Black Hawk SERPA Holsters

Black Hawk SERPA pistol holsters are one of the many pistol holsters being issued and used by the U.S. military today in both Iraq and Afghanistan.  I personally did not carry a pistol in Iraq, but I do own a Black Hawk holster for my personal pistols.  I did however have a couple of friends that carried pistols in Iraq as their secondary weapon.  All of them used a Black Hawk SERPA level 2 leg holster, because they were issued to them.  The SERPA holsters are a hard plastic locking holster.  Level 2 SERPA holsters have just a single locking release that has to to disengaged to draw the pistol.  I personally like my Black Hawk holster.  I like how it is a trigger finger release on the side of the holster.  The only complaint that I have heard about the SERPA 2 holster is if sand or small rock gets down inside the holster it can cause the holster to not release the pistol, because the rock or sand is behind the release on the side.  If I were to deploy again and be issued a pistol I would carry a different holster maybe safari, or one of Black Hawks non hard plastic tactical holsters.  The one down side to carrying a non hard plastic holster is drawing it might not be as fast, but it will never get stuck in the holster.  I could just see it happening the only time I needed to use my pistol the damn thing is jamed in the holster, and thats just a risk I'm not willing to take.  However I do like the Black Hawk SERPA Holster, and would recomend it to law enforcement.  I just don't think I could recoment it to the military, because of the enviorment they are fighting in.  I know the likely hood of one of these holsters not realsing the pistol is not very high.  I just would not want to run the risk personally.  Black Hawk SERPA VIDEO
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