I bought a GCode for my Kimber recently at a gunshow (GCode dealer), and bought it without trying it first. I liked the way that it worked with my buddy's Glock at the show, so I figured it was good to go with a 1911 (plus I didn't have my Kimber with me). I took it home and was not happy with the retention at the trigger guard.
Anyway, I shot the following email off to our own Scott Evans at G-Code, sent on 10/15/02:
Scott,
I bought a G-Code paddle holster from a vendor at a gunshow (Crossroads of the West, Phoenix), remembering all the recommendations from members of Glocktalk and The Firing Line.
I've carried my Kimber in it several times, and it is very comfortable, rides VERY close to the body, and conceals better than anything else I've tried.
My concern is about the retention. Every other kydex holster I've tried or owned uses the trigger guard as the main point of retention. You can hear and feel the pistol 'snick' into place when the trigger guard makes it past the holster's indentations and locks into its final resting place. The flats of the slide are usually NOT used for friction retention.
However, on my holster, the flats of my 1911 are very tight in the holster. My G-Code pretty much retains just like a leather holster. On my particular example, the trigger guard seems misshapen. The trigger guard area of my holster provides almost no retention. Tightening or loosening the retention screw seems to make absolutely no difference in the level of retention that I'm getting. When holstered, I can turn the holster upside down and give it a little shake and gun comes falling out, even with the screw torqued down.
Is all this normal for your holsters? Or is mine perhaps defective?
Thanks for your time,
Dave
I never received a response, so I sent it again on 10/20/02. To this date, I still haven't gotten a response.
Has their email expired perhaps? Am I being ignored? I'm being careful not to run to any assumptions or try to crucify Scott or the company on this forum, but I'm beginning to wonder.
Anyway, I shot the following email off to our own Scott Evans at G-Code, sent on 10/15/02:
Scott,
I bought a G-Code paddle holster from a vendor at a gunshow (Crossroads of the West, Phoenix), remembering all the recommendations from members of Glocktalk and The Firing Line.
I've carried my Kimber in it several times, and it is very comfortable, rides VERY close to the body, and conceals better than anything else I've tried.
My concern is about the retention. Every other kydex holster I've tried or owned uses the trigger guard as the main point of retention. You can hear and feel the pistol 'snick' into place when the trigger guard makes it past the holster's indentations and locks into its final resting place. The flats of the slide are usually NOT used for friction retention.
However, on my holster, the flats of my 1911 are very tight in the holster. My G-Code pretty much retains just like a leather holster. On my particular example, the trigger guard seems misshapen. The trigger guard area of my holster provides almost no retention. Tightening or loosening the retention screw seems to make absolutely no difference in the level of retention that I'm getting. When holstered, I can turn the holster upside down and give it a little shake and gun comes falling out, even with the screw torqued down.
Is all this normal for your holsters? Or is mine perhaps defective?
Thanks for your time,
Dave
I never received a response, so I sent it again on 10/20/02. To this date, I still haven't gotten a response.
Has their email expired perhaps? Am I being ignored? I'm being careful not to run to any assumptions or try to crucify Scott or the company on this forum, but I'm beginning to wonder.