SchemaEnigma
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I bought this to try a cross-draw for when I am on a long trip in my truck. I haven't used it yet on a road trip, so this review is a bit preliminary. (Works well and is reasonably comfortable in my computer chair and on short trips around town.)
Very good workmanship. Arrived sooner than promised. Looks really good.
Breaking in is a work in progress. I've done the break-in guide alcohol bit 3 times now. It's getting better, but not quite there yet. Still, it will be a keeper, I expect.
At this point, it would be 5 stars, but...
My pistol is a S&W M&P 2.0 9mm full size with a thumb safety.
Two disappointments:
1. It interferes with the magazine release button. Several times when drawing the gun, the mag ended up on the floor, and a couple of times when I just bent over while wearing the holster, it released the mag - which fell on the floor. I "fixed" this by changing the mag release from the left side to the right, but that means I have to re-learn the reloading drill. It's not "natural" to use my trigger finger to release the mag rather than my thumb.
2. Even though I told Craft Holsters my gun had the thumb safety, the holster does not allow for that at all with the retention strap. As a result, the holster will switch off the safety when holstering or drawing, and to make matters worse, the retention strap completely covers the safety so I can't even verify whether it is on or off when holstered with the strap snapped.
Neither of these will make me return the holster, but they may have prevented me from buying it in the first place, so, if this matters to you, take note.
I didn't buy this for CC, (especially with the full-sized 9mm), and that's a good thing, too, because wearing it in the 9:30 - 10:00 position for comfort while seated gives a whole new meaning to the word "printing" if I try to cover it with a shirt. It might work better had I bought it for my EZ pistol, but I still suspect it would be obvious SOMETHING was under my shirt!
Overall: 4 out of 5 stars.
Very good workmanship. Arrived sooner than promised. Looks really good.
Breaking in is a work in progress. I've done the break-in guide alcohol bit 3 times now. It's getting better, but not quite there yet. Still, it will be a keeper, I expect.
At this point, it would be 5 stars, but...
My pistol is a S&W M&P 2.0 9mm full size with a thumb safety.
Two disappointments:
1. It interferes with the magazine release button. Several times when drawing the gun, the mag ended up on the floor, and a couple of times when I just bent over while wearing the holster, it released the mag - which fell on the floor. I "fixed" this by changing the mag release from the left side to the right, but that means I have to re-learn the reloading drill. It's not "natural" to use my trigger finger to release the mag rather than my thumb.
2. Even though I told Craft Holsters my gun had the thumb safety, the holster does not allow for that at all with the retention strap. As a result, the holster will switch off the safety when holstering or drawing, and to make matters worse, the retention strap completely covers the safety so I can't even verify whether it is on or off when holstered with the strap snapped.
Neither of these will make me return the holster, but they may have prevented me from buying it in the first place, so, if this matters to you, take note.
I didn't buy this for CC, (especially with the full-sized 9mm), and that's a good thing, too, because wearing it in the 9:30 - 10:00 position for comfort while seated gives a whole new meaning to the word "printing" if I try to cover it with a shirt. It might work better had I bought it for my EZ pistol, but I still suspect it would be obvious SOMETHING was under my shirt!
Overall: 4 out of 5 stars.
