Syncron OWB Holster

Un-tucked shirt and jeans. This is the way a lot of people move around the world with a defensively carried concealed firearm. And most of us choose to carry inside the waistband, I think. Now, historically, outside the waistband was a viable option but a lot of people talked about dressing around the gun. You know, whether it was bulkier or clothing or layered clothing, or the photographer's vest, which some people call the shoot me first vest in our community. It became such a commonly used method of concealment that it really became cliche and almost a joke in the industry. But, you know, un-tucking a shirt and having jeans and having a defensively carried gun is something that a lot of people want to be able to do. They wanna be able to do it comfortably and not everybody is comfortable with inside the waistband. And in fact, the honest truth is, if you have a good holster and a good belt outside the waistband is a generally more comfortable way to carry. Now I tend to carry inside the waistband almost all the time, but a lot of my students, and maybe you like to carry outside and that's why I wanna talk to you about the Syncron holster from G-Code. Now, the Syncron holster from G-Code is a very modern evolution of an outside the waistband concealed carry holster. You know, a holster has to do a few things. It has to hold the guns that the gun won't fall out, right? It has to cover up the trigger, make sure that the gun can't get fired when it's inside of the holster. It has to hold the gun in a consistent position. That's really important, is that the gun stays in a consistent position so that when I clear this shirt and reach back to grab the gun, it's not sometimes canted forward and sometimes rocking backwards and hanging off my body this way, or pulled into my body this way. It's always in exactly the same place so I can get that good grip on it and then be able to release it relatively easily. That's another job. And then with a concealment holster, with a carry holster for a concealed gun, it has to help you keep the gun concealed, however you choose to dress. And, and the Syncron holster from G-Code does a great job of doing all of those things. Great job at all of those jobs. I'm gonna go ahead and remove this gun from the holster. Make sure that it is clear. I'll just kinda tuck that in a pocket, not a way that we recommend you carry a gun concealed for defensive purposes, obviously. But inside of this holster, which I wanna talk about, that's a great way to carry a gun and including outside the waistband with a relatively thin shirt, just, you know, un-tucked T-shirt on underneath. And this holster makes it comfortable to do and it makes it reasonable to do. And why? Well, it's a couple of really important design features. First of all, it does have adjustable height, but even here, where I could drop the clip down, if I drop this loop down, what that's gonna do is actually raise the gun up. You can see that it's not all the way down but this gun was held relatively high on my body. Holding the gun up higher and keeping it off the waist, that's one really good way to increase conceal-ability. And the other way is to make sure that the gun is tucked up against your body. And this is one of the unique features of the Syncron. And it's this bridge loop. Now, the bridge loop also can be set up at different heights and in different ways, but what's important is this flexibility. And they do refer to it sort of as rigid flexibility. The idea that this gun and holster combo are going to remain in the same place on your body. But this flex allows the gun to be very close and tucked in, again, having a good belt helps, pull up against your body, but also not uncomfortable. That means when you sit, when you stand, when you turn, when you move, the gun is going to stay against your body, but not poke into your body, which is really important. That that allows you to carry the gun in a concealed way close to your body up high against your torso on a good belt in a way that will stay concealed, but also isn't going to be so uncomfortable that you're only gonna carry it for one day and you're gonna leave it at home in the safe the rest of the week. So this rigid flexibility from the Syncron is important. Now, as far as the color goes and the finish goes, there's a whole bunch of different options. If you go over to G-Code's website you'll see that. This one particular has the basket weave finished look, but it's kind of a fuzzy look. So you can see it's very soft. If I tap on this, you get that clicking. Here it's much more dull. And why is it dull? Because it's got this soft fuzz. Now the soft fuzz keeps this from wearing away at your clothes, but it also is gonna be quieter. So if your clothes were to rub up against it, it's not gonna be the same as rubbing up against the plastic all day long back and forth. This soft fuzz just, you know, fabric on fabric. So it's not gonna annoy you more than let people know you're carrying a gun. But that's another one of the advantages of this particular finish. Like I said, there's a couple of different ways to get these holsters put together, finish wise. There's also a new Syncron model that is an inside the waistband model. But I wanted to talk to you today about the outside the waistband model. Cause it isn't something we cover a lot at Personal Defense Network. I've only maybe in the last few months become aware of the Syncron holster from G-Code. G-Code's a holster company that's been around and been trusted by me and many, many other people in the community for a long time. And this is a great evolution of the outside the waistband holster that I think really does develop it as a modern product. One that you might consider, or if you are using an older holster, that's a little bit bulkier, holds the gun a little bit looser, or a little bit lower, you might consider changing over to a holster like this or this exact holster. Check it out at gcode.com.