So I've been searchign for a good holster that will sit well with my 92FS (large gun, I know...I'm a broke student, but this is the weapon I trained with in the Air Force...it's what happens when lack of funds meets the desire to carry).
I contacted a few leather holster makers, including Gary Brommeland about the desire for my weapon placement, and the cant of the weapon. Gary was very helpful in his information, but unfortionatly the only holster I was interested in was going to sit too high. I really had my eye on the Max Con III, as well as a few other leather makers similar models. Galco's Royal Guard also looked nice, but I wasn't able to try it on locally and didn't want to pay for it before I had a chance to try it. I have to say, however, that Gary was extremely helpful and gave an honest assesment of the III.
I decided that the type of holster I wanted wasn't going to be made in the manner I desired. So I kept searching and found Andrews MacDaniel II. I had seen it before, but wasn't too sure about it. So I thought about it for a while, and decided to call him up. I talked to him for a bit about the holster, and he was also a very friendly guy. He told me that the holster would fit my needs as the belt loop was adjustable and he described how it would sit. I went ahead and ordered one. I was still a little uneasy, but decided what the hell.
I ordered the one he had on hand, it was a treated brown leather with a body shield as per his website. I ordered it on Thursday, he was able to fit it to my 92, and have it shipped to me across country (he's in Florida, I'm in Seattle) by today, Wednesday.
I tried it on right away of course, who can keep a new holster aside? It's like being a kid at christmas and knowing you might get a nintendo! I have to say, not only did it fit as described, it fit the weapon better then I had expected, and was more comfortable then I had imagined. I was more then impressed. It even had a small indentation on the body shield for the weapon's safety switch. I didn't even think of that when ordering it.
I have to give a great thanks to Andrews for such a fine product. I am more then happy with my holster, and I hope that (once I graduate!) I am able to order more holsters for various other handguns in the future!
I contacted a few leather holster makers, including Gary Brommeland about the desire for my weapon placement, and the cant of the weapon. Gary was very helpful in his information, but unfortionatly the only holster I was interested in was going to sit too high. I really had my eye on the Max Con III, as well as a few other leather makers similar models. Galco's Royal Guard also looked nice, but I wasn't able to try it on locally and didn't want to pay for it before I had a chance to try it. I have to say, however, that Gary was extremely helpful and gave an honest assesment of the III.
I decided that the type of holster I wanted wasn't going to be made in the manner I desired. So I kept searching and found Andrews MacDaniel II. I had seen it before, but wasn't too sure about it. So I thought about it for a while, and decided to call him up. I talked to him for a bit about the holster, and he was also a very friendly guy. He told me that the holster would fit my needs as the belt loop was adjustable and he described how it would sit. I went ahead and ordered one. I was still a little uneasy, but decided what the hell.
I ordered the one he had on hand, it was a treated brown leather with a body shield as per his website. I ordered it on Thursday, he was able to fit it to my 92, and have it shipped to me across country (he's in Florida, I'm in Seattle) by today, Wednesday.
I tried it on right away of course, who can keep a new holster aside? It's like being a kid at christmas and knowing you might get a nintendo! I have to say, not only did it fit as described, it fit the weapon better then I had expected, and was more comfortable then I had imagined. I was more then impressed. It even had a small indentation on the body shield for the weapon's safety switch. I didn't even think of that when ordering it.
I have to give a great thanks to Andrews for such a fine product. I am more then happy with my holster, and I hope that (once I graduate!) I am able to order more holsters for various other handguns in the future!
