A custom car mountable holster is now available for the Springfield XD40 Compact! We hand make this holster, pressed to fit your XD 40 like a glove. This natural leather holster will mount to any interior panel in your car or any flat surface! Including under your steering wheel, in your glove box, or center console, or in your door panel. It will mount under tables, to chairs and to the side of your bed as well. This holster will fit all XD40 models including Compact and sub compact.

This picture is slightly out dated, it is of our second generation holster. We only sell them by special request, visit the store page to see pictures of our latest holster design. Order one of these so we can take pictures of it and update the post!

Order your new holster today at our new online store!

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• We've got materials to make about another thirty holsters, and then the sale will be over!

Last week we got the prototypes of the car mount holster mounts in from our engineering partner, Texas Engineering Systems!  We took the prototypes and manufactured a new Easy Rider holster for one of our Kimber Pro Carry II .45 acp pistols.  The result? Fantastic!

This holster is all about easy draw, easy access, it is for those people who maybe drive large trucks so concealment isn't an issue and who have few passengers so nobody else has a problem with it.  All of that being said, if you want ready access to your firearm while you're seated in your car, then this is the answer.

The prototype mount provides ample space for your hand to easily grasp the handle, and in a split second draw and fire your handgun.

We've sent the final design off to manufacturing and are looking at a six to eight week lead time until we will be producing these for resale.  Don't hesitate to email me: admin@safecarry.com and put your name down with your gun if you're interested.  We may need that lead time to make the  mold for your gun anyways!

Here are some more pictures of the results before and after mounting the holster to my car seat. Everything here was black, black gun, black holster, black mount, black seat, black carpet, almost everything so we lightened up the pictures so you can see the holster better, I swear, my arms aren't that white naturally .

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We'll make this holster in all of the standard colors and for right or left draw for mounting to your car seat, center console, inside glove box or even under your steering wheel! The holster comes with a complete mounting kit, everything you should need to secure the holster in your car in minutes.

Order your custom mountable holster today!

Manufactured in 2007
Trigger: Double action only
Sights: Ramp front, Novak Lo-Mount rear
Action: Recoil operated semi-automatic
Safety: Passive trigger safety
Frame: Zytel polymer
Barrel Length: 3.5 in
Magazine: 10-round
Grip: Integrated polymer
Weight: 23.4 oz
Overall Length: 6.7 in
Width: 1.2 in
Height: 4.3 in

And what would go better with your new S&W M&P 40 Compact?  A car mountable holster!  We're currently manufacturing holsters for the M&P 40C in all the colors. This holster fits all M& 40 / 9 models including the compact and sub-compacts.  This holster is perfect for mounting inside your glove box or center console, or mount it to your bed, this all leather holster mounts to nearly any surface.

Order your custom holster now.

This picture is a bit out dated, please see the store page for more information and possibly better pictures!

As always if you're looking for a mountable holster for your car and don't see your handgun's category listed, please contact us, we may be able to make yours and just haven't set up the information on the site yet.

We're always looking at ways to safely carry in the car here at SafeCarry.com and we've decided to go ahead and mount a handgun in a center console. The only problem now is that none of our vehicles have a console big enough to hold a handgun and still close! We have a few close friends and maybe even a relative or two that would, maybe, consider letting us test this out, but we decided there has to be an easier (and less risky) way to try this out.

So we went down to our local junk yard, Austin Vee Dub, because hey, if we we're going to buy a console, we might as well buy a cool one right? Yeah baby! After a few short hours of scouring the yard, we came upon the perfect specimen.

This is actually a pretty small console arm rest. That's why it is so perfect! This option isn't only for those of us with large trucks or SUV type vehicles, although, when we first asked the very nice people at Austin Vee Dub, they did mention we should try a large Truck or maybe a Van. At any rate this is now our test console.

Admittedly it is small, and so we chose to mount a holster for a small gun or a medium to small gun. For this experiment we chose to mount a Glock 19 - 9x19 into the center console. One thing that I don't have pictures of is the tray that used to be below the lid, so ok, for this to work we had to remove the tray, which came out by removing two tiny screws. Not a big deal. Once the tray was gone the Glock fit nicely into the console.

I'll create a step by step and include it for anyone considering buying one of our holsters for this mounting situation, but here are some pictures of the final:

The pictures aren't in any particular order. The holster is fresh off the press from our new Austin based shop, check out our store for more information on the holster.

Of course, if you put this back into the car, with the rest of the interior things would probably get a little cramped, once you pop the lid on the console, it is likely to actually be in your way as you try to maneuver your elbow around to grasp and draw the pistol. You are also limited as to how much of the gun's handle you can actually grasp.

Even with these drawbacks, having the holster securely mounted in the console also has many advantages over letting your gun flop around in there loose! You at least know how to draw the gun and where it will be. You can also continue using the rest of your console without fear of burying your handgun under your wallet, or phone, or lipstick, or your favorite {insert item here}.

Total mounting time was approximately 20 minutes. Possibly would add a little time if you're in your car for cramped space and getting your seat out of the way so you have access to the side of the console.

More information on the Walther P99 is available on the wikipedia.

View this video for a demonstration on the trigger pull

Pictures of the Walther P99 from around the web

A safe car carry holster is now available for the Walther P99! We hand make this holster, called the Horseshoe Holster, pressed to fit your P99 like a glove. This natural leather holster will mount to any interior panel in your car or any flat surface!

Including under your steering wheel, in your glove box, or center console, or in your door panel. It will mount under tables, to chairs and to the side of your bed as well.

Our first holster pressed in Saddle Tan! Safe Car Carry branded holster for your Walther P99

The Horseshoe Holster for your P99 in mahogany

Order your new holster today at our new online store!

I protest that it is wise, regardless, and if we're experiencing road rage, What can we do about it?

Before reaching for your gun, there are some things to consider. If you're the one projecting the rage, take a second to breathe and sweat out some of the anger for a second. Ask yourself this important question: Am I escalating this situation to a point that might prevent me from making it home tonight?

If you are, chances are that escalating the situation any further won't get you anything that you want. When you go to give the bird to that person in the left lane doing 55, instead give them a nod and a wave and thank them for taking traffic control into their own hands and getting in your way.

If you're the one on the receiving end, then try to remain calm, your reaction could infuse or defuse the other motorist rather quickly. While your instinct might be to return fire, maybe try something similar to this woman's advice before reaching for your gun.

Of course, if the situation breaks and sends you into a red zone, life threatening situation, then your gun is there for you to help keep you alive.

One afternoon my wife and I were heading north on 183 when traffic built up rapidly and we came to a stop. After about twenty minutes we were moving again, when some jack@ss decides to come flying down the shoulder on the right and cut in front of us, forcing me onto the break hard and swerving just to avoid a collision.

This sent me over the top. The driver didn't stop and kept swerving in front of me to try to get around more people. I decided that it was appropriate to alert everyone to this person's behavior and so I gave a long extended honk, I laid on the horn for at least 15-20 seconds, which is almost an eternity in this kind of situation.

Then my wife reminded of something, "Hey cut it out" she said, "Do you have your gun?"... Hmm... That's interesting, I didn't actually have my gun on me. I wasn't too worried about anything anyways, and just said "meh don't worry, I'm just honking".

Suddenly the guy put his truck to a stop and jumped out, he climbed in the back and then I figured, "well damn", and then motioned for my wife to put her head down, because come on, he was probably going to produce a shotgun. Alas, to my relief it was only a tire iron! So here I am staring at this guy, who is in motion about to baseball pitch a steel rod at my car and I look over and see that he has a young child peering through the back window of the truck.

I flinched as I grabbed for my cell phone and dialed 911. As it turns out he decided not to throw the item, instead tossed it back into the truck and drove away. I reported his license plates and behavior, and that he had a kid in there with him. Of course, I never heard back from the police.

This got me thinking about a lot of things. Well if I had my gun, would I have reached for it? My heart was pounding, but the guy wasn't charging the car, so I wasn't in a red zone yet. If he actually threw the item, that would have done it, because he wouldn't be able to stop then, he would come to my car.

More than what happened, what could have happened? I have to consider that I would have reached for my gun at that point, but there still wouldn't have been any shooting, however, without it, if he had decided to escalate the situation and approach the car, there would have been little I could do. I was boxed in, I narrowly avoided rear-ending him and the driver behind me narrowly avoided rear-ending me. There was nowhere to go.

Forever more, I rarely go travel anywhere without it. I still honk my horn at people that surprise me, nearly hit me, or are driving like idiots, but I do it in short bursts to just give them the message to wake up, or that they were too close that time.