Some makers use two pieces of leather as a site track (picture on the left), this is very common in the industry. Two scrap pieces of leather cost almost nothing, it was going in the garbage anyway, but now it can be your site track, its a cheap way of doing it that's why it so common. It does not work well. First thing we do not like is, you have that stitching running across the length of your guns slide creating even more wear points for the gun. Next, if you push on the holster eventually the front site will touch the leather. Just look at it and you will see what we are talking about. Look at ours to the right. Theirs is a temporary fix if anything. Our site track gives you full coverage and a full barrier from the leather, even if you push down on it. Using our site track, the front site of your gun will never touch leather. Our material is a one piece molded synthetic, produced exclusively for High Noon Holsters. What we hate most about the two pieces of leather sewed in is that it doesn't work! Nothing like drawing your gun to defend your life and coming up with a nice ball of leather on your front site. We hate surprises so-------- HEY, maybe you should practice with a ball of leather on your front site so you can get used to it.