instead of messing with the pistol, I cut a little hole in the holster where the magazine catch would ride, a touch bigger than the catch. Problem solved . . .

I punched out a hole in my wallet style holster for my P238
also .. it had never released but had heard of it happening and a friends KelTec holster release his mag also ..

So as a precaution I did it in advance of any trouble .. was very simple to do ..