Thread: SERPA holster
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Old March 6, 2009, 12:24 AM   #20
KellyTTE
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I am aware of two instances where trained personnel have shot themselves using this holster in conjunction with Glock pistols. In August of 2004, a situation occurred with a live weapon that resulted in the shooter losing a 10cm piece of her femur. The other occurred with nonlethal training ammunitions in a force-on-force event in April of 2005. The impact of the NLTA was in the same area as the actual gunshot wound previously mentioned.
Couple of facts that aren't mentioned about the SERPA's and this ND in particular. Andy Stanford of OPS was the guest instructor at this incident and relayed to me that the woman admitted that she'd never used the holster prior to the class and the subsequent investigation found that there her training with the holster was inadequate.

Secondly, the SERPA information posted on TR is dated at best. What it doesn't mention is Paul Gomez's later development of a SERPA training system, nor does it take into account Blackhawk's B & C revisions to the platform(s). Plenty of people have ND's with just about every holster out there. Given the enormous number of SERPA holsters shipped (over 100k according to BHPG), two incidents are anecdotal at best.
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