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Holster Retention Plates for Thermoform Molding

Shop holster retention plates matched to a specific gun, so each thermoform holster you mold for that model gets the same retention and clearance. Choose from steel and MDF plates 0.125 to 0.250 inch thick, including split-mold pairs for vacuum press work and fits for Glock, 1911, Beretta, FN, Ruger and Springfield Hellcat models.

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Each retention plate is a USA-made molding preparation jig built for the gun model in its name. It sets retention and clearance the same way on every build and shortens the time it takes to get that gun ready to mold. The 0.250 inch Glock 17 and Glock 19 plates and the 0.187 inch 1911 Full Size plate build their spacing around the trigger guard.

For vacuum press molding, split-mold plates come as pairs in 0.125 inch steel for the Glock 17, 19, 26, 29, 34, 42 and 43, the 42 and 43 with TLR6, and the M&P Compact and M&P Shield 45. Each of those models also has a 0.250 inch steel plate sold as a 1-pack, a thickness shared by the M&P Shield 9/40, FNX 45, Sig Sauer P320 Compact, Springfield XD MOD II 3 inch and 1911 (5"). Steel plates such as the Glock 17 and FNX 45 are made to stand up to repeated use.

MDF plates are all 0.1875 inch thick and cover models from Bersa, Beretta, Chiappa, FN, H&K, Ruger, SCCY, Staccato and S&W, along with the 1911 (5"). Each Springfield Hellcat fit is offered in steel as well as MDF. Write to our shop with your make and model if you want a fit checked before you order, and look in Molding Preparation for the slide spacers, sight channel dowels and thermoform tape that also go into a holster mold setup.

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