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Well , After all the trouble and looking here and there and , after all the advice ........ I went a different route all together . A buddy of mine had an almost new SA Milspec 1911 that He was looking to part with so , I swapped Him my XD . With that being said , I did purchase the Wilderness Instructor belt which , I love . This is hands down the best belt I have ever worn . I like the nylon type belts anyway , I have worn the Specops brand for a long time . The Wilderness belts do exactly what they say they will , You cinch it down , it aint moving . I did get an IWB holster for my LCP , I have worn it for awhile now and , I hate it . I am just not an IWB type of Person . I got a Galco Stinger holster for it Friday , I love it ! it conceals pretty well , and its way more comfortable . The SA came with a Don Hume leather belt holster , it really conceals the weapon really well also . I found I can wear it around My 2:30 ish and its comfortable and hidden . I ordered a Pitbull Tactical Holster for it that will be here tomorrow . These come for either IWB or OWB . I will post pics once its here .

bkj wrote:

peppergat wrote:I recently purchased an Protuck IWB holster for my XD 45 Tactical and , well , its pretty uncomfortable . The price was right and waitt was not long so , I figured I would go for it . I have tried to wear it at 3 o'clock all the way aroung to about 5:30 ish and , I cant seem to find a spot that it just melts into me , this thing keeps pulling my breaches down , my underwear down , it just gets to where it sucks . I keep reading all the rave reviews on CompTac holster's . I guess I really wanted to find out if these really are better or , Im just a little too fat to try and tote around this huge weapon . I do love my XD though . I have an LCP I can carry in my pocket , I would just rather carry my XD . I just wanted to hear more before I dropped more money on another holster . BTW , I am about 5'11 and I weigh about 215 .

You are going to need a lot of support for the gun. 5” barrel, 14 rounds of 45ACP, weight 32oz. No matter what holster you are going to use you will need a good belt, invest in it before buying multiple holsters. And if you have a nice belly like me, suspenders.

lol , I am gonna hold out on suspenders as long as possible . I am looking at belts , there are lots of them out there . I have just been looking at ideas I have gotten from here and just looking at reveiws . I think a lot of the problem I had the other day was the shorts I was wearing . They are really too big for me , even though I was wearing my belt cinched down really good , it just could'nt get them tight enough . I have been using my IWB with my other shorts and , its really been working out good . So , maybe I didnt have a valid complaint to begin with , lol . I am still going too look for an OWB holster and , a better belt .

mrvmax wrote:

peppergat wrote:

mrvmax wrote:I have used the 5.11 and Wilderness Instructor belts for years - and I am still using the original ones I purchased. After many holsters, most IWB, I bought a Raven Concealment OWB and OWB mag pouch. I will never use an IWB again, this OWB is more comfortable and seems to sit closer to the body than my Comp-Tac or Cross Breed IWB.
Spend your money once, but spend on quality. Oh, and get used to the way it feels, it is not going to be comfortable although you do get used to it- there are some trade-offs when carrying a firearm. I wear mine every day and it is second nature now, I do not think twice abut how it feels.

I have been looking at OWB holster's . I have found some that I really like but , I wondered about how well they really conceal . I will look into the Raven Concealment .

If you were in Houston I would let you love over mine. So far the people I know that have tried them stopped using IWB.

I would like to check it out . How about Pitbull Holster's ? I have read nothing but good about them , of course , they dont offer one for the xd 45 tactical but , the guy did tell me that he is going to contact springfeild about a mold for them . So , if they start making them , I wanna be first in line . I really dig the Raven holster's but dang , 16 to 18 week's out is a long time . By the way , I did look at the wilderness belts , very nice and very reasonable . I will try one soon .

mrvmax wrote:I have used the 5.11 and Wilderness Instructor belts for years - and I am still using the original ones I purchased. After many holsters, most IWB, I bought a Raven Concealment OWB and OWB mag pouch. I will never use an IWB again, this OWB is more comfortable and seems to sit closer to the body than my Comp-Tac or Cross Breed IWB.
Spend your money once, but spend on quality. Oh, and get used to the way it feels, it is not going to be comfortable although you do get used to it- there are some trade-offs when carrying a firearm. I wear mine every day and it is second nature now, I do not think twice abut how it feels.

I have been looking at OWB holster's . I have found some that I really like but , I wondered about how well they really conceal . I will look into the Raven Concealment .

The Annoyed Man wrote:

peppergat wrote:I recently purchased an Protuck IWB holster for my XD 45 Tactical and , well , its pretty uncomfortable . The price was right and waitt was not long so , I figured I would go for it . I have tried to wear it at 3 o'clock all the way aroung to about 5:30 ish and , I cant seem to find a spot that it just melts into me , this thingkeeps pulling my breaches down , my underwear down , it just gets to where it sucks . I keep reading all the rave reviews on CompTac holster's . I guess I really wanted to find out if these really are better or , Im just a little too fat to try and tote around this huge weapon . I do love my XD though . I have an LCP I can carry in my pocket , I would just rather carry my XD . I just wanted to hear more before I dropped more money on another holster . BTW , I am about 5'11 and I weigh about 215 .

I'm pretty sure it isn't supposed to go inside your underwear.

lol , It aint there when I first strap it on , after awhile though , it works itself all over the place .

Teamless wrote:

peppergat wrote:well , they are expensive .

I bought a Crossbreed belt about 2 years ago, an all leather "gun belt" but wasn't rigid enough - a bad $90 spent.
Then I came across Blackhawk belts, for $30, super rigid and do a great job with my Springfield XD9sc, 16+1.

Take a look, give them a try
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Would'nt ya know it ? They dont have my size in the plain ones . Thank's all for Your opinion's , I like them especially because they are from real world experience .

I'm too finding out that it can be expensive experimenting with what is going to end up working best. I've already spent a ton of money on this whole concealed thing, but I know eventually that I will get the right combination that is going to work and will be my semi-permanent solution to EDC. I have a new holster that should be showing up in the mail tomorrow to go with the new smaller lighter weight handgun that I just purchased this past weekend. I haven't even tried IWB yet, I'm still experimenting with OWB. I don't beieve that IWB would work for me as I am 5'11'' weighing in at 240. It does seem with my build that IWB would be just too uncomfortable as you say that you are discovering.


I am starting to feel the same way . I think I am goingto look into OWB holsters . I actually have a Blackhawk Serpa OWB holster that I have been wearing around the house , it stays where I put it and , I love how easy it is to draw and reholster , its just not easily concealed unless I wear coat or something . Like I said before , I have a pocket weapon , I just wanna carry my Big one . Let Me know how the new set up works for You .

No , Its not a top name gun belt , Those bad boys are higher than ...... well , they are expensive . I just have a hard time spending a lot on something I may not like . I cant wear it all day , only before and after work . I have been looking also at the Comp Tac Infedel holster with the belt loops . Similar to the Baldetech IWB holster and , about the same price but , same problem , what if it dosent work ant better ? Then I have another in the gun cabinet . This whole conceal carry thing sure can get expensive .

RHenriksen wrote:What are you using for a belt?

I have a really good 1.5 wide belt . Its double layered

I recently purchased an Protuck IWB holster for my XD 45 Tactical and , well , its pretty uncomfortable . The price was right and waitt was not long so , I figured I would go for it . I have tried to wear it at 3 o'clock all the way aroung to about 5:30 ish and , I cant seem to find a spot that it just melts into me , this thing keeps pulling my breaches down , my underwear down , it just gets to where it sucks . I keep reading all the rave reviews on CompTac holster's . I guess I really wanted to find out if these really are better or , Im just a little too fat to try and tote around this huge weapon . I do love my XD though . I have an LCP I can carry in my pocket , I would just rather carry my XD . I just wanted to hear more before I dropped more money on another holster . BTW , I am about 5'11 and I weigh about 215 .