Read this thread I posted this past December about my new shoulder rig.cmgee67 wrote:I have scoliosis in my back so it gets thrown out quite easily so maybe I should try a shoulder rig to just see how I like it. The bad thing is they are expensive just to try if I don't like it
Gould & Goodrich makes a perfectly serviceable decent quality product at a much reduced price from what Galco is asking. Here is the opening of what I said in that thread:
It's not my EDC holster, but I do wear it fairly frequently. It is holding up just fine, still looks brand new, and is quite comfortable. There is no discernible difference in fit or quality between it and the Galco which costs twice as much. I would easily recommend this one to anyone looking for a shoulder rig. It's not fancy, but it works and it looks good. Pictures of it in my other post.The Annoyed Man wrote:I took delivery on a new Gould & Goodrich shoulder holster today from amazon.com today. The reason I bought it was because of a change of policy at Galco I recently learned of. It used to be that Galco sold both right and left handed accessory holster bodies if you acquired another gun and wanted to carry it in your shoulder rig. I've owned a Galco Miami Classic II system for 7 or 8 years now, and I have holster bodies for a 1911 and a HK USP Compact .40. I also have a double magazine carrier for 1911s and one for the HK USP-sized .40 cal magazines. My back has been bothering me a LOT lately and I'm having trouble wearing belt holsters again, so I wanted to buy a holster body for my Galco to fit my Glock 19 and 17, and a new mag holder for the Glock 9mm mags.
The problem arose when I saw that the Galco website only shows right-handed spare holster bodies available. When I called Galco to see if I could order one over the phone, It was told that they no longer sold left-handed holster bodies by themselves. I could only get one by buying a whole new shoulder holster system. Well, the spare holster body alone (if I wanted a right handed one) costs $89.95. The entire new holster system costs $214.95. So Galco screws lefty shooters to the tune of $125 if they want a new left-handed holster body for their Miami Classic II. I'm not having any of that!
So a quick search for left handed shoulder holster for Glock 17/19 turned up this Gould & Goodrich #804. Their [MSRP] retail price is $186.13, but I thought I'd check Amazon (linked above), and they had it for only $129.66 with free shipping. No brainer. I'll take $129.66 over Galco's $214.95.
Anyway, it came in today. Quality seems easily on a par with the Galco product, and it fits. The one thing it doesn't have is a screw to adjust retention, but it doesn't really need it. Fit is perfect.