The dangers of a cheap holster [GRAPHIC]

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Someone posted this in a gun group on Facebook:

"I used to carry a Ruger SR1911, as I've owned several. I carried in a supple leather belt slide holster, until one day life changed for me.... somehow the safety became disengaged and while holstering, the supple holster caught the trigger.... turned my world upside down, lucky no major artery hit, or where the bullet exited which could have blown my knee out. God had other plans for me.... but the wound channel from the 230-gr Fed HST round left it's mark."

Obviously there are really nice form-fitted leather holsters out there, but his was an absolute piece of garbage. In the photo of his wound, you can see it entered and exited his thigh after grazing his hip. Let's all learn from his mistakes.

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I know there are awesome leather holsters but I’ve never purchased one because my fear of something like this happening.

That injury will take a while to heal (I guess 4-6 weeks). Ouch.
 
I dont think the fact that it was leather had anything to do with it, any cheap nylon holster could have done the same thing.

When you look an the quality holsters they almost always have a reinforced opening to make it easier to put you gun in the holster. You get what you pay for
 
This is why for CC I always use a clip on style holster. The concealed holster is soft to be conforming to your shape as well as the shape of the gun to aid in concealement and comfort. When I have to draw from concealed I NEVER reholster in place. Remove the holster, reholster your weapon then re-clip the holster on. I use an IWB style holster. When carrying open on my belt, I like rigid leather holsters like Kramer for instance. With Glocks, I also use a Saf-T-Blok to avoid the Plaxico Plastic Pistol Pierced Penis Perforation syndrome.
 
? Being the questioning type, is he saying an SR1911 did that?

Arent we talking about a 1911 here? Grip and thumb safety?

I am not saying there arent better holsters out there because obviously that is bottom of the line but I would be curious as to how both of those safeties failed. He is saying thumb got disengaged, grip got depressed AND trigger got pulled?
 
Lobo2087 said:
? Being the questioning type, is he saying an SR1911 did that?

Arent we talking about a 1911 here? Grip and thumb safety?

I am not saying there arent better holsters out there because obviously that is bottom of the line but I would be curious as to how both of those safeties failed. He is saying thumb got disengaged, grip got depressed AND trigger got pulled?
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yeah, ditto, anyone who carries a 1911 or has knows of the requirements of cooking a round off, unless of course he defeated one or more of the safeties, i've used a yaqui slide for years, had to be a one off condition for the unit to fire.
just saying
Rj
 
The story is BS. Something don't jive. I don't care what kind of holster you're using. A 1911 in proper working order won't just go off.
 
“Somehow the safety became disengaged”

Then he’s an idiot. When you carry, you know the condition of your weapon AT ALL TIMES. Don’t blame the holster. Personally, I prefer a leather holster that covers the safety, trigger guard, and muzzle.
 
What the hell on that "holster" can catch the trigger?

I'm not buying it either.
 
Copperhead said:
Remove the holster, reholster your weapon then re-clip the holster on.
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So much this.

I NEVER EVER EVER try to reholster buy putting it in an IWB holster. The extra 30 seconds it takes you is worth it and potentially your life.
 
Anyone so stupid, as to over-ride THREE SAFETIES on a pistol, should seriously reconsider their holstering procedure, imo. I have holsters that are expensive and cheap,... if they fit properly, I use them, if they don't,.... I don't use them! The only caution I have ever heard about, with a Yaqui Belt Slide type holster, is that improper sitting in a chair can force the muzzle up and disengage the pistol from the holster,... but, that is not as dangerous a situation with a 1911,... imo.

This is just, pure Operator Error,...imo.
 
Ben7 said:
“Somehow the safety became disengaged”

Then he’s an idiot. When you carry, you know the condition of your weapon AT ALL TIMES. Don’t blame the holster. Personally, I prefer a leather holster that covers the safety, trigger guard, and muzzle.
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Not at all. Sh!t happens to the best operators. Well even in proper working order depending on how the operator puts it away it can go off. So if you put it away win condition 1 but your shirt gets in the trigger well, your hand is still depressing the back strap safety and your belt flips off the thumb safety it can go off. That's one of the reasons I yell at people that carry glocks that don't look that weapon back into the holster. If the shirt gets in the trigger well as you are reholstering the weapon it can go off.
 
shooter444 said:
Anyone so stupid, as to over-ride THREE SAFETIES on a pistol, should seriously reconsider their holstering procedure, imo. I have holsters that are expensive and cheap,... if they fit properly, I use them, if they don't,.... I don't use them! The only caution I have ever heard about, with a Yaqui Belt Slide type holster, is that improper sitting in a chair can force the muzzle up and disengage the pistol from the holster,... but, that is not as dangerous a situation with a 1911,... imo.

This is just, pure Operator Error,...imo.
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Agreed. I believe the holster played a part in the equation, but he HAD to be reholstering irresponsibly. To me, it's a slow and delicate procedure, but this guy had to extremely forceful if he could overcome the grip safety.
 
AZ_Five56,... there is another thread here, specifically discussing 1911's. One of the side topics, was, those who like and don't like, 1911 GRIP SAFETIES.

I posted how I LIKE 1911 GRIP SAFETIES, specifically due to the safety feature (FOR ME) of re-holstering my 1911, by using my palm, on the bottom corner, rear edge of the frame, to seat the 1911 firmly into the holster, NEVER TOUCHING THE GRIP SAFETY, allowing it to function properly!

It's a habit I was taught as a youngster, when my first pistol was a surplus 1911,... and, has been with me ever since, without ONE INCIDENT.
 
So he tried to holster the weapon with a bullet in the chamber and the hammer cocked, and trusted the safeties and shot himself. Just natural selection at work IMO.
 
Ben7 said:
“Somehow the safety became disengaged”

Then he’s an idiot. When you carry, you know the condition of your weapon AT ALL TIMES. Don’t blame the holster. Personally, I prefer a leather holster that covers the safety, trigger guard, and muzzle.
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Yep...

“Somehow the safety became disengaged”
Translation:
I neglected to engage the Safety on my 1911 and while holstering, I shot myself Tex Gruber style in the leg.

https://youtu.be/XTGmTrQXrwg
 
Pale Rider said:
So he tried to holster the weapon with a bullet in the chamber and the hammer cocked, and trusted the safeties and shot himself. Just natural selection at work IMO.
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Actually, I believe he over-rode the safeties, rather than trusted them,... making then fail to function. A thumb-safety not engaged, or a grip safety pressed, is a simple formula for disaster, imo.

I trust my safeties, on my 1911, because I don't interfere with their intended functions.

Agreed,... the gene pool does seem to have a habit of self cleaning! :dance:
 
If it had been a glock it would have been the same result. He neglected safe reholstering presumably under the assumption it could never happen to him.

Long live the double action revolver :dance:
 
Very true, Solar_Empire,... but, you do realize even a DA revo could have the trigger activated by an object, while re-holstering?

Long live the single action revolver! :dance:
 
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