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mr.72 wrote:

I am a mountain biker and I have a drawer full of jerseys with holes or abrasions on the back of the right shoulder. Seems like every time I crash, I roll onto my right shoulder. Never a hand, arm or collarbone injury. In fact I have never had a serious injury from any of the numerous 20+mph bicycling wrecks I have had over the past decade except for the one time when a car was involved.

Completely off original topic, but you think you could teach this guy the mountain bike tuck-n-roll technique?
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jamullinstx wrote:
I'm torn between two options:

• Tightening down the screws, giving up the more fluid draw and reholstering.
• Disarming briefly when in such a situation

My further two cents -- you need to fix the holster or find another one that does work. Disarming so you can chase your dog? Or being able to predict well enough when you are going to get upended that you know when you can disarm or not? Nope.

Additionally, the moment you realize you are going to need your gun might very well be when someone knocks you for a header onto the sidewalk or down the stairs. That's not when you need to see your gun skittering across the ground. You need a holster that can handle that; also, your broken wrist is why some people carry two guns in a manner that one is reachable by either hand. Your risk assessment may not go that high, but really, your holster needs to be able to hang onto the gun. I have had a couple rather ungainly falls with my C-TAC, and it hung onto my Hi Power OK. If you can tighten up the screws or the belt and fix the problem, that's good. Otherwise, time for a new holster.

Good luck.

The M-TAC is an IWB, yes? I have a C_TAC, which is similar, but all Kydex -- never had a problem retaining the gun. I even got on the ground and rolled around to see if it would come loose, and I've done quite a few activities with it. The main retention seems to come from the belt clamping down. I would think if you had your belt at all snug, it would do the same on the M-TAC. I would definitely recheck the screws holding the kydex to the leather.

Which triggers another thought -- has the leather stretched in some way, so the holster no longer really fits the gun?

I'm not a big fan of retention devices on concealed carry guns. (especially trigger guard locks that have to be manipulated with a finger -- sets up for an ND when finger manipulates the trigger coming out of the holster).

Hope your hand heals soon. Did you get a left-handed holster while you heal, or are you practicing cavalry draws?