CARRYING INTO THE FUTURE
For a long time, “holster” was most frequently used to describe a pouch stitched of leather or cloth shaped to contain a handgun and often, but not always, prevent it from falling out by means of a flap or strap or else just a snug friction fit.
Other than oddities like the Berns- Martin break-front, with its spring steel retention hoop, or LAPD’s iconic clamshell holster from Speed Safety Holster Company, most design variations only applied to the way the gun buckets were attached to the wearer’s belt (or shoulder harness or ankle strap).
Changing laws fueled the growth of concealed carry throughout the ’80s and ’90s though, and we began to see the evolution of the CCW holster. This is when we first saw things like tuckable inside-the-waistband (IWB) holsters, or holsters like the Versa-Max from Milt Sparks that spread the belt loops out to the sides and away from their traditional location on the
