Hi I'm Thomas and today we'll be learning how to wear and adjust an
Alien Gear Holster
So today I have with me a Glock 23 along with and outside the
waistband and a brand new inside the waistband Cloak Tuck 2.0 holster.
So we have an instruction sheet we have a sticker a parts pack of spare hardware
and a holster. So putting on the inside the waistband holster is pretty easy I'm
just going to give you a couple tips here to might make it a little easier.
First you need to decide where you're going to wear it. You can wear three
o'clock right here or most people find this position better right over the back
pocket which is uh you know about four o'clock or thirty something like that.
And if you're a bigger guy it's easier to wear it over here on the point of the
hip but the skinnier guys need it back here. You need that handgun handle the
grip to lay flat against your body it's going to be hard to do that if it's
sticking out here. Now putting this on you'll want to start in the front and
pull it around to the back and I like to start with my thumb inside the shell and
I'll grab the bottom of the shell with a couple of fingers I'll slide it in pull
it around. So just undo your belt loosen your pants pull your zipper down all the
way just most the way. Go ahead and grab your holster just like that put it in
the front and then once it's in the front just slide it around to where you
want it. Now you can just grab a clip put it on pull it up in the back here so
this back clip is high enough. Now you can go ahead and snap your pants leave
your belt undone though. So with your pistol now keep your finger off that... off
the trigger. Go ahead holster so you've got it where
you need it. Go ahead and buckle your belt at this point and make sure to
cinch that nice and tight. Okay, you don't want this flopping around.
Now that holds it nice and tight against my body and it's perfectly in position.
It's an easy draw, and easy reholster. These are also talked about so if you
want to wear your shirt tucked in, all you have to do is pull your shirt up
here, pull it back around the gun. You will loosen your pants,
loosen your belt under your top snap. If you undo your zipper, just a little bit.
If you're wearing slacks or something they're going to fall down make sure to
keep a hold on it with your left hand and then you will just tuck your shirt
around the gun, behind the clips. Button everything back up and then when you're
done you're going to want to blouse this shirt a little bit okay so it doesn't
print. And just make sure that everything looks normal. Look in the mirror and
you're good to go. So to take the holster off the first
thing you need to do is pull out your pistol and make it safe. Then there's a
little lip on the bottom of the over the belt clip. You just pull out on that and
push up get it off over the belt same thing on the back lift then you can grab
the top of the holster and simply pull up. It will disengage and be completely
free. So that's the over the belt clip. It's our standard nylon clip. We also
have the steel version of that goes on and off the exact same way. Functions the
same. This is our leather loop if you put this in place of the standard loops it
will go on and off a little bit differently. So the first thing you'll do
is without putting your belt on first take your holster. Position it. Put it
over your pants, the way you normally would, but then you'll run your belt
around and through these loops. The reason is it's very difficult to snap
these once you're already wearing your belt. You can quickly unsnap it to
disengage it and remove your holster. Once you're wearing it but putting it on
you'll need to thread your belt through this first and it sits just like that on
your belt. Now this is a C-clip similar to an over the belt but it goes just a
little bit over and under the belt. This goes on the same way as we standard over
the belt clips. You will position your belt. You'll already have your belt on.
You'll position a holster back here the difference is instead of going over your
belt, you will go over your pants but behind the belt first you'll hook the
little nub on the bottom and then you'll bring the top
over like that and it will hold the holster. It'll hold the weight of the gun
on the top and the bottom will not be able to lift up because it's hooked on
the bottom of the belt. Now you can unhook this by popping it off like that.
Push the bottom out first and lift away or you can just unthread your belt.
Either way it works fine and finally we have a J clip. The J clip will go on the
same as a c-clip. You'll put the holster in position the clip will go over the
pants behind the belt and it just hooks on the bottom and you're done. This shows
very little clip, but puts the weight of the gun on your pants not the belt. So
all you see on the J clip is that tiny little nub. Now if you have an outside
the waistband holster it's going to go on a little bit different. There are two
loops on the back and you need to decide where you're going to wear this if I'm
going to wear this here, I need to look at the last belt loop that this will go
pass and I need to unthread to that point. Now I can thread the first loop on
the holster then go through my pants belt loop and then the final loop on the
holster. Finalize the position and finish threading. Pull your belt snug and there
you go. To take this off you can either unthread your entire belt or you can
just once again pull out of that loop through your pants slide it off and then
rethread your belt. Our holsters are adjustable for a can't ride height and
retention. The included hardware pack has an allen key that's used to make the
adjustments to adjust the can't or the angle that the holster faces, simply
raise or lower one or both clips.
There's a spacer between the clip and the backer just move that to the desired
hole and reattach the clip. Make sure it's good and snug now that will cause
the holster to cant more upwards. To adjust the ride height you would move
both clips at the same time, up or down. Raising the clips lowers the ride height.
And this is all personal preference and your body shape will dictate this more
than anything. Just find the position that works best for you. Now the holster
will ride lower in your pants. To adjust the retention which is the grip that the
holster has on your firearm all you have to do is tighten or loosen
these screws. If you get them too tight you're not going to be able to pull your
gun out if you get it too loose it may fall out when you're running. So you need
to find that happy medium. If you can't get the adjustments that you want with
the included screws, then look to your hardware pack. There's some extra parts
t-nuts and finishing washers. There's also different size spacers and screws.
So if you want this looser than what you can get with the stock screws, just get
a longer screw out of the pack with the longer spacer. Or if you want it to be
tighter, just find one of the smaller spacers and the smaller screws, and
replace those. Don't forget that your Alien Gear Holster has free shell
trades for life. The shell is universal and removable so if you ever decide to
carry a different gun just send us the old shell and we'll send you a new one
for your holster. All you have to do is unscrew these four screws, put this shell
in its place and you have a new holster.
And just like that our holster is now perfectly fitted to the new gun. Thanks
for watching if you'd like more information on how to wear and adjust
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