Delta Recon
01-14-2006, 08:35
I never carried a thigh holster in VN. I did on ops in C. America as they were just being made available in the early 70s. I have also carried them as a SWAT and drug agent. I have mixed feelings about them.
Most of them have a critical failing in my view, and if anyone knows of a supplier that makes one that does not have this failing, I would love to know about it. When crawling, the thigh holsters I have used and evaluated always act as a scoop over the rear sight. Draw your weapon and it is packed full of mud, grass, sand whatever.
I am right handed but carry my thigh holster on my left leg for a variety of reasons. Primarly, it is out of the way and my riflem when being carried does not hit it and make noise. Also, as the HG is a secondary weapon, I keep it on the left side so that I can draw it with my left hand in the event my right hand is disabled. We know that we can, if necessary, fire our primary weapons with one hand - unless you are carrying the sniper rifle or an FN or some such weapon that is too heavy for such manipulation. If I am in the prone position, I tend to roll slightly onto my right side and a right thigh holster gets in my way. On the left side, I can keep a suspect covered with the primary weapon that may be disabled, etc. and draw the handgun while still, hopefully, haveing at least one round to fight with in the primary weapon.
These sort of discussions will always produce great differences in opinion and I find them very worthwhile to hear other ideas .
Most of them have a critical failing in my view, and if anyone knows of a supplier that makes one that does not have this failing, I would love to know about it. When crawling, the thigh holsters I have used and evaluated always act as a scoop over the rear sight. Draw your weapon and it is packed full of mud, grass, sand whatever.
I am right handed but carry my thigh holster on my left leg for a variety of reasons. Primarly, it is out of the way and my riflem when being carried does not hit it and make noise. Also, as the HG is a secondary weapon, I keep it on the left side so that I can draw it with my left hand in the event my right hand is disabled. We know that we can, if necessary, fire our primary weapons with one hand - unless you are carrying the sniper rifle or an FN or some such weapon that is too heavy for such manipulation. If I am in the prone position, I tend to roll slightly onto my right side and a right thigh holster gets in my way. On the left side, I can keep a suspect covered with the primary weapon that may be disabled, etc. and draw the handgun while still, hopefully, haveing at least one round to fight with in the primary weapon.
These sort of discussions will always produce great differences in opinion and I find them very worthwhile to hear other ideas .