I’ve recently transitioned all of my long guns from Streamlight to Surefire Scout lights.
So such, I’m in the process of making the same jump with my pistols. Before I do, I don’t want to be forced into buying new Safariland holsters. I’m currently running 63XX ALS series holsters for Glock 17s & 19s w/ TLR1 HL weaponlights (with and without RDS). I know I’ll have to grab a new concealment holster so I’m not addressing that in this post.
Will the Surefire X300U or X300T fit the same Safariland holster designed for the TLR1HL?
I’ve been down a rabbit hole this weekend, trying to find a definitive answer. I found a compatibility chart that seems to indicate they will work, but the U and T versions of the X300 are not specifically called out on the chart.
I don’t see how it would work correctly. Kydex holsters are molded to specific handguns and wml/handgun combinations. There are reason manufacturers specify these combinations when you purchase them.
FWIW, I’ve watched some pretty objective and thorough testing of pistol WMLs. To my surprise the Streamlight TLR-1 beat the Surefire x300u in many aspects of durability, as well as light performance. The solution to your holster quandary may be a lot simpler than you thought.
Yes, they’ll work. Safariland has a single fit code for most “standard” weapon lights (obviously per gun). The 63XX series are also pretty forgiving because of the tension screw.
Check out the Will-Fit guides on the Safariland website.
You can look at all sorts of graphs and shit but really just buy the light and see if it fits. Ive gone through probably 8 different weapon light Safariland holsters over the last 17 years of my career. Of those probably 6 fit both no problem. I have one on my training battle belt that fits aX300 and not a TLR1.
Might not be the preferred solution, but rather than replace ALL my holsters, I just drop my SF X300 in a mag pouch. I get one less spare mag on my person but a much smoother and faster draw from a holster I already have great familiarity with. I can snap a SF on a carry gun faster than I can change a magazine.
If shit had started without me, probably not gonna be using the weapon light anyway. But if shit hasn’t happened yet, I can use the X300 as a hand held to check my environment without having to draw my carry gun. And if shit is looking “iffy” at that point I can draw my carry gun and snap a light on the rail. So far it’s been working well for me.
No, they absolutely will not. I went through this when I bought pistol lights and holsters and was told this exact advice and it was wrong. Get light specific holsters and save yourself the pain. Also, why are you swapping? Think hard about that before you do it… the TLR-1 is steamlight’s masterpiece thus far. Don’t mess with it, but if you get rid of yours I will buy them!
Way back in the before times, in the way back when…before ANYONE made pistol + light holsters… we carried the Ancient Insight M3 in a sam browne leather pepper spray pouch with a bit of foam in the bottom to prevent rattling/jostling.
I use a Glock 34 with stream light one HLRDS holster I have the 6378 and the 6390 and I haven’t noticed any issues when using Glock 19 through 34 with a fire or stream light. Surprisingly the stream light is a little tighter than the surefire so I just do a few draws and see where it’s wearing and smooth it out with some 400 grit sandpaper no issues. The newer holsters have a new designed thumb release for the ALS and the nub mod doesn’t fit. I know the company is working on a new version just FYI.
My 6390RDS-5932 (it’s for a HK VP9 with EPS and TLR-1) says it works with both a TLR-1 and SF X300U.
The other model that I have is a 6360-7742 (it’s for a Sig P226R) and it says it works with a M3X, 200 (guessing SF), and TLR-1. Oddly enough I used this for my same VP9 before I added the Holosun EPS to it.
I don’t think the 63xx series holsters use the light much if at all for retention, but instead, grab on to the ejection port of the slide.