Buford! Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Anyone know if it will work? Seems that there aren't too many options out there for a P18 so I'm looking for alternatives. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrf Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Bladetech is a good place to start for a traditional holster. Their black ice for the 1911 fits my p1640. Also any popular 1911/2011 race holster should work, like the CR Speed WSM II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry White Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Any holster that will work with a Colt 1911 or the clones will work with a Para.-------Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anopsis Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 These guys are basically correct; any open-topped holster for a single stack 1911 will work with your Para. The only difficulty is if it has a high inside 'sweat band', as the wide part of the frame at the grip will contact it and interfere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anopsis Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I just remembered you're shooting Limited, so if you're looking for a race holster then the CR and Safariland holsters will work. I think you do have to specify the trigger insert be for a standard 1911, not the 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buford! Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 Well, I don't know what happened because I ordered a Safariland holster that was supposed to be for a 5" 1911 (I had a Safariland rep at a GT Distributors give me the model number) and my P18 wasn't even close to fitting in that thing. I've currently got a holster on order with Bladetech but I didn't really want to wait 5 weeks to get it since I'm shooting a match with my brother in 3 weeks and I would really like to use this new gun. Maybe I'll just take the gun up to GT and start going through the holsters to find something that will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anopsis Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 (edited) Where was it making contact? If the holster has a sweat guard that'll do it. Otherwise it should be the same. This is my P16 stuffed in the Bulman holster I use for EDC. You can see where the frame changes from standard to wide, and it's just behind the trigger guard OUTSIDE the holster. This holster has a sweat guard on it, and in this pic you can see how the wide grip frame pushes the holster away. If this was on me, it'd be digging into my side something terrible. The arrow points again to the transition area where the gun has no problems fitting. I'd say most might have trouble where the mag catch is. If that is covered by the holster then you'll have trouble for sure. Edited July 11, 2012 by Anopsis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buford! Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 He must have given me the wrong product number because I couldn't even get the barrel to fit in the holster. I guess the good news is that I've at least made it to this point in the project. And hey, I've learned a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anopsis Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Ah! Now that's different. Not saying its not the right holster, but a lot of leather holsters are extremely tight when new. If the molded profile of the holster looks like a 1911 then it's the right one. IF so, cram your gun into it. I've seen them so tight that I had to cock the hammer and use the thumb safety to keep it from being pushed out of battery. Once you get the gun in there, leave it for a day or so. Then start working the gun in and out and it'll loosen up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buford! Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 It was a kydex style holster though so no stretching. The more I think about it and talk about it here I just have to believe that it was just the wrong holster all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anopsis Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Heh, yeah sounds like the wrong one. Can't help you with that one my friend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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