Holster Problem Part II
Another style of holster - this one is a drop holster— so named because all you do is drop the .44 Magnum (another firearm I like very much) into it and gravity does the rest— not always great though- read why…
I have a few universal holsters— they’ll pretty much carry whatever I put into it— one of them is a very small drop holster— a bit like the one above but far less fancy— see how the one in the pic is formed to the firearm? That creates a comfy pocket to keep everything in place. I have a few of those. The one I’m talking about is not formed and really just two pieces of flat leather stitched together.
The only thing holding the pistol in its place is gravity— not a big deal when you’re carrying a very heavy .44 Magnum like the one above— but as I said one of the things about the Sig P232 that is so great is it’s crazy light— so light in fact you can’t feel it when you’re carrying it.
That means I’m constantly checking that its still there whenever I leave a place and I’m always concerned its going to just fall out somewhere while I’m sitting (and that would be very very bad).
I was dining at the Boynton on Highland Street on a busy Saturday afternoon and I was sat in one of the high level booths at the front of the building— you have to use a little foot railing to kind of jump up into it. They are very comfy and the food at the Boynton is top notch.
As the three of us finished our meal and paid the check we packed up ready to leave— my two companions who were sitting across from me essentially jumped up and out of the booth and started walking toward the exit. I reached down and sure enough, pistol had decided to jump out of my holster. Remember I mentioned problems with black pistols? Booths tend to be black leather, the restaurant keeps the lighting low— you can’t see the little bugger quickly so you have to kind of feel around for it.
As I got up to look for it a gentleman from a table back behind mine stopped (there’s a narrow kind of aisle you walk out of) to let me out— I waved him on and said I’d be a minute— he said he was in no rush.
Okay.
So I dug around the booth, found my pistol and holstered it with him watching.
At that point I decided I needed some kind of holster that will actually HOLD this pistol, but there are a lot of choices. There are plastic holsters that have a button to release the pistol— I like those but they are huge and impossible to hide without looking like you have some kind of right sided hip disease. Leather is almost always my first choice but you have to break those in and for at least a week getting it to let go of the pistol is Abbott and Costello Meet The Wild West comical.
Sneaky Pete Holster
I like this one— the idea being so many people now carry medical devices around nobody will give a second thought to seeing this on your hip. You can even get one of the disguised ones that says “first aid” or has the medical symbol on it. I did what I normally do when I’m thinking about buying something- I ran it by #2 and #3 sons.
#3 son asked why I don’t just get a Louis Vitton ™ purse instead.
#2 son said it was cool but he thought I would never wear it. He might be right— the pic might be deceptive, I don’t know how big this really is.
I showed it to Veronica who said she liked it— but I think her Dad is the kind of guy who used to carry his cell phone in a case on his belt— I don’t know if I want to be one of those guys. Sneaky Pete Holsters ™ makes these and they look like super high quality— I’m still contemplating it.
In the meantime I bought one of these;
Although that’s not my actual pistol in the photo you get the idea. You see that piece of leather that wraps up around the tail of the pistol? That’s called a thumb snap. You jam your pistol into the holster as far as it will go (remember leather has to break in and always starts insanely tight) and then you take all your strength and you stretch that thumb snap up and connect it.
It’s a fine holster— a little on the thin side for what I paid for it ($27) but overall it works. With my wrist still being a little stiff from breaking it a few years ago I really struggled with the thumb release so I’ll keep working that to smooth it out— but meanwhile I’m still on the fence about the fanny pack style holster from Sneaky Pete ™ . Let me know via email what you think about it!
