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Posted: 1/13/2021 10:53:14 PM EDT

[#1]

R.L. Bachman of Old West Reproductions. About 4 months since it was a custom Texas Jockstrap for a USPT. 45

Worth the wait

Posted: 1/14/2021 9:10:08 PM EDT

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Maybe a week? I don’t order from companies whose ship time is worse than a NFA item

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If you depart Amazon prime, you can really open up a world of quality.

The price you pay is $ plus delayed gratification. Doesn't feel worth it now, but will be once the products are received.

Posted: 1/14/2021 9:13:05 PM EDT

[#3]

I waited maybe 6 weeks for a holster by JM Custom Kydex.

Posted: 1/14/2021 9:35:22 PM EDT

[#4]

I’m at 17 months for a holster and belt and counting. Not getting it wouldn’t bother me so much, but I put half down on the $555.00 order. My order was lost, the maker contacted me, I replied back in October and agent heard a word since.

2020 was a shit year for me and gun stuff. I’m out over a grand and have received nothing because people can’t get their shit together. I got fucked on mount conversions for a couple of suppressors after I bought mounts, adapters and gave my mounts away. If I can find replacements, they at least be another $300 on top of the $400 I spent on the new stuff. I probably just have one can I’ll never be able to use again.

Throw in this holster and belt and the $250+ I’ve apparently lost on it and now I have to order another one and wait fuck knows how long.

I’m done with dealing with the gun business for a while. Even the highest regarded guys have fucked me and wasted my time and money within months of each other.

Posted: 1/14/2021 10:11:00 PM EDT

[#5]

3 weeks for both of these made to order. Ordered beginning of November for one and the other the middle of December. Funnily enough, I had no wait time on my 1911 horsehide Milt Sparks VM2 because it was in stock.

Posted: 1/17/2021 6:08:21 AM EDT

[#6]

#1 Got a shipping notice for one, was supposed to arrive Friday according to usps... Usps currently says it should arrive yesterday but is still not marked as "out for delivery".

#2 Got the run around telling me my holster would be here "by the weekend", but he has since ghosted. No shipping notice despite requesting it, so he probably hasn't shipped.

#3 Has been and remained ghosted shortly after my initial order just to clarify a selection I had specified. I have called him, emailed him, private messaged him (on a local board, not here), with no response.

I just want one of my holsters at this point, lol. It's not so much the time, but the lack of communication and can kicking. #1 is a usps problem, which I should have requested another delivery service... But hindsight is 20/20.

Posted: 1/20/2021 7:49:13 PM EDT

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7 weeks for production, and now 5 weeks in transit (Fuck be upon USPS).

Black Rhino said it would take 6-8 weeks to make, I was ok with that. Custom Kydex for my threaded G34 with a particular laser/light combo.

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Holster arrived today, 46 days in transit.

But Black Rhino Concealment did an OUTSTANDING job, so it was worth the wait. Custom Kydex for my P80 G19 XXL build with light/laser, suppressor sights, and threaded barrel.

Posted: 1/20/2021 7:49:56 PM EDT

[#8]

Think it was almost 6 months?

Posted: 1/20/2021 8:10:47 PM EDT

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7 weeks for production, and now 5 weeks in transit (Fuck be upon USPS).

Black Rhino said it would take 6-8 weeks to make, I was ok with that. Custom Kydex for my threaded G34 with a particular laser/light combo.

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How did it turn out @forest?

I’ve got one on order at the moment.

Posted: 1/20/2021 8:23:49 PM EDT

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Last and only time I ordered a holster to be made by GCODE it took 8 months.

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The first time I ordered one it took no time at all.
I ordered one 5 weeks ago today. I got my two week and four week emails, which are basically "We will email you in another two weeks if your holster has not been shipped by that time."

Posted: 1/20/2021 8:43:20 PM EDT

[#11]

Got two in and the third guy finally answered his phone! Number 3 is being shipped out tomorrow, which realistically means next Friday at the earliest, lol. Will try to remember to post some pics up then.

Posted: 1/20/2021 9:07:48 PM EDT

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How did it turn out @forest?

I’ve got one on order at the moment.

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Posted pics for you on my previous post. I opted to get the optional clips, and replaced the belt loops it came with for the belt clips, this way the holster sits lower so I can draw with that 6" barrel.

I really like it. Sits well works with or without the light. I'm ordering another one for my Jeep P80 build.

Posted: 1/20/2021 9:08:15 PM EDT

[#13]

almost 3 weeks on a kydex from Red River Tactical.. there current lead time on there web site is 5-7 weeks.

Posted: 1/20/2021 11:41:04 PM EDT

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Maybe I'm just cranky, but I won't do business with companies with bad communication, especially when they have already exceeded the reported lead time. There are far too many holster makers out there to put up with bad customer service.

I started making my own holsters because I was unable to get a holster to meet the specifications I wanted. I made the shoulder holster system that met all my specifications, and a friend said he "just had to have it", and he was a good enough friend that I sold it and made another one. The same thing happened two more times, so I quit showing it to people and kept the fourth iteration of the holster I wanted.

Posted: 1/25/2021 4:00:14 PM EDT

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The first time I ordered one it took no time at all.
I ordered one 5 weeks ago today. I got my two week and four week emails, which are basically "We will email you in another two weeks if your holster has not been shipped by that time."

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Just got my email that my order shipped, meaning that it actually just had a label printed.

Posted: 1/25/2021 4:03:03 PM EDT

[#16]

No, Kydex usually ships pretty quickly.

Posted: 1/25/2021 4:23:38 PM EDT

[#17]

I'm waiting on a custom wrapped Safariland 6390 holster from RDR right now. Estimated wait time was 8 to 12 weeks for delivery. I made my order about three weeks coming up on four weeks ago now. So, almost half way there anyways.

At $1 a round it's ammunition that concerns me the most. Please ammunition companies add capacity, I know it takes years and millions to do, but I we're at a new norm here now. That estimated 8 million new gun owners in 2020, I think is a very conservative estimate.

Posted: 1/25/2021 4:25:37 PM EDT

[#18]

Months

Posted: 1/25/2021 5:15:57 PM EDT

[#19]

I ordered a Safariland 7TS 7379 ALS for my G48 sometime around the end of October. It is scheduled to be delivered today.

Posted: 1/25/2021 5:17:54 PM EDT

[#20]

25 weeks

Posted: 1/25/2021 5:19:58 PM EDT

[#21]

I waited 24 weeks for a GunCraft once. That one hurt.

Posted: 1/25/2021 5:23:12 PM EDT

[#22]

I ordered a bunch of Safariland Holsters when they had a deal it took several months. They were oddball holsters like Beretta Storm. 45 p320 so I wasn't surprised it took them awhile.

Posted: 1/25/2021 5:26:01 PM EDT

[#23]

My memory is suspect these days but I think I waited 5 months for an Allesi holster back in the 1980’s.

Posted: 1/25/2021 5:26:37 PM EDT

[#24]

Waited 12 weeks for a RCS once

Posted: 1/25/2021 5:34:47 PM EDT

[#25]

Only as long as it took me to sew it up and dye it. I'm also getting decent at tooling leather as well.

Posted: 1/25/2021 5:48:35 PM EDT

[#26]

Waited 5mos for a Milt Sparks for a P229; what horrible thick overengineered monster that was; nice to take out of the packet and sniff but as a mechanism to hold a gun on your belt it's 40 years out of date. Hated it, hated how bulky it was, that it got damp, etc etc.

Then moved to AJConcealco which were great, made my own version of that for a couple of guns when they went out of business. Then moved to Badger Concealment kydex off ebay; $35, wait is less than a week, super thin and comfy, can rinse and let dry no problem.

I don't think even my fudd buds buy the big name leather holsters anymore.

Posted: 1/27/2021 3:50:01 AM EDT

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I'm waiting on a custom wrapped Safariland 6390 holster from RDR right now. Estimated wait time was 8 to 12 weeks for delivery. I made my order about three weeks coming up on four weeks ago now. So, almost half way there anyways.

At $1 a round it's ammunition that concerns me the most. Please ammunition companies add capacity, I know it takes years and millions to do, but I we're at a new norm here now. That estimated 8 million new gun owners in 2020, I think is a very conservative estimate.

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I share your desire for cheaper ammo. However, why would they do that? Right now there is so much demand, they can get pretty much anything they want without adding more machines, and significantly increasing employees to man them. The market ebbs and flows, and they are used to that. Also, they are probably considering the political atmosphere. Bidarris has admitted that they are coming for guns. That includes ammo as well. If I was them, I'd max out my production capabilities for the time being.

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