Rob Pincus

Mission First Tactical Holsters

Rob Pincus
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Known for their AR accessories, Mission First Tactical has expanded their line into Kydex outside-the-waistband (OWB) and inside-the-waistband (IWB) holsters. With 33 models of OWB holsters and 34 IWB, Mission First Tactical holsters are available for today’s most popular carry guns.

Training Holsters

Mission First Tactical Holsters are high quality, well designed, well thought-out, and ergonomic. OWB models come with a 1.75-inch belt clip that is adjustable up to a 15-degree cant, though you can also have a straight drop.

This makes a great holster for use during handgun training courses. Even if you carry IWB, having an OWB holster mounted in the same place when you’re out on the range gives you all the same movements of the hand, lets you train very efficiently, and then safely come back without having to worry about going under your concealment garment or getting inside the waistband, especially when it comes to subcompact handgun carry and carrying in front of your body in centerline or appendix carry.

When training using gun holsters, you can train from outside the waistband even in the appendix carry position and still get all the value, same range of motion, and reholster much more safely and efficiently.

But What About 1-to-1 Training?

Range training does not have to be exactly one-to-one, though of course the closer you can get, the better. Don’t carry centerline but train and practice from the hip — that doesn’t make sense. Make sure you’re setting up your tactical holsters to match the way you’re going to carry, but don’t think that because you carry IWB you need to train IWB, especially if you’re a new shooter.

If you have to tuck and untuck a shirt in order to draw the gun and reholster, this is obviously going to reduce the number of reps you can get — and you want to make the most of your training time.

Learn more about Mission First Tactical Holsters and their applications for training and everyday carry.

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So, for years, you've probably seen me use Mission First Tactical's equipment on my AR-15 type rifles. Well, now, I'm also using some of their equipment on the range especially when it comes to the students that show up without a good training holster, because Mission First Tactical is now doing outside the waistband and inside the waistband Kydex holsters. Of course they're high quality. They're well-designed. They're well thought out. They're ergonomic. The outside the waistband, it comes with a 1.75 inch belt clip and it's adjustable up to a 15 degree can. Of course you can have a straight drop as well. And like I said, this makes a great training holster. Even if you carry inside the waistband having an outside the waistband holster mounted in exactly the same place when you're out on the range gives you all the same movements of the hand. Lets you train very efficiently and then safely come back without having to worry about going under your concealment garment or getting inside the waistband, especially when it comes to subcompact gun carry and carrying in front of your body, in center line or appendix carry. Now they do make a great inside the waistband, appendix carry holster. You can see this one's set up for a Springfield XD. This one set up for the Glock. We've got a SIRT pistol in it. They're covering all the major brands all the major carry guns, the kind of guns that you're gonna stage for home defense. And then of course training from outside the waistband is a great idea because it's completely consistent and the kind of guns you're gonna carry. And once again, I think it's important to remember that you can train from outside the waistband even the appendix carry position and still get all the value, same range of motion and re-holster much more safely and much more efficiently. Remember when you're training on the range it doesn't exactly have to be one to one. The closer you can get the better. If you're training from an appendix carry position but you carry on the hip that wouldn't make any sense. Similarly, it doesn't make any sense to carry on the appendix carry position, but train from the hip. So make sure that you're setting your holsters up to match the way you're gonna carry. But don't think that just because you carry inside the waistband, you need to train from inside the waistband, especially if you're new to this. One of the things I like to recommend to people use a SIRT pistol for that. That way you can accommodate every different type of dress style you have, whether it's a light T-shirt, heavy overcoat, something like a suit a formal wear or something like that. Maybe you tuck your holster and then you're gonna have to untuck that shirt and then get it out of the way again when you're re-holstering. Obviously, that's gonna cut into your reps when you're out on the range. And that's why, even though I might not use this type of holster to carry my gun, I do use this type of a holster when I'm out on the range. It's got good, positive retention. You heard it click when I stuck the Glock in there and that is a passive retention device which means I can move around. I can be active. The gun's not gonna come out reach down get a good hold of it. It comes out. I can do my training, make sure I don't need my gun anymore. Simulate that assessment of my environment. Find my holster, snap that gun back in. I know it's secure and go about the rest of that training business I have or get another rep in quickly and efficiently. Mission First Tactical are expanding their line into good high quality well-designed training holsters. I think is a great addition to their already awesome lineup of AR accessories. Take a look. If you're looking for a training holster or maybe even a good high close to the body outside the waistband carry holster, Mission First Tactical may be perfect for you.
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