TxBassGuide ...TXBassGuide wrote:Hey guys,
First post here.
I am a full-time Bass Fishing Guide in Texas and touring angler on several tournament circuits.
First, Also, please voice any other suggestions for me to check out while I do my "shopping".
Second: Hosters. Could you offer some recommendations on brands?
Third, and most importantly, what is it like to carry?
First, other suggestions
I kayak fish, and I'm retired, so I'm on and near (AND IN) water quite a bit too, so I carry a Glock 26 with MARINE/Maritime Spring Cups. So, I have no worries that it will function properly even if dropped in the livewell
Or rather if I go overboard and get back out of the water.Maritime/Marine Spring Cups enable your Glock to shoot under hostile environmental conditions. They ensure that even with water and or debris inside your Glocks firing pin channel your Glock pistol will fire! Great for those who prefer a Glock for predators on shore as well as in the water. (I advise against firing with entire pistol submerged due to sound and percussion and you have to have all air out of the pistol and know how to do it) But The marine cups are reassuring that it will work after retreiving it from the LiveWell
Marine/Maritime Spring cups are only about $10.00 (and there is a Youtube video showing you how to install them)
http://www.combattactical.com/glock-fir ... 15310.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
or http://www.lonewolfdist.com/Detail.aspx?PROD=535" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I don't know if Springfield XD Compact in 9mm has or could have marine/maritime spring cups or if they need them.
Not only is the Glock 26 my rustproof fishing/swimming/diving gun,the 26 is my every day carry with a Glock 19 magazine and mag spacer, though I keep a 33 round mag in the car and one in the house.
Second: Hosters. for Humidity/Water
I mostly use the following hosters for the 26:
Comfort Carry (with Comp-Tac clips) http://www.concealedtechnology.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Comfort Carry Speedclip (all kydex for wet/swimming etc) http://www.concealedtechnology.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Kholster kholster.com
DeSantis Tuck-This 2
I've tried and owned and still own lots of other holsters, but just listed above the ones I actually wear the most.
Comfort Carry is similar to a Crossbreed Supertuck, but has a smooth HorseHide liner (denser for wet/sweat) in addition to the smooth leather against the gun. They use Comp-Tac clips so the cant is adjustable. Quality seems a little better to me than either Crossbreed or Kholster.
As far as gun belts, I use a reinforced Comp-Tac belt with VELCRO because I got the Comp-Tac VELCRO clips for the Comfort Carry holster, ... so no clips are showing on the belt at church.
Third, what is it like to carry
I carry a Snakeshot round in the chamber since I walk through a lot of brush and have also seen rattlesnakes swimming in the lakes. My Magazine is full of Hornaday Critical Defense ammo. I really can't answer "what it is like to carry" but I can answer what it is like NOT to carry when walking through brush at night in near total darkness dragging gear and kayak through tall weeds and brush and listening for rattlesnakes (or the moccasin or other venomnous snakes [coral snakes, copperheads, cottonmouths etc etc etc] who just bite whithout warning) It's SCARY to NOT carry. One guy 2 years ago was found at the Burnet County Boat Ramp dead after being shot by an armed robber sometime the night before.
Also .... WELCOME TO THE FORUM.
P.S. I'm the same RPB from the fishing and kayaking forums which you may subscribe to also.
I carry on all lakes, rivers, wildlife refuges, national seashores, State/National/City Parks/Lakes/Reservoirs etc etc etc which I go to, but you can't carry on any owned by US ARMY Corps of Engineers, all other waters, are O.K. ... like LCRA, various River Authorities etc etc etc. many of us are armed against snakes, sharks, wild boar or rabid animal attacks and other predators/attackers etc.
I guess the U.S. Army is "supposed to" protect you from Wild Boar attacks/rabid animals/venomnous snakes/other predators and attackers on their Corps of Engineers properties, but everywhere else, you are responsible for your own safety.
That guy was lucky to get away with needing only 35 stitches at the hospital ...
So, I'll carry a PITCHFORK, fish spear/gig/speargun, GARDEN HOE, and of course a hatchet or meat cleaver to supplement my fillet knife for making cut bait on US Army Corps of Engineers properties
