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Poor retention
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steven grammont
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Normally you would tighten the screws on the back side to gain retention.
That's some ghetto ass redneck engineering.
Ya could just buy a non hybrid holstah kehd.
Problem solved.
cockpitbob
NES Member
Crossbreed has video instructions on how to adjust retention with a heat gun or hair dryer. Or, I'm pretty sure they'll do it for free if you send it back.
Still, it's a hybrid, so retention is going to be dependent on your shape, where you wear it and how tight you buckle your belt. My first holster was a Crossbreed MiniTuck. It hasn't left the closet in years.
Still, it's a hybrid, so retention is going to be dependent on your shape, where you wear it and how tight you buckle your belt. My first holster was a Crossbreed MiniTuck. It hasn't left the closet in years.
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Kydex is heat formed whether you use a full or half shell.
cockpitbob
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And it's a pretty low temperature plastic. To just soften the trigger guard with hot air, you need to cover everything else with a wet towel or it will all try to revert to a flat sheet.
Side story about "plastic memory ". Probably in the 1940s my dad put an old toothbrush in a pot of boiling water to soften it to make (I forget what) out of it. A few minutes later, in the pot was a straight, round rod of plastic with bristles. Apparently toothbrushes were formed from round rod pladtic stock back then.
ReluctantDecoy
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I was caught off guard with how fast and how little hot air is required to make adjustments to kydex, so your point is worth heeding. Just used a normal hair dryer and ended up mangling a holster by over heating it. Thought I was going to need a heat gun, so I wasn't expecting it to go soft so fast.
DarthRevan
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Whiskeywon
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I don't think even she was expecting how quick Kydex goes limp.
My first holster was a crossbreed strongside and after like 4 months moved over to Kydex AIWB and never went back.
OP it's never going to retain how you want it to.
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cockpitbob
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Likely true. I gave up on mine after an afternoon of getting in and out of a small, low car who's seat put a lot of pressure on the gun I was wearing at 4:30. That evening I found the gun was shifting in the holster enough that it disengaged the safety on my MA compliant LC9s.
Also, I won't mention names, but we have a member that liked Crossbreed hybrids so much that she didn't abandon it until after the 2nd time it dumped her gun in the toilet
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Mtn_Guy
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+1 
Buck F
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Not my first holster but same result, I found it while packing for my move a few weeks ago. Interesting concept but I prefer a full Kydex AIWB now (Vedder Light Tuck w/ Clinger cushion).
