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My sacred quest
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:35 pm
by LedJedi
ok... i know i cant' be the only one out there that does this so speak up.
Ever since i really got serious about concealed carry my mind has never ever stopped obsessing about designing THE perfect way/method/holster to carry concealed. I lay up some nights racking my brain and mentally strapping a holster to various parts of my body in various positions and ask myself each time...
Would this work? Would it be comfortable? Would it be accessible? Would I be able to reach it from any position? What about driving/sitting?
I've actually sat down to sketch out a few holster designs and am thinking about talking to a leather guy i met a while back to maybe make them.
Am i the only one looking for the holy grail?
(i know it doesn't exist)
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 6:54 pm
by Skiprr
Queue the most famous track from the band Journey, "Don't Stop Believin'."
Don't stop losing sleep and obsessing! That's how new inventions and designs come into being for those of us for whom sleep (and maybe age) overrides creativity.
Seriously, many--if not most--new CHL holders go through an inescapable period of searching for the right gun(s) and right carry method(s) for them. I think the ones most concerned about "printing" battle this phase hardest.
In a perfect world, you'd have either unlimited funds with which to experiment, or a lending library of the world's handguns and holsters. 'Course, we have neither. That's one huge benefit a Forum like this affords us: we get to ask questions and read the experienced opinions of others.
But with so many defensive firearms to choose from (thank you, advances in CAD/CAM and CNC) and so many methods/devices for concealed carry, I've really come to believe this is one of the most personal decisions a person can make. Maybe aside from choosing a spouse.
There's the search to find something that works, and then there's the creative stimulus to build something new. If yours is the latter, more power to you. Sleep is overrated!
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:12 pm
by longtooth
The quality makers fit my needs quit well.
I will confess that I do a lot of "looking at" now but very little looking for.
Guess that comes w/ age.
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:24 pm
by Wildscar
Go visit these sites about a hundred time. I know I did. I finally found one from another forum member on a diff forum for half what it would new. Just keep looking. Never know when one will pop up for ya.
http://www.texasshooting.com/TexasCHL_F ... php?t=6515
Heres one I have. I am also in the process of makin a IWB rig for it and make it even more versitile than it alaready it.
http://www.comp-tac.com/catalog/product ... ucts_id=55
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:22 pm
by HOSSISFREE
You think maybe the inventor of the Tek-Lok system spent time thinking and dreaming, and losing sleep before he came up with it?
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:31 pm
by MrsFosforos
You guys sound like me searching for the elusive "perfect purse". I have a closet of purses I have bought and some I've never carried. So far ithe perfect purse doesn't exist.
All I really need is my wallet and a lipstick anyway! I end up using a wallet in my back pocket and my lipstick in my front pocket and clipping my keys on my belt loop instead. I don't know why I'm compelled to keep looking for a "perfect purse".
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:20 pm
by quidni
Y'know you've got it bad when the first thing you ask when trying a new carry method is, "Honey, does this holster make me look fat?"

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 3:04 am
by KBCraig
The "Holy Grail" would be a carry rig that will let me stand, walk, stoop, bend, and carry all day without ever noticing, and then when I'm safely buckled into my car after a gut-busting Tex-Mex meal, will spring the gun into my hand as if it was Rob Leatham's racegun rig.
I'm not looking for such a holster to be on the market any time soon...
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:27 am
by jbirds1210
Purchase a Milt Sparks Summer Special II and a quality GUN belt. The quest will be over.
Save those cheap nylon things for me..I like to donate them....the ladies program at PSC uses them when someone shows up without a holster.
Jason
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:05 am
by Charles L. Cotton
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:37 am
by LedJedi
HA!
KBCraig wrote:The "Holy Grail" would be a carry rig that will let me stand, walk, stoop, bend, and carry all day without ever noticing, and then when I'm safely buckled into my car after a gut-busting Tex-Mex meal, will spring the gun into my hand as if it was Rob Leatham's racegun rig.
I'm not looking for such a holster to be on the market any time soon...
jbirds wrote: Save those cheap nylon things for me.
no problem man. I actually have two. Will trade you two cheap nylon for your Summer Special :) For an old friend?
oh, i did call the folks at Sparks. They do sell make 24/7 holsters, but they dont have the OSS which i'm going to eventually upgrade to. I think i might hold off on major holster purchases until I get the OSS.
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:04 pm
by fm2
jbirds1210 wrote:Purchase a Milt Sparks Summer Special II and a quality GUN belt. The quest will be over.
Save those cheap nylon things for me..I like to donate them....the ladies program at PSC uses them when someone shows up without a holster.
Jason
Good call Jason.
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:29 am
by age_ranger
I second the Milt Sparks but I use the VMII with a Kahr CW9. Perfect carry rig for the summer........at least for me.

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:39 am
by LedJedi
i'm thinking I'll go ahead and get the gun belt that jbirds is raving about and then work on holsters from there.
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:00 am
by Venus Pax
MrsFosforos wrote:You guys sound like me searching for the elusive "perfect purse". I have a closet of purses I have bought and some I've never carried. So far ithe perfect purse doesn't exist.
All I really need is my wallet and a lipstick anyway! I end up using a wallet in my back pocket and my lipstick in my front pocket and clipping my keys on my belt loop instead. I don't know why I'm compelled to keep looking for a "perfect purse".
Are you talking about a perfect purse for concealed carry or just for regular use?
When shopping or running errands, I wear a small backpack purse. (The gun stays on my hip.) This leaves me with both hands available.
(For going out, it's whatever purse matches the outfit.)