Best 1911 holster?

[Hntndad]

Without question, the best handmade leather holster.
http://www.purekustomholsters.com/

 

[ND shooter]

I can't handle anything on my waist. CC vests get my nod. Back pocket or cargo pocket if a vest is not doable. Of course they aren't 1911's. Check out a .45 Springer XDS, with $300 of trigger work they are actually nice...

I also carry the 45 XDS as my first choice. My second is Bersa 380 for "deep" undercover. Not alot of need for deep undercover in ND though, so XDS gets carried alot.

 

[snert]

Josh,
weve not met, so I cannot say for certain your "shape". But I have found several things that are "foundational" to carrying a full size gun, or a 1911 in any form.

1) Leather. For lots of reasons, but mostly cause a 1911 is prickier than a mother in law and you don't need to add to it with a kydex holster.
2) I prefer hip or just behind hip. If IWB then behind. If outside on belt, on hip.
3) I personally struggle with apendix cause I don't like a barrel pointed at my balls or my femoral artery
4) Small of back doesn't work except movies.
5) horizontal shoulder makes you point the gun at grandma in church...and the old ladies in the back row...and everyone behind you.

If you are pear shaped, with no hips and no butt, or worse, got a muffin top going, you will struggle with 27 ounces+ stuffed in your belt line. So a good belt is absolutely a must, and "spenders" are good insurance. If you are skinny you can hide an alien gear or crossbreed in the 4PM position behind the hip with a shirt untucked. A pancake like the Galco Papa Charlie showed is a fine holster. I have a leather smith add a strap. Just cause I think a gun needs to be secured. I often tuck a Glock (oh, I swore, sorry) in a pancake and slip it insde my waist band. My belt holds holster and gun and I can even reholster. But in my fatter days it quit working. Now I hardly carry cause a belt hurts my back so bad I can hardly tighten one. when I do I now carry pocket in a holster, in a revolver or slim auto. If I have to carry a big gun, I carry in a Galco on the belt. Frankly, the belt is just, or more important than the holster. Get a thick hard good one designed for a holster.

Cover with a vest, a light coat, a sloppy dress shirt or when in Texas, put Bling on it and wear it to BBQ