Paddle holsters and CCW
This is an area that can cause much debate in the CCW world because if you are concealing a firearm in a paddle holster you are almost always going to have to wear a vest or a long coat, not all environments can tolerate a jacket, and most jackets are either not going to be long enough or they will make you sweat, just in for concealing a firearm in this manor. I really like the Blackhawk Serpa holsters, but they do extend a little further out on the body that something like a Don Hume Jit holster which is flat up against a belt.
Firearm retention in a holster is important for LEO and people carrying open carry, but not so much for CCW. Yes you may get in a scuffle and have a firearm fly out of a holster, but the Blackhawk holsters make get a little difficult to release if you are not in a good position, there are always methods and tactics that people should train with and trying a holster out in an adverse position is something you should try doing. Try pulling the firearm laying on your side, or in the seated position and you’ll know what I mean. If you are sitting down, you’ll realize how odd it will feel and how high you’ll have to left your shoulder to clear it.
Any experienced and well trainied CCW holder will tell you that it may be wise to change your holster or carry gun during the change in seasons. I’ve spotted more than a few CCW holders out in the open when it was pretty obvious that the machismo took the best of them and they just had to keep carrying that 1911 IWB at 5 o’clock in the summer months as they were 5’7″ and didn’t realize that when they were standing in line at the super market that I could see the T-shirt bunched up around the belt line.