Originally Posted by
nickdrak
Dachs,
Im not a big fan of the 6280 series holsters with only the rotating hood. They do always find their way open, and when the hood is rotated down it is basically a gun bucket with zero retention. Get into a struggle on the street and bad things can happen.
I have since switched to the 6300 series ALS holsters which offers an active retention device that is very intuitive to release with your shooting thumb. They also offer it with the rotating hood as an option as well, but I prefer the open top 6325 without the hood.
I highly recommend that you take a look at the 6300 series ALS holsters from Safariland.
There is a lot to be said for properly setting the retention screw on the holster. The SLS should not be solely relied on to keep the weapon in the holster. Some yay-hoo firearms instructors at my agencies academy were sending trainees to the field having removed the retention screw on their holsters which were SLS only (no ALS.)
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