Kydex holsters options without going to a custom company?
I’ve got a pile of gun holsters in my closet and more than 80% of them never see the light of the day. Some of the holsters we have have are made from Galco, Desantis, Elite Survival, Glock, and several more that I can’t name at the moment. Today I had a customer walk in the door and ask me if I Had a holsters for an H&K gun that I never heard of, and when I asked him if he wanted Kydex or leather? IWB or OWB? He started to seem annoyed, I told him it’s his job to tell what holster he wants and my job to find it for him. Not to bash our customers, but we’ve got enough experience to know that we have to direct those questions back to the customer because we’ve had people blame us for suggesting certain options if they didn’t like it and try and see they won’t pay for the return shipping.
Another thing people don’t seem to realize is that if a gun holster says it will work for a gun, that they somehow need to try it on. When I ask the customer if they want a retention, paddle holster i usually reference the diffferences between the Blackhawk Serpa holsters we sell and the Fobus gun holsters. There is a 50% price difference between each product and you gotta know what you want and look for it instead of it finding you. I think people carry the Serpa for the wrong reasons and it is primarly a secondary firearm holster or a Law Enforcement holster, not really a good civilian CCW holster because if you don’t need a reason for retention, don’t use it.