Archive for October, 2006

Col. Owen Baggett, a B24 co-pilot, was hanging in the shrouds of his parachute when he shot down a Zero in combat during World War II. Col. Baggett recently passed away so it would be fitting to be reminded of his exploits one more time. You can read his story here listed among other Legends of the M1911 Pistol.

How do I know anything about this story? I know because another blogger tracks such stories and many other interesting happenings and he sends out a regular email to which you can subscribe. His site is called “The Sight M1911A1″ and you can find it here. 

If you haven’t visited or signed up for Syd’s “News from the Sight M1911″ I suggest you do it today.  Syd posts links to RKBA news, equipment reviews and stories of interest to shooters while sharing his love of the 1911A1 pistol. I’ve always enjoyed receiving his emails. You will, too.

“Too dang slow! Gotta pull up your shirt with one hand and then draw with the other. Sometimes, you’ve got to do both with the same hand. I wouldn’t have a tuckable holster.”  (Said by a guy on a gun forum.) 

A worthwhile point of view, but I mightily question the conclusion!

Having a tuckable holster is a great option for many – maybe for you.

Tuckable means you can tuck your shirt over your gun and holster and tuck in your shirt between the holster and your belt.  A holster must be designed a particular way to allow for that. The pictures below show the holster and gun exposed and then with shirt tucked in over the gun and holster. You can even get invisible belt clips if you like.

This picture showing the holster and belt without the clothing shows that there is space between the body of the holster and the belt clips.  The clips are mounted low and have approximately 3″ of space to tuck in your shirt.

Here’s what you need to know:

The tuckable feature is an optional way to use the holster, not the only way. You can wear a tuckable holster as a standard IWB with your shirt or jacket hanging out over it. The tuckable feature is a no cost added benefit.

Having to pull up your shirt is slower, but it beats leaving your gun in the car or at home because it’s too hot to wear a coat, vest, jacket or extra shirt.

I wear a tuckable IWB every day with slacks and a button-down shirt as I visit customers for another business I have. In 5 years no one has noticed a thing. It’s way too flipping hot in Houston to wear a coat and my customers don’t want to see me with my shirt hanging out. I’ve proven to myself that this works. It will work for you.

Could I draw and fire in under a second from this setup? No.

If I see trouble coming can I react? Yes.  Do I have my gun with me? Yes.

If my gun is in the car or at the house what good is it? No good at all!

Maybe a tuckable holster is not your thing, but my customers are happy to have the option. Many use the tuckable feature and are very glad they have it.

Whether you “tuck” or not, it’s hard to beat a Tucker Gunleather IWB for function, quality and fit. See what this customer has to say about his Tucker Answer IWB. Click here.

      The Answer                              

    The Texas Heritage

      The Cover Up

“Look, we hate “leather doorstops” as much as you do. And frankly, we can’t bear the thought of a fine, custom Tucker holster being denigrated in such a way. It’s even more painful for us to think that one of our holsters was wasting away in the dreaded “holster drawer” somewhere. Frankly, we’d rather have it back, refund your money or give you a credit toward something else we make — no matter how long you’ve had it.
The above paragraph is from the very best, most outrageous product guarantee ever!

Look, I can’t promise you an afterlife with 72 virgins or that fastest time in the 1/4-mile.

I just offer the dagblasted best guarantee around. Tell me how it could be better.

If you haven’t looked at my Tucker Gunleather LIFETIME SATISFACTION guarantee I invite you to read my guarantee right now and see for yourself.

I did it for just one reason.  I hate to buy stuff I can’t hold in my hand and try out before I buy it. I’ll bet you do, too.

We’ll, I can’t fly you in to Houston and give you a limo ride to the shop to try before you buy, so I make it absolutely RISK FREE with my LIFETIME GUARANTEE. Here’s the link. It saves on air fares and limo rides, believe me.

While you’re visiting my online store you could ask yourself, “Is there something I’ve just got to have? Something gorgeous for my special paper-puncher?”

It’s just an invitation.

I get all kinds of calls from customers and some are surprising. Today I got a call about how comfortable this guy’s new Tucker belt holster was but that he’d been hesitant to wear it in the woods because it’s so nice looking. I wasn’t sure where he was headed with his story.

Well it turns out that it was a good thing he overcame his reluctance to wear it. He was strolling through the woods with his brother yesterday when his brother walked right over a Diamondback rattler – a big fella. He swiftly drew and shot the snake with one well-placed shot. (I’d have likely emptied my gun at it. Ever try to hit a moving snake?)

He now has a little remorse at having to kill the snake (normally he lives and lets live) but his brother is having no second thoughts at all.  My customer says he’s very happy with his Tucker holster but the rattler is not too pleased.

This reminds me how much I enjoy my customers. I get a lot of phone calls and often we get talking about a lot more than guns and holsters. I think people are comfortable talking with me and I make time to hear what they have to say. I really value that part of my work. I think my customers do, too.

You can call me any time.  If you have questions about what might work best for you, don’t guess at it, just push those little buttons and give the the old “one ringy-dingy.”

I’ll be glad to hear from you. 

My customers are the best! They tell me what works for them so we can all stay current with the latest information. Every day users really do know how to get the most out of their gear.

Here’s a tip I got yesterday from Joe Allen that will impact most of you who wear Tucker’s IWB holsters with standard kydex belt clips. 

   Standard Kydex Belt Clips

Joe was telling me, “Rob, since I live on the border between Kansas and Missouri I have to remove my carry weapon every time I cross the state line – sometimes several times a day. This subjects the standard clips to much more flexing open and closed than they were intended to withstand. I do eventually wear them out, but I have discovered a simple method to “rejuvenate” my belt clips when they start to become sprung.

I use rubber bands to squeeze the clip closed, fill a glass full of hot tap water and drop in the clip to soak until it cools. I put a pencil stub in the bend at the top before binding it in order to maintain the arc.

Don’t use water any hotter than hot tap water. I found out the hard way. Hot tap water is the perfect temperature to make the kydex slightly malleable without losing its shape.

I’ve quite successfully extended the service life of my clips since I started doing this.”

Thank you , Joe. What a great idea!  I hope you all will let me know how this works for you on your own belt clips.

Note: there’s a new development in standard kydex clips in the works that should increase their service life dramatically.  Stay tuned.

Meanwhile, for those of you considering a Tucker IWB holster here’s how to pick the belt clips that will work best with your new holster. Link.

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