Abstract: A semi-front opening holster comprising a body of leather or leatherlike material formed to define a handgun carrying pouch;means secured to the body for securing the holster to a belt;the body defining a top opening for the insertion of a handgun into the holster from the top;the body at the upper rear thereof defining a pouch region for at least partially enclosing the trigger guard of a handgun when positioned within the holster;the pouch region including means extending above and over the trigger guard of the handgun whereby a handgun within the holster may not be withdrawn directly upward;the handgun body defining an extension of the top opening along the front edge thereof;whereby a handgun contained within the holster may be removed by tilting forward to clear the trigger guard from the pouch region and thereafter removing the handgun entirely from the holster by an upward or upward-forward movement.

Abstract: A holster which comprises a holster body having on its inner face a fastener part which constitutes the pivot axis for the holster body. A rigid plate surrounds the fastener part and includes a number of detents in a circular array. A belt loop assembly includes a pair of snap fasteners to allow the belt loop to be opened and closed to encircle a section of the wearer's belt. The snap fasteners themselves have one part secured to a rigid plate which includes a circular array of mating detents. The rigid plate of the belt loop includes the mating fastener part for the mating fastener part affixed to the holster body. The fastener holding the holster body to the belt loop is preferably a T nut on the holster body and a mating screw at the belt loop.The T nut and screw provide a central pivot for the holster body with respect to the belt loop and the mating detent parts, one on the holster body and one on the belt loop providing the adjustment feature.