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One of my mishaps occurred around ’86 when I was walking in a mall with my girlfriend. We had just left a store and were on our way to the exit nearest to where I parked the car. It was wintertime and I was wearing a rather heavy coat with a shoulder holster under it (I won’t mention the brand). In the holster was a full size Series 80 s/s Colt 1911 in .45 ACP, cocked and locked.
As we were walking in the mall I heard a very low “snap” sound from under my coat. The next thing I noticed was that the weight of the gun in the holster was shifting. As I realized what was happening things began to go in slow motion. I reached into my coat but the gun was already out of the holster and on the way to the floor. It landed on the ceramic floor just in front of me, right on the rear sight. As luck would have it, the way it landed caused it to spin in front of me and slide away from me. I quickly was going after it, bending down trying to catch up. As it slid to a halt I grabbed it and quickly re-holstered it, this time keeping my hand on the gun till we got to the car. There weren’t that many people in the mall at that time of day but there were enough around me when it happened. Needless to say, I had everyone’s attention.
When I got in the car I examined the thumb snap of the holster. It snapped together fine but when I went to release it, the snap released way too easy to my thumb pressure. I few more tries and I realized that this mid priced holster was now useless. I looked at the Colt and the rear sight was fine other than having ceramic dust all over it. My girlfriend (now my wife) was very good about it. She commented that it happened pretty quick and before she realized what going on I had already re-holstered it . To me it lasted minutes.
Lessons learned: never skimp on a holster and always inspect your equipment before going out.
As we were walking in the mall I heard a very low “snap” sound from under my coat. The next thing I noticed was that the weight of the gun in the holster was shifting. As I realized what was happening things began to go in slow motion. I reached into my coat but the gun was already out of the holster and on the way to the floor. It landed on the ceramic floor just in front of me, right on the rear sight. As luck would have it, the way it landed caused it to spin in front of me and slide away from me. I quickly was going after it, bending down trying to catch up. As it slid to a halt I grabbed it and quickly re-holstered it, this time keeping my hand on the gun till we got to the car. There weren’t that many people in the mall at that time of day but there were enough around me when it happened. Needless to say, I had everyone’s attention.
When I got in the car I examined the thumb snap of the holster. It snapped together fine but when I went to release it, the snap released way too easy to my thumb pressure. I few more tries and I realized that this mid priced holster was now useless. I looked at the Colt and the rear sight was fine other than having ceramic dust all over it. My girlfriend (now my wife) was very good about it. She commented that it happened pretty quick and before she realized what going on I had already re-holstered it . To me it lasted minutes.
Lessons learned: never skimp on a holster and always inspect your equipment before going out.