New: Haley Strategic and Safariland Release the INCOG X Holster

In case you’ve ever carried a firearm in an outside-the-waistband holster, particularly on a legislation enforcement responsibility belt, Safariland is undoubtedly a reputation you are conversant in. The corporate, established in 1964, has turn into the trade customary for retention holsters. Nonetheless, their choices for hid carry holsters have been considerably missing — a truth they’re going to brazenly admit. Safariland’s Product Supervisor David Higginbotham mentioned bluntly that taking a Safariland outside-the-waistband responsibility holster and making it into an inside-the-waistband design is “a rubbish concept,” since OWB retention holsters don’t translate to IWB on a regular basis carry. The corporate wanted a special method. So, in an effort to seize an even bigger phase of the civilian hid carry holster market, Safariland partnered with somebody who has appreciable expertise in that discipline: Travis Haley of Haley Strategic Companions (HSP). Collectively, HSP and Safariland developed the brand new INCOG X holster, which is able to start delivery on July 14th.

Ten Years within the Making

The unique HSP INCOG was conceptualized in 2011. At the moment, Travis Haley needed an appendix inside-the-waistband (AIWB) holster with an hooked up journal caddy — a format that has turn into commonplace right now, however was considerably much less so again then. He started experimenting with some sheets of Kydex, foam, and a toaster oven. The ensuing design turned the unique HSP INCOG holster, which was manufactured by G-Code for roughly 10 years. In 2022, Haley started eager about updating the holster design, and after a dialog with acquaintances at Safariland, determined to associate with them for this tenth-anniversary redesign. It is aptly referred to as the INCOG X after the Roman numeral.

INCOG X Options & Choices

The brand new HSP / Safariland INCOG X is constructed from thermoformed Boltaron polymer, completed with an outer layer of microfiber suede for added consolation. It options re-engineered clips, one in all which incorporates an built-in concealment strut. The strut comes with three modular, snap-in spacers to fine-tune the angle of the gun’s grip in opposition to the person’s physique and scale back printing. The non-obligatory magazine caddy is designed to flex barely with the person’s belt, nevertheless it does so primarily based on the stiffness of the Boltaron materials, not a further hinge or elastic. This, together with using minimal {hardware} (4 clip screws plus 2 for pressure adjustment), is designed to get rid of as many factors of failure as potential. Many people have had holster screws work their manner free over time, so Haley’s logic is the less to examine, the higher.

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For customers preferring completely different clips, Safariland famous that the clip screw spacing permits for set up of varied aftermarket choices.

Figuring out that many customers carry pistols with purple dot sights and compensators, the INCOG X comes customary with respiratory room for these equipment. Gentle-bearing and non-light-bearing choices will probably be obtainable, with the previous meant for compact, EDC-friendly lights such because the Streamlight TLR-7. The holster is available in HSP’s signature gray with black and purple accents. At launch, 16 fashions will probably be obtainable to cowl the next platforms:

• Glock 17/19
• Glock 43/48
• SIG P320
• SIG P365

Above: My custom Glock 45 match the INCOG X like a glove, together with its TLR-7A gentle and Holosun 509T optic. On this photograph, it is also geared up with a brand new Nelson Precision set off shoe.

Every holster will probably be obtainable with or with out house for a weapon gentle, and with or with out an hooked up magazine caddy. A Safariland rep talked about that different pistol purposes are being thought-about for the long run, together with Walther, H&Ok, and Staccato, however these might not be obtainable till 2024. MSRP will probably be $120 with the magazine caddy or $90 for variants with out it.

Fingers on with the INCOG X

Above: Paige of Some Chick Who Shoots and Josh of Juliet Tango Customs follow timed drills in entrance of a simulator display.

For the launch of the INCOG X, Travis Haley invited a small group of media members to his coaching facility in Scottsdale, AZ. As talked about in our earlier article concerning the Haley Strategic D7 course, this facility has a multi-million-dollar VirTra capturing simulator that can be utilized with gas-blowback coaching weapons. After looking on the INCOG X holsters, we put them on and stepped in entrance of the projector display to heat up on some digital paper and metal plates.

After spending the morning doing concealment drills in entrance of the single-screen VirTra sim, we moved on to the wraparound VirTra 300. Inside this immersive surroundings, we skilled quite a lot of situations, beginning with our CO2-powered Glocks hid in our INCOG X holsters. The VirTra system is not simply pre-programmed for one final result, it is operated by an teacher who can ship you on branching paths and trigger armed assailants to react otherwise every time, so we needed to put ourselves in Haley’s “thinkers earlier than shooters” mindset and react dynamically to threats.

Since I’ve hung out within the sim earlier than, I used to be given a difficult situation involving a gunfight with two shooters who each had AR-15s and physique armor. Different attendees confronted situations starting from an ATM mugging to a house invasion to a capturing inside a crowded movie show.

I am trying ahead to spending extra time sporting and coaching with the brand new INCOG X to see the way it compares to my different favourite EDC holsters. For extra data on this holster, regulate HaleyStrategic.com and Safariland.com as we method the June 14th official launch date.

Written by Patrick McCarthy