RFV TACTICAL
Holsters, Mag Carriers, and Other Cool Stuff
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Cerakote Service FAQs
Sunday, July 31, 2022
Holster Length Matters!
Thursday, July 21, 2022
CZ P-07 Urban Gray - Re-textured
We recently re-textured this CZ P-07 frame that was previously stippled and botched with major discoloration in one spot on the right side of the grip. Our plan was to retexture the grip area and then Cerakote only the textured area in black to cover up the discoloration, but after finishing up the texture it was apparent that a cover up was not necessary! We don't usually work on colored polymer frames due to the extra time and care it takes to do them properly, but this was a personal gun that needed an update. We'll consider this one saved! 👍
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
M&P Shield Plus with an Accessory Rail? Yes!
At RFV Tactical, we really like the Smith & Wesson M&P Shield Plus as a choice for a slimline subcompact, but in our opinion it has one major flaw... the lack of an accessory rail to attach a quality weapon mounted light. There are gun specific lights from Streamlight and Nightstick that clamp onto the trigger guard, but those lights are only around 100 lumens. Recover Tactical makes an add-on accessory rail that clamps onto the trigger guard similar to the Streamlight and Nightstick gun-specific lights, which gives you the ability to attach more substantial lights to the gun, but the add-on rail is kind of bulky and spaces the light away from the gun's frame a little too much for our preference. We gave it a lot of thought, and decided to permanently modify the frame of our shop gun to accept a custom made picatinny rail so that we could attach a quality light and not have it hang off the gun too badly. Worst case scenario is that if our custom add-on rail didn't work out, then we would just have two small holes in the bottom of the frame's dustcover that shouldn't pose any issues with the functionality or reliability of the gun. We did this by drilling two holes in the bottom of the dust cover of the frame and dremeling out the inside of the frame a little to allow two threaded posts to sink down enough to clear the slide when it cycles. With these threaded posts installed into the frame of the gun, we mounted our own custom picatinny rail that we made out of a Magpul polymer M-Lok rail section. The Magpul rail section was cut down to only a three slot section, reshaped and new mounting holes were drilled into it and then chamfered to countersink the screws a little bit. The threaded posts and screws were from our supply of hardware that we use to make kydex holsters. The add-on rail pictured below was our second attempt. The first one worked fine, but was only a two-slot section that didn't extend all the way back to the trigger guard. The one pictured below extends all the way back to the trigger guard, but that is purely for aesthetic purposes. Obviously, this is not a modification for someone that is not comfortable with permanently modifying their firearms. We currently don't offer this as a service or product (yet), but it turned out great and we wanted to share.
Monday, May 16, 2022
Inforce WILD1 Weapon Light - Minor Design Flaw
The Inforce WILD1 compact weapon mounted light is a great light, but we've discovered a minor design flaw with the activation switches. The outer most ridge of the serrated activation paddles extend right to the edge of the light body which can sometimes catch or snag on the inside surface of a holster (kydex or leather) when inserting the gun into the holster and inadvertently activate the light. This typically only happens when the holster is being worn on the body (inside the waistband) and the tension of the belt squeezes the holster slightly. This may not be an issue with ALL of the WILD1 lights, but depending on the manufacturing tolerances of your particular light, this problem may exist. One of our two lights had this problem, but we modified both lights to alleviate any potential issues. If you find that your light is mysteriously getting turned on when you insert the gun into a holster, you can fix the issue yourself by filing down those ridges slightly so that they don't snag on the inside material of the holster.
Monday, January 10, 2022
All The Lumens! Compact Weapon Mounted Lights
Monday, November 1, 2021
Popular Optics Ready Compacts And Subcompacts - Out Of The Box Pros And Cons
Cerakote Service FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions and answers about our Cerakote service. If you don't see the question/answer that you are wan...

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RFV Tactical makes kydex holsters that index on popular full-size weapon mounted lights, so we thought it would be good to post our thought...
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At RFV Tactical , concealed carry is our jam! We daily carry compact handguns with full-size weapon mounted lights 90% of the time (14 ho...
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Our full-size light indexing IWB/OWB holsters are designed to fully encompass a Glock 17 size gun, but are open ended to work with longer gu...