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One of the problems with an ankle holster is that even a small, lightgun pushes the sleeve down against the top of your footandrubs a bit.
Another aspect is that in order to keep the gun tight to your leg so it doesn't flop around, you have to fasten the sleeve tight enough to affect circulation a little. You start to feel it pretty quick initially. As you do it more, the discomfort comes later and later. But 8 hours can start to hurt. With a heavier gun, I imagine you will have to wrap the sleeve even tighter around your ankle to keep if from flopping around while you walk.
Now, to keep the sleeve off your foot, or a little higher on your ankle, somehave a strap that wraps around the top of your calf, with a suspender strap that drops down and attaches to the ankle sleeve. The problem with this is that in order to get it to hold up the gun, you have to wrap it just tight enough to not be comfortable around the top of your calf, again affecting circulation just a bit. The other problem is that as you flex your ankle, your calf expands and contracts as the muscles move your ankle. So, for the suspender sleeve to not slide down your calf, you have to wrap it a little tight with your calf "deflated". But then whenever you flex your ankle the other direction, the sleeve around your calf tightens, making you wish someone had invented a more "stretchable" sleeve. Except that if it was too stretchable, it would just slide down your calf as the weight of the gun pulled it.
Another problem is that the gun is about as far away from instant use as it can be and still be on your body.
I'm convinced ankle holsters just weren't well thought out as a method of gun carry.
Maybe somebody will invent low-cut cowboy boots where the holster can just clip over the top of the boot, and the stiff boot leather will carry the weight of the gun.
In the meantime, I might suggest a "tuckable" holster that fully conceals down inside your trousers. The holster companies that advertise on this forum have them. So much the better if you can get a narrower, smaller gun.