Ready Tactical holster (for USPSA Production)?

[rvb]

Just wondering if anyone has experience with a Ready Tactical DOH for production use? Even better if anyone using one will be at the IN Section match Friday / Saturday and would let me check it out?

My BladeTech DOH has a nice crack on the belt loop (old style, before the new modular crap). I hate the new "improved" BT DOH adapter... all that modular hipster coolness just adds bulk and more screws to come loose (and my thumb hates it when I smash it in to all that un-necessary material between the belt and the gun). I've been using the old-style DOH adapter from an old holster. It looks like the Ready Tac design is more like the old BT belt mount, so I'm considering just buying a new holster....

thanks,

-rvb

 

[rvb]

Since no one else seemed to have experience w these, I thought I'd share...
I got a new Ready Tactical DOH for my G34 as a Christmas present. My bladetech DOH mount was cracked, and no repair I tried seem to stick.

I haven't done any live fire w. This holster, but I don't think live vs dry will affect my opinions.

The holster is very well made. Some pros:
- one piece design means very few screws to blackout and come loose; it's also much more rigid than the BT.
- on a two-layer belt like the CR, it has legal 2" offset from the inside of the inner belt. BT always need heating/bending or shims to make it legal.
- it fits solidly on the belt, it is the correct width/thickness wo using spacers, it has much less wobble than the BT (especially w. a little extra Velcro added.)
- the sight channel is tall/wide, and there is no chance of the FS dragging or getting tweaked by the holster. This wasn't a problem w my most recent BT, but was w the one I used for my 92 (often drew to find a plastic shaving clinging to the FS)
- the retention is awesome, because it's not perfectly molded to the trigger guard, it's more rounded. I can turn the holster upside down and shake it w.o the gun falling out, but I don't have to "snatch" it to draw.
- belt mount is well rounded and leaves lots of room between the gun and belt, so I haven't jammed my thumb into it yet. The new "modular" nonsense from BT sucks in this area.
- tension adjustment is toolless

I haven't hit on any real cons yet, other than I may have to put some locktite on the tension adjustment.

This will be my recommendation to folks looking for a production holster from now on, unless some unexpected problem shows up.

-rvb

 

[rhino]

Looks good ... do you think there is anything you can do to minimize the chance of cracking where between the holster body and the loop part?

 

[Que]

This looks interesting, but I couldn't find one for the CZ.

 

[rvb]

Looks good ... do you think there is anything you can do to minimize the chance of cracking where between the holster body and the loop part?

is that a known problem w these? before deciding to give it a try I did a quick search on enos and didn't see any common problems mentioned.

The kydex is 30-100% thicker than the BT model, and the layers at the folds directly overlap (were molded together) vs the BT which has a big gap between layers. The radius is also larger on the RT model. I can tell it is at least considerably stronger than the BT model (the belt portion lasted ~8 yrs on it).

comparison pic:

photo showing the crack in my BT DOH belt mount:
(tried heating/fusing and gluing, no long-term luck)
(there is another crack on the opposite side in the same bend area).

 

[rhino]

I don't know anything about that model, but I've cracked, broken, and otherwise maimed a lot of kydex since the mid 1990s! I was just looking at that and it looks like a weak point to me compared to the rest of the holster (not compared to other holsters).

 

[rvb]

This looks interesting, but I couldn't find one for the CZ.

Perhaps if you contact cpwsa?
Ready Tactical CZ SP 01 DOH Holsters - CPWSA - Brian Enos's Forums... Maku mozo!
looks like they've had them done custom before, same $ as stock items.......

-rvb

 

[Coach]

Might contact Aaron Henry of Henry holsters and see what he can do for you.