Jared

How much of the increase is actually the new style and how much is the older concealed?

Now it makes sense.. however, the intention of Boomstick and myself was that we could all go in on duncan's. The downside to getting the aluminum guns are the startup and the having to get 4 molds. So the startup for it for one person is horrible.. but if you get a group to split it.. the help is tremendous.

Wow that was blatant and open theivery.

I wondered about the light weight causing the holster to become weaker. Plus I figured the extra thickness would help in maintaining whatever shape you were trying to adhere to. Having said that.. my guesstimation on pocket holsters is that the boning is very secondary? I say that because I would think a pocket in itself hampers too much. So.. if you have any sort of retention in the holster other than leaning, and twisting.. you have a harder time drawing. Again I don't carry pocket, I carry a full size 9mm Ruger's SR9... Now, retention in that is wonderful, and a belt stops the fighting with it. In a pocket holster though.. for me I would think that I would only want the front and back tight.. to keep the alignment the same all the time, and flared top so that drawing and reholstering is as easy as possible.. My thoughts are that getting the holster out of your pocket might still be a pain.. but I'm sure that is happening in a nonstress enviorment.

I actually have a holster that is fully shaped to the gun. The outer is shark, IWB, and I didn't want it moving, and loved the look of shark. It will not show the imprint of the gun as well, but it does show it well enough to be able to tell exactly what model you have. Having this one, I intend to make another similar just update the feel of it a bit.

Just curious where you went with this>

As a question.. if the pocket holster is small, would the higher weight make it easier to conceal printing? If it is for a pocket holster, I would assume it gets additional friction from sliding, moviing, and rolling around in a pocket all day. Since I haven't ever had a gun to carry in the pocket, or really thought about it much, 4-5 just sounded small. Since I don't carry in the pocket, just thought I would mention my thoughts to see the reasons for the light weight.

Did I miss something? I thought this was a thread looking to find people wanting the same guns so that we could go through someone like duncan's to get what we want? Who said anything about copying or trying to make money? I just knew there were a few guns that were nigh impossible to get molds for.. Maybe I missed something

Yes its elephant.

I'm sorry I never posted any new pictures after the shoot. I took the holster home.. got out a paper towel.. ran some water over it and rubbed off all the damage I thought I had done. There were two tiny scratches.. and my fobes mag holder nearly died.. had abrasive gashes in it.. and really showed some wear. I never thought either of my holsters would hold up so well.. the shark had no marks.. and the sunburst only had the two tiny marks. I'm in agreement that if you have these you shouldn't avoid using them.. but after seeing the wear and the abuse.. it will take a lot to mess up a good leather holster. If rolling in the rocks, and sliding on the rocks, laying directly on the holster while you shrimp your way along doesn't do anything more than a 1/8th inch minor scratch.. its the best thing I've ever done for my training.

I'm honestly surprised at the lack of interest. I figured everyone had at least one gun they couldn't find or get ahold of.

Just a thought... but if you are wanting more pressure.. you might try securing the top and using a floor jack to get 1-3 tons of pressure and that would be considerably cheaper than buying a press. I come from metal working (Boilermaker) and cheap easy, and whatever is handy is usually somewhere in the description of the tools I will use.

Thanks for the tip Jeff.. I wondered how to let folks know I was carrying in a friendly manner.. sounds like they are very receptive.

Thanks for the input Jeff.. had a blast.. and am looking forward to some more advancement in punishing my holster.

As to my boning.. it worked perfectly in an advanced shoot today.. though it took a good beating. I felt a little bad abusing it so hard.. rolling in the rocks and what not scratching it up.. and will post some new pics soon. It took the beating well.. funny thing.. it caused the slide to automatically drop when holstered.. I liked it.

For the record he loved the holster. And its function was excellent today

My very first holster, I saw the slip on the stitching. Otherwise any hints, tips, or suggestions would be wonderful. The sunburst was also on purpose. Jared