Other holsters I've used and recommend:
Blade-Tech Nano IWB Holster
The Blade Tech Nano is one of my favorites. Very low profile, thin, comfortable, and made for a fairly large number of guns. Not purposefully designed as an appendix holster, however from what I've seen and heard from others, it appears that with a bit of modding to cant and rotate the gun in farther, that it can actually work fairly well.
Just got one of these for the Sig P232 and am liking it so far:
Appendix IWB Holster
Personally, I carry at 3:00 with a straight drop holster. I find that, for me at least, to be the next best thing after appendix carry. Would like to do appendix, but it seems that having much of a spare tire at all makes that extremely difficult. I'm working on that.
Appendix carry absolutely requires solid fundamentals, confidence, and discipline of a solid trigger finger index. It can be entirely safe, provided the shooter is safe. There are also things you can do when reholstering, such as rocking your hips back and leaning backwards a bit, which tends to cant the bottom of the holster outwards away from the body. Take your time, don't speed holster, and you better have a solid trigger finger index. As another instructor once said, "If you shoot yourself in the foot or blow your dick off, you've been warned."
The other thing I think is really important is the holster mounting equipment. Leather loops or rubberized/reinforced loops tend to be considerably stronger than a lot of plastic/kydex clips. For example, the stock Comp Tac C clips absolutely SUCK. These are the stock clips that come on the MTAC, CTAC, and a number of their other holsters. Bending or twisting just a bit can easily pop these off the belt. Also, a lot of the thin metal clips (like on a majority of the holsters above and most other knock off hybrids) out there are very thin, easily bend, and easily lose their spring tension. There are some metal clips out there that are nearly twice as thick, made from spring steel instead of cheapo pot metal (or whatever it is), that have notches that actually grab clothing and prevent easy removal, etc. The metal clips on FIST holsters are a perfect example of a good quality clip.
Blade-Tech Nano IWB Holster
The Blade Tech Nano is one of my favorites. Very low profile, thin, comfortable, and made for a fairly large number of guns. Not purposefully designed as an appendix holster, however from what I've seen and heard from others, it appears that with a bit of modding to cant and rotate the gun in farther, that it can actually work fairly well.
Just got one of these for the Sig P232 and am liking it so far:
Appendix IWB Holster
Personally, I carry at 3:00 with a straight drop holster. I find that, for me at least, to be the next best thing after appendix carry. Would like to do appendix, but it seems that having much of a spare tire at all makes that extremely difficult. I'm working on that.
Appendix carry absolutely requires solid fundamentals, confidence, and discipline of a solid trigger finger index. It can be entirely safe, provided the shooter is safe. There are also things you can do when reholstering, such as rocking your hips back and leaning backwards a bit, which tends to cant the bottom of the holster outwards away from the body. Take your time, don't speed holster, and you better have a solid trigger finger index. As another instructor once said, "If you shoot yourself in the foot or blow your dick off, you've been warned."
The other thing I think is really important is the holster mounting equipment. Leather loops or rubberized/reinforced loops tend to be considerably stronger than a lot of plastic/kydex clips. For example, the stock Comp Tac C clips absolutely SUCK. These are the stock clips that come on the MTAC, CTAC, and a number of their other holsters. Bending or twisting just a bit can easily pop these off the belt. Also, a lot of the thin metal clips (like on a majority of the holsters above and most other knock off hybrids) out there are very thin, easily bend, and easily lose their spring tension. There are some metal clips out there that are nearly twice as thick, made from spring steel instead of cheapo pot metal (or whatever it is), that have notches that actually grab clothing and prevent easy removal, etc. The metal clips on FIST holsters are a perfect example of a good quality clip.
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