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Heat up the kydex with a heat gun and reform it.
I mean that’s fine and all but I would have rather not had to have spent $120 to not get told about that in advance.
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I agree. Just giving you an option if you get stuck with it.
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I gave it a couple of days and fired off a slightly less angry email instead of what I had originally typed.
Suffice it to say, their response is going to dictate the nature of my recommendation here.
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As a new owner of a Rock, I am a little perplexed why PSA choose to make the trigger guard so long and angled on the front. If it wasn’t for that trigger guard it would fit perfectly in my Glock Blackhawk Serpa.
My only thought was maybe the angled guard added extra support for the longer frame?
Call me picky but I either use holsters that are designed to be universal fit (e.g. wml holsters) or ones specifically made for my gun.
That being said, I assume they wanted to keep with the common 57 aesthetic. The fn57 has a large trigger guard to accommodate winter gloves and the Ruger kind of has a pretty similarly large one. I’m no engineer so I do not know about the supporting frame question.
I see what you are saying about keeping as close to OEM as possible. But then again the Rock is nothing like the plastic slide FN.
On the other hand PSA has a motto of making things as ubiquitous as possible and industry standard, mil-spec, etc. Seems like reinventing the wheel when a holster already existed that could have fit.
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You do know the slide on the FN57 isn’t actually plastic right?
It’s a cover. The cover is plastic. The slide is metal.
I guess that makes sense. I never really looked at slide, just the barrel.
Here’s a picture of the Rock sorta fitting in a Serpa for a G21. You just have to push down a little harder and it locks in.
Also its easy to see looking at the magazines side by side why the PSA mag has higher capacity. The plastic is pretty chunky. I think PSA came to the same conclusion with the new Micro Dagger magazine.
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Hey anything’s better than the Ruger 5.7 mags.
Serpa’s are dangerous. Be careful that you dont have a ND.
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I’ve heard a few people days that Serpa holsters are dangerous. I don’t see how they are any more or less dangerous than any other retention holster. Blackhawk is the 600 pound Gorilla when it comes to this type. What’s the logic behind the supposed danger? Is it the way the locking mechanism mates with the trigger guard, or is it the idea of using your index finger to release the lock and some how coming in contact with the trigger.
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Releasing the lock puts your finger in the trigger area as you draw. I cant remember who, but some big youtube gun channel tried to disprove it. When you slowed the video down, you see his finger make contact with the trigger before the gun is out of the holster completely. He proved everyones point.
Found it…guns and ammo TV, 2:25 mark.
Those two videos seem to be the only documented cases I could find. I have a Serpa for my G17, G19, G20/21 and my FN57. I’ve used them all and haven’t had any issues. I think it comes down to training, muscle memory and finger discipline. Now I will admit that I have had jamming issues with the retention mechanism not wanting to release. But then again I’ve had other passive retention holsters that simply pull off your belt because too much tension or not enough grip on the belt.
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John with SwapRig Holsters here. I just wanted to reply so as to make our desire clear. We have always been an honest and up-front company. Our only desire is to make sure our customers have a Smooth and effortless holster experience.
Perhaps we advise too much?? But again we only want the best for our customers.
The holster will operate perfectly if the “Nubs” on the TLR-1 series of lights are left intact. But our advice is only meant to facilitate a better holstering experience. Thanks to all!
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