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For those who wear a war belt, so you attach your holster to that belt or to you pants belt. I kind of like the idea of attachment to the pants belt with the war belt over it. That way, I keep my pistol, even if I lose the war belt.
Thoughts?
USMC_Anglico
10-03-15, 09:25
I'm opposite. If I need to ditch my belt, I need to ditch my belt whether it is from getting hung up or whatnot (i.e. helo ditching, etc.) that includes the secondary which in my experience is the most likely to get hung up, due to it's pronounced profile. Same also goes for a secondaries lanyard, they need to be breakaway. This if from a MIL perspective so YMMV.
For those who wear a war belt, so you attach your holster to that belt or to you pants belt. I kind of like the idea of attachment to the pants belt with the war belt over it. That way, I keep my pistol, even if I lose the war belt.
Thoughts?
I'd highly recommend not using a drop leg holster.
I used to use a drop leg, went away from them. I'm not mil or le, but just running recon style matches, they catch on everything, and are very difficult to get to stay where you put them under aggressive movement.
And that's putting it where it belongs, just below the vest/belt,not way down by the knee where so many seem to put them.
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So, if your not using a drop leg, you must be attaching your holster to your battle belt?
I was out for some training a couple weeks ago, and from what I remember, the other four or five guys were runnin drop legs. Sadly, I only had three rounds of target ammo left for my G19. I thought the six boxes of ammo I had on a shelf were 9mm, but they were .45acp. Therefore, I shot a .45acp from an appendix holster. I was wearing a chest rig for my AK, not a PC as were the others.
So, if your not using a drop leg, you must be attaching your holster to your battle belt?
I was out for some training a couple weeks ago, and from what I remember, the other four or five guys were runnin drop legs. Sadly, I only had three rounds of target ammo left for my G19. I thought the six boxes of ammo I had on a shelf were 9mm, but they were .45acp. Therefore, I shot a .45acp from an appendix holster. I was wearing a chest rig for my AK, not a PC as were the others.
Besides that drop legs catch on everything...
They move based on where your leg happens to be at the time.
You can't quickly take off or put on your belt if it's attached to a drop leg.
They tend to ride up your pants then become loose.
They make your strong side pocket(s) useless.
If you practice with concealed carry / uspsa / idpa using a drop leg changes pistol placement.
I use a Safariland UBL low-ride attached to my warbelt and it keeps the holster in the upper-thigh area, similar to where if you were to cinch up a drop-leg properly. Stays rocks solid and I love it. You can even weave a strap around it to add some extra security and keep it in place.
I use a Safariland UBL low-ride attached to my warbelt and it keeps the holster in the upper-thigh area, similar to where if you were to cinch up a drop-leg properly. Stays rocks solid and I love it. You can even weave a strap around it to add some extra security and keep it in place.
That is what I have been doing for about 10 years now. It works great and I have no issue with the pistol clearing my gear on my Chest Rig or Plate Carrier.
I use a Safariland UBL low-ride attached to my warbelt and it keeps the holster in the upper-thigh area, similar to where if you were to cinch up a drop-leg properly. Stays rocks solid and I love it. You can even weave a strap around it to add some extra security and keep it in place.
^^This^^.
The UBL (mine is a 1.5" IIRC) gets the holster low enough to clear any properly worn armor, without flopping around on the thigh/knee.
Allah_Snackbah
10-04-15, 06:51
I really like the gcode mule drop leg rti platform. Single strap, keeps the gun high up like a drop offset, but allows you to sit down. I was using a duty drop offset but it was too wobbly on the bottom, I found myself wanting to secure it to my leg more, got the mule and haven't looked back. It is MUCH better than the standard drop leg junk we all hate.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/riceslayer302/IMG_20150907_200550_zpscerux8li.jpg (http://s95.photobucket.com/user/riceslayer302/media/IMG_20150907_200550_zpscerux8li.jpg.html)
I like using the Safariland UBL and attaching it the inner belt of a war belt setup. Drop legs got caught up too much and posed too much of an issue and mounting the holster directly on the belt put it too high and didn't give me much room.
If I need to ditch the belt I need it gone and especially don't need a few extra clips to undo.
Another low UBL user here, its mated to a Crye MRB.
To the guys running the UBL, are you using the low-ride or mid-ride? With which belt?
To the guys running the UBL, are you using the low-ride or mid-ride? With which belt?
Mid ride, with one leg strap to keep it put when running and jumping around. I like the mid ride because it clears side plates but also keeps the pistol high enough to easily reach with my firing hand. Not sure of the inner belt, it's just something I picked up locally with a cobra buckle, but the outer belt is a Velocity OUB.
http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag347/GTF425/7F837FA5-875B-45FC-8A6D-5DDC26EF1894-442-0000003897337DE3_zpsns8gz8ym.jpg
To the guys running the UBL, are you using the low-ride or mid-ride? With which belt?
I have long arms and use the low-ride with the padded belt from CTOMS.
I wear my drop leg with a single strap, about as high as I can get it. It doesn't move around that much when I'm running. It's probably about as high as the low ride UBL pictured above, but I find it more stable than a UBL, which I was able to pull away from my body from the bottom part of it. To each his own, I just hate seeing low loose drop leg holsters, it's probably my pet peeve.
Does anyone using a drop leg attach the unit to their pants belt and run their war belt over the drop mechanism? This would assure you'd keep your sidearm, even if you ditched your war belt.
I have never seen that done by anyone in a training environment or in the two groups I have worked closely with... being LE narcotics and SWAT.
Does anyone using a drop leg attach the unit to their pants belt and run their war belt over the drop mechanism? This would assure you'd keep your sidearm, even if you ditched your war belt.
I wear mine like this, but I don't use a "war belt" type setup, just a regular gun belt at most. It allows me to drop my belt, and add a mag pouch if I'm doing more administrative stuff, or quickly add a belt if needed.
This is what I've been using: http://www.safariland.com/quick-attachment-systems/model-6004-27-single-strap-leg-shroud-with-drop-flex-adapter-dfa-and-qls-22-23115.html#start=1
Much more stable than a lot of other setups. The DFA really helps stop the rig from moving. Although I'm interested in how the UBL works for people as well.
Although I'm interested in how the UBL works for people as well.
I tried the UBL out with ITS Tactical's "mod" as seen here with an extra leg strap and it adds some stability to the package.
http://www.itstactical.com/gear/secure-your-safariland-6004-for-mid-ride/
This is what I've been using: http://www.safariland.com/quick-attachment-systems/model-6004-27-single-strap-leg-shroud-with-drop-flex-adapter-dfa-and-qls-22-23115.html#start=1
Much more stable than a lot of other setups. The DFA really helps stop the rig from moving. Although I'm interested in how the UBL works for people as well.
That's what I use as well. It sure was a pistol to put together.
I tried the UBL out with ITS Tactical's "mod" as seen here with an extra leg strap and it adds some stability to the package.
http://www.itstactical.com/gear/secure-your-safariland-6004-for-mid-ride/
I thought of doing this, but just switched to using a thigh rig. Maybe I should go back and try out my original idea, seeing as others have used it with success!
I use a Safariland UBL low-ride attached to my warbelt and it keeps the holster in the upper-thigh area, similar to where if you were to cinch up a drop-leg properly. Stays rocks solid and I love it. You can even weave a strap around it to add some extra security and keep it in place.
Yessir. Same setup with a single strap ran between the holster itself and the UBL surface just the keep the muzzle secured against my leg. The grip is right about my waistline and it rides great
mikelowrey
10-10-15, 21:48
What you guys think about the gcode one? is the UBL still better? I ask because I like the convenience of removing the holster with the RTI option.
What you guys think about the gcode one? is the UBL still better? I ask because I like the convenience of removing the holster with the RTI option.
I don't have a G-Code, but for Safariland stuff (Like the UBL) It's the QLS system. Same removable type system as the RTI, just done differently.
ramairthree
10-21-15, 16:06
I never could get in love with a battle belt. Tried many configurations. Even when we got the good crye blast one.
fWIW I stuck with old plate hangers instead of our new carriers. The jump able crye ones did not hold up to long use, the regular ones were fine but I was just used to the old stuff.
Rigger shop put quick release buckles on them for over water, and small as possible side plate carriers on them for us. Worked fine and worlds better than a RAV or something along those lines.
A fairly high drop leg with one leg strap, or a low belt mounted seemed to work best. Either keeping the pistol below your armor but not too low.
I kept my knife, pistol mags, and pistol on my rigger belt.
If I had to dump plates I still had them.
The holster that I used for a long time, was a gasp, Sherpa that mounted low like a cop's duty belt holster. The sl was a better holster, but took up more room but seemed to need a leg strap I did not want to use to fit best.
danieljmaunder
11-02-15, 00:18
For those who wear a war belt, so you attach your holster to that belt or to you pants belt. I kind of like the idea of attachment to the pants belt with the war belt over it. That way, I keep my pistol, even if I lose the war belt.
Thoughts?
I used to run a Tactical Tailor Fight Light Battle belt. it had small notches cut out on the six o'clock position to allow a drop leg to be run on the battle belt's supporting belt instead of the pants belt. I used a Safariland 6004 in the configuration for quite some time
Besides that drop legs catch on everything...
They move based on where your leg happens to be at the time.
You can't quickly take off or put on your belt if it's attached to a drop leg.
They tend to ride up your pants then become loose.
They make your strong side pocket(s) useless.
If you practice with concealed carry / uspsa / idpa using a drop leg changes pistol placement.
to be fair the strong side pocket is sort of made useless with a drop belt loop holster also. it's hard to reach around your gun and if you're conceding to reach around your gun then you can unbuckle the leg strap and reach around your gun with a drop leg.
with the right set up you can easily take off a safariland drop leg quickly and this will give you full access to your belt. this is contrasted with how you have to weave your belt through a belt loop holsters. https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?161012-Drop-Thigh-Rig&p=2051949#post2051949 this is an example of what i run. all safariland parts. two snaps and it's on, two snaps and it's off.
i would say in general holsters and guns catch on everything.
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