During a instruction course in Leopoldsburg I got to know a guy from 1para who was leaving in a couple of weeks for OMLT ops in afghanistan. He was complaining about some shortcomings on the current issue tactical sidearm holster. He was on a quest for the ultimate FN Browning High Power, alias GP (Grand Puisance), holster. One that would draw fast, wasn't pulling constantly your belt down and still would stay in place when running after the bad guys.
You have to know there are dozens of good systems out there but all them have some negative points one way or the other. For example there are only a couple of brands who make holsters for the GP like Fobus and Safariland.
Safariland must be one of the best systems on the market. They use a quick release locking lever to secure the sidearm in the holster wich is made out of strong and durable Kidex.
On the other hand these brands use only one wide strap of webbing to attach the holster to the belt.
Blackhawk was aware of this problem and introduced the CQC system where the platform is atached to the belt with two seperate hinged straps deviding the pullforce on the belt in half.
So we got a winner? .... Nope, they don't make holsters for the GP :-(
What if we merged the two best features of both systems together? Wouldn't that be a nice wedding?.
Here's the result. Holster from Safariland and legpannel from Blackhawk.
