One of the old books I have on pistol shooting suggests powdered graphite on the inside of a holster to improve withdrawal speed...but I know that such a material has a negative impact on aluminium frames.
If you want to stretch leather = 2 main options.
The BEST is warm water.
MUST only be hot enough to hold your hand in, no hotter...or the leather will cook.
Soak the part you need to stretch in the water, until the small bubbles stop.
Then, taking the now wet leather holster, insert the pistol & close the snap.
It WILL stretch (the leather will almost take on the property of putty & become very soft & pliable)
Keep it in place and allow to dry. (you may want to use cling film cover on the upper section of the pistol to keep from attracting rust)
The second, less invasive option.
Same as the soaking method, but use a hair dryer.
The problem here again is that if you go too hot = cooked leather, so take it gently!!
Get the leather section with the snap on it warm, then carry out the steps as above.
A third method would be to remove the offending snap, re-position/extend the hole by a fraction, then fit a new snap
Hope this helps
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