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Made Up My Mind (2nd attempt)

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7jinxed7

Posted: Jul 5th 2010, 12:53 PM

I finally made my mind up what conceal carry holster for the M&P 9c.I wasn't waiting several months for a custom leather holster.I can't carry it without a holster.I had to drive 1hour and 45 minutes just to find a gunstore with a decent selection of holsters.So my wife was nice enough to take me shopping for my b-day.So i went to The Outpost Armory to do my B-day shopping.I looked through there wall of holsters and I tried a couple different leather holster that where suppose to be considered concealed like the Galco Summer Comfort that ended up looking more like a giant tumor in my waist line.I decided to go with the Comp Tac Minotaur M-Tac holster that I've heard so many good reviews about. The reviews weren't b.s. this is a good holster.

It is $80.00 and is a Kydex/Leather hybrid holster.It is very comfortable and stays put very well. The retention is adjustable.The cant has alot of room for adjustment. It is tuckable and the belt clips are available in different colors. The main bodies can be changed for different pistols but it's a little pricy at $38.00 per body.This thing does a excellent job of concealing.

Sorry for the bad photos I had to take them myself.I might get some better photos once the wife gets home.

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cohenj87

Posted: Jul 5th 2010, 01:04 PM

i tried posting a review of my holster for people on here but something is goofy with the website.

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7jinxed7

Posted: Jul 5th 2010, 01:09 PM

I didn't have trouble pasting or anything.My Safari closed when i was 90% done with the post an d had to start over.

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Room 055

Posted: Jul 5th 2010, 05:13 PM

That holster is basically the same thing as a Cross Breed. They work great.

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Trilarian

Posted: Jul 5th 2010, 08:47 PM

Looks good (and conceals nicely)! I like the M&P 9c too - as I own the exact same one! :)

At the time when I was carrying it I went for a cheap Uncle Mike's 'in the pocket' clip holster. It wasn't he best solution, but it was functional until I had the funds and got up to the top of the waiting list.

One thing I would suggest with that particular gun, though, is don't carry with one chambered. The trigger-is-the-safety "feature" is fine if you have a composite side holster in open carry. However, if you are pulling from under clothing you will inadvertently be aiming the gun at friendlies until you secure your sight picture. I would hate to hear about you accidentally slipping your finger past the trigger guard and causing friendly fire. Take that for what it is worth, I'm not trying to preach to you just share personal experience.

In dry pulling I slipped about twice in 100 pulls. That 2% margin of error was too much for me to risk especially since I was training while not under stress and no adreline pumping through my veins. That was my #1 reason for switching to a 1911 as my carry, so I could feel confident with one in the chamber and no friendly fire in a stressful pull.

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7jinxed7

Posted: Jul 5th 2010, 09:02 PM

Yeah i wish it had a manual safety but that seems to be hard to come by on most newer pistols. They try to make them safer but I feel that a trigger safety is more dangerous than a manual safety.I have practice pulling with my other similar holster with my glock. I haven't had a chance with this one yet. So far it hasn't been an issue. I've made it a habit to keep my finger straight down the side of the slide when drawing. Every time I go shooting since I got my permit I always draw from my holster with every mag change for practice.Hopefully it will never get hung up on something during a draw.

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Posted: Jul 5th 2010, 10:35 PM

Snap Cap practice drawing makes good muscle memory, but Tril raises a valid point. I carry my HK either open de-cocked in DA or concealed in SA safe'd. I should probably carry it in the same mode either way, but that's another discussion. I carry my Kel-Tec PF 9 in DAO since that is the only way. I find the CrossBreed (same style as above) to have a good protection against inadvertent finger phucking.

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majordad

Posted: Jul 7th 2010, 09:21 AM

I've carried a Glock for years. I prefer a gun that is ready to shoot when I pull it out. If I have to worry about taking the safety off or chambering a round, I'll just leave it home. I have had to 'black out' my red dot on my issued M9 here because some folks get tense when they happen to see it red. Yes, I do carry here with a round in the chamber and safety off. I have long since learned (from LEO training) that you keep your finger off the trigger until you have made the decision to shoot. Thus as Jinxed stated I keep my finger along the slide and away from the trigger (if a bad guy sees me with my finger on the trigger, he hasn't got time to even say his prayers). It's simply a matter of training yourself to do what is right. I feel more comfortable with a gun that's ready to shoot that anything less is more of a hazard for me to use.

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Trilarian

Posted: Jul 7th 2010, 11:50 AM

It is one of those questions you can get a different answer from each person you talk to. :)

I consider my 1911 ready to go as the three 90º safeties fit naturally in my hand, even one handed (trigger, rear grip safety, and thumb safety) and seems impossible to accidentally set off during carry due to the 90º angles and pressure needed.

I keep it cocked and locked but with the thumb safety up. I've literally pulled over a 1,000 times to make it muscle memory to drop the thumb safety as soon as the angle from pull has cleared my side (so no accidental shot in my girlfriend or my foot) but before fully in the sight picture. I'm confident I won't have an issue remembering to drop the thumb safety.

For me on the M&P 9c with it being an in-the-pocket holster you had to grip the gun weird to pull out or you would get the holster coming out with it or have to adjust your grip post pull (or worse struggle for awhile to get out). Also, since it was soft I was worried if I bumped into something protruding it could set it off. To add more problems the 100% humidity and triple digit summers makes me a sweaty mess. So even practicing with the finger on the guard or slide a few time it slipped just to get a good enough grip to properly draw. I think it mostly is a design flaw in the cheap holster. I would carry that gun chambered if it was open carry in composite like the black hawk holster I have for my Taurus 1911. I'm not bashing the M&P, I love mine! Just Uncle Mike's pocket holster is a piss poor option heh.

Bottom line, do what makes YOU feel the most comfortable, not the most macho/cool - then practice, practice, and practice. Whichever method you choose, stick with it so you don't get confused in a time sensitive situation. What works for me may not work for you and what works for MajorDad may not work for me, but that is the beauty of it - endless options.

Whatever you do, keep safe and enjoy your new holster - it does look nice.

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7jinxed7

Posted: Jul 7th 2010, 08:29 PM

Some people just aren't as comfortable with a loaded chamber as others.I personally was nervous about it with my Glock and M&P but I felt a little more at ease with a good quality kydex holster protecting the trigger. I can see why some people go with DA/SA triggers for carry now.I definitely would not feel the safe carrying it in a Uncle Mikes Holster. I've tried three of there holsters with three different handguns and I hated them all. The ones i've tried where too soft and some came out with the gun too. Not all of them but the ones with the cheap plastic belt clips.I hate them.

You get what you pay for.

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