Posted: 1/25/2007 4:03:25 PM EDT
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I've discovered why my 1911's safety kept going off safety while it was in my High Noon "Slide Guard" holster. The safety had, over time, made an indentation into the leather which was deep enough to hold the safety while the gun was moving around, like while getting into and out of a car. Very unnerving to say the least. I cut off the slide guard part of the holster and haven't had a recurence of this problem since then. I'd had my safety bobbed in order for it to clear my Crimson Trace grips. Smaller safety part of the problem? Can't say but I'm thinking it would be as much of a problem for a full size unbobbed safety. Just a heads up to anyone carrying "cocked and locked" with this style of holster.  Anyone else noticed this? |
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SoFlaDeputy wrote: "I have a Slide Guad for my H&K USP 40 fullsize I carry cocked & locked and have never run into the situation you described." Have you noticed the safety making a deep permanent indentation in the leather of the slide guard? Mine was so deep the leather was firmly gripping the safety. Mines a 1911 and perhaps that may be a factor. 
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| No Strad I haven't noticed it getring any deeper where the saftey latch is on the holster. I can only speculate that when they made your holster the person forming or fitting your holster went to far on that area of your holster and made it deeper than it should have been. Highnoon is a good company and they do offer a lifetime gaurantee on their products, try giving them a call and see what they can do. Please let me know what they say or happens. Take care & be safe! By the way my Slide Guard is black cowhide with the liner in it which makes it very stiff. |
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SoFlaDeputy wrote: Highnoon is a good company and they do offer a lifetime gaurantee on their products, try giving them a call and see what they can do. I have dropped them an email and will post their reply. By the way my holster was made from Horsehide. Another problem I'm having with the holster is it won't stay open after the pistol is drawn making it impossible to reholster the gun without looking at the holster and quite often using my free hand to pull the holster open in order to make enough room for the muzzle. Perhaps the materials were compromised in the curing process and are way to soft? Hopefully I'll get an answer shortly from High Noon that will clear up my concerns. I have nothing but the highest regard for High Noon as a company and I'm sure they'll treat me well. |
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Well I heard back from Scott at High Noon Holsters and the bottom line is that leather just gets softer with time and a tight belt takes up the slack in the holster thereby compressing it and making it harder to reholster the pistol. I like my belt tight so there's not much I can do in this regard. On the issue of the indentation they said they could have remolded and blocked that area where the safety was indenting if they knew what kind of safety was on the gun. Scott said they couldn't keep up with all the different makes of safeties on 1911's. I prefer just having no slide guard as this eliminates the possibility of the problem. Unfortunately I'll be looking for something in Kydex in the future to replace this holster as it's important to be able to holster a pistol without having to pry it open with the free hand or the muzzle of the gun.  |