New: Haley Strategic and Safariland Launch the INCOG X Holster

When you’ve ever carried a firearm in an outside-the-waistband holster, particularly on a legislation enforcement obligation belt, Safariland is undoubtedly a reputation you are conversant in. The corporate, established in 1964, has turn out to be the trade customary for retention holsters. Nevertheless, their choices for hid carry holsters have been considerably missing — a truth they’re going to brazenly admit. Safariland’s Product Supervisor David Higginbotham stated bluntly that taking a Safariland outside-the-waistband obligation 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 strategy. So, to be able to seize a much bigger phase of the civilian hid carry holster market, Safariland partnered with somebody who has appreciable expertise in that subject: Travis Haley of Haley Strategic Companions (HSP). Collectively, HSP and Safariland developed the brand new INCOG X holster, which can start delivery on July 14th.

Ten Years within the Making

The unique HSP INCOG was conceptualized in 2011. At the moment, Travis Haley wished an appendix inside-the-waistband (AIWB) holster with an connected journal caddy — a format that has turn out to be commonplace as we speak, 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 interested by 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, certainly one of 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, but it surely does so primarily based on the stiffness of the Boltaron materials, not an extra hinge or elastic. This, together with the usage of minimal {hardware} (4 clip screws plus 2 for rigidity adjustment), is designed to eradicate as many factors of failure as potential. Many people have had holster screws work their approach unfastened over time, so Haley’s logic is the less to verify, the higher.

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

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

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

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

Every holster will likely be accessible with or with out house for a weapon mild, and with or with out an connected magazine caddy. A Safariland rep talked about that different pistol functions are being thought-about for the longer term, together with Walther, H&Ok, and Staccato, however these is probably not accessible till 2024. MSRP will likely 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 screen.

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 having a look on the INCOG X holsters, we put them on and stepped in entrance of the projector display screen 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 setting, we skilled a wide range of eventualities, beginning with our CO2-powered Glocks hid in our INCOG X holsters. The VirTra system is not simply pre-programmed for one consequence, it is operated by an teacher who can ship you on branching paths and trigger armed assailants to react in another way every time, so we needed to put ourselves in Haley’s “thinkers earlier than shooters” mindset and react dynamically to threats.

Since I’ve frolicked 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 eventualities starting from an ATM mugging to a house invasion to a capturing inside a crowded movie show.

I am wanting ahead to spending extra time carrying 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, keep watch over HaleyStrategic.com and Safariland.com as we strategy the June 14th official launch date.

Written by Patrick McCarthy