I have soaked a couple of leather holsters in water, wrapped my pistol with clear plastic wrap like you would use in the kitchen, put the pistol into the holster and put them both in front of an electric heater. When the holster dries put a little neats foot oil inside it, now you have streached it and per say custom fitted you pistol to the holster. That should allow you to remove your pistol with a lot less effort.