Production holsters

[MNshooter]

Brand new USPSA member. My rule book is fresh off the press. I've read it but either missed or can't find the answers to the following questions:

1) I have a G34 that I'd like to use in a G17 holster. Is it acceptable to have the muzzle exposed / uncovered? If it matters, it is a BladeTech DOH.

2) All DOH holsters I've seen have a slight cant so the muzzle would point at your leg when standing, particularly if you have a wide stance. This is acceptable? I know you can't sweep yourself when holstering, etc. why would this be OK when holstered?

Thanks!

Edited May 11, 2013 by MNshooter

[bikerburgess]

The holster will be fine. Also you are allowed to sweep lower extremities whole bolstering and drawing.

Mike

[MNshooter]

Thanks for the response. I thought it would be OK but I wanted to check. After all, if you're not following the rules, what's the point?

[bigfish]

Don't the bladetech doh holsters have the bottom sides of the holsters rolled in making the bottom almost solid so you cant put a gun longer than it was made for in it? The one for my M&P does. If the one for the g17 is the same way you would have to cut the bottom off before you can put a g34 in it.

[gixxerjunky]

The ones I have are enclosed on the bottom as well.

Edited May 12, 2013 by gixxerjunky

[ima45dv8]

...you would have to cut the bottom off before you can put a g34 in it.

I have one that someone cut just for that reason.

[eric4069]

Don't the bladetech doh holsters have the bottom sides of the holsters rolled in making the bottom almost solid so you cant put a gun longer than it was made for in it? The one for my M&P does. If the one for the g17 is the same way you would have to cut the bottom off before you can put a g34 in it.

For my M&P Pro I just took my DOH M&P holster, used a hairdryer to heat up the rolled in bottom, and bent the rolled area out so the M&P Pro slide fits through the end. Yes it protrudes a little but that has never bothered me. Both guns now work in the same holster.

Eric

[JAFO]

For my M&P Pro I just took my DOH M&P holster, used a hairdryer to heat up the rolled in bottom, and bent the rolled area out so the M&P Pro slide fits through the end. Yes it protrudes a little but that has never bothered me. Both guns now work in the same holster.

After reading this, I feel a bit foolish that I sent my Black Ice holster back to Blade-Tech to fix it because the bottom was molded in too aggressively and the gun wouldn't seat all the way. I didn't realize it would be that easy to fix it myself.

[sperman]

Item 1 on your list was covered in the not too distant past.

http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=136383&hl=%2Bholster

[maka]

Brand new USPSA member. My rule book is fresh off the press. I've read it but either missed or can't find the answers to the following questions:

1) I have a G34 that I'd like to use in a G17 holster. Is it acceptable to have the muzzle exposed / uncovered? If it matters, it is a BladeTech DOH.

2) All DOH holsters I've seen have a slight cant so the muzzle would point at your leg when standing, particularly if you have a wide stance. This is acceptable? I know you can't sweep yourself when holstering, etc. why would this be OK when holstered?

Thanks!

Thanks for the response. I thought it would be OK but I wanted to check. After all, if you're not following the rules, what's the point?

Except you are , sweeping of the lower extremities is permissible while drawing or re-holstering:

10.5.5.1 Exception – A match disqualification is not applicable for sweeping of the lower extremities (below the belt) while drawing or re-holstering of the handgun, provided that the competitor’s fingers are clearly outside of the trigger guard. This exception is only for holstered handguns. Sweeping does not apply to a handgun holstered in compliance with Rules 5.2.1 and 5.2.7