Just an interest thread for anyone not familiar with these. Something folks can refer too if thinking of this style.
I bought this one from beretta1526 - excellent guy to deal with, and it's a Walther P99 sob type rig. He could not use it so trusting it would suit my SW99 decided to snag it just to extend my options.
Now I am not generally an SOB rig fan - mainly for reasons of comfort plus the spinal hazard but - if using one do let its bulk sit around the 5 o'clock area as against dead center. In this case and worn like this - the gun's main bulk is well to side of spine and muzzle area is over the upper part of my sacrum - thus from a vertebral (lower lumbar) POV not overly hazardous.
Comfort is not anywhere near what I get from the OWB Eagle Defender and SIG - which is and will remain EDC - that said it is well bearable and if not too much sitting then acceptable. With my usual vest on - and without careless forward bending, printing is not much of an issue. The SW99 is one of my guns that has seen occasional carry duty and it is useful because even if holstered it is small enough to transition to a large pocket at times - in winter particularly.
Draw is surprisingly easy - just needs a fwd bend and sidebend left - just a bit more than usual, and gun comes to hand well - reholstering is less easy - but that is because something new.
I did slam in one of my extended mags but in fact with a std mag of course that protrusion is lost - probably best for this set up. T shirt gets rucked up easily as you'll notice.
There is a very useful tension screw close to trigger guard area - it is visible. Slacked that off a shade for now just to get the right degree of adequate hold. Rig is well made and I like the belt slot arrangement.
Pics are primitive - as I was shooting blind with remote!!! Plus had to use flash. I notice I forgot to put gun belt thru a side belt loop but no matter, just wanted to try it out and take a pic or three.
I bought this one from beretta1526 - excellent guy to deal with, and it's a Walther P99 sob type rig. He could not use it so trusting it would suit my SW99 decided to snag it just to extend my options.
Now I am not generally an SOB rig fan - mainly for reasons of comfort plus the spinal hazard but - if using one do let its bulk sit around the 5 o'clock area as against dead center. In this case and worn like this - the gun's main bulk is well to side of spine and muzzle area is over the upper part of my sacrum - thus from a vertebral (lower lumbar) POV not overly hazardous.
Comfort is not anywhere near what I get from the OWB Eagle Defender and SIG - which is and will remain EDC - that said it is well bearable and if not too much sitting then acceptable. With my usual vest on - and without careless forward bending, printing is not much of an issue. The SW99 is one of my guns that has seen occasional carry duty and it is useful because even if holstered it is small enough to transition to a large pocket at times - in winter particularly.
Draw is surprisingly easy - just needs a fwd bend and sidebend left - just a bit more than usual, and gun comes to hand well - reholstering is less easy - but that is because something new.
I did slam in one of my extended mags but in fact with a std mag of course that protrusion is lost - probably best for this set up. T shirt gets rucked up easily as you'll notice.
There is a very useful tension screw close to trigger guard area - it is visible. Slacked that off a shade for now just to get the right degree of adequate hold. Rig is well made and I like the belt slot arrangement.
Pics are primitive - as I was shooting blind with remote!!! Plus had to use flash. I notice I forgot to put gun belt thru a side belt loop but no matter, just wanted to try it out and take a pic or three.