{"id":2359,"date":"2012-08-21T12:04:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T16:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=2359"},"modified":"2012-08-21T12:04:53","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T16:04:53","slug":"galco-stow-n-go-holster-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=2359","title":{"rendered":"Galco Stow-N-Go Holster Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Galco International began making gun leather as the Famous Jackass Leather Company in Chicago circa 1969.\u00a0 Probably their most known product is the Original Jackass Rig shoulder holster worn by Don Johnson in the Miami Vice TV show of the 1980\u2019s.<\/p>\n

I was in college in 1984 when Sonny Crockett was running around Metro Dade toting his signature 10mm Auto Bren Ten in that Jackass Rig.\u00a0 It looked pretty cool then, but years down the road as a detective I tried a shoulder holster only to find that it is not exactly practical here in the tropical South.<\/p>\n

I do have a Galco holster that I wear in civvies, though.\u00a0 It is the Stow-N-Go<\/a> from their Concealed Carry Lite line.\u00a0 This holster is an open-topped, inside-the-waistband carry model made of stitched cowhide.\u00a0 The Stow-N-Go\u2019s mouth is reinforced, with what I think is a spring steel insert, to facilitate re-holstering of the firearm, a trait not found on many IWB holsters.<\/p>\n

There is an injection-molded nylon \u201cJ\u201d clip which hooks into belts up to 1 \u00be\u201d in width.\u00a0 This clip is sewn into the outboard face of the leather and runs nearly its entire height, which adds stiffness to the holster.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>The Stow-N-Go keeps the gun in a neutral vertical position, so the holster can be worn in normal dominant-side, crossdraw, or appendix carry.\u00a0 For traveling light, I pack my Kel-Tec P3AT in a Stow-N-Go.\u00a0 Because it\u2019s hot down here most of the time, I prefer wearing a loose t-shirt with the gun and holster at my appendix.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The small .380 fits snugly in the Galco, but draws out very quickly.\u00a0 Handgun, holster, and spare mag do not excessively escalate the demands on a pair of jeans shorts for a quick trip to the store.<\/p>\n

I know, I know, .380 ACP isn\u2019t enough bullet.\u00a0 According to Speer, their 90 grain GDHP in .380 produces 216 foot pounds of energy at the muzzle compared to just 248 foot pounds from their 125 grain .38 Special +P bullet.\u00a0 And those are from similar length barrels.<\/p>\n

I normally carry more gun, but sometimes remaining armed means being discreet and dressed for the weather.\u00a0 Seven rounds in the Kel-Tec and seven additional in the extended magazine give me more bangs than a J-frame (like Tubbs had) and Speed Strip.<\/p>\n

I can appreciate the quality and functionality of this little holster.\u00a0 Galco International\u2019s gun leather is Made in the USA.\u00a0 The Galco Stow-N-Go is available for a slew of guns from full-sized autos to revolvers.\u00a0 MSRP is around thirty bucks.\u00a0 A good gun with a bad holster is a good gun that doesn\u2019t get out much.<\/p>\n

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Courtesy NBC<\/p><\/div>\n

Galco still makes the Jackass Rig, which now has the fitting name Miami Classic.\u00a0 They still look pretty cool, too, whether you\u2019re lounging on the sailboat with Elvis, shooting it out with drug dealers, or just driving around in the Ferrari, pal.<\/p>\n

Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Galco International began making gun leather as the Famous Jackass Leather Company in Chicago circa 1969.\u00a0 Probably their most known product is the Original Jackass Rig shoulder holster worn by Don Johnson in the Miami Vice TV show of the 1980\u2019s. I was in college in 1984 when Sonny Crockett was running around Metro Dade toting his signature 10mm Auto Bren Ten in that Jackass Rig.\u00a0 It looked pretty cool then, but years down the road as a detective I tried a shoulder holster only to find that it is not exactly practical here in the tropical South. I do have a Galco holster that I wear in civvies, though.\u00a0 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[34,6],"tags":[96,461,832,459,457,455,458,463,462,460,456],"class_list":["post-2359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-concealed-carry","category-firearms","tag-380-acp","tag-bren-ten","tag-concealed-carry","tag-don-johnson","tag-famous-jackass-leather-company","tag-galco-international","tag-jackass-rig","tag-kel-tec-p3at","tag-miami-vice","tag-sonny-crockett","tag-stow-n-go-holster"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p28xkp-C3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2359"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359\/revisions\/2378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}