Airsoft Canada - View Single Post - Black Hawk style CQC Holsters and they're ability to weather hits

Hoarday · July 16th, 2015, 16:51

This is a bit of a public "poll".

I'd recently picked up a SERPA holster for my sidearm to try out instead of my usual method of shoving it in a mag pouch. I have long gangly arms, and the only palce I could find open on my belt or rig that I could easily draw from was on my chest. After 4-5 games like this I took a BB directly to the release button, which seems to have blown apart the mechanism that actually holds the pistol in place. Admittedly, it was a repro, as I wanted to see if I even liked the style before I went balls deep buying a brand name one.

My questions for those of you who use these holsters, especially mounted to your chest:

1) Are these kind of hits that common, or was it just shit luck that I got hit in the exact wrong spot/ do hits there usually cause this kind of damage?

2) Would a non-china re-brand hold up any better? Or is it too small a piece to take that kind of impact no matter what?

3) Assuming that this would be a common problem to happen, is there anything that works well as an ablative guard on the button to reduce impact force?

July 16th, 2015, 16:51	#1
Hoarday Trader rating Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Niagara Falls	Black Hawk style CQC Holsters and they're ability to weather hits This is a bit of a public "poll". I'd recently picked up a SERPA holster for my sidearm to try out instead of my usual method of shoving it in a mag pouch. I have long gangly arms, and the only palce I could find open on my belt or rig that I could easily draw from was on my chest. After 4-5 games like this I took a BB directly to the release button, which seems to have blown apart the mechanism that actually holds the pistol in place. Admittedly, it was a repro, as I wanted to see if I even liked the style before I went balls deep buying a brand name one. My questions for those of you who use these holsters, especially mounted to your chest: 1) Are these kind of hits that common, or was it just shit luck that I got hit in the exact wrong spot/ do hits there usually cause this kind of damage? 2) Would a non-china re-brand hold up any better? Or is it too small a piece to take that kind of impact no matter what? 3) Assuming that this would be a common problem to happen, is there anything that works well as an ablative guard on the button to reduce impact force?