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What Holster Do You Use for EDC?
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I carry my p365 in a Concealment Express IWB holster. It carries and conceals well, light enough that I carry in a machine shop in Ga with no AC without issue. My S&W 360 is either in a Mika pocket holster, or a custom formed Kydex paddle holster from North Ga Holster Company
Bartholomew Roberts
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Milt Sparks Versa-Max 2 and Galco pocket holster.
It doesn't have to be complex or expensive. A lot of these holsters are bigger and bulkier than the gun that goes in them.
I have 2-3 holsters similar to this. Some a bit bigger. I slide it between my pants and hip at about 4 o'clock and wear it all day. I carried a Sig 365 this way on a 12 mile hike in some rugged terrain about a year ago. I wanted it to stay concealed since it was on a crowded trail in a National Park.
Wore my G19 the same way for 16 hours straight while riding an ATV and hiking in January. I was participating in a search for a missing person.
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Scorpi...d=1595716589&sprefix=holster,aps,155&sr=8-168
I have 2-3 holsters similar to this. Some a bit bigger. I slide it between my pants and hip at about 4 o'clock and wear it all day. I carried a Sig 365 this way on a 12 mile hike in some rugged terrain about a year ago. I wanted it to stay concealed since it was on a crowded trail in a National Park.
Wore my G19 the same way for 16 hours straight while riding an ATV and hiking in January. I was participating in a search for a missing person.
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Scorpi...d=1595716589&sprefix=holster,aps,155&sr=8-168
HighValleyRanch
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minimalist holsters
Since no one has posted photos of any like these. These are my favorite minimalist holsters
The Kimber K6 is in a minimal kydex holster I made.
The Kahr PM9 is wearing a Boraii pocket holster.
The Kahr P45 is wearing a Raven Vanguard trigger holster
The Glock 21c is wearing a clip draw with a generic trigger holster.
All of these can be quickly modified to wear AIWB or ASOB (reverse grip)
(ASOB is almost small of back at 5 O'clock)
Since no one has posted photos of any like these. These are my favorite minimalist holsters
The Kimber K6 is in a minimal kydex holster I made.
The Kahr PM9 is wearing a Boraii pocket holster.
The Kahr P45 is wearing a Raven Vanguard trigger holster
The Glock 21c is wearing a clip draw with a generic trigger holster.
All of these can be quickly modified to wear AIWB or ASOB (reverse grip)
(ASOB is almost small of back at 5 O'clock)
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armoredman
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I'm waiting for mine to come in. This is the one I decided to go with for my P365 as I like the ability to adjust the height of the clip.
Red River Tactical
https://rrtholsters.com
I like minimalist kydex and all Red River Tactical holsters I’ve ever purchased have been perfect as far fit and securing the gun and like everyone else, I’ve tried a lot.
https://rrtholsters.com
I like minimalist kydex and all Red River Tactical holsters I’ve ever purchased have been perfect as far fit and securing the gun and like everyone else, I’ve tried a lot.
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Just got my Vedder Holsters Light Tuck for the P365. Really impressed with it!
It's super comfortable and holds the pistol high enough so I can bend and sit without it digging into my hip crease, plus the claw is very large and presses perfectly against my belt.
Super happy with this holster for IWB carry, A much better design than many other's I've seen thta have the belt clip at the very top of the holster, which causes the holster to ride low and dig into your hip crease.
It's super comfortable and holds the pistol high enough so I can bend and sit without it digging into my hip crease, plus the claw is very large and presses perfectly against my belt.
Super happy with this holster for IWB carry, A much better design than many other's I've seen thta have the belt clip at the very top of the holster, which causes the holster to ride low and dig into your hip crease.
Ramiaqrabawi
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From Concealment Express. This is by far the best holster I've had
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corneileous: The Vedder holsters do not scratch my guns. I also now own a Garrett kydex holster with an inner lining in black leather. I ordered a Bare Arms holster recently and it arrived badly warped. Even the sweat shield was warped. They've promised a refund (?) and informed me that they're going out of business (?). So I can imagine how your experience with kydex might color your own experience. I've carried in kydex for many years here in South Florida and elsewhere so I'm perfectly able to make up my own mind about them. I'm using what I've found to be the best products in that category (Vedder, Tulster, Garrett and several others).
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corneileous
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That’s good that your holsters don’t scratch your guns but so far out of the Kydex holsters I’ve owned, they badly scratched my Ruger LC9S and even for the short period of using my bare arms holster, it’s put a few light scratches on the slide of my XDE. But then again, I wasn’t aware that there was a Kydex holster out there that came wine with a protective lining that kept from scratching your pistol.
But either way, protective liner or not, I think if I ever have another outside the waistband pancake holster built ever again, I’m gonna spend the money and go with one that’s leather only because leather is a little bit more flexible and comfortable, and there’s really no need for a layer of anything on the inside of one to protect the finish of your pistol.
But that’s too bad that your bare arms; I’m assuming you’re talking about bare arms and not bare hand, holster was warped like that when you got it. Mine showed up in really good shape. It probably wasn’t totally and completely necessary but because of how they molded the plastic around each one of the safety levers on my pistol, they kind of got a little too carried away with molding the plastic around those so after I busted out the hairdryer and reformed the plastic and after that, it felt great. I’m real happy with that holster other than that it’s not very comfortable and that it’s not very forgiving to my gun’s finish. But it works, because I only use that holster in the winter time when I can’t pocket carry in a pair of shorts.
I don’t know though, if any of those other holster brands that you mentioned can make a lot more of a comfortable holster that’s not gonna scratch my gun, I may have to consider those, or I may just do like what I said before and just get me one that’s made out of leather.
But that’s too bad that bare arms is going out of business. It’s kind of funny how it says on their website that it’s all due to COVID-19 but still, for whatever the reason is, that sucks. I only went with them because they were the only holster maker that I could find that could make a holster for my pistol with a laser on it.
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Every holster wears your guns finsh, no matter what its made of.
If you wear your gun every day, and especially if you have an active lifestyle, you will likely come out a lot better in the long run, with the kydex holsters.
They dont suck up sweat and get, and stay soaking wet, they dont embed abrasives into the holster, just aggravating and accelerating the wear on the gun, and they can be easily cleaned under the kitchen tap, and dried with a paper towel, they dont rub you raw, when your shirt rides up and the holster ends up against your bear skin.
Yes, they do tend to wear your guns finish at specific contact points, but those are often small, and unnoticeable.
Leather, on the other hand, tends to wear the guns finish more overall, because it contacts more of the guns surface. Wet leather doesnt dry out overnight and isnt at all friendly to guns with rust-prone finishes, and even those that might resist it.
My rust issues went away as soon as I switched to kydex holsters.
And one big difference between the two is cost. The kydex holsters last/hold up to hard, daily use, basically forever, and usually at about half the price of a decent leather holster.
If you wear your gun every day, and especially if you have an active lifestyle, you will likely come out a lot better in the long run, with the kydex holsters.
They dont suck up sweat and get, and stay soaking wet, they dont embed abrasives into the holster, just aggravating and accelerating the wear on the gun, and they can be easily cleaned under the kitchen tap, and dried with a paper towel, they dont rub you raw, when your shirt rides up and the holster ends up against your bear skin.
Yes, they do tend to wear your guns finish at specific contact points, but those are often small, and unnoticeable.
Leather, on the other hand, tends to wear the guns finish more overall, because it contacts more of the guns surface. Wet leather doesnt dry out overnight and isnt at all friendly to guns with rust-prone finishes, and even those that might resist it.
My rust issues went away as soon as I switched to kydex holsters.
And one big difference between the two is cost. The kydex holsters last/hold up to hard, daily use, basically forever, and usually at about half the price of a decent leather holster.
9ballbilly
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My EDC since December of 2017 has been a Para Ordnance elite commander 1911 .45 acp. Since day one I've carried it OWB in a Tagua 4in1 leather holster.
Occasionally, when I'm out in the weeds I carry my Colt Pocket Positive .32 S&W long in a hunter 1100 series leather belt holster.
Occasionally, when I'm out in the weeds I carry my Colt Pocket Positive .32 S&W long in a hunter 1100 series leather belt holster.
corneileous
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I can’t vouch for how well or how bad a leather holster respects a gun’s finish but I’ve heard from quite a few people that use them that say quite the opposite. I dunno myself because even though I do have a few leather holsters, they’ve never really been used to EDC a pistol because the majority of my guns that have been carried on a daily basis had all been carried in kydex holsters.
The Ruger LC9S that I started out carrying, got carried for the longest time in a kydex Alien Gear hybrid holster and then I started carrying it in a Cross Breed Super tuck hybrid kydex holster and between the two of those holsters, the slide got pretty scratched and the finish worn almost completely off. I even had a little bit of rusting on the side of the slide too but I guess that could be due to those holsters being on the inside of my jeans, too.
My Springfield XDE when I first got it, I carried it for about two months straight in an OWB pancake kydex Bare Arms holster and just in that little of time, it’s got a few scratches accumulated but once I quit carrying it that way and started pocket carrying it in a DeSantis Nemesis Ultra-sticky pocket holster, the scratching and blemishing stopped.
I did carry one of my storms for a couple weeks in a leather pancake OWB holster that I got from Beretta that didn’t scratch the finish at all on that gun but I highly doubt that was long enough to even cause any wear.
I dunno, I think the quality of the holster you buy makes a difference, tho. If I decide to move ahead and start carrying my full-size 45 storm on casual occasions, I plan on conceal carrying it in a leather pancake style OWB holster from either Lobo Gun Leather or Tucker Gun leather, don’t know yet.
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