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That amount of overlap is not considered awful if the holster still functions correctly.
From another forum I frequent, the S&W forum, posted by "Red Nichols The Holstorian"
who (I think) used to work for Bianchi:
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The X2100 did not originally have a thumb snap.
It was created because the X15 spring creates what customers considered to be objectionable 1. muzzle drag (because they don't lift to draw, they drag it out through the opening); and 2. wear and tear to the leather inside that opening because of the dragging. Guns are sharp!
So the X2100 spring is completely different from the X15's. The latter spring is a simple U, doubled into a parallel U with the 'bight' at the muzzle end of the pistol. So it can only open just so far before it resists; and overdoing that will weaken the spring. The former spring, is a true torsion spring: the 'bight' is back behind and then above the front sight and is so far from the bending 'moment', that it releases the muzzle much more easily and doesn't get weaker.
Initially we also thought it would solve the problem of the springs 'falling over'; but when one looks through eBay auctions you'll see that both can have 'collapsed' springs: one edge of the holster opening is substantially overlaid the other and this can't be fixed even by replacing the spring.
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Red Nichols The Holstorian
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hth
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