A second generation of long-slide Glock holsters

[DeWayne Hayes]

Hi folks, 

A year or more back, I posted on here about a pattern I'd created to make leather holsters for my two long-slide Glock pistols. They were thumb snap, cross-draw, which was something I just couldn't buy on the open market, so I had to "roll my own."  Had a massive thick headache-inducing welt the same thickness as the Glock trigger guard. 

Recently, I have been shooting some of my single action revolvers and making holsters for them, but in a strong side, old-west style. And this got me to thinking that I'd like to be able to have one of my long-slide Glocks at "gunfighter" position for long hikes in the woods. 

Anyway, I adapted my sixgun holster pattern (pic for reference) and made the necessary adjustments to accommodate the Glocks, as well as their red-dot optics. Most importantly, I did away with my massive welt and just used a 1-ply welt, then bent the holster to create ears covering the trigger guard, as I typically seen done on leather Glock holsters. Saved a whole lot of work, for sure!

I haven't found the need for any sort of retention strap, as the holsters were wet-molded to the guns and seem pretty secure. At any rate, if they ever loosen up to a point where retention is needed, I can pretty easily retro-fit a strap that would snap to the holster loop, which comes on and off via Chicago screws around back. 

Just posting these as they're kind of a novelty, but also, I had someone ask me for the pattern for my thumb snap version, so if anyone would like a copy of this pattern, I'm happy to provide—might save you some trial and error. 

Regards,

DeWayne

 

 

Edited Sunday at 03:26 AM by DeWayne Hayes

[larry1096]

Those are very nice! It's interesting how you adapted the trigger guard cover from the S/A holster; don't often see that on holsters for semi-auto's, but it works very well.

 

Larry

[JDFred]

Those are pretty dang cool. Very nice work.

[DeWayne Hayes]

1 hour ago, larry1096 said:

Those are very nice! It's interesting how you adapted the trigger guard cover from the S/A holster; don't often see that on holsters for semi-auto's, but it works very well.

 

Larry

Thanks, Larry. I'm pretty paranoid about fully covering Glock triggers, since there's no external safety to activate on them. I want to make sure if I ever took a tumble in some brush or whatnot, no stick or limb is going to find its way into my trigger guard and come in contact with the trigger. Thus, the "bat wings."

[PastorBob]

Good looking holsters!  Very sharp!

[dikman]

That's a bit different. Why don't you give them a polish?