New: Haley Strategic and Safariland Launch the INCOG X Holster

If you happen to’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 acquainted with. The corporate, established in 1964, has develop into the business commonplace for retention holsters. Nonetheless, their choices for hid carry holsters have been considerably missing — a truth they’re going to overtly 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 method. So, in an effort to seize a much bigger section 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 can start transport 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 develop into commonplace at the moment, 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 excited 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 known 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 towards the person’s physique and cut back printing. The elective magazine caddy is designed to flex barely with the person’s belt, but it surely does so based mostly on the stiffness of the Boltaron materials, not a further 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 means free 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 assorted aftermarket choices.

Realizing that many customers carry pistols with purple dot sights and compensators, the INCOG X comes commonplace with respiratory room for these equipment. Mild-bearing and non-light-bearing choices will likely be accessible, 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 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 area for a weapon mild, and with or with out an hooked up magazine caddy. A Safariland rep talked about that different pistol purposes are being thought of for the long run, together with Walther, H&Ok, and Staccato, however these will not be accessible till 2024. MSRP will likely be $120 with the magazine caddy or $90 for variants with out it.

Arms 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 in regards to the Haley Strategic D7 course, this facility has a multi-million-dollar VirTra taking pictures 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 atmosphere, we skilled quite a lot of eventualities, beginning with our CO2-powered Glocks hid in our INCOG X holsters. The VirTra system is not simply pre-programmed for one end result, it is operated by an teacher who can ship you on branching paths and trigger armed assailants to react in a different 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 state of affairs 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 taking pictures 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, keep watch over HaleyStrategic.com and Safariland.com as we method the June 14th official launch date.

Written by Patrick McCarthy