Naa, we're not getting off topic; instead, I think you're just becoming a little uncomfortable with the direction this thread has taken—Which ain't, necessarily, a bad thing because original topics can get a little '
stale' whenever a subject is too tightly held to. (Haven't you ever noticed how it's the threads that last the longest and go on, sometimes for months, that have this way of expanding well beyond the original premise and becoming more interesting?)
For instance I always find it, kind 'a, trite whenever someone (anyone really, and not necessarily you) comes back with a reply like, "
Well MY Glock Model 19 works; so I can't understand 'Why' yours doesn't!" (No matter that Glock Model 19's have had more '
mystery upgrades' than any other pistol in Glock's Model lineup! They're even the main reason for New York City's infamous '
Phase 3' disasters!)
What I'm saying is that just because you, and just because I have never had a '
Glock leg' incident does NOT mean that plenty of other people haven't! (Cause plenty of other people have!) The illogical mistake comes in when a '
serious gunman' like you, or like me assumes that because our experience is '
this' then everyone else's experience can't be '
that'. (Understand?)
Oh, one other thing: When I realized that the OP was kind 'a new to all of this. I didn't recommend another SERPA holster; so, yes, I share your opinion that he shouldn't start out with a SERPA. Instead I recommended a DeSantis holster which I think he'll do a lot better with; and, until he learns how to '
dress around the gun', will have a much easier time concealing.
ADDED: I, also, share your penchant for '
appendix carry'; and I do it much of the time; and, especially, when I'm driving. (I'm ambidextrous with all hand tools and weapons; but, whenever I'm driving a vehicle, I always make my pistol available to my righthand. '
Why'? Because no driver on this side of the Atlantic wants to disadvantage himself by having to draw and fire a pistol from the driver's seat with his lefthand.)
The big problem with '
appendix carry' is that it exposes the user's femoral artery to EXACTLY THE KIND OF PROBLEM that we're talking about, here! (
And it doesn't matter what particular style of holster the wearer is using!) This is the principal reason '
Why' I do NOT recommend for ANY LTC NEOPHYTE to use an '
appendix carry' holster. (Because, if the user screws up then he'll bleed out in less than 90 seconds—Right!)