Gear Review: Falco Holsters D633 L Sherman Leather Roto Holster

About This Episode

In today’s episode, Wade and John dive into a detailed review of Falco Holsters, specifically the D6 33 L Sherman Roto shoulder holster. They share their hands-on experiences, from the practicality of shoulder holsters in daily life to how Falco’s design innovations, like adjustable cant and comfort, make it a standout choice. They also discuss how this holster is great for driving, sitting, or anyone wearing suits. Tune in for a practical and honest review!

Insights In This Episode

• A key benefit: the holster keeps the firearm pointed downward, adding a sense of safety.
• The holster’s retention straps allow for better control, ensuring the firearm stays secure.
• The all-leather design adds a classic, durable touch compared to modern Kydex holsters.
• Wade and John agree the rotation feature speeds up the draw, making it a practical carry option.

About Tactical Business

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Episode Transcript

Wade: Welcome to the Tactical Business Show. I’m your host, Virginia Beach based firearms entrepreneur and copywriter Wade Skalsky. Each episode will be exploring what it takes to thrive as a business owner in the firearms industry. We’ll speak with successful firearms industry entrepreneurs about their experiences building their companies, leaders and legislators who are shaping the industry, and tech executives whose innovations will reshape the future of the firearms industry. Let’s get after it. Welcome to the Tactical Business Podcast. I am your host, Wade Skalsky, and today I am joined by my co-host, John McCoy, for a very special tactical business podcast Gear Review episode. John, how are you doing today, sir? Good.

John: It’s been a long time. It’s been two days.

Wade: Exactly, exactly. Well, I am fired up to talk to you. Let’s give a little backstory. We do our current events. Current events. Or we’ll talk about different reviews of things and happenings in the firearms world. We did Falco Holsters and the website for Falco Holsters is FalcoHolsters.Com. It’s a pretty cool name, but anyway, so we were reviewing them and we were reviewing their shoulder holster and Martin from Falco holsters got in contact with us and he offered to send us something to review, actually get it and to review it. And I said, sure. I said we’d have to be honest about it, obviously, but I do want to disclose to everyone that Martin did, in fact, send me a holster and send John a holster, and they let us pick whatever we wanted off the website. So yes, that was very generous of them because they’re not inexpensive holsters. So no, but I’m actually pretty fired up today to talk about these holsters. Why don’t you start with saying how you’re doing and get us rocking and rolling?

John: All right. I’m doing great. And this is cool. This is really cool. So what I’ve got going on here is the model D6 33 L and it is a shoulder holster. So what kind of happened was we were talking about reviewing the holster, but we didn’t have the gear. We’re just reading about it and giving our thoughts on it. And they’re like, how about we send you this gear so you can actually use it? And we’re like, yeah, absolutely. But our conversation was like, how useful is a shoulder holster today? Where are we at today? How useful is it? And Martin was Most people don’t really get it because they don’t. They’re not using it. So he sent it over and we’re using it. So I actually made coffee and breakfast this morning wearing it and wearing it around the house. And it is definitely a different experience if you have never used a shoulder holster. I never owned one before is a very different experience than having it on your hip. So my initial observation is that if I had to carry every day, I would prefer. This puts the weight across your shoulders and it doesn’t pull your pants down, and it doesn’t put all that weight of loaded mags and the firearm on your pants. And it just looks great.

Wade: I actually wrote for a holster company, but they were kydex and they. And I’ve also written with regards to SEO articles or email marketing or newsletter with doing pros and cons of the different carry positions. So a lot of the debate that I always would have doing my research and thinking about it was always between, okay, are we going to do appendix or are we going to do strong side or cross draw, but all from the belt. And the reason why I came to that conclusion was because I just didn’t like the idea. Even though I know that when a gun is in the holster, it’s not going to go off if it’s properly in the holster. I didn’t like the idea of just psychologically, if I’m driving my car and my kids are behind me of having a shoulder holster and flagging my children as I’m driving, right? Like, I want the firearm pointed to the ground. Okay. And so that was always my hesitation. I didn’t even think about a shoulder holster because of that reason. But one really cool thing that they’ve done over at Velcro Holsters with these shoulder holsters is that they’ve created a holster that the firearm rests pointing to the ground. Yep. And then you can choose to either draw it. You can just pull it up if you want. But there’s a way that there’s a snap that you pull the snap as you draw the firearm. And then it allows the holster to Kant so that you actually pull it out, and then you would draw it horizontal. So that solved that problem for me. So I was like, okay, when we’re talking about which What did we order? They’ll sell you the original holster.

Wade: Right. So I looked at the D11 leopard holster, which is. Which is what I was. Oh, let’s do that. And then Martin came back at me and he said, okay, well, that’s a classic shoulder holster where it’s just vertical or it’s pointing back to the rear of you all the time, which was I didn’t want that. So he helped me. And I did get the same version that you did, which is I got the Sherman, the D6 33 L Sherman Roto holster, and that solved that problem. So if you so let’s talk about our attire for a second. Before we get going into the nitty gritty, I got super excited because I was going to go, you know, I wore a suit to court every day. And so in Arizona when I was a prosecutor, I probably could have rolled in there with a firearm properly, but they wouldn’t let a defense attorney in California roll in there. Right. So but I wore a suit every day. And so if I was to wear a suit, wear a suit to church, or wear a suit to chapel at my kid’s school, this is an awesome option because the shoulder holster, actually, it actually the firearm feels more accessible faster because your hands generally are in front of you. So even if you’re going to be doing appendix or strong side for whatever reason, if you’re holding your hands up or you’re I don’t know, it just seems like it might be a faster draw. And what are your thoughts on that?

John: I don’t have a classy background like being a defense attorney or a prosecutor, so I was more of the kind of white trash. Magnum, P.I. Thomas Magnum, I love it.

Wade: Or you could also do. If you threw a white sport coat on, you could be Miami Vice. You could.

John: You could definitely do that. Yeah. So my thoughts I have the D6 33 L in saddle, which is a darker brown. And you can see it here. So I think the can’t we were just talking about that I would say it’s probably about 45 degrees of rotation. So it’s just enough that I don’t think it goes. Well let me just try. It’s about 45 degrees so it doesn’t go fully horizontal or anything, but it’s definitely enough to draw it out quickly. And my take on that is that makes it very comfortable. And the cool thing about that is all leather. So the way they made it, it doesn’t have kydex. It’s not a hybrid. This is still all leather. So they were able to use metal steel fittings in there with the leather to create this rotation. I think that’s actually very slick, because almost all companies are moving in the process of using plastics and they’re like, no, we’re going to stay traditional, but we’re going to offer you a better tactical solution. And I think that’s why I really like about this, because I use Kydex for my carry most of the time, and it’s great. But, you know, it’s overplayed like everyone uses it. There’s something classy about leather and it’ll last a lifetime. I’ll be handing this down to my sons and that’s great. That is great.

Wade: And but I will say so. It may be a fit issue for you, because I can get mine to go a full perpendicular to the ground. If I release the strap, I can go to a full perpendicular. But I think the reason that is is the retention straps on mine. I don’t have them extremely tight, and this is a good thing to talk about. It’s not a negative necessarily, but it is something that is to be aware of. Is that fit is extremely important when you’re wearing this holster, so it’s going to take you time, unlike a kydex holster where you just stick it on your belt and you just move it around left or right and you’re good to go. You’re going to want to experiment yourself with the feel. And so I would 100% get the retention straps. Martin wants to send this to some of us as well. So with the retention straps are is on both sides of the holster. There’s a strap that you attach to your belt so that the gun isn’t flopping around. Right? Yes. I would also get the counterweight on the other side because you can go counter, you can go ambidextrous whichever side you want to go is. So then I have two mags on the other side. So I’m actually carrying three mags. So I got two mags in the counterweight. And then I’ve got and then I’ve got my normal mag on the holster side. And you could carry extended mags very easily too. Yes. On this on the opposite side, on your weak side. So you could really be rocking a 20 round mag on your if you really wanted to get an extender like we talked about in our last episode on your Glock mags, you could be rocking. You could be going 21 and then going 16 and one. In the chamber you’re looking at 42. I told there was no math today. 49, 69 rounds. Pretty easily. Not a lot of problems you can handle with 69 rounds.

John: No. Not really. As long as.

Wade: You’re not dumping people and you’re being judiciously shot. Right. So that I would say it’s not a negative. But one thing is that you really have to put some time into getting the fit just right. And then once the fit is right, it doesn’t matter then because then it’s always it keeps it’s going to retain. It’s because where you’re going to put the straps and where you’re going to link everything. The biggest sell for me in terms of this holster that they’ve done, this rodeo holster, is that, like I said, is that you can rotate it and then draw. That’s awesome. That led me to be like, okay, I can actually give this an honest appraisal. Meaning I can actually give it a go and see if I like it or not. So that is one thing I would say. And for me, that was a big thing for trying it out and saying, yeah, I will try that out. So what what is your feeling on the fit? Like how did you out of the box, how did you feel about it?

John: So first off let’s talk about I’m six three and about 260. And you’re six five.

Wade: Yeah, I’m six four and a half.

John: But yeah. So we’re both tall and pretty broad.

Wade: I’m a lot leaner than you. I’m like 215. Yeah, I’m.

John: A chunky boy, so I will say so. I’m all the way at the very end of the sizers on this just because my. So I have like a 52 inch chest just because I’m so broad. So like if you’re any bigger than that, I’m going to tell you it probably is not going to work. I first put it on before I sized it. It was like Chris Farley with the fat man and the little coat. That’s what it was like. So I was like, okay, this isn’t going to work. I’m going to need to size this way up. It still works, though, and I actually do have on my not anchors the things attached to the belt. What do you call them? The tie down straps. Tie down? Yeah. Tie downs. I think I’ve still got a little bit of room on those. So if I were your height, it wouldn’t be the end of the world. But if you’re, like, super tall, you might not be able to use the tie downs unless he has really long ones. I didn’t look.

Wade: And just so you know, though, like only 1% of the population is taller than six four, right? It’s not the girth. It’s not how wide you are. It’s how tall you are. Because you want to have the tie down. Straps are going to be able to reach the belt. And then I actually like them a little looser. So I can actually almost the fit was almost perfect for me out of the box, just because I didn’t have to adjust that much out of the box, actually. So because I’m lean. So that was an issue.

John: You said that twice now I caught that. I caught you weighed.

Wade: Super lean and strong and strong. I’m lean and strong. I don’t know how that happened. So yeah, I really liked again, I can’t say it enough. I just like the fact that it’s pointed. The gun is pointed down as I’m wandering around, and it feels heavy because in the beginning, when you first have it on, is because you’re not used to carrying things on your side. Yeah, you’re used to you’re used to a backpack, right? Or carrying things in front of you. But if you have the counterbalance, besides also having it flop around, it makes it feel less heavy. It doesn’t make you feel like you want to lean one way or the other to be normal, but you can’t see this firearm if you have this positioned correctly? And that’s the big thing too, is you got to figure out which belt loop it goes behind when you put it on, because if you put it too far forward, it rolls it forward. Yeah. So you want it almost back a little bit and then but you know, you look at this as like you can’t if with this suit on you’re not going to be able to tell when I’m walking around that I’m rocking and rolling. Right. So yeah. So it is like a bodyguard look, but perfect for church, perfect for chapel. If you’re wearing anywhere, you’re wearing a suit.

John: If you anywhere, you’re going to be sitting for a while too. I would definitely recommend this because it’s not going to pinch. It’s not going to bind, it’s just hanging off your shoulders.

Wade: Same for driving.

John: Yeah, I was going to say, like, if you’re a trucker or something and want a concealed carry man, that’d be my go to way more comfortable. It’s easy to take off too.

Wade: Yeah, because if you’re right handed, which most people are, your seat belt’s going to come across the shoulder and come down. So it’s actually not going to hit anything where sometimes when you’re riding like I ride my concealed carry a strong side, I can’t do appendix. So, you know, appendix. If I’m going to roll appendix, I have to either take the firearm out and then put it somewhere in my car. Yeah, which some people do. But the problem is, if you get in a car accident, your car is flipping around, you got a firearm flying around, and you’re not.

John: Good. That’s not optimal.

Wade: No, not optimal. But if or if you’re strong side, sometimes you’ll have to deal with the putting the seat belt in with the where it clicks is going to be rubbing or it’s so. But you don’t have that issue when you’re rolling the shoulder holster. So if you’re driving around a lot, if you’re sitting a lot, shoulder holster is really good. Plus you look cool when you get out of the car and put the suit on, put the suit coat on. You look like that detective from like the 1970s, right?

John: Definitely.

Wade: So right there, I would say from a comfort level. Must have the counterweight, though. Yes. Must have definitely must. Because even if you have the extender straps, it’s going to feel a little weird. But it’s it weighs. It helps to counterbalance it. Right?

John: Yep. I will say I’m really disappointed that I no longer have my Smith and Wesson K frame 38, and I don’t own a 911 because those have been so sweet with this. I’ve been so sick to have either one of those.

Wade: I got the full size Glock in that. Well, let’s talk what we’re what we’re carrying, right? So I got the full size Glock in there right now with an O light on it, so it doesn’t have an optic on it. Now you can get an optic. You can get whatever cut you want from it. Yes. And that’s one thing Martin was very cool about walking us through the process. If you have any questions, I’m sure you email them. They’ll be able to walk you through the process in terms of what you need to do, but all the information that you need to give them is readily available to whatever your firearm is. But it’s down also to and this is the thing where I think it’s good to talk about where people will say, okay, so for Kydex, you can get really good retention because they can make it exactly to the specifications. And the way that they cut it is very precise for Kydex, which is true. That’s an advantage of Kydex. But I will say is that in order to order one of these holsters, you’re going to need to put actual the height of your front sight. You’re going to have to say which is your dominant hand. You’re going to have to say exactly what light you’re using, because right now it’s I have the old light mini two in there, but it fits in there perfectly.

Wade: I don’t feel there’s any retention issues. It’s not that things not coming out unless I as I pull the strap and draw the firearm, I do think from comfort. I feel like I could just sit here all day with this on right now. So because you’ve got on this side, I have the firearm here. Right. And then on this side I have the two mags now. But you can also if you didn’t want to do mags in here, you could also get a knife in there. And you could also get a tourniquet. So now the tourniquet I have a cat tourniquet and I could get it in there. It might require getting creative with it. You can do it. So it’s not like there’s like a natural fit for it in there because it is a mag size. But you can definitely get a tourniquet or a knife in there if you wanted to as well. So I think that’s also super, super handy. I would probably if I was to roll this roll around in this, I’d probably have one mag and one tourniquet on there.

John: Probably a good idea.

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John: So I have a Gen one Smith and Wesson Mp40 with a insight m3 light. And it actually so there is a little bit of room because I’m an idiot and I thought I had a TLR three on there and I didn’t look at it. But the TLR three and the M3 are about the same size, so it still fits perfect. So that’s good. And I right now I have two mags in it, ones loaded, ones empty on the counterbalance. And I can feel that if I had another loaded mag on in my mag pouch, it would be better balanced. So very happy with that. I think that I’m with you. As far as comfort, I can’t imagine anything better. This is probably what I’m going to go to with when I take walks in the woods and want to have something on me, it’ll be a natural for that. As far as ever actually carrying, I’m not sure that I will just because I don’t carry a full size handgun when I go get tacos, I’m a lazy concealed carry. We’ve talked about this. I throw an LCP in my pocket and call it a day.

Wade: You should just carry a knife. Then if you’re that lazy, just just carry a throwing knife like a throwing knife into ninja stars.

John: That’s how I said I’m lazy. I’m going to throw bullets, not knives.

Wade: All right, all right, all right.

John: So overall impression, though, that if I were in the position to be carrying daily, especially like what you’re talking about, if you’re in a friendly state where you’re like a prosecutor or something and you wear a suit daily, not necessarily a cop, but something else like that, man, it would be so much better. It’d just be a really nice option to carry. And it looks good. It’s classy.

Wade: Yeah, well. And it’s just different. You’re going to be. Not a lot of people are rocking the shoulder holster. And again I think it’s I think it’s the reason why I talked about it. It’s like is also too people will say, and I know I did some writing on this is that if you ever get into a physical confrontation with someone that you know, and that’s the same with Cross-draw, right? Is that the idea is it’s if you’re fighting with someone, they can reach down and grab it your gun very easily and pull it out. And that’s the same as if you have your gun canted perpendicular to the ground, or I guess parallel to the ground, right, is that they could reach in and pull it out. Right? Well, here it’s going to be very hard to reach in and grab this gun. Oh yeah. Because they’re going to have to also pull the they’re going to have to pull the, the right strap. They’re going to have to know how the holster works. Right. And it’s going to be difficult for them to get difficult for them to get in there.

John: Definitely I believe.

Wade: That. So I do think I do think that solves the that that takes away some of those problems. It doesn’t eliminate them completely, right? Because if you are rocking strong side is probably the most, I would say the most difficult for someone to get to and to pull from, or maybe appendix, but those two strong side and appendix versus cross-draw in a shoulder holster. But it does help eliminate some of those issues.

John: Yeah, yeah. No, I think so too. And I really definitely I want to go back to this. But for any of the Huskier guys, this really is a lot more comfortable rig than if you got a little muffin top. Having a inner waistband, for one thing, really sucks. I don’t even like it.

Wade: And I’m super lean like I don’t. That’s number three. Third time I’ve said it. I’m so lean and strong and with such a low amount of body fat. Uh, but I even.

John: It’s almost ridiculous how lean.

Wade: Even I don’t like it. Probably it’s because the guns I do are pretty big. So I’m in the Glock 19, but I don’t.

John: Carry a big gun and it still is uncomfortable. I have a Beretta Nano for my carry, and it’s much smaller than what you carry, and it still is uncomfortable, right? Right. So I go with an outer waistband, but then you’re printing like crazy. So if you’re going to print, you might as well carry something bigger.

Wade: You’re not really going to print. You’re not really going to print on this if you have it. Not if you have.

John: A kit or.

Wade: Something. And no one’s no one’s going to look for it, right?

John: No. Like, no.

Wade: That’s the thing also too. And this is one thing is bending over. Right. So if you’re going to if you’re going to have your firearm that’s going to be on your waistband, you have to do that weird squat when you’re bending over or else.

John: It can fall out. Yeah.

Wade: Well it will fall out. But like if you have a good holster, it won’t fall out. But if you bend over, then sometimes you’re what you’re concealing it with will come up and people can see you’re worried about people seeing it or like whatever. So yeah, if your gun falls, if your gun falls out, when you squat, if you bend over, you need to get a new holster. I mean.

John: Maybe I shouldn’t get those eBay holsters.

Wade: Your retention is not proper situation. So yeah man. And so I like I said as I dig it, I’m definitely going to use it. Also, I think they had some nice touches with the, with the with the actual the box. So I don’t know if you still have your box, but.

John: Yep, The targets on the back.

Wade: Yeah. So here, let me see here. So the box is cool. It’s got tarp. Oh, look at that. It came right up. It’s got targets on the back. Yeah. So you get a free target with your box, and then they just have very nice packaging. And this is the packaging for just the regular plus almost like a magpul package almost where it’s just the plastic.

John: And it smelled good when you opened the package.

Wade: That is true. It does smell good. It doesn’t smell like cancer when you get a kydex holster.

John: Oh no, you get that rich leather smell. Yeah it is.

Wade: I can see how if you were to like to get a nine over 11, like, oh yeah, like Sam Elliott from We were Young just. Oh bad boy. Pure sex.

John: Appeal. Just gorgeous.

Wade: All right, let’s recap our review here for a little bit. I think one thing is that’s important is that you you’re going to have to focus on the fit. Right. So the tie down straps are a must. Yes. And then the counterbalance is also a must. And go for the don’t go for the single mag pouch. Go for the double mag pouch. You want the.

John: Most weight you can have to counterbalance it, especially if you’re carrying a full size pistol, right? Like your Glock 17, my full size map are pretty chunky. Yeah, they have a loaded mag in them. You want some weight on your other side? Correct. Cause it feels very weird. Before I put the mags in, it was very off balance. Yeah, and.

Wade: There’s no difference between the single and the double magazine pouch in terms of how it’s going to feel on your body. No, because you’re going to have the strap. You have the strap there anyway, right? And you’re going to have the retention that you’re going to have the tie down strap anyway, right? So you’re going to have something that’s going to go from the length of your shoulder all the way down to the side. That’s going to be tight against your body. So it’s not going to make a difference in how it feels in terms of the single or the double. And again, if you do the double, you can carry a tourniquet, which is probably what I would do as I rock the tourniquet, because then really you’re prepared for pretty much anything. So the fit is going to be really important. I would say definitely get the tie down straps definitely get the counterbalance with the double. And then like I said, is that it really can accommodate. I mean, they had a ton of options, like you can put anything in there and oh yeah.

John: And three, three colors. I think you got the tan right.

Wade: The lighter I got the old school. Yeah, I.

John: Got saddle, which is a really dark brown. And then they have black.

Wade: We should almost trade because the dark would go better. Although it’s still pretty. It’s still pretty old school leather. Right. So it looks good, but the dark might go better with a dark suit. It’s true. Right. The other thing I would say too, is for a belt. Like if you’re going to wear a if you’re going to wear a dress suit, you’re going to want to get a tactical dress belt, right. Because you’re going to want to have it nice and tight. Yes. Because the belt will be tight and that will keep the the tie down straps where you want them. Yeah. And then it will everything will stay where it’s supposed to stay. I always feel comforted when I and that’s a weird word to say, but I always feel comforted by the feeling of a when I’m carrying strong side because I always feel like, okay, like I can handle anything comes. It’s just like a it’s like a nice security blanket. This actually feels more than that because you’ve got extra mags, you’ve got your big gun. It does give you that strong sense of security when you’re rocking this thing. It also makes you feel like a bodyguard, too.

John: So I know it’s aesthetics matter. Like it just does when it likes to.

Wade: Do it every day. If you’re going to carry it every day. Absolutely. And here’s the other thing too, is you don’t have to carry it every day to want one because it if you have a shoulder holster that has the holster. So that solves a problem that I talked about. At least that’s my issue. Maybe nobody else has that issue. And you have whatever concealed carry you carry in a waistband. You have those two things. There’s no engaged social engagement. There’s no situation that you won’t have the right rig that you need.

John: Yes.

Wade: For comfort or for utility. Yes. Right. Because if you were, let me ask you this question. If you were going to if you were going to get into a situation, if you’re like, okay, the chances of something happening because maybe the area of town I’m going to is a little dicey. For whatever reason. Would you rather have your concealed carry that’s a smaller gun and not as many rounds? Or would you rather have a tourniquet and an extra mag and more rounds.

John: Oh, yeah. Obviously I’m going with this one. Right? Obviously. Right. I will say also, when you go to FalcoHolsters.com, the roto is not their only shoulder holster. This is just the one we’re reviewing. He has a whole bunch of traditional style non-rotating rigs. I think he has both horizontal and vertical. So there’s a slew of options. Yep. He has both horizontal. Yeah.

Wade: Well he’s got the carry bags like otherwise known as the fanny pack. Right. But he’s got the concealed carry bags. He’s got women’s specific holsters for women. They got gun belts. And that’s the other thing too is if you rock the shoulder holster, then if you do run a battle belt or you do run a tactical belt, you have more room. Yes. You know what I’m saying? Yep. So you can actually carry concealed more things.

John: Concealed going. That’s what I was going to say because you have room on your belt. Then to put smaller things if you wanted to smaller.

Wade: Items you can go a knife on one side, you could go medical, you could do an ice pack. Right. So so you got a lot of different options. Also to is I don’t know how you feel about like hiking, but I do agree with you. Is that maybe. Hiking around it might feel more secure to have it in the shoulder holster with the tie down straps hiking around. So if you’re going to fall down or trip or something.

John: Definitely. He also has. I didn’t realize this, but he has some Molly equipped chest ring rigs, so if you’re actually hiking with a pack, those would be optimal. But if you’re not doing if you’re just doing a day hike, I think the shoulder holster would be great because otherwise it goes back to that thing. If you have a especially a full size like a an MP 45 or a Glock 21 or 20, that gets really heavy on your belt, especially if you’re hiking and if you are using a pack that has a waist strap for just a standard backpack that has a waist strap that will not jive with a big gun on your belt very well, and you’ll always be jockeying your pants up. So I think that anything that elevates it, gets it on your side or gets it on your chest is a better option for that. But yeah, if I’m not carrying a pack, though, the shoulder holster would be much preferred. Plus, in an area with dangerous game, I want to have a tourniquet and I also want to have an extra mag. Yeah, absolutely. With some buffalo boar in it.

Wade: Yep. So final thoughts on this one is that I actually was determined not to like the holster. Right. I was like, I’m not going to like it. I like my strong side, but I really like it. And I’m not just saying that because they sent me one, because if they were to send it and I for whatever reason, I wasn’t going to dig it, I would not come right out and say, I hate it, but I would give reasons, con reasons for it. Right? And I would list more of those in the positives. I think the big thing for me though, is it just adds more versatility to your concealed carry game. So if you don’t have a roto shoulder holster, then there may come up a situation where you may wish you did. Right. Number one. And then number two, I think, like you said, there’s aesthetics. It’s just fun to wear something different. It looks good sometimes with concealed carry you get like the old standby in there, but sometimes you’re going to want to mix it up a bit. But that said, you’re going to want to train with it because the draw is different.

John: Completely different. You’ve got to.

Wade: Navigate the snap. You’ve got to navigate the the draw. You’re actually you’re drawing across your body instead of from the side unless you do. Across your already but from weak side. But but yeah but other than that and but that does give you another thing to train with. And so you can use whatever your concealed carry firearm is. You just keep that firearm because I do the Glock 19 on that there. This is the Glock 17. But they’re the same. It’s the same gun. You know what I’m saying in terms of the grip and everything. So so for me that that made sense. So those are my final thoughts on it. I gave it a very high recommendation I would you’re not going to be disappointed getting it once you get it fit. Once you get used to it a little bit, you’re going to dig it. So I enjoyed it.

John: Same here. Like you said, fit is very important. And the other thing that I would note from just drawing on it just casually for the past couple of days, it’s not anchored to you like like one on your belt is. So you have to because it’s just hanging there. So you do have to because your hip is bracing it when you’re drawing from your hip, this one, you have to get used to it. Like, you almost need two hands so that it doesn’t flop around. So it just takes, you know, getting used to it’s just a different thing. I would definitely say, especially if I were a plainclothes officer or a security bodyguard type of thing, where I’m carrying professionally and you’re doing it for hours on end. Man, this would be hard to beat this way more comfortable. It distributes the weight of the weapon across your whole upper body instead of putting it right on your hip. I would definitely rather carry with this than than a standard holster if I’m carrying it for all day.

Wade: I think one last thing. What you said about the two hands is that you need two hands for concealed carry anyway, because when you’re pulling your other hand, you got to pull the shirt away to draw, right? Yeah, exactly. And then but I think if you got the tie down straps correct and you carried it very tight, you could draw with one hand.

John: You probably could. Right.

Wade: Yeah, 100%.

John: Because I’m still adjusting mine anyway. Trying to find the optimal spot. Right. So yeah.

Wade: So but yeah man. So the website is Felco holsters. Com. Oh that’s what it was. Just because I was I was thinking about the band from the 80s from Falco rock me Amadeus. Falcoholsters.com and yeah I gave it a I gave it a high recommendation. I really enjoyed it. I didn’t want to, I didn’t want to. I was like, I’m not a shoulder holster person. I know you recommend, but I was like, but yeah, but I give it a I definitely give it a recommendation and you won’t be disappointed if you get it. Falco and the.

John: Craftsmanship is excellent. Like, it really is a beautiful. It’s a beautiful holster. Like, it’s just beautiful aesthetically. Yeah.

Wade: Yeah, it’s great and fun to wear. So. Yeah. Any other closing thoughts? John, before we sign off for the day.

John: Oh, it’s going to look sick this winter when I’m wearing it over flannel. It’s just going to be sick.

Wade: It looks so cool. You’re going to want to just wear it out without even your coat. You know what I mean? You just want to be. You just want to be rocking it. Just let the world know your shoulder holster, you know?

John: Absolutely.

Wade: Plan some Miami Vice over some speakers as you walk around some Phil Collins or in the night tonight.

John: I don’t know about that. All right. It’s not going to be warm here like Miami. That’s true. But we also don’t get Cat five hurricanes, so there’s that.

Wade: Yeah. I gotta check and see if we’re going to get hit by that hurricane here in Virginia Beach. We usually have to be concerned about those things. But but not today. So all right brother, I appreciate you. What a great gear review again. Falco holsters and it is the D11. Oh no I was doing the the old one was the D11. It’s the D.

John: 33.

Wade: D6 33.

John: 633 yep.

Wade: The D6 33 L Sherman wrote a holster with the tie down straps. All right, brother.

John: Thanks, Martin. You’re up.

Wade: Yep. Thanks, Martin from Falco Holsters for sending us the gear. Really dig it. And like, it’s going to be an heirloom for us and helps to keep my family safer, so I appreciate it. Yep. All right, we’ll talk. John.

John: See you.

Wade: Later. You’ve been listening to the Tactical Business Show by TacticalPay.com. Join us again next episode as we explore what it takes to be a business success in the firearms industry.