Take a look at Badlands packs, they make one with a hip holster built into the waist band, easy access to your pistol. I have a badlands, I like it , I attached a couple of quick release buckles to use my bino harness on front side, easy to use, easy to remove. I wrote to badlands about it, they said they were going to add buckles to the new ones, I dont know if they did or not. Anyway, check em out