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Bought a 365 TacPac this week, it includes a cheap kydex holster IWB/OWB, RH/LH.
Never thought IWB would be for me. Not even in my skinny days, which ended
in the last century.

I'm surprised how comfortable this holster is inside my britches!
Haven't even shot the gun yet, but I've been carrying it around to test
the holster/concept.

Was gonna buy a good owb holster and figure out how to conceal it.
I only wear t-shirts or a rare polo. Tucked in.

Now,I'm thinking that if this crappy holster works so well, IWB is the way to go.
Surely, a good holster would only be better.


Looking for guidance.

Leather vs kydex vs hybrid?
Loops, clips, j clips, ulticlips, 1 clip, 2 clip?

Little compact holster or wings to separate the clips/loops?

I like the idea of material between the gun and me, is it good, or not?

Any info is welcome, but please indicate if you have tried many holsters,
or just have one you love. Both types of opinion are valuable, it's just good
to know the perspective.

Best IWB Ive tried is the Kusiak. Buy direct online, or now available through Amazon. Have one for my G43 I bought 10 years ago and one for my Ruger LCP bought just 3 years ago. Leather is thin, stiff and perfectly formed. Price for my first one was $49. Next one was $59. Cant go wrong. Have tried a couple of the soft ones with a belt or band of harder leather made by some of the better known makers. NWAS in my opinion.

Never even heard of that one, gonna check it out.
Thanks.

I have both leather and Kydex holsters and much prefer a leather IWB, I bought mine off eBay neither are big name and they only cost less than $60.00. I use them to carry my Sig Sauer P239 and P320, the P320 is the more comfortable to carry almost forget that I'm carrying.

I started IWB carry before Kydex was even a thing, so it was always leather for me. When Kydex really started taking off, I tried a couple of them, but always went back to leather. Kydex is too hard, causing too many pressure points as you move around, while leather, being soft. will flex and bend with your body, so no pressure points.

Two IWB holsters I have liked and carried with extensively are Milt Sparks, either their VM II or their Executive Carry, and El Paso Saddlery's C-Force line.

Get a good stiff belt designed for concealed carry holsters. I like Galco's SB series. Been using them for 30 years with no complaints.

The guns I've carried comfortably IWB since 1980 have been full sized, all steel, 1911s, K-Frame S&W revolvers, Glocks (17, 19, 26), a Ruger mid frame revolver (Speed Six), Sig service-sized pistols, and an assortment of smaller auto pistols and revolvers.

I use a Bianchi Model 100 IWB holster for my Beretta Nano and it is very comfortable and convenient. The Nano is similar in size to the P365 but I would check the Bianchi holster size chart to be sure which one fits the P365.

I recently decided to try a IWB for my Sig 365XL and bought the Cross Breed "The Reckoning" holster. I went with it because it comes set up for IWB but can be configured for OWB. I'll be leaving it as IWB because I have been pleasantly surprised at how comfortable it is IWB. This holster also has adjustable retention clips which is nice.
Not the cheapest hostler but quality built.

I used one of these for a good while. Most comfortable IWB I had ever used out of several.
https://www.vedderholsters.com/lighttuck/


When I went from a size 48" waist Jeans to a size 29" IWB became problematic no matter the design. I could do appendix with a very small pistol but just prefer a high rise OWB now.

^This.

But I haven't yet bothered to acquire a good IWB for the 365 yet. OWB on a Milt Sparks belt under an untucked shirt (or vest in winter) is GTG. I have yet to find a commercial kydex holster that I like.

Oh - clips. They generally suck. It ain't that hard to thread a good belt through loops/slots. All the clips I've tried either don't hold well or are just as much a bother to apply.

The IWB holster I've been using exclusively for the last ten years or so has been the El Paso Saddlery C-Force, and it has a single snap on loop. It uses a high quality snap, so it has never come undone on me while wearing it, and is no problem snapping on or off the belt. No need to thread the belt through the loops, although that's how I used to roll when I used Milt Sparks IWB holsters, and it was no big deal doing that, either.

I use Milt Sparks IWBs and have for 30 years. Still have not worn one out, in spite of lots of use.



I have multiple different example such as the Versa Max, Summer Specials, and a couple I don't recall the names. They all work well, but I find myself using and preferential to the old school Summer Special versions.



I even picked one up for a 4" N Frame .44, which works rather well if you wear the proper pants and belt.



This one is from 1991:




The punchline is that they are excellent holsters, worth waiting a little longer for, since they will last longer than you will. If you are really going to carry a gun for hours on end, day after day, spending a little extra and getting a great holster instead of a mediocre one is a very smart thing to do. Otherwise it will end up in a box and you be back to looking at holsters in a few months.

For IWB Milt Sparks or TT Gunleather. Both have been excellent for me. I hate Kydex, they scrub the hell out of your gun. And I agree that clops are not satisfactory. I tried several of them.

Snap loops are great. But I find myself just leaving them snapped most of the time.

Been using the same VMII for more than a couple decades now. I wonder if they're making it optics friendly now?

Spoken like a right-hander. Try to thread a tight holster the long way around.

Since you all are backward anyway,😇
why not put your belt on the opposite way?

That's an option, but belt buckles often have a top and bottom - all the ratchet belts for example.

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Never tried one of those.

They sound good, but leather has always been ok.
Especially since I found Bullhide and Hank's.

I like the Anson I have. The belt itself is not that much an advantage, but the ratchet provides for a lot more adjustment. You're a click or two away from untucked to tucking in a heavy shirt, to using an IWB and always having just the right size belt.