Well. There's always this guy.
FWIW, that guy pulled about a dozen videos off his YT channel showing him handling guns in horribly stupid and unsafe ways. Shooting himself was just the sign he was born under...
Well. There's always this guy.
No, because I don't have to use my trigger finger to apply inward pressure to release my gun.
Well then maybe I'VE had a bad habit this whole time, but my mil buddies do it the same way. As I am pulling my pistol out of the holster, my finger is already in place where it will rest on the frame, right below the slide. I have never seen anybody do it differently.
Mine rests there too, but like I said, I don't have to use that same finger to press inward to release the gun.
I'm beginning to regret posting here again. If you want to use a SERPA, use a SERPA. I don't want to, so I won't.
One last response and then I am through on this post.
JColumbus - If you use a holster that does not require inward pressure of the index finder, then you reduce the chances of the trigger finger engaging the trigger when under stress. Any other holster that allow one to keep the finger straight and does not require one to exert pressure with the trigger finger, will prevent the finger from contracting due to the biomechanics of having the finger fully extended. I have studied and researched this extensively along with hands on testing. I put more time into research and testing things than most people do in an entire year at a shooting range. But then again, what do I know..... I will not even get into the; "Well so and so does it so it must be right" thinking.
Stay safe.
People seem to be missing the point when it comes to "don't curl your finger" when you draw the holster. When you have a body alarm response (which means shit has gotten real and it was unexpected), the bodies NORMAL and UNCONTROLLABLE response to the threat will be the potential and probable contraction of fingers if you are trying to draw a weapon or if you have a weapon in your hand. Your hands will be grabbing that gun, if you get to it in time, with a death grip in reality. This is backed up by scientific and other various studies done in correlation to "fight" or "flight" responses to stress. Having taught and experienced true high stress firearms scenario training, I have witnessed this as well as other normal bodily reactions that validify this fact. This is probably one of the biggest issues in training that I see with 90% of the general industry. From a defensive shooting perspective, you have to incorporate the bodies natural responses to stress into your training. And use of gear for that matter.
I know that. But that doesn't answer my question.
Really the debris thing would be a non-issue if you simply covered the button and the gaps around it with cloth, leather, etc. which leaves us with the final issue: it's plastic and breaks. I can't help you there. If it's plastic it's just not going to take the same kind of impact abuse as leather. The abrasion resistance will be much better so pick your poison.
Along the slide. Good luck covering the button from the inside as well.
Someone mentioned the USMC adoption of the Serpa. Again- decisions made by inexperienced shooters. Elected officials concerned with budgeting and manufacturing capability.
Yup, look at that old outdated pistol they started buying again.....
Along the slide. Good luck covering the button from the inside as well.
Someone mentioned the USMC adoption of the Serpa. Again- decisions made by inexperienced shooters. Elected officials concerned with budgeting and manufacturing capability.
I will again say that nobody has a problem, until they do.
I remember when they came out and I thought they were OK.
First training event, guns started locking up in holsters and holster/guns were shearing off mounting plates from getting snagged on door frames, vehicles, etc. When we returned them to the place of purchase, that distributor literally had a counter full of broken holsters. Turned out other units had also discovered cutting edge Serpa technology. The weakness in design goes across the board for every injection molded pouch type kit that BH makes. Other problems were later discovered in force on force: Anyone who is in decent physical condition can strip one off a belt with their bare hands.
This is stuff you notice when you use stuff for a living, instead of deciding to outfit an organization because it seemed nice when you shot a couple mags at the range on a sunny day or because Todd Jarrett looks awesome with his Serpa.
I will add that Pincus is indeed a hack. And the whole hand curl thing is subjective. Many folks hands will open when startled. In the case of the holster, the bottom line is that you're applying pressure inboard during the drawstroke. I'm not much of a gamblin' man, myself.
yepNecro post alive and well........