To suggest there’s one holster to hold virtually all of your guns would be either foolish or brave. Foolish because the physical dimensions of today’s handguns run the gamut from micro to massive. But brave because if you can eliminate the extremes and carry many of the mainline duty guns, you’ve got a truly unique holster system. Enter the Brave Response Holster — basically an elastic strap stitched to an elastic carrier. Worn around your waist, this holster can hide a gun and three reloads under virtually any clothing combination. While you can only carry one gun at a time, you can carry many, if not most, handguns. The laws of physics still apply here, so skinnier and smaller and lighter usually mean more effective and comfortable carry.
Most people only have one or two concealed carry handguns in the stable. But the way it goes with holsters, if there’s a way to carry even just two guns with only one holster, that’s a win. So I’m pleased to let you know this rig easily handles at least four guns: the Ruger LC9s, the Officer-sized 1911, the Commander-sized 1911 and the Glock 19 you see here. It’s one holster that holds them all. And, no matter what gun it holds, it holds it well.
The Brave Response Holster offers an elastic waist strap with hook and loop closures. Attached to the elastic strap is an elastic carrier with four pockets. The whole system is sort of like a belly band, except you wear it around your waist or hips. The elastic carrier should be at 4 or 5 o’clock. This puts your gun in a slight forward cant, offering a combat grip but undrawable until you undo the retention strap with your thumb. It’s an easy operation and, from there, a smooth draw.
As for carrying a spare magazine, Brave Response can handle up to three but I only carry one. Any more simply gets too cumbersome.
Made from a heavy-duty, breathable canvas known as “SharkSkin,” the Brave Response Holster is lined with a comfortable, cotton poly blend. It retails for $70 and comes with a 60-day money-back guarantee and a two-year workmanship warranty.
For the record, here’s the list of semi-auto guns the Brave Response Holster will gladly accommodate:
- All Glocks
- All Smith & Wesson semi-automatic handguns, excluding C.O.R.E. models
- All Springfield Armory semi-autos
- All SIG Sauer semi-autos
- All Browning semi-autos
- All Kahr semi-autos
- All Beretta semi-autos
- All Ruger semi-autos
- All Walther semi-autos
- All FN-Herstal semi-autos
- All Colt semi-autos
- All Kimber semi-autos
- All Heckler & Koch (H&K) semi-autos
- All CZ semi-autos
- All Steyr semi-autos
- All 1911-style handguns, whether from Kimber, Colt, SIG Sauer, Dan Wesson, Ed Brown, Turnbull, Magnum Research, Rock Island, Remington, Springfield, Auto Ordinance, Ruger, etc.
One holster to hold them all.
