T.REX RagnarokSD Suppressor Holster Overview

T.REX RagnarokSD Suppressor Holster Overview

The RagnarokSD is our take on a suppressor-compatible holster that is also a universal-fit holster. The way we're able to get this holster to work as both a suppressor-compatible holster and a universal-fit type holster is the fact that we have an open-top design, and the friction of the holster is dependent on the light that is attached to your firearm. So this is a level-one active retention holster, meaning that your firearm is retained solely on the friction from the Kydex to the body of the light.

Now, we're offering this holster in two different options — basically we have essentially two SKUs, in a variety of different colors, and that is for the X300 and for the TLR-1. So as long as you have one of those two flashlights attached to the vast majority of pistols, it should work in the RagnarokSD.

What's New in This Version

This holster has kind of been a flagship product for us — it has been around for quite a while, but we've updated it, so we need to address a couple of those updates.

With the previous version, the wings here that are used to support the suppressor attached to your firearm would come not molded at all. So when you got this holster, if you were using a suppressor with it, you would have to heat it up and bend it to fit whatever setup you were running.

Now, the most significant update to the holster is that it comes pre-molded, and that's going to work with about 80% of pistol-and-suppressor setups. Additionally, we have a new track for the hardware — you're not going to really notice that much as an end user, but it is definitely an improvement.

The geometry of the holster has also been adjusted slightly so that you can adjust how tight your wings are around your suppressor without affecting the retention on the light. So if I want the wings to be super tight on the suppressor, I can adjust the front screw and achieve that without touching the retention on the light.

The three screws on the bottom basically adjust your click and retention from holster to light, and the screw up top adjusts how tight your wings are.

Fit Demonstrations

Before we get into demonstrating how to adjust this holster, we're going to briefly show a couple of setups that work in it as-is.

We have here a Glock 17 with an Omega 9K — probably the most common setup — and out of the box, without any adjustment, it works pretty well.

Now, if you get your holster and notice that your gun won't go in with a suppressor attached, here's what that looks like: it gets kind of stuck halfway, which is probably because the wings are too tight. At that point, you just want to loosen the front screw, and you'll be good to go.

Regardless of the type of suppressor you have — since this is meant to be a one-size-fits-all fit — you may notice a little bit of hang-off. It's not perfectly molded for every setup, but it does work out of the box. We'll cover how to adjust that in a moment.

Here we have a Beretta with an X300 and a massive SilencerCo suppressor, and we're going to see if it works out of the box. I've already loosened the front screw — if I hadn't, there's no way this would work — and we're going to see that even that isn't quite enough, so we'll need to loosen it a bit more.

It's basically as loose as it can go, and it's still not going to work. If I loosen this screw so it's basically doing nothing, I can get it to work without any real adjustment, but that's obviously not recommended.

Adjusting the Kydex to Fit Your Suppressor

To accommodate a setup like this, you need to adjust the Kydex itself to work better with your gear. Adjusting the holster is a very simple process — all you need to do is get the Kydex a little bit hot. Heat it up, and it will mold; you'll be able to move it, it becomes very malleable, and you just shape it to your suppressor.

One way to do this is with a heat gun. Turn it on, have it blowing into the air, and hold the holster above it to get it nice and warm. Then you can adjust it with your fingers.

You don't want to get it so hot that you can't touch it — that's too hot for the Kydex. You'll notice it changing color, and it can even become brittle if overheated. Check the malleability frequently as you heat it, and aim to get it just warm enough to bend.

It doesn't take much heat before the Kydex becomes pliable. At that point, put the gun into the holster with the suppressor attached — this bends the little wings around it — and it will cool off and return to its original rigidity fairly quickly, typically within about 30 seconds. The whole process takes less than two minutes.

Once cooled, this extremely large SilencerCo suppressor — with the Banish 9 — fits perfectly in the holster.

Universal Fit

Apart from being suppressor-compatible, the RagnarokSD is also a universal holster. If you're looking for a holster you can run with multiple different pistols, this is a pretty good option. All you need, as mentioned, is the light associated with the holster — X300 or TLR-1. You don't need a suppressor at all; the gun still works in the holster just fine.

So whether you're running P320s, Glocks, MMPs, Berettas, or whatever the case may be, and you don't want to buy multiple holsters just to shoot different pistols on the range, this is a cost-effective option — as long as you have the compatible flashlight, it'll work.

Draw Experience

The last thing worth mentioning is the draw experience. Typically, when drawing and indexing a pistol from a normal, closed-top holster — basically everything from the Titan to a regular Ragnarok to a Safariland — you index the pistol according to the muzzle, pointing it into the holster and pulling the gun straight out.

With an open-top design like this one, the index point shifts to the flashlight instead, so it's more like rocking the pistol into the holster. It's not as drastic a change as you might think, but if you point the gun down into the holster incorrectly, the light can catch on the holster edge, which makes for a poor index and a poor draw.

If you're drawing a gun with a suppressor attached — like this Beretta — using closed-top technique, you'll end up with a much longer draw before the gun is presented. But with the open-top design, all you have to do is break the gun free from the Kydex and you can immediately begin pointing it downrange, rather than drawing all the way up before presenting.

That's basically it for the RagnarokSD — a very simple product. If you have any questions about it, feel free to email us at [email protected], and we'll be happy to help.