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DallasTX
12-26-2003, 02:02
Does anyone have any experience on this type of holsters? I'm used to always tucking in my shirt but I can't do it when I'm carrying. Ankle holsters are not an option either since I carry my service issue Beretta which is about the size of a small cannon. Thanks for any input.
Check this out:
http://www.desantisholster.com/n91.html
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CanineCop
12-26-2003, 23:44
I've never liked tuckable holsters. The shirt tucks all the way around except where the gun makes it possible to only tuck 2-3", therefor it prints like hell particularly with a beretta. I go T-shirt with a open, untucked button down on top or a fanny pack or an untucked polo with an IWB in the summer and sweat shirts or fleece jackets in the winter.
Just my 2 cents, good luck, John
Celtic Warrior
01-05-2004, 08:06
I've carried this way for many years...I use a Galco "Deep Cover" (a similar design to what you're looking at...which by the way I'm considering getting)
I love it, however it does have it's limitations and I would never attempt it with a pistol as large as your issue...I carry a Glock model 30 there.
You sacrifice a small amount of speed but you gain a great deal of concealability even in light clothing (shorts & a "T" shirt)
I have a Brigade gunleather tuckable IWB holster that I use to carry my P220. I'm not sure if they make it anymore because I don't see it on their web site.
I only tuck in over the gun occasionally for the same reasons stated by canine cop. I normally use it like a regular IWB holster with an untucked T-shirt or coat over it. I carried this way for 2 years when I worked narcotics.
Check out these holsters
http://www.blade-tech.com/frontend?command=ProductMatrix&iProductId=3043&iSectionId=4376
http://www.wildbillsconcealment.com/waist.html
(Undercover)
I have both of these holsters for my kahr k-9 and the blade tech for my glock 19. Very well made and very concealable, and because of the molded construction, it can be easily reholstered. The blade tech/ kahr combination was used as my backup weapon under my shirt when i worked in uniform, and even now working narcotics. the wild bill was the first of the three purchased and because of the snap closure, i won't wear it while working but it is probably a little more comfortable because the leather gives.
personally, i don't like the idea of the desantis, because it looks like soft ballistic nylon construction. In 1991 i purchased one of the first s&w 1076 10mm pistols. a big pistol, but i carried it daily even in the summer, in an unclemikes floppy nylon iwb holster which i modified with a piece of nylon webbing to create a tuckable iwb holster. i took pictures and asked if desantis and uncle mike would produce something like this. the response i got back from both said that they did not produce custom holsters. 10 years later every company has one. oh well. it is not for everyone, but it does fill the void that exists somwhere between untucked t-shirt and a jacket. just my opinion.
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