I finally found an inside waistband holster for my P11. I cheated. How? I couldn’t find any for the P11 anywhere and didn’t feel like begging for any holster makers to make one for me. I didn’t feel like trying to make one myself, either. I searched and found that many holsters for the P1 are available for sale. The P1 is the next size up from the P11…it’s the compact version of the Grand Power K-100, which is a full-sized handgun. The P11 is the sub-compact version of the K-100. They are identical, feature-wise. The only differences are the length of the grips and the length of the slides. So, I bought a P1 holster thinking that the P11 would fit inside without issue. The holster was kydex, so it was important that the slides and features be pretty much identical, placement-wise. I wasn’t disappointed, as it was almost as if this holster was made for the P11. The slide length of the P1 is 3.6″ while the P11’s slide is 3.3″, so I had .3″ extra between the tip of the handgun and the tip of the holster.
Some issues that I describe in the video is that the holster was molded with a P1 with it’s slide safety disabled. I’d thought the GP DA/SA handguns were designed to be carried cocked & locked (one in the chamber with the hammer cocked and safetied). The guns are DA/SA without a decocker, so if an owner wants to carry his GP in DA mode, he/she will have to lower the hammer on a chambered round (ie, decocking manually). This is not a trivial procedure and if done hastily or wrong, a round could be negligently discharged. I’ve been practicing several different manual decocking techniques and will eventually be ready to carry with one in the chamber in DA mode, but for now, I’m enabling the safety and carrying cocked and locked. While this causes a slight fitment issue with the kydex while the gun is holstered, it doesn’t cause any safety issues…it just looks a tad bit odd, is all.
I’ll eventually have to buy some extra 12-round magazines for the P11. I’ve two right now, but I want several more so that I can practice at the range without having to stop and reload the two mags after they’re empty. They are not cheap but I will not buy cheap CZ mags to alter…I’d rather do this right and just buy the expensive mags.
This gun carries good in the kydex holster. It feels lighter than my other holsters (Alien Gear IWB Cloak Tuck 3.0s) and it is certainly less complicated/busy. It is easy to clip to my belt. I can quickly get dressed, grab my gun, and install it on my belt while walking around the house. I can’t do that with my Alien Gear holsters. The con is that I’ve to wear t-shirts under my shirts now, because the Kydex doesn’t shield my body from the gun’s rough edges (part of the slide, grip, and hammer sometimes dig into my side. This might also be a good reason to start carrying in DA mode…the manual safety is protected, but that part of the gun is what is rubbing against my body, so I’m thinking that it would be safer to just have the gun in DA mode.
I bought the holster from Red Hill Tactical. I’ve visited their site in the past but this is the first time I’ve actually bought something from them. This holster vendor was recommended by the Grand Power forums.