Fast holsters for self defense
Not everyone is going to win the IDPA National competition this year, nor should we expect it, but there are several thousand people that are above average and stand out. Not everyone that carries a firearm is training 2 times a week and ready for whatever fate is going to pop out of the bushes. I don’t teach gun slinging when I’m teaching a class, but I expect people to be safe when using a firearm, and allow them to figure out how fast they need to be. In all of the hostile confrontations I witnessed, there was never a need for a fast draw, you either slowly pulled the gun when the BG wasn’t looking or you ran for cover and moved. Gun slinging can mean that both individuals shoot each other.
I do believe that one thing that gets over looked when people decide to choose a holster is at what angle and location can they draw a firearm fastest. Gun depth in a holster is a big deal because once you start concealing a firearm under a shirt, if you can’t get your hands on it easily you’re not going to get it out quick enough. My fastest and favorite is the Don Hume holsters called the Jit holster. These ride a little high, aren’t locked in, and my hands and many of my students agree, that it is easy to grab. IWB can be tricky because everyone thinks its just about hiding the gun, they forget that it’s also about how to get it out.
