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Thanks, that’s what I needed to hear. I’m on the hunt for one now.

Ironbender, Here's the setup I like...in this case with a G29. This is a Simply Rugged holster mounted to a condor chest panel. I use Gear Keeper molle mounts to attach the holster to the panel by drilling a hole through the mount and using stainless bolts, kydex washers, and locking nuts to secure it. Then I cover the exposed nuts with that tool handle dip stuff. I also have the pistol secured with a Gear Keeper retractor. Also close by on the chest rig is a Buck paclite in a kydex sheath, spare mag, and a small flashlight. The chest rig has a pocket in the back that's handy for a phone, map, compass, speed strip, snacks, or whatever.

The advantage to this rig for me is that the gun is always available, as it works over whatever layers I have on. Even when totally ensconced in rain gear, the stuff I'm most likely to need is right there. I heat the holster with a hair dryer and saturate it with beeswax. I've been doing this for years down here in SE where the whole thing ends up soaked more often than not, and it works great. I avoid kydex because the sound of the draw scares deer very effectively.

See outside is great on HPG. I had shot a pit bull that came at full tilt. I had a kenai. Any slower and it would have been on us. Also as some of you know, I was taken down by a black bear when I lived in AK. I had a belt holster and a 4 5/8” super BH. I was too slow and missed at point blank range. I just have a hard time with the zipper pouch holsters because of these two incidents. I did buy a HPG snubby Fanny pack that I’ve been trying but short of in town use, it’s just impractical and town use there is faster ccw holsters.

Thanks for all the suggestions and options. Much appreciated. I’m in no rush to decide. A lot here to think on.

The best chest rigs :
If you like Kydex it's the Kenai by Gunfighters Inc
If you like leather, it's Diamond D

I tried the diamond d and found it was less comfortable and too shifty. When doing stuff like dip netting or working traps the shoulder strap had a bad habit of coming off my shoulder.

I have worn my Diamond D with G20 in it many times while quartering and deboning deer and backpacking them out. Also while cleaning small game and fish alongside a remote river. Never had an issue. I have also used the HPG kit bag and found I have to take it off and set it aside because it rides up and gets in the way when working bent over a carcass. I don't like that situation because now I am separated from the handgun. The HPG is great and works better than a stand-alone holster for many applications. All the systems have some drawback or another to consider when evaluating them for certain uses.

Diamond D makes a nylon one. Great holster company

HPG. End of search ...

My neary new Diamond D nylon is available for cheap. I retired it in favor of a HPG rig for riding ATV dusty trails.

Hey Ted, are those single mag M4 pouches for the gun?

I had a HPG bag that worked well but was too hot for me while wearing it here in Alabama. I now wear a Kenai holster. I love it! I use it for hunting with my G40 and G20. I also have a Diamond D leather holster for my Python . It works well but the Kenai is the most comfortable of them all. Good luck in your search.

It is a double mag pouch. For clarification, each individual pouch was designed to hold 2 M4 mags. It works perfectly for what I am using it for now.

Here is a Gen 5 G20 in there.

They are the best I’ve found. I have two of them. The better they are adjusted, the better they work.

My Glock pard, akpls here, had ordered the Hosking kydex chest rig. Took a look at his and found it to my liking - simple clean design, with molding for optic and taller after market open sights.
That's what I ordered.

Hosking chest holsters

Appreciate the ideas and suggestions.

Just like that, but no optic, no grip tape, and Wile E. color.

Other than that, the same.

Guy in the Mat/Su Valley makes similar holsters, gonna have him make me a one off for my Glock 40 with a KKM barrel/muzzle brake and a TLR2 1000 lm light with laser dot


Also Mike Ulmer in Homer of Ulmers Rexall fame... makes these types of holster, made a custom for my brothers BFR in 460 S&W

I like the idea of a chest rig but hate how high a draw most of them are set up for. I want nearly horizontal at about diaphragm level. Some of these pics look like you'd be all the way at shoulder height before clearing.

Still shopping myself.

They are adjustable, I like my pistol almost under my left armpit hanging lower to the hip so I can have my bino's directly over my chest, binos get 100% more use and I need mine available STAT without compromising the draw of the pistol if there's a sudden need