Vanguard.45
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Greetings,
I recently purchased an M&P 9mm and was wanting to buy a Galco Concealable holster for it. Unfortunately, I am a LEFTY, and Galco doesn't make a Concealable in LH for any M&P other than the 45 version.
Here's the question: Usually, the Concealable is really tight when one initialy gets it. So, are the slide/ frame dimensions on the 45 close enough to the 9/40 version that I could use it and take advantage of the initial tightness (i.e. it will just never be forced to stretch and, thus, will still hold on to the pistol)? I know the barrel is .25" longer, but that is no worry to me. Mainly, I just don't want the thing flopping around in the holster.
I did this with a Sig 225 as I put it into a Sig 229 holster and it was fine, even though the slide was wider on the 229. The trick, though, was that I never had put the wider 229 into it, so it didn't stretch.
What are your thoughts? I had heard the widths between the 45 and the 9/40 versions might be the same??? Is this true?
Thanks,
Vanguard.45
I recently purchased an M&P 9mm and was wanting to buy a Galco Concealable holster for it. Unfortunately, I am a LEFTY, and Galco doesn't make a Concealable in LH for any M&P other than the 45 version.
Here's the question: Usually, the Concealable is really tight when one initialy gets it. So, are the slide/ frame dimensions on the 45 close enough to the 9/40 version that I could use it and take advantage of the initial tightness (i.e. it will just never be forced to stretch and, thus, will still hold on to the pistol)? I know the barrel is .25" longer, but that is no worry to me. Mainly, I just don't want the thing flopping around in the holster.
I did this with a Sig 225 as I put it into a Sig 229 holster and it was fine, even though the slide was wider on the 229. The trick, though, was that I never had put the wider 229 into it, so it didn't stretch.
What are your thoughts? I had heard the widths between the 45 and the 9/40 versions might be the same??? Is this true?
Thanks,
Vanguard.45