Accidental trigger pull with holster

[340pd]

A recent ND in my neck of the woods. Officer is holstering his Glock and the plastic toggle that allows rain gear to be tightened around the waist, got into the trigger guard during a re-holster and BOOM. Officer incurred a relatively minor wound and some dirty underwear.

[jeepster09]

or like this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ufT_6Kgy0

There is only one explanation.......see below:

[Bongo Boy]

I did see a warning about the plastic or wooden balls used on the draw strings at the waist of some jackets or windbreakers hanging down and getting snagged on the trigger when re holstering.

I cannot recall where i heard this as it has been a while ago.

This was the scenario I heard actually happened at an IDPA match to a female shooter, and as the story goes she was rather experienced. Drawstring on a hoodie, I believe. This is a story I was told, I have no idea if it actually happened or not.

There's a YouTube 'training' video given by some guy--and that's the only aspect of his training I take exception to: rapid reholstering. He's not advocating it or suggesting it's part of good practice, it's simply a habithe's apparently developed.

It's a bad habit IMO, and there's two reasons, really. The first is that it is a very high risk maneuver where speed is the enemy and there's seldom any need for it, and the second is that you probably are recovering to the holster before you actually know there isn't any threat.

As I was taught in defensive pistol, you are unlikely to know if you've even hit or stopped your threat immediately and should be ready to fire on the threat immediately should you determine you didn't stop it. There's always time to recover later. And, you're probably making a mistake in assuming the threat you fired on is the ONLY threat...so you need to be checking your 6 (and everywhere else) for 1 or more other threats. Best to have the gun at a close ready position, at the very least, while you do that.

I've never had to recover to the holster without being able to watch that thing go in. The only thing I wear with drawstrings are my jammies.

[Gangplank]

I've never heard of anything like that. How soon do you need the holster?

If you need it quick look at the Foxx Trapp

http://foxxholsters.onlybusiness.com...ster-list.aspx

If you have time (a couple months) a lot of members here like the PJ

http://pjholster.com/?page_id=27

I like both of those. Will have to investigate more....

[headshrink]

I agree that reholstering in a IWB holster is more likely to AD than OWB. However, I don't know of a case specifically. I'm always extra careful with any reholstering, but for IWB I'm extra, EXTRA careful.

FYI: My IWB rig of choice is the Comp-Tac Minotaur MTAC. Here's a link: http://www.comp-tac.com/product_info...dl3c76koaehnf0

I bought one for my MK40 first, and loved it so much that I ordered another for my full sized XD. I wasn't able to carry my XD very often prior to the MTAC , but this thing made a HUGE difference. I HIGHLY recommend it.

[68blackbird]

I was always nervous during reholstering as well. Didn't wanna blow a .45 hollow point down my ass or into my calf. I got in the BAD habit of putting my finger behind the trigger while reholstering. Probably should stop doing that....

Kevin T

Agreed....don't want that finger anywhere near the trigger when reholstering...