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I use the paddle attachment with my Blackhawk SERPA CQC holster. I carry a XD9 5-inch, so I wear a belt with it to provide stability and support.
The paddle attachment has adjustable hooks to ensure that the holster is latched in to the belt, making it very difficult to remove without practice. (Good for retention purposes.)
Once you get used to taking it off, you can do so very quickly and easily.
Now, some people have bashed the SERPA for the possibility that the retention mechanism could jam with a pebble. I have been open carrying for about a year, the entire time using the SERPA, without any trouble or jams.
As far as getting knocked down and a pebble jamming in that moment.... Possible, but so is a metor falling from the sky and hitting you in the head. You can't prevent every risk.
The fact is that, statistically, I will never have to draw my weapon. In the chance that I do, it is further unlikely that I will be engaging in a scuffle before doing so. In the event that a scuffle does occur, there is limited risk of it occuring in a pebble enviroment. Further, the risk of a pebble then jamming into the mechanism is remote as well....
When you add it all up, I am sure that I have a better chance of my sidearm attracting a bolt of lightning than to have a pebble jam my release.