Mission First Tactical IWB/OWB Holster

I wanna talk to you about Mission First Tactical's new inside or outside the waistband, ambidextrous holster. Now this one, particularly here, happens to be for the Glock 43, a subcompact nine millimeter defensive handgun. And obviously, it fits in there really well, it's got a good, positive retention. It is just a simple passive retention, it snaps in. You can adjust it with this screw.

I'm gonna go ahead and remove this firearm and put it right here, point it down range behind me. And talk to you specifically about this holster. Now, if you're familiar with Mission First Tactical from their rifle accessories, which I've used for years, that's not a surprise, but you may not know that they have now entered into the holster world as well. So they're using Boltaron material for its consistency and for its quality. They're making a lot of different types of holsters and this particular one is, I think, the most versatile one in their line.

As I said, it is inside or outside the waistband. It comes set up with a one and a half inch belt clip, and also it comes with a comfort carry paddle, I'll show you that in a second. It's sculpted for RMR use, even on a subcompact, some people are doing that, so it's already set up for that. It's got a good, tall sight channel, so if you are running anything with a taller set of sights, if you're running suppressor height sights to go with your RMR, on this gun or any of the full sized guns that you might carry, where that would probably be more appropriate, that sight channel is going to allow for that. And it does have an open muzzle area.

Now, some people prefer to have a closed muzzle, personally, I like to be able to have the versatility. Now in this particular model, Glock 43, there isn't an extended slide, but if you were using something where there were multiple different types of guns, with multiple different slide lengths, that all have exactly the same trigger guard, that would give you some more versatility. It also helps if you're gonna be using that threaded barrel, or if you're gonna put any kind of compensator on your carry gun. Now as I said, this is inside or outside the waistband, and it is set up for ambidextrous use. The other cool thing about this, as you saw, that I had it set up for appendix, this could also be worn anywhere else on the belt.

So if I were, I'm gonna practice from just having the gun out on the three o' clock with the comfort carry paddle, or if I were gonna use this clip to carry inside the waistband at the four or the five o'clock, this would also be set up for it. Let me go ahead and pop this out, and just kinda remind you that Mission First Tactical is a U.S. based company, and all of their holsters, this one included, are put together here in the U.S. These are all assembled, manufactured, in the U.S. at Mission First Tactical's facility.

Now one of the things you can see with this paddle is it's very large. It looks really large compared to the Glock 43, but this the same paddle that you would use if you had a mid-size or a full-size gun as well. So that paddle's gonna absorb some of the weight, and you can see that there's a very deep channel there for the belt that's gonna come through, and that's going to mean a positive retention of the holster to your pants. You don't wanna be pulling the gun out, and when you've set this retention screw here to really hold on to the gun, end up coming out with the whole holster. And that's what these grooves are for right there.

We go back to the one and a half inch belt clip and you can also see there that that's a very aggressive clip. That's gonna hook on to a belt. Now, the quality of your belt also is gonna matter. So if you're looking for a versatile holster, if you're looking for one and you probably aren't worried about changing from right handed to left handed, but if you are looking for something that you can sometimes have outside the waistband at the range, maybe during competition use, and then inside the waistband for concealment, or, in the cold weather if you're wearing a larger coat and you wanna actually carry outside the waistband, take a look at this ambidextrous IWB or OWB holster, from Mission First Tactical.