M&P Shield IWB Holster

For the M&P Shield. This is an IWB Holster for the Shield(ish) line of M&Ps.  I’ve been building holsters for 15 years, and transitioned to 3D Printing them in the last year and have been carrying in a 3d printed design of mine for that time.  As long as they’re printed in PETG, these holsters have no issues and weather heat well.  This holster will work for the Shields, the Shield EZs and the Equalizer.  It will NOT work for the Shield X series.

The holster is designed to use #8-32 hardware.  You’ll need 3 button head hex screws and 3 nylock nuts.  When assembling your holster, imagine the belt line running across the front of the holster and the angle you want it to have.  If you’re appendix carrying, that line should be level, and your belt clips should be level to reflect that.  If carrying in the 4 or 5 o’clock position, you’ll likely want to angle the holster, and the wing and it’s belt clip should be higher than the other clip to tip the holster towards the front of your body.

To assemble the wing to the holster, align the hinges and insert a piece of PETG filament from top to bottom, the length of the holster and cut it flush.  To install the hardware, start by pressing a nylock nut into the recess on the front of the holster under the trigger area.  Insert your handgun and slot a screw from the back of the holster into that nut at the front.   Use a 3/32 hex wrench to tension to your desired tightness.  Install the belt clips onto the holster and the wing the same way.  Press the nylock nut into the belt clip, screw a button head from the back into the nut to hold the clip in place.  I personally like to add a few spacers of some sort, like a ¼” nut to space the clips out from the holster and assist with making it tuckable.

Feel free to offer feedback, requests, comments, critique.  I have a slimline M&P IWB Holster coming out that will work for the M&P Shield, Shield EZ, Shield X and the Equalizer.  I also have an OWB Holster coming for the wide M&Ps, plus TLR7 and TLR9, and another IWB Holster for that same combination.  All of these are designed, printed, just in testing and tweaking.