"I wouldn't really be that worried about keeping an unloaded weapon secured in the middle o****un battle as bullets are flying in my direction." Perhaps, but you're overlooking the possibility of having to transition to your pistol, and then transition BACK to your long gun (when neither weapon is dry). I'm not hating on the product per se, but I bet any trained officer would be considerably faster going back to leather with his/her sidearm and redeploying their long gun from a slung position, rather