I bought a Fobus holster, every one point and laugh at me.
I wanted a basic holster, nothing high speed, just for general range use, so I tossed in one of the Fobus paddle holsters on an order of mags. I figured the price is right and it's pretty hard to screw up a paddle holster.
Wow, do I regret this. Quality seems decent enough, nice metal rivets. It's no Blade Tech though, that's for sure. I'll give Fobus credit on one point, they wanted to make a holster with weapon retention and they got that part right. Too right. You cannot reliably draw the firearm from the holster. It wll not come out. I watched all sorts of videos and read up on how to "properly" use this thing. I actually had to learn how to use a hoslter, good grief.
"Pull quickly, snap it out with authority, use a good belt". I did all these things but all I accomplished was consistent wedgies. I stopped trying when I started seeing recommendations to oil the damn thing. No. No I will not do this. Sadly, this is when I decided to check CGN, not before buying.
In the end, I took a pencil torch heat blower and reformed the platic around the trigger guard retention to open it up. It wasn't a small amount, either. Now the firearm is held very well but I can actually take the damn thing out. Even after opening it up by 1/4" it will still hang up the odd time.
In summary, don't buy Fobus. Order yourself a Blade Tech, or anything else really.
I wanted a basic holster, nothing high speed, just for general range use, so I tossed in one of the Fobus paddle holsters on an order of mags. I figured the price is right and it's pretty hard to screw up a paddle holster.
Wow, do I regret this. Quality seems decent enough, nice metal rivets. It's no Blade Tech though, that's for sure. I'll give Fobus credit on one point, they wanted to make a holster with weapon retention and they got that part right. Too right. You cannot reliably draw the firearm from the holster. It wll not come out. I watched all sorts of videos and read up on how to "properly" use this thing. I actually had to learn how to use a hoslter, good grief.
"Pull quickly, snap it out with authority, use a good belt". I did all these things but all I accomplished was consistent wedgies. I stopped trying when I started seeing recommendations to oil the damn thing. No. No I will not do this. Sadly, this is when I decided to check CGN, not before buying.
In the end, I took a pencil torch heat blower and reformed the platic around the trigger guard retention to open it up. It wasn't a small amount, either. Now the firearm is held very well but I can actually take the damn thing out. Even after opening it up by 1/4" it will still hang up the odd time.
In summary, don't buy Fobus. Order yourself a Blade Tech, or anything else really.
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