Best Taurus G2C Holster: IWB and OWB Buyers Guide

Taurus G2C Specs That Affect Holster Choice

Figures are Taurus's own published specifications for the matte black 9mm G2C. Three of those numbers drive the holster decision. The 1.20 inch width is a genuinely slim double stack, which is why the G2C conceals better than its 22 ounce weight suggests, but 22 ounces is heavy for a compact, so belt support matters more here than on a 17 ounce micro. The 5.10 inch height is the figure that prints: that is grip, and grip is what pushes a shirt out at the belt line, which is the whole argument for a claw. And the 3.20 inch barrel means there is not much muzzle below the belt to lever the grip inward on its own, so cant and ride height do that work instead.

The G2C ships with a manual safety lever on every configuration Taurus lists, so there is no safety and no-safety shell decision to make the way there is on some other compacts. The lever sits on the frame above the thumb and stays clear of the holster body.

Which Taurus G2 Do You Have?

This is the most common ordering mistake on this gun, because Taurus has used the G2 name across four model designations and then launched two successors that look similar and do not share a shell.

One shell covers four names and both calibers. Our Taurus G2 / G2C mold is listed for the PT111 Millennium G2, the PT140 Millennium G2, the G2 and the G2C, in 9mm and in .40 S&W. The slide and the trigger guard are what Kydex indexes on, and those are shared across the family, so the caliber stamped on the barrel changes nothing about the holster. If you bought your gun as a PT111 G2 before Taurus simplified the naming, the G2C holster is your holster.

The G3C is the exception, and a competitor on this search page gets it wrong. At least one holster maker sells a single shell advertised for the G3C and G2C together. We do not. We mold the G3C separately and keep a separate fitment record for it, because the frame and trigger guard changed with the G3 generation. If you own a G3C, buy a G3C shell and read our Taurus G3C holster guide instead.

Every Carry Configuration, Compared

Taurus G2 / G2C IWB Holster, from $44.95

Best Overall

Our best selling G2C shell and the right default for almost everyone. Cant adjusts from -5 to +20 degrees and retention adjusts with Posi-Click, so you can tune it to a hip or an appendix position rather than living with one fixed angle. The full length sweat guard with a rear sight shield keeps the slide off your skin, and the trigger guard is undercut so you get a full firing grip on the draw. It is claw compatible, which matters on a gun with a 5.10 inch grip. Black and carbon fiber black, right or left hand.

Best for: everyday inside the waistband carry at 3 to 5 o'clock or appendix, under an untucked shirt.

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Taurus G2/G2C Sidecar Holster, from $94.95

Best For Appendix Carry

A tuckable IWB shell with a spare magazine carrier on a flexible joint, so the gun and the magazine each follow your body instead of fighting it across the front of your waistband. It ships with 1.5 inch tuckable belt loops and the claw already included, which is the single biggest concealment upgrade on this gun. The face is cut open to clear threaded barrels and compensators, and the sight channel takes tall sights. Right or left hand.

Best for: appendix carriers, and anyone who wants a reload on the belt without a second piece of gear.

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Taurus G2 / G2C Tuckable IWB Holster, from $49.95

Best For A Tucked Shirt

The same shell on a belt loop rather than a clip, so your shirt tucks over the gun and down between the holster and the loop. Cant runs from -30 to +30 degrees, far wider than the standard IWB, and ride height adjusts for standard, shallow or deep concealment. The ambidextrous option has no sweat guard, and the right and left hand options add the full sweat guard. It takes an ULTICLIP3 or ULTICLIP XL if you carry without a belt.

Best for: office dress codes, tucked shirts, and deep concealment behind the hip.

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Taurus G2 / G2C Paddle Holster, from $49.95

Best OWB For Quick On And Off

The fastest holster here to put on and take off, because the paddle slides over the waistband without unthreading a belt. Cant adjusts from -5 to +20 degrees and retention is adjustable with Posi-Click, the same system as the IWB. The paddle is fiber reinforced so it holds its shape and stays put on the draw. This is the OWB most G2C owners should start with, and at 4 ounces it is barely heavier than the IWB.

Best for: range days, truck and property carry, open carry where legal, and anyone in and out of a holster several times a day.

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Taurus G2 / G2C OWB Holster, from $59.95

Best Belt Loop OWB

A belt loop pancake rather than a paddle, so it rides tighter and flatter to the body and conceals under a jacket or an untucked overshirt in a way a paddle cannot. Cant adjusts from -15 to +15 degrees, ride height adjusts between standard, deep and shallow, and it is ambidextrous out of the box, shipping set up for right hand. Upgradeable to 1.75 inch tactical belt loops. Retention is fixed Posi-Click rather than adjustable.

Best for: concealed OWB under a cover garment, and a slimmer profile than a paddle when the holster stays on all day.

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Taurus G2 Trigger Guard Holster, from $36.95

Best For Pocket Carry

Listed for the Taurus G2 and G2C, and the lightest, lowest profile way to carry this gun. It covers the trigger and nothing else, which is why it works in three places one holster usually cannot: tuckable IWB with the included claw as standard, or pocket carry and purse carry with the separate Pocket and Purse Trigger Guard Holster Kit at $9.95. Ambidextrous, with fixed Posi-Click retention and user adjustable ride height.

Best for: pocket and bag carry, gym shorts, and the lightest possible deep concealment setup.

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Taurus G2 / G2C Athletic Wear Holster, from $57.95

Best For Gym Clothes

The tuckable shell fitted with an Ulti-Clip 3+ instead of a belt clip, which is the part that makes it work: the Ulti-Clip grips the fabric itself, so it holds on waistbands with no belt at all. Ambidextrous, claw compatible, with adjustable Posi-Click retention and adjustable ride height. If you have been carrying a 22 ounce gun in soft shorts on a plastic clip and watching it sag, this is the fix.

Best for: athleisure, joggers, gym shorts, and any waistband that will not take a gun belt.

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Universal IWB Holster, from $39.95

Best Budget Pick

The Taurus G2C is named on our published universal fit guide, and it takes the Standard size. This is our highest volume holster in the whole catalog, with Posi-Dial adjustable retention, an ambidextrous body, and the option to run it outside the waistband by swapping on the OWB Holster Paddle Mount at $9.95. It is the right call if you own several guns and want one holster that moves between them. One caveat, stated plainly: it is not compatible with the claw kit.

Best for: the lowest cost entry, and anyone who rotates guns rather than carrying the G2C every day.

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Leather Universal Holster, from $54.95

Best Leather Option

The Taurus G2C appears on the same published fit guide for our leather universal, so this is the leather route if you want one. Brown, ambidextrous, with an adjustable retention device, and it can be run outside the waistband by changing the clip. Check the fit guide for the size that matches your gun before you order, since the sizing here is its own scale rather than the Kydex model naming. Like the Universal IWB, it is not compatible with the claw kit.

Best for: carriers who want leather against the body rather than Kydex.

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Holster Claw Kit, from $15.95

Best Concealment Upgrade

The cheapest thing on this page that changes how the gun conceals. The claw pushes against the inside of your belt and rotates the grip in toward your body, which is exactly the problem a 5.10 inch tall compact creates. Our G2C IWB and Tuckable IWB are both claw compatible, and the Sidecar already includes one. If you are going to buy one accessory for this gun, buy this before you buy anything else.

Best for: anyone whose grip prints at the belt line, especially appendix carriers.

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What Actually Matters When Buying

Material. Our Kydex shells are .08 inch hand molded over precision aluminum molds that we design and mill in house, so every G2C holster comes off the same geometry. Kydex holds its mouth open when the gun comes out, so you can reholster one handed without the holster collapsing, and it does not absorb sweat the way leather does. That matters more on a 22 ounce gun that sits against your skin all day.

Retention. Adjustable beats fixed. Our IWB, Tuckable, Paddle and Sidecar all use adjustable Posi-Click retention, so you set the tension yourself and hear the click when the gun is seated. The belt loop OWB and the Trigger Guard use fixed Posi-Click, which is set correctly from the factory but is not something you dial in.

Adjustability. Cant and ride height are what make a holster disappear. The standard IWB adjusts -5 to +20 degrees, the Tuckable adjusts -30 to +30 and also adjusts ride height, and the belt loop OWB adjusts -15 to +15 with three ride heights. More range is not automatically better, but on a compact with a tall grip, forward cant is how you stop the grip from printing.

Trigger guard coverage. Every shell here fully encloses the trigger, and the IWB, Tuckable and Paddle are undercut at the trigger guard so your middle finger gets up under it for a full grip on the draw. On a gun with a long first trigger press, a clean firing grip from the holster is worth more than it is on a short reset gun.

Belt. A 22 ounce gun plus 12 rounds is where a soft dress belt gives up. A stiff 1.5 inch belt keeps the holster vertical and stops the whole rig from rolling outward through the day. We are between runs on our own leather gun belt, so this is a case where the right answer is any properly stiff gun belt rather than a product link. If you carry without a belt, that is what the Athletic Wear Holster and the ULTICLIP options on the Tuckable are for.

IWB vs OWB For The Taurus G2C

Appendix Carry Setup

The G2C is a reasonable appendix gun: 6.30 inches long and 1.20 inches wide is manageable at 1 o'clock, and the weight that counts against it on a hip holster is less of a problem up front where your belt is at its stiffest. Four things make it work.

• Add the claw. On a 5.10 inch grip, the claw is not an upgrade, it is the setup. It levers the grip into your body and takes the print out of the top of the gun. The Sidecar includes one, and the IWB and Tuckable both accept the Holster Claw Kit.
• Run near zero cant. Appendix wants the gun close to vertical, not raked. The standard IWB goes down to -5 degrees and the Tuckable to -30, so set it flat and then adjust in small steps.
• Raise the ride height, do not lower it. A deeper gun digs in when you sit. Running the holster a little higher keeps the muzzle off your thigh and makes the draw cleaner.
• Belt first, then holster. Appendix is the position least forgiving of a soft belt, because the gun wants to rotate muzzle out every time you bend. A stiff 1.5 inch belt fixes problems people usually blame on the holster.

Sit down in the setup before you commit to it. The muzzle on a 3.20 inch barrel is short enough that most people clear their thigh, but the only way to know is to sit in a car seat with it on.

Optics, Lights And The G2C Rail

Optics. Taurus lists the G2C with fixed front and adjustable rear sights and no factory optic cut, and the optics ready T.O.R.O. slides sit on the G3C, G3X and GX4 rather than the G2C. That is a fact about the gun, not about the holster. Every Kydex holster we build is cut for a slide mounted optic and takes suppressor height sights, so if you ever have a slide milled or fit an aftermarket mount, your G2C shell already clears it and there is no separate decision to make at checkout.

Lights. The G2C does have a Picatinny rail on the dust cover, but it is a single slot, which is the shortest rail on this family of guns. Reviewers who have actually mounted lights on it point at subcompact lights in the Streamlight TLR-6 class rather than full size TLR-1 or TLR-7 bodies. We do not currently make a light bearing G2C shell, and our light specific universal holsters, the LUX V2 EXT and the X-FER series, do not name the Taurus G2 or G2C on their published fit lists. So if you run a light on your G2C, contact us before ordering rather than assuming a universal light holster will index correctly on a single slot rail.

Threaded barrels and tall sights. Our IWB, Tuckable, Paddle, Athletic Wear and Sidecar shells are all over cut at the muzzle for threaded barrels and clear suppressor height sights, so neither changes the shell you order.

What Else Fits A Taurus G2C Holster

Our G2C shell is listed for four model designations and two calibers, which is unusually broad for one mold. Here is exactly what it covers and what it does not.

The useful takeaway: the caliber on your G2C does not matter to the holster, and neither does whether Taurus called your gun a PT111 G2 or a G2C when you bought it. What does matter is the generation. The G3 generation changed the frame and trigger guard, so a G2C shell is not a G3C shell, whatever a single holster listing advertised for both might suggest.

Frequently Asked Questions

How We Chose

These are our own holsters, so read this as a manufacturer's guide and judge it on whether the details check out. Here is the method, openly.

Every pick on this page is a product that is live on our store right now, at the price shown, ordered by what actually sells. The Taurus G2 / G2C IWB Holster holds Best Overall because it is the top seller in our Taurus G2C collection and the highest volume G2C shell we make. The Universal IWB Holster and the Leather Universal Holster are here because the Taurus G2C is named on our own published universal fit guide, not because they are popular in general. Our holsters are made to order, so a shell you can order here is one we will build for you.

Where we do not make something, this guide says so rather than steering you to the nearest thing. We do not make a light bearing G2C shell, and our universal light holsters do not list the G2 or G2C, so that section tells you to contact us instead of guessing. We mold the G3C separately from the G2C and we say that plainly, even though selling one shell for both would be easier.

Gun specifications come from Taurus's own published figures for the matte black 9mm G2C. The reliability, carry and model comparison answers in the FAQ come from published hands-on reviews with round counts attached, named in the answers themselves, rather than from our own opinion of someone else's gun. The questions in that section are the ones Google is actually showing shoppers for this search, taken as asked.

By Ben Jimenez, Rounded Gear. Last updated November 9, 2026.

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