Leather Thumb Break vs. Retention System - Page 2

GunnyBunny · March 24th, 2009, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ron8903

Thumb break for you intended application.

+1

IMHO thumb for OC and field use, retention for CC.

pgrass101 · March 24th, 2009, 11:46 AM

I perfer a thumb break myself for genearl use

matiki · March 24th, 2009, 12:37 PM

I'm a recent (last three years) convert to the SERPA style release. The gun isn't going anywhere and drawing and re holstering is a piece o cake.

falcon1 · March 24th, 2009, 12:53 PM

Given the situation you described, I would prefer the thumb-break holster.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

Sig master · March 24th, 2009, 10:53 PM

I own and use both types and it just your preference on what you like. Personnaly I like both styles.

Knuckledrager · March 25th, 2009, 02:12 PM

If you are leaning toward the retention device, avoid the Serpa like the plague. The Safariland ALS is a much better device. Above all else, seek training in weapon retention. The best tool to defeat the gun grab is a well trained individual. Holsters and gimmicks are all secondary.

matiki · March 25th, 2009, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Knuckledrager

If you are leaning toward the retention device, avoid the Serpa like the plague. ...

Would you articulate why please?

BamaSteve · March 25th, 2009, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matiki

Would you articulate why please?

I'm assuming he is talking about the long discussion about the possibility of finger on the bang switch without meaning to. I've read a lot about this, and while it is a consideration I've taken, it hasn't been my determining factor. I just think the Safariland ALS system would be more intuitive for me (plus they actually make a model for the compact M&P).

However, I don't wish this to turn into one of those threads that discusses this long debated topic. Just the preference of a leather thumb break vs. mechanical type retention.

Knuckledrager · March 25th, 2009, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BamaSteve

I'm assuming he is talking about the long discussion about the possibility of finger on the bang switch without meaning to. I've read a lot about this, and while it is a consideration I've taken, it hasn't been my determining factor. I just think the Safariland ALS system would be more intuitive for me (plus they actually make a model for the compact M&P).

However, I don't wish this to turn into one of those threads that discusses this long debated topic. Just the preference of a leather thumb break vs. mechanical type retention.

My objection to the Serpa (and subsequent ban on them at my job

) has to do with the reliability of the design.

Knuckledrager · March 25th, 2009, 02:42 PM

Matiki, PM sent.

View Poll Results: Leather thumb break or retention system
Leather Thumb Break	38	45.78%
Retention System (Safariland/Blackhawk CQC)	45	54.22%
Voters: 83. You may not vote on this poll

March 24th, 2009, 11:46 AM	#12
pgrass101 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,654	I perfer a thumb break myself for genearl use __________________ Noli nothis permittere te terere "If ignorance is bliss then shouldn’t most people happy?" -Thomas Jefferson-

March 24th, 2009, 12:37 PM	#13
matiki VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: N.W. Posts: 2,888	I'm a recent (last three years) convert to the SERPA style release. The gun isn't going anywhere and drawing and re holstering is a piece o cake. __________________ "Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must." - The Duke of Wellington

March 24th, 2009, 12:53 PM	#14
falcon1 VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 5,807	Given the situation you described, I would prefer the thumb-break holster. Good luck with whatever you decide. __________________ If the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.--Candidus (in the Boston Gazette, 20 January 1772)

March 24th, 2009, 10:53 PM	#15
Sig master Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 61	I own and use both types and it just your preference on what you like. Personnaly I like both styles. __________________ Sig P220R .45ACP Taurus PT92 9mm Rem 870 12ga. Bushmaster M-4 .223/5.56 HK P2000 9mm Glock 31 .357

March 25th, 2009, 02:12 PM	#16
Knuckledrager Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: PA Posts: 692	If you are leaning toward the retention device, avoid the Serpa like the plague. The Safariland ALS is a much better device. Above all else, seek training in weapon retention. The best tool to defeat the gun grab is a well trained individual. Holsters and gimmicks are all secondary. __________________ "The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization." Sigmund Freud

March 25th, 2009, 02:42 PM	#20
Knuckledrager Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: PA Posts: 692	Matiki, PM sent. __________________ "The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization." Sigmund Freud

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