I gotta ask; I assume you're bring the gun for protection. If that's the case, why put it someplace you can't get at it?
Who are you asking? I don't see anyone having that problem.
maybe this by noKnees: "I wanted the thumbbreak because when its on my pack I can't feel the gun and I didn't want to drop it and not know."
Maybe - but every method has it's drawbacks, and ways to deal with them. That particular one is just a matter of training - as are most any that don't include burying the gun in a backpack. I guess the closest thing mentioned here to being "inaccessible" would be that Safepacker - but that would be an ill-informed assumption. It isn't an open-top belt scabbard, but the gun is still readily accessible for the carrier who has trained in it's use. It's not like guys are backpacking in places where threats are so eminent that they should go about Hardin-style with gun and hand in pocket at all times. Day hikes, I can see that. BTDT, won the t-shirt. But backpacking - no.
