Long Day and Ghetto Rigging a Thigh Strap for my Safariland 6285

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Today was a long day. Went to work earlier than normal. Did some good PT then got cleaned up and did the usual work stuff. Went to the gym at lunch and crushed standing press as well as dead lift and some accessory stuff. Did more work.

Today coming home I saw a bunch of neighbors had lost trees in the real nasty weather. They cut them up and put them out for the trash people to pick up. Down here, as in many places, if it’s out on the curb it is free to grab. Well Walker and I got to grabbing. We loaded up the family hauler 4 times. Probably a third of a cord or a shade more. Could have gotten more but I only got decent sized (wrist and larger) stuff that was cut short enough to fit in the soccer mom mobile.

I’ll cut it up into stove sized lengths at my earliest convenience. This is probably enough wood for a summer worth of occasional weekend evening fires with the kids. I got it for free with minimal labor. Didn’t really want to spend an hour and a half this evening after work doing manual labor but you have to make hay when the sun shines.

I’m getting ready for a class and working on my pistol belt setup. This setup serves as my HD rig and the base for a pistol belt/ chest rig type load out. I have a TT duty belt with a Safariland 6285 on it and a Costa Leg Rig on the other side. I ended up moving the 6285 off the heavy battle belt to make room for more mag. It worked OK on a pistol belt but the bottom of the holster seemed to flex out slightly which kind of jammed up a fairly strait 0 ish degree left to right draw. I pondered selling it and buying a Safariland 6004 drop holster.

3 issues with this problem
1- I didn’t get any takers on buying the 6285 which would have displaced some of the cost.
2- Safariland 6004′s are ridiculously expensive. Like $200+. Yeah they are cool or whatever but that is a lot of money.
3- I do not love the big old plastic plate they have.

My 6125 which is a 1.5in drop holster puts the gun at a similar level as smart people have their drop holsters set up at. Also the firm way the 6285is on top is pretty nice. I got to wondering if I could put a thigh strap on it, more similar to a conventional (albeit high) drop holster. I had a spare strap from a TT holster as they come with 2 and if worn high the top one is not needed so I figured I’d give it a shot. There was a nice convenient gap in the bolts that mount the holster to the piece that holds onto the belt. 5 minutes later it was done. Initial thoughts are this is going to work real well. It is not uncomfortable and the draw is great. The movement/ snagging issue is totally gone. I might have just made a system that better suits my purposes and saved a bunch of money. Time will tell I guess. Worst case I think this will work till a time when a 6004 is a bit more palatable economically.

So I am sore and tired. Time for bed.