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marksiwel wrote:my main argument for not letting you stuff a holster down your pants, is, its down your pants. If I put something down my pants, and then handed it to you and told you to put it down yours, would you do it?

If you wore it at the noon or 6 positions, no!! no no!! If you wore it at 3 or 9 or thereabouts, sure thing. I tried on a buddy's Bullman before I ordered mine, it was VERY comfy. It's sitting on my desk, patiently awaiting my Kimber, picking it up from the "gun spa" today.

Sounds like you had a better experience at Cabela's than I did....I posted this last year:

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"My Cabela's gripe - they lost business because of it:

My wife and I went to the Cabela's in Fort Worth (170 & I-35W) yesterday. We looked at a few guns for her, she wasn't impressed with the service - sure, they were busy, but other folks seemed to get preferential treatment...oh well.

My main reason for going there was to check out and purchase (if I liked it) an IWB holster for my Kimber. I don't currently own an IWB holster so I wanted to check a few out, do a test fit on me (with one of Cabela's guns), etc. Found one I liked, went up to the gun counter and asked the guy working it if I could see a Kimber 4" to test one of their holsters, which I had already put on. The employee told me I needed to hand the holster to him - which I did while asking "Why...?"

He proceeds to put the Kimber in the holster and says, "Yeah, it fits."

Me: "I'm not concerned about that, I want to make sure the holster and the gun comfortably fit me."

Him: "Sorry, you can't do that, it's store policy, my security people would freak out..."

Me: "Let me get this straight, don't take this as being argumentative, but you expect me to buy that without being able to try it on first - the way it is meant to be used? Would you buy a car without test driving it?"

Him: "Yeah, I buy all of my holsters on the internet."

Me: "No thanks, you can keep it."

Wife and I left - won't be doing any more shopping/business at Cabela's.

Oh, I should mention that I saw a customer who was looking at a gun put it in the small of his back to test it out...and the "freaking out security people" never appeared."

Embalmo wrote:Depends on the store. It it's a small operation, simply asked, "Are you comfortable with me taking my carry weapon out to test this holster?" I did something similar when buying my UC9; I asked him if I could conceal it in an IWB holster that I brought with me and he let me walk around the store with it. He won't be a cop doing a sting operation, but don't do what I just said in front of a LEO.

At Cabela's or Academy you have to unload it and bring it to the front and they'll take it and walk you to the department. I find that process annoying because I'm licensed to carry the gun in the store, but this guy has to carry it to the department. And they never clear the gun, they always asked if it's unloaded. Another option is using their gun if they have one like yours.

Let's not get into the debate of how it's illegal to open carry to and from the store; I've seen enough of those threads and there is no resolution.

Embalmo