XD Talk

Sharpie · 05-11-2012, 08:56 PM

I am looking to change over my two main pistols to the European style mag release.

I am going to be picking up a Walther PPQ and a Walther PPS...

Currently looking to try out a Crossbreed Supertuck holster for the Walther PPS... But I see the barrel is not covered in the holster. Does this concern anyone else?

Maybe I am over thinking this. All of my holsters conceal / cover the barrel of my pistols. I don't use the XDM holster because of that reason.

Wonder where I picked up this fear...

PsychOfMSE · 05-11-2012, 08:57 PM

As long as the trigger guard is covered why does it matter if the barrel is as well?

Sharpie · 05-11-2012, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by PsychOfMSE

As long as the trigger guard is covered why does it matter if the barrel is as well?

I don't know why... I grew up always being told to have the barrel covered. That is why I am asking why it matters?

PsychOfMSE · 05-11-2012, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Sharpie

I don't know why... I grew up always being told to have the barrel covered. That is why I am asking why it matters?

It doesn't matter. I was getting at as long as the trigger is covered then the gun is rendered safe.

sdprof · 05-11-2012, 09:33 PM

There's a post somewhere here on XDTalk where a fellow showed how he added a small piece of soft leather to cover the barrel. I believe he used screw posts to attach it.

This can also help alleviate wear on the pants and further smooth the outline the barrel might make.

Sharpie · 05-11-2012, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by sdprof

There's a post somewhere here on XDTalk where a fellow showed how he added a small piece of soft leather to cover the barrel. I believe he used screw posts to attach it.

This can also help alleviate wear on the pants and further smooth the outline the barrel might make.

Thank you!

That is the kind of answer I was looking for!

Are there any other problems besides barrel/pants wear + possibly barrel outline?

Medic738 · 05-11-2012, 09:42 PM

I don't have any problem with it sticking out. Outside the waistband I can see but IWB your pants cover it unless you have really short pants :shock

Fishinglink · 05-12-2012, 08:49 PM

Have you contacted crossbreed to see if they can make the kydex shell longer? Also the comptac minotaur have shells that will cover whatever length you order and they have interchangeable shells so you can have one back and multiple shells for all your guns.

GT Jon · 05-12-2012, 09:14 PM

What kinda hotpants/miniskirt are you wearing to be worried about the barrel showin', son?

If there's an issue with the barrel being uncovered, I'd love to hear it. I can't think of a logical reason why it'd be an issue, especially since I don't care about "wear" on the slide.

TSiWRX · 05-12-2012, 10:13 PM

^ It's not wear on the slide, so much as it is wear on the pants. This is actually an issue that's reported by some, and I would imagine that it bears out as something that a small portion of individuals may experience due to the precise way in which they carry, their body's interaction with the holster/gun combo, as well as where/how they sit/move and the material/construct of their clothing.

If you search for it, this is something that's manifest across virtually all carry communities, all different pistols, all different IWB holsters with exposed muzzles.

But some experience it, while others don't. Simple as that.

Another potential issue, sharpie, is whether your gun's front sight, with your draw-stroke, will cause the post to catch on the lip of the holster. It's possible that you can catch it hard enough on a draw that you'll literally spin the gun out of your hand. This is again something that's possible of any open-muzzle holster, not just the CBST - and in reality, the way the CBST's muzzle-end/sight channel is configured, it's going to be very hard for someone to catch their front sight post on it, even if you use a really tall one.

The final issue is yet another unique-user concern - if you hit the muzzle just right, you can potentially dislodge the gun out of retention, and even potentially free it from the holster, completely. Again, this depends a lot on the unique end-user, where he/she carries, what kind of activities they may engage in, etc.

I don't have any problems with the two other concerns (although I know, personally, two people who went with covered-muzzle holsters when their exposed-muzzle ones caused holes to be worn in their pants), I do have a problem with my CBST, with the latter. I carry between the 2:30 and 3'o-clock, and when I get into our family's cars, which have their right side armrest at rather low levels, if I don't mind myself, I can pop the gun out of retention.