Everybody, and I mean everybody, swears by those Blackhawks. Which is why I don't own one. I'm a rebel without a clue.... or is that a cause? Either way, I bought myself a paddle holster under the pretense that there are areas where we cannot open carry and therefore my firearm would be left in my car (inside a locked container, do not leave firearms lying around your vehicles!)... the more I've carried the more I've realized it's pointless to remove my whole set up every time I have to enter 'the forbidden land'... I wear my holster everywhere now and only remove my gun.