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by The Annoyed Man
Sat Sep 10, 2016 8:20 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: holster wiggle
Replies: 18
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Re: holster wiggle

Skiprr wrote:
growlerVII wrote:Sometimes I carry a commander length 1911. It's a great pistol and, I don't mind the weight. The problem I have is when carried at 4:30 in a custom kydex holster it tends to need adjustment. The grip starts drifting downward on me. I've got another holster but the kydex is the easiest on/off rig I own. It has one of those injection molded belt clips. Any suggestions to mitigate the rotation on the belt? Should I make another belt loop for it? Move on to a different holster? Or just suck it up and, adjust it as needed? It rides on a wilderness 1.75" instructor's belt (great product!)

Anyone have this problem? Thoughts?
You didn't mention if it's an IWB or OWB holster. That'll make a difference.

I've gotta think the single belt clip is the likely culprit. If the Kydex shell and associated tension retention is properly constructed, I have to believe having a single pivot point on the belt is the problem. Even a wide belt clip, if a single, simply isn't as stable as a holster that has two clips for a base. And most modern IWB hybrid Kydex holsters (Comp-Tac, Crossbreed, Alien Gear) have the clips fairly widely spaced on the back of the leather base.

Since you're using a 1.75" belt, that isn't likely a contributor. But a general note is that I've talked to people before who felt their holsters weren't very stable, and in some cases they were using a holster slotted for 1.75" on a 1.5" belt. Even if the gun doesn't shift--as in rotate--if a holster has nice tension retension, drawing from a belt that is mismatched to the holster slots/clips can present a definite issue. Holster can slide up and down.
I had this same problem with three leather IWB holsters I had. I actually still have them, but they fit two guns I no longer own — a HK USPc and a 3" Kimber. Two were fairly expensive Galco models, and one was a DM Bullard. All were well-made in terms of fit & finish......it's just not a very good design IMHO. They either had one loop, or two loops which were so close together as to function as a single loop. They did a poor job of keeping the entire gun/holster package from rotating backwards; and in the case of the most expensive one — a $130.00 Galco Royal Guard IWB for the 3" Kimber — it wouldn't even retain the gun vertically beneath my belt. The entire gun/holster package would ride upward vertically until just the muzzle was being retained behind the belt, causing the package to sag outward. The belt was a 1-1/2" DM Bullard bull hide gun belt, and the holsters were all ordered to fit a 1-1/2" belt, so the belt wasn't the issue.

Since then, I've only got one single-clip IWB holster — a kydex one designed and made by my son to fit a Glock 43 — which I carry at the appendix position and which works very, very well. But otherwise, I am not sold on single clip/loop holsters.

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