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Depending on other gear worn, I use a modified Safariland platform when wearing a plate carrier while playing airsoft. The cummerbund system on the plate carrier makes wearing belt mounted holsters a little uncomfortable and both get in the way of each other. I'm using a Down Range Gear drop leg belt hanger and a Safariland single strap leg shroud. This combo puts the pistol grip right at the belt line and out of the way of the plate carrier.

When no plate carrier or chest rig is worn, I prefer a holster mounted on the belt as I find it more comfortable when running around.

I would think that max arms length is max distance setup for da holster, in order to facilitate quick draw?

The drop leg should snug your balls with the strap basically.  You drop it just enough to get the gun out of the way.  I like it when going into a vehicle, as it puts the gun on your side and not stabbing in the gut.   

Check out G-Codes MULE system and their other drop leg setups. 

On a side note: drop leg mag carriers, like the Costa rig (and now G-Code has Travis Haley's) are freaking awesome.

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Waiting for kk to make a drop leg joke.......

Waiting for kk to make a drop leg joke.......

I was totally going to do it but decided against it. 

I had to wear a drop leg in the navy. I find them uncomfortable. It pulls down on your belt and cause your pants/underpants to ride up your leg. Maybe if. Your. Wearing one for a short peoriod it's cool but you spend half a day wearing one and it gets really uncomfortable especially weighed down with a loaded M9. 

Shoulder holster is tops.

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I had to wear a drop leg in the navy. I find them uncomfortable. It pulls down on your belt and cause your pants/underpants to ride up your leg. Maybe if. Your. Wearing one for a short peoriod it's cool but you spend half a day wearing one and it gets really uncomfortable especially weighed down with a loaded M9. 

Shoulder holster is tops.

Shoulder holster screams "I would never use this"

It's high up; hard to retain; hard to draw from; it's not where you practice or shoot from at the range.   The only time a shoulder holster was good, was for below decks watches on the submarine.  This was simply because during the watch I am crawling over pipes and all kinds of other shit to take log readings and the gun would catch on all types of pipe hangars and other objects.

The drop leg holster is great when decked out in full gear - IOTV with plates, full compliment of mags/grenades, first aid kits, camelbak, assault bag, and everything else.    Stays out of the way of everything.  If I wasn't wearing all that stuff, I'd go with a hip holster.

As said before, should wear it as high and as tight as possible.  easier to reach, and feels more secure when your running around.

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Shoulder holster screams "I would never use this"

It's high up; hard to retain; hard to draw from; it's not where you practice or shoot from at the range.   The only time a shoulder holster was good, was for below decks watches on the submarine.  This was simply because during the watch I am crawling over pipes and all kinds of other shit to take log readings and the gun would catch on all types of pipe hangars and other objects.

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Only time we ever used shoulder holsters was during down time on the FOB.

Shoulder holsters scream "I got my ass kicked a lot in high school"

Shoulder holster screams "I would never use this"

It's high up; hard to retain; hard to draw from; it's not where you practice or shoot from at the range.   The only time a shoulder holster was good, was for below decks watches on the submarine.  This was simply because during the watch I am crawling over pipes and all kinds of other shit to take log readings and the gun would catch on all types of pipe hangars and other objects.

Being that I wore a shoulder holster whilst standing below deck watch on a submarine... Yeah it was good for that.


I don't know if there is some method of wearing a drop leg that's comfortable. I tried every way I can think of. It sucks as far as comfort goes. Judging by what I see, this is my conclusion:
Regular cops wear belt holsters all day. Swat wears drop legs for thier short mission.
It goes along nicely with my preconceptions.

Shoulder holsters scream "I got my ass kicked a lot in high school"

WTF does that mean?

WTF does that mean?

If the shoe fits...

I ran one for several years.  We had been doing the top strap delete and modifying the leg shroud by trimming it as far back as around 10 years ago.  If you are running two straps, your rig is probably too low.  No matter what, I don't like them, nor do I like running subloads if I can avoid them.  They put undue pressure on the belt and back and over time can create issues.

With the vast choices in modern gear selection and set ups, you can do just about any set up despite the armor loadout without having to resort to drop legs or leg strap type sub-loads.   

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I can't remember the name of the drop holster I used but I love them, very comfortable. The regular holster on my gun belt was annoying when sitting and riding around. The only time a drop holster sucked is when I wore my Law Enforcement Cheetah Shorts, the bottom leg strap would ride up the right side of my shorts, if I was climbing ladders.

Can't argue with what has already been posted, drop legs suck. 

I did go ahead and try the G Code Mule and like it alot. It puts the weapon at a comfortable drop, not too low that you have to stretch.

http://www.tacticalholsters.com/product/Accessories/GCA77.html