Okay. So my PD provides us with Safariland Level III holsters, the kind with the thumb-break, the finger break and the internal block...so you have to hit two snaps and rock the gun back to draw it. A bit of a pain to get used to, but once you do its okay.
here's my problem. I was on the range yesterday and noted that the second finger break was starting to feel 'mushy.' It would break, but you had to either hit it JUUUUUUUST right, down by the snap, or really nail it hard to get it to release. During a break I took my gunbelt off and inspected it.
Turns out that the fingerbreak is made of a 'sandwich' of three different synthetic materials. There are two layers (interior and exterior) that are cosmetic and one internal layer that is providing rigidity. This layer hand a noticeable crack in it, allowing the whole piece to bend. So rather then exerting force on the snap and causing it to release, pushing on the fingerbreak was just causing the 'tab' you push on to wiggle and the snap stayed snapped.
Normally we would just go to the stockroom and sign out a new holster, but I was given some bad news. Some cost-cutting genius had decided that we would no longer be offered the level III holster. All new LEOs and anyone with a holster failure would be issued a level I holster.
So, my question is 1. anyone know how to fix this problem? or 2. anyone know if safariland will replace the holster? It is less than 1 year old...
Thanks,
Mike
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here's my problem. I was on the range yesterday and noted that the second finger break was starting to feel 'mushy.' It would break, but you had to either hit it JUUUUUUUST right, down by the snap, or really nail it hard to get it to release. During a break I took my gunbelt off and inspected it.
Turns out that the fingerbreak is made of a 'sandwich' of three different synthetic materials. There are two layers (interior and exterior) that are cosmetic and one internal layer that is providing rigidity. This layer hand a noticeable crack in it, allowing the whole piece to bend. So rather then exerting force on the snap and causing it to release, pushing on the fingerbreak was just causing the 'tab' you push on to wiggle and the snap stayed snapped.
Normally we would just go to the stockroom and sign out a new holster, but I was given some bad news. Some cost-cutting genius had decided that we would no longer be offered the level III holster. All new LEOs and anyone with a holster failure would be issued a level I holster.
So, my question is 1. anyone know how to fix this problem? or 2. anyone know if safariland will replace the holster? It is less than 1 year old...
Thanks,
Mike
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"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert Heinlein