Accessorizing your defensive firearms is both half the fun and half the fight.
Origin Story
The technical appellation is an eponym.
This term describes a persons name having become indelibly associated with some physical place or object.
While not technically eponymous, some names nonetheless become seamlessly intertwined with particular products.
Henry John Heinz began making ketchup in 1876, and Domingo Ghirardelli cooked up chocolate of some renown.
William Boeing made an airplane or two, while Bernard Henry Kroger became Americas grocer.
Likewise, the DeSantis name has become forever associated with firearm holsters.
Gene DeSantis built the first DeSantis GunHide holster on his kitchen table more than four decades ago.
Since then, DeSantis has grown into an international enterprise.
DeSantis carry gear serves some of the most elite law enforcement and military units in the world.
DeSantis still carries the name because it is a family company, not some massive corporate beast.
Philosophy
Picking the gun is always the fun part.
However, the details of the pistol are only part of the equation.
What is at least as important as the gun is how you carry it.
Holster options back then were fairly limited.
Nowadays, however, concealed carry is both mainstream and big business.
19.5 million Americans hold a concealed carry permit.
Thats one in 10 adult American citizens.
As regards criminal deterrence and as a hedge against despotism, thats kind of the point.
Perched atop that highly refined heap is the DeSantis Slim-Tuk.
Details
The DeSantis Slim-Tuk is a minimalist ambidextrous inside the waistband (IWB) Kydex holster.
The Slim-Tuk is impervious to sweat and environmental insults.
This rig is custom molded to the particular host firearm.
It also offers an adjustable tension system so the rig can be optimized to reflect your particular proclivities.
The beating heart of the Slim-Tuk is the tuck-able 360 C-Clip.
This rugged nylon clip can be mounted for either left or right-handed carry and is adjustable for cant.
The Slim-Tuk is compact and unobtrusive.
It is also sufficiently substantial as to protect your gun along with your sensitive anatomy even under rough use.
The Slim-Tuk fully encapsulates the Hellcats trigger and slips in and out of your waistband with minimal fuss.
The adjustable tension system lets you decide how much draw resistance you want.
The custom-shaped architecture grips the Hellcat nicely.
It took me maybe three minutes of tweaking with a Phillips screwdriver to find my sweet spot.
The DeSantis Slim-Tuk accommodates all that ancillary cool-guy stuff like it was born to be there.
The compensator clears the snout of the rig easily, and the red dot doesnt ping the holster body.
I love the low-profile manual safety on my Hellcat RDP.
Use it if you want, ignore it if you dont.
It doesnt get in the way, and I like having the option.
The Slim-Tuk doesnt care if your Hellcat has a safety or not.
The safety rides comfortably both engaged and otherwise.
Additionally, the Slim-Tuks FDE color looks a bit exotic.
We shouldnt care about such frivolous stuff, but we all do.
As scrubs are really just souped-up pajamas this is always my ultimate test of a concealed carry solution.
Conclusion
The Slim-Tuk is indeed convenient, comfortable, secure and fast.
It is also not terribly expensive and remains rugged enough to outlive you.
The Slim-Tuk perfectly complements the rarefied Springfield Armory Hellcat RDP pistol.
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