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Quote Originally Posted by realist View Post
Helo depending upon what I am doing I carry outside the waist band a lot. Two thoughts, Kydex or leather our pretty much your construction materials unless you wanted to combine the two.

Leather - Most good leather holsters will run you around $100 to $150. As they get older they will stretch out and some become difficult to holster without the use of your other hand, which can lead to lasing your hand if you don't pay attention. Below are all great and I have used them.
Desantis
Bianchi
Alessi
Safariland

Kydex
There are so many choices when it comes to Kydex it will make your head swim. They do not loose their shape and make it very easy to holster if need be. Now I want you to understand I do not buy a holster on just to make it easy to holster. No one has won a gunfight by speed holstering. I carried a Kydex holster everyday for seven years before it broke, the newer ones are even better. My recommendations are based on ones I have used but they are not all inclusive. I have been using the G Code for about 18 months now with a lot of luck. The thing I like about it is modular, I can switch from my 1911 to my S&W. All mine have the thumb release hoods because it is the same as the Safariland 6004 and the Raptor which I used to carry.

G Code
Crossbreed
Blade tech
Safariland
Raven Concealment
Comp-Tac

I did not include the Blackhawk Serpa because some of the places I train do not allow them. The reason is when sand or small rocks get into the release mechanism you are screwed. However one guy I work with a lot has used one for years and has never had a problem so I leave that to you.

One last thing I do not recommend the Fobus at all, they break. Stay away from any Kydex holster which is held together by rivets, because that is the fail point.
I disagree 1000% with rivets being a failure point on a holster. If your talking about Fobus holsters failing at the rivets, that's different. Fobus rivets 2 clam shells of injection molded material, not kydex, and it is SUPER brittle. I've never had a kydex holster fail other than me being stupid and not using Loctite on the screws. I have seen kydex loops that were riveted onto a holster fail, but it was due to the material being too thin, it didn't fail at the rivet.