Update on the RDS field cover project: it works for the 509t2. (I haven't had a chance to try it for the Acro yet, but will get to it soon).
Parts
- Dream Plastics santoprene cover for 509t.
- 650 Coreless Paracord, P-F orange. https://www.paracordplanet.com/neon-...less-paracord/
Instructions:
- Cut front tab off cover if it gets in the way.
- Cut 1/8" horizontal slit at front bottom of cover.
- Cut two 1/8" horizontal slits 1/32" apart at rear bottom of cover. Pull rubber out to make one wider slit. NOTE: I am now thinking that a round hole from a paper punch will be better at the rear, for function and durability.
- Cut 16" length of coreless paracord. Melt ends.
- Tie a Stevedore Stopper knot or equivalent at one end.
- Push/pull unknotted end of paracord through the front and rear slits in cover using your fingernails.
- Install cover so that paracord runs on the midline parallel to the muzzle with no slack on the inside of cover.
- Holster gun.
- Tie paracord to belt with minimal slack.
Drawing the gun tightens the paracord on the inside of the cover, removing it.