9 June 04

Holster Problems:

Fobus is recalling several thousand holsters because of a rash of reholstering ADs involving G17s and G19s equipped with lasers. In all reported ADs, there has been only one documented injury, to a finger, but there has been property damage. No information on the brand of laser.

The problem involves a retention strap that is small enough to insert itself inside the pistol's trigger guard as the pistol is holstered. Fobus has since redesigned the straps, making them wider, so the problem has been eliminated on new Fobus production.

The lesson here is that kydex holsters are much stiffer and more gun specific than are conventional, leather ones. On a kydex holster (or any holster for that matter), there should be no part (strap, sweat barrier, etc), that could ever come into contact with the trigger guard, that is narrow enough to fit inside. All such noncurrent designs need to be corrected/updated immediately.

/John