---
title: "Keep Your Nuts, Buy a Holster"
description: "There's an allegorical component to the story of the poor fellow who put a slug though his tender bits while shopping in Lynnwood, Washington over the Memorial Day weekend. According to this report, he had a gun tucked into the waistband of his pants when he dropped the hammer. (Pulling a Plaxico, perhaps?)"
date: "2010-06-04"
modified: "2010-06-04"
authors:
  - name: "John B. Snow"
    job_title: "Shooting Editor"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/john-b-snow/"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gun-shots/2010/06/keep-your-nuts-buy-holster/"
categories:
  - "Gear"
  - "Shooting Gear"
---

# Keep Your Nuts, Buy a Holster

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There's an allegorical component to the story of the poor fellow who put a slug though his tender bits while shopping in Lynnwood, Washington over the Memorial Day weekend. According to this [report](<https://www.kirotv.com/news/23745631/detail.html?cxntlid=cmg_cntnt_rss/>), he had a gun tucked into the waistband of his pants when he dropped the hammer. (Pulling a [Plaxico](<https://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3733021/>), perhaps?)

The lesson is this: don't be cheap with your accessories. With any gun, but particularly with one you're going to carry on your person, spend the money to buy the right accessories. This includes the ammo, holsters, slings, cleaning equipment, scopes, sights, gun cases and whatever else might be necessary.

For the last 20 years one of my principal carry guns has been my Glock 23. The day I bought it I put in an order for a [Milt Sparks](<https://www.miltsparks.com/>) holster and sent the slide off to [Wayne Novak](<https://www.novaksights.com/>) to have him remove the Lego block sights that came with the gun and install a pair of his sleek combat sights with Tritium inserts. That cost me a bit of extra money at the time (especially given my budget in those days) but they were an investment that has more than paid for itself over the years. If nothing else, I still have all my original plumbing.

## Author
John B. Snow is Shooting Editor of *Outdoor Life*, where he oversees the publication’s firearms and shooting coverage. This includes gear reviews, features on technical innovations, stories on shooting techniques and general hunting coverage with the occasional fishing story thrown into the mix. Originally from Seattle, he has lived all over the country, crisscrossing it by car and truck no fewer than 10 times as he’s moved from one location to the next. Since 2010 he has lived in Bozeman, Montana where he currently resides with his bird dog, Roo.

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