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Bob Wright · November 25, 2013, 09:45 PM

My experience with clip-on and paddle holsters has been rather dismal. I don't like them one iota. I have about the same opinion of inside the waistband holsters.

I prefer a belt type holster of the so-called pancake type. Why? They hold the gun, and rig, closer to the body.

Further, I want the holster long enough to cover the muzzle, certainly not one of those skeleton type slides. Should my jacket or vest ride up, only leather is exposed, not blued steel.

And I want no retaining snap straps, hammer thongs, or thumb break. Just a good leather holster. Definitely not plastic.

My favorites are those from Don Hume.

Here is a Model 19 Smith in a Don Hume rig, a model H171OT, I believe:

And, same holster for a bigger Smith, a Model 586, 4" bbl.:

Bob Wright

P.S. For a man of my mature build, paddle holsters are not as easily put on or taken off as you would expect.

November 25, 2013, 09:45 PM	#2
Bob Wright Senior Member Join Date: July 10, 2012 Location: Memphis, Tennessee Posts: 2,989	My experience with clip-on and paddle holsters has been rather dismal. I don't like them one iota. I have about the same opinion of inside the waistband holsters. I prefer a belt type holster of the so-called pancake type. Why? They hold the gun, and rig, closer to the body. Further, I want the holster long enough to cover the muzzle, certainly not one of those skeleton type slides. Should my jacket or vest ride up, only leather is exposed, not blued steel. And I want no retaining snap straps, hammer thongs, or thumb break. Just a good leather holster. Definitely not plastic. My favorites are those from Don Hume. Here is a Model 19 Smith in a Don Hume rig, a model H171OT, I believe: And, same holster for a bigger Smith, a Model 586, 4" bbl.: Bob Wright P.S. For a man of my mature build, paddle holsters are not as easily put on or taken off as you would expect.