Serpa Drop-Leg Holsters

[grimreefer]

I am set on buying a serpa holster for my pistol. However I am trying to decide whether or not I should go for a leg rig or to put it on my pistol belt. The big factor for me is mobility. If the drop-leg is going to restrict my mobility in the least, I don't want it.

So my questions are:

-Will a serpa drop-leg reduce my mobility?

-Are they comfortable? Is it something that I am going to have to be constantly adjusting to feel right?

-What is the advantage of a drop-leg holster anyways? They look cool, but it seems easy enough to draw from the belt....

[~Bodkin~]

You just have to be careful you don't drag it through the dirt when you are prone.

[landwarrior]

Originally Posted by grimreefer

I am set on buying a serpa holster for my pistol. However I am trying to decide whether or not I should go for a leg rig or to put it on my pistol belt. The big factor for me is mobility. If the drop-leg is going to restrict my mobility in the least, I don't want it.

So my questions are:

-Will a serpa drop-leg reduce my mobility?

-Are they comfortable? Is it something that I am going to have to be constantly adjusting to feel right?

-What is the advantage of a drop-leg holster anyways? They look cool, but it seems easy enough to draw from the belt....

I have a SERPA USP belt for belt, and it's kinda uncomfortable when u are sitting, so at times I have to remove the gun when I sit down. I'm also considering on getting a drop leg one my USP.

[Styrak]

I would recommend belt-attached, or attached to your molle vest if you have one.

[landwarrior]

Also, since the gun is heavy, it drags ur pants down, so I'll need to put the holster on with a belt...lol

[mcguyver]

Even though I have both drop-leg and belt mounted CQC SERPAs, I think my preference for airsoft use (outdoors) would be the drop leg.

I like the mobility advantage of the CQC, but it is very open and exposed, and gets in my way (I'm 5'8" and the CQC is on a Huang blast belt).

If I was going to do indoor CQB, I would prefer the CQC rig over the drop leg.

However, when I'm outdoors, I use the Safariland 6004.

[KND]

I put mine on my vest. I used to use the drop leg but it's really get in my way especially when I was running, it's always drop down so I figure out to put on my vest like that.

[Danke]

Another on the vest, you can still reach all the mag pouches and shoulder the rifle to your strong and weak sides. The only downside I found was I had to give up my admin panel.

It`s faster that a dropleg too. Picture your weapon at your shoulder and it stops firing. Presuming you have a proper sling and not some sort of jimmy jack elastic it falls away and you just bring your right hand straight to the butt of the pistol and draw. Of course if you shamble along with your arms dangling like a chimp the dropleg could work.

[LUTNIT]

Blackhawk SERPA drop leg is one of the very few drop legs I have used that does not impede my movement. Every other type of drop leg I try pulls my pants around, slides down, etc. but the SERPA stays in place and once I get going I don't even feel its there anymore.

I have a real Blackhawk model and have heard mixed reviews of the Huang models.

[Ming_the_Merciless]

Originally Posted by grimreefer

I am set on buying a serpa holster for my pistol. However I am trying to decide whether or not I should go for a leg rig or to put it on my pistol belt. The big factor for me is mobility. If the drop-leg is going to restrict my mobility in the least, I don't want it.

So my questions are:

-Will a serpa drop-leg reduce my mobility?

-Are they comfortable? Is it something that I am going to have to be constantly adjusting to feel right?

-What is the advantage of a drop-leg holster anyways? They look cool, but it seems easy enough to draw from the belt....

1.) Mobility
To some degree yes your mobility will be imparied, running, full sprint, but then again if your running a hefty 2nd line + 3rd line rig, um thats the last of your worries.

2.) Comforable
For all the shit people give for the SERPA mechanism, I think the best design was the Y-harness that divides the load by half, making one of the more comfortable subload/thigh setups I've worn which are the traditional one point design. I've always been tempted to modify a Safariland 6004 shroud with a dremel and adding the y-harness to the Safariland.

3.) Advantage of Thigh Holster
2nd line setups ussually conflict with drawing from the belt line, there are a few holsters that are attached to the belt but are offset a certain distance to clear the 2nd line, like the Bladetech WRS. Otherwise depending on the cant of the holster, it can be awkward or difficult while wearing gear. I don't like the thigh holster to run low, I tend to run it high as possible but not quite level with the hip, somewhere in between where I can keep my body square.

Again its all up to you, what your doing. For instance real-world wise, if I had to enter and exit vehicles constantly, I would prefer a belt holster opposed to thigh, perhaps even a cross-draw. Sometimes you don't have an option, people that conceal carry are limited, and as you've already read above, some people run a 2nd line with the holster on the chest so they are more mobile, and you can eat dirt faster/ or its more comfortable than compared to a thigh holster.

[Brian McIlmoyle]

But I'd stay away from drop leg rigs .. There is a difference in the dirt resistance and robustness of a real firearm and an airsoft gun.

If you have your $400 pistol tucked in a leg rig .. you will always be modifying how you move and what positions you take to minimize the possiblility of damaging the pistol. Even if you do this subconsciously .. it will affect your behavior and your effectiveness.

Leg rigs are great for CQC.. less great in the field ( particularly when wiggling through thick underbrush)

My suggestion is to wear the pistol either on your first line at the belt ( place the holster on your right flank, this should be accessable when wearing most 2nd line rigs.

on the chest or above the belt line will ensure you can do a regular vis-check and will make the weapon accessable while prone.