Need a drop leg holster for XD.45 5" tactical

[Dr. Mike]

Need some help please! Will be taking a carbine course very soon and just found out that transitioning to pistol will be included. I bought an ammo carrier padded belt rig (blue force) to carry my AR mags but my standard belt kydex holster will get in the way, so am in need of a drop leg rig. Can someone recommend one to me, brand, where to buy etc.?

many thanks,

Dr. Mike

[6933]

Drop legs were developed to be run with armor. I'd switch holsters or belt.

[bkb0000]

if you usually CCW, drop legs are pretty much no-go for training. already knowing this, i recently tried one at a training event, and i went for my belt every single time i went for my pistol. no matter how much thought i gave it, didn't matter- when the rifle went "click" and got dropped, my hand went about a full 6" above my pistol. and i was sporting a very high thigh rig.. didn't matter.

i didn't want to start ****ing with 12 years of muscle memory, and saw basically no benefit, since i'm used to a belt holster anyway.. so after one day, the thigh rig was gone forever. screw those things.

[Sherman A. House]

It sounds really, "uncool," but I would use what you are most likely to use in real life.

I carry rifle mags (2) in my back pocket. I took a Vickers AK class recently and did just that. I used a Bladetech kydex belt holster and mag pouch with a leather concealment belt. For classes that require you to take four to six mags onto the line with you, I wear a chest rig (light one) and backload my pocket from the chest rig. As a civilian, I would rather have the ability to move quickly and also train like I carry than roleplay for the day in gear I'm not likely to use. I have a set of slick BALCS armor and plates that I don when I'm in a shoot house environment...but I still load out of the back pocket that is backloaded from the chest rig.

I worry more about keeping emergency medical supplies close to me rather than tons of mags, on the range and in real life. I keep a full blow out kit (TQ's, etc.) in a dedicated bag, but I also keep some on me as well.

Just one guy's opinion, mind you. Good luck with whatever you choose.

[skyugo]

It sounds really, "uncool," but I would use what you are most likely to use in real life.

I carry rifle mags (2) in my back pocket. I took a Vickers AK class recently and did just that. I used a Bladetech kydex belt holster and mag pouch with a leather concealment belt. For classes that require you to take four to six mags onto the line with you, I wear a chest rig (light one) and backload my pocket from the chest rig. As a civilian, I would rather have the ability to move quickly and also train like I carry than roleplay for the day in gear I'm not likely to use. I have a set of slick BALCS armor and plates that I don when I'm in a shoot house environment...but I still load out of the back pocket that is backloaded from the chest rig.

I worry more about keeping emergency medical supplies close to me rather than tons of mags, on the range and in real life. I keep a full blow out kit (TQ's, etc.) in a dedicated bag, but I also keep some on me as well.

Just one guy's opinion, mind you. Good luck with whatever you choose.

yeah i definitely agree with this philosophy. i shoot IPSC with my left front pocket full of mags.

[El Cid]

Ditto on what has been recommended. I've noticed a trend in LE away from drop legs for a couple reasons. In addition to the muscle memory issue (you train to reach for your belt mounted gun most of the time), the drop leg is very difficult to access the gun while seated in a car.

We started by taking off the top strap and getting the holster (in our case mostly 6004's) up as high as possible. This was better, but not ideal. Many of us has moved our 6004 holsters to the UBL mount that looks like what you'd see a uniform patrol officer wearing. Gets the gun clear of body armor, but it rides vertically for drawing in a car, and it is much closer to the belt ride holsters we use day to day.

[rob_s]

Drop legs were developed to be run with armor. I'd switch holsters or belt.

Correct. For virtually everyone outside of active-duty military the handgun is the primary weapon, and all other load carriage should be built around maintaining the location of the primary weapon. Minor deviations, such as moving the holster from an IWB to an OWB on padded belt, are usually workable but any other variation should be avoided. Same goes for pistol magazines.

I operate similarly to Sherman, but I do utilize belt-mounted pouches instead of the pocket, or a Redimag mounted to the gun.

[Sherman A. House]

Good call Rob. I DO need to get a Redi-Mag.

[bkb0000]

Minor deviations, such as moving the holster from an IWB to an OWB on padded belt, are usually workable but any other variation should be avoided.

indeed.. i move between war belt holster and IWB without any problem, sometimes several times in one day. it's just all about position, near as i can tell.

[SWATcop556]

I'm even trying to move away from the drop leg for SWAT I just haven't found anything that quite works yet. I run my "drop-leg" as high as I possibly can with one leg strap. (Some of the guys try busting my balls about how high it is, yet they are always the ones with drop legs flopping around like Ron Jeremy at a porn shoot.) I only drop the holster about 1" lower than where my duty rig rides with my setup. It is an acceptable deviation from my normal rig that I have to live with to access my handgun under my armor carrier. I'm mainly plain clothes now anyways so I'me running my handguns of my belt almost exclusively now exceopt for warrants/call outs.

If you "must have" a drop leg then I would run the old standby 6004 from Safariland. I would also drop the XD for an M&P or a Glock as quick as I could before spending $$$ on a holster setup, but that's for another thread..............:secret: