Alright girls, today we're going to talk about this
really neat new holster that's been put out by raving consumer systems it's
called the vanguard and everybody knows the standard for concealment is a good
paddle holster whether it's one made out of Kydex or a leather one that's got
Kydex on it like the crossbreed crossbreeds this standard for comfort as
far as I'm concerned you can wear crossbreed holster all day long you
forget it's there does not print great holster however summer time rolls around
starts getting hot out you start wearing less clothing and you just don't you
honestly just don't want a big sweaty chunk of Kydex on the side of your big
chunk of sweaty leather on the side of you so what I see a lot of guys doing is
they start doing what's called a mexican-style carry mexican-style
carries basically you just take it and you stick it in the side of your your
belt inside the belt and kind of comfortable the problem with it is
what's to keep this thing from falling down inside my pants while I'm moving
around during the day it's fine for sitting on the range but if you're if
you do any kind of activity at all Mexican style carry where it just sat
inside it's it's just not a smart move because there's no guarantee that that
pistols not going to go down your pants or come up out of your belt line in
which case pistols laying on the ground and you're going to lose all your cool
points alright now if you if you got a small sized pistol compact subcompact
for example this this LCP LCP to me should be nothing more than a backup
pistol and because the sights are pretty well non-existent you have to go with a
good laser for example this has got a Crimson Trace laser on it
one thing you also notice though is I added a belt clip to the outside now for
me this works awesome because I can go out literally running and I can clip
this pistol on one side of my running shorts and I don't have to worry
about it going anywhere now if you're wearing those shorts for a while it even
as light as that pistol is it's still going to lower that side of your shorts
so everybody should have a spare mag anyways well Ruger offers that spare
magazines of the same size what's also available is a ten round magazine as
opposed to the six sticks out a little bit longer but this again this is just
my spare magazine what I've found is that spare magazine of 10 rounds weighs
almost as much as the full size pistol does so it balances my running shorts
out ok cool that works good for a subcompact for a backup gun or as my
wife calls that this is my church pistol alright
takes up no space it's good backup. so how about a Glock firearm my personal
preference now they do make a belt clip that goes on the Glock it actually
attaches with two screws on the back plate works great it will keep it far
enough above the belt line so that if you have to you can easily grab it you
don't have to worry about it falling down inside your pants and it is stiff
enough it will keep it from falling out however what's the disadvantage that the
Glocks have compared to a lot of the other firearm makeups like the XD that's
got the external safety? Glocks do not have an external safety okay that's the
one achilles heel on the Glocks is it has to be inside a holster that has
retention that wraps around that trigger assembly or you're taking the chance
in the unsafe manner of actually having something inadvertently bump that trigger
whether it's you reholstering and a piece of cloth gets stuck in it or something's
it's just not safe you're just waiting for something bad to happen okay so
great for Mexican carry with the belt clip but a lot of people will not run
the belt clip glocks with a round in the chamber safer yes but now when they do
that concealed carry draw now they're having to add that extra step of racking
the slide to get that round in the chamber sounds good on paper Oh in the
middle of the gunfight I've got plenty of time to do that the reality check go
out on the range with a pro timer and run against your buddy who's running a
glock that's already got around in the chamber see who's going to win that
gunfight you're going to bring gun to a gunfight have it ready to get in a
gunfight that means you need to have a round in the chamber, but Karl you just
told me this was unsafe, ah that's where Vanguard comes in what the Vanguard is
made by raven concealment systems ingenious I wish I had come up with the
idea this is nothing more than a Kydex clip that goes over and snaps onto the
trigger mechanism that simple now the pistols still going to be retained in my
belt by the belt clip that's actually on the slide however this is a string it's
adjustable you see the extra slack I have sitting here and all you do is
you'll take it, make a loop in it and then all you have to do
is you can either run it around your belt or I like to run it through the
belt loop sometimes I don't wear a belt pull it back through now it sits all I
do is after I've put a round in the chamber
click it so it covers the safety and now I'm using the clip on the pistol itself
that pistol is not going anywhere now moment of truth comes I have to do my
draw I clear now when I draw it pulls off and clears the pistol depending on
how thick your belt is depending on how much distance your knee is coming up
over the top of your pants to get back down in that extra string is there so
you're going to adjust the length it take your while on the range to get used
to it I want this string a little longer a little shorter the longer the string the
more play left and right you can go but now you've got to stretch it a little
further before it actually comes off the pistol so work with it play with it but
if you're one of those guys that in the hot summer you wanted to think it all
about using the Mexican style carry with a clip on the side of your Glock I
really cannot say enough about the Vanguard great concept look into it and
be safe