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View Poll Results: How do you pack it and why?
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Strong side Hip
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Crossdraw
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Shoulder holster (eeeeww!)
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Other (specify)
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Shut up Doc!
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12-07-2009, 10:07
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Area Commander
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Indianapolis
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Utah Bob
I could never get used to a shoulder holster. No wonder women don't like bras.
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You may be wearing wrong.... 
Shoulder holsters feel too strange to me as well and too many of them are horizontal. I am not comfortable waving my muzzle around even if covered. Especially in the car with my sons in the back seat. If I were to ever carry a shoulder holster, it would be a vertical so just in case it ever does discharge (however unlikely that may be) I don't send a round downrange.
I've been carrying for about 6 years and prefer strong side at about 4 o'clock.
I have a IWB Desantis holster for my 4" Springfield XD in 9mm and a Kydex paddle holster for OWB (I have not had an issue with this following the weapon when drawn ....yet). I prefer the paddle holsters over pancake or belt slide in case I ever have to remove the weapon; I won't have to undress to remove the holster and I don;t like keeping the weapon out of a holster if away from the safe.
The majority of the time, I carry IWB unless I have a jacket or large shirt.
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12-07-2009, 14:08
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Fayetteville NC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wet dog
At a local gun shop, I over heard a kid, (19 yrs.), ask the clerk if he could purchase an ankle holster for a Desert Eagle .50 cal.
I saw three near me blow coffee out their noses.
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And I just blew coffee through my nose.
Used the clip on my officers model 45 for a while and never got used to it so removed it.
Will stay with the simple .38 in the pocket, jam in your belly and squeeze the trigger a couple times style rig. 
On the that little .22, a shot in each eye is a day ender. 
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12-07-2009, 20:15
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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I would have handed him a roll of duct tape and said have at it!
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12-10-2009, 16:48
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Pacific NW - Puget Sound
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Originally Posted by longrange1947
And I just blew coffee through my nose.
Used the clip on my officers model 45 for a while and never got used to it so removed it.
Will stay with the simple .38 in the pocket, jam in your belly and squeeze the trigger a couple times style rig.
On the that little .22, a shot in each eye is a day ender. |
When I'm in casual dress I usually carry my Glock 27 in a regular fanny pack.
If I have to dress up, or wear something that the FP looks bad with, I switch to my S&W 442 revolver and the Kramer pocket holster.
BTW: The Kramer Pocket holster is a great holster for those small revolvers! They also have a great line of other holsters as well.
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12-10-2009, 17:43
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Used to have an Uncle Mikes IWB gun sock, but wasn't confident carrying chambered so got a new rig. Strongside Hip IWB Bladetech kydex for a G22. It's kind of a high riding IWB and suprisingly doesn't print too much. I'm 5'9" 185lbs and was somewhat concerned about that when I started carrying a full frame gun, but it hasn't been an issue. Still, thinking about moving down to a G23. . .
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12-10-2009, 21:07
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Quote:
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If I have to dress up, or wear something that the FP looks bad with, I switch to my S&W 442 revolver and the Kramer pocket holster.
BTW: The Kramer Pocket holster is a great holster for those small revolvers! They also have a great line of other holsters as well.
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I was looking at those and wondered how they carried. Thanks I will have a second look.
Thunder wear is great but a I have a high fear of de-nutting myself.
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12-10-2009, 21:23
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I was looking at those and wondered how they carried. Thanks I will have a second look.
Thunder wear is great but a I have a high fear of de-nutting myself. |
SmartCarry is much better made than ThunderWear.
Except for the smallest handgun, the muzzle is well below the jewels.
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12-10-2009, 21:29
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: WA, DC
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I carry my Browning Hi Power in a CompTac Minotaur IWB holster, strong side hip. Have a Surefire E2D Defender weak side pocket for close encounters and an Emerson CQC-11 strong side pocket, in case I have to cut someone off of me.
The BHP conceals remarkably well in the Minotaur, and the holster supports so well I could easily forget I was wearing it. (Providing I had a MASSIVE failure in SA.)
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12-10-2009, 21:33
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Everyday carry- IWB 45 using a Cross Breed holster on my strong side hip at about the 3:00 position.
When I'm more casual (family get togethers where I dress nicely) I carry a small Ruger LCP in a wallet holster in my right rear pocket. It's a small round but it's better than nothing and I sure don't use hollow points. With that round I need all the penetration I can get if it's ever needed.
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12-10-2009, 21:39
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FYI, do not get caught using a wallet holster that is designed so that you can shoot from.
The BATF has categorized those as an AOW (like the briefcase guns) and it requires a Form 4, believe it or not.
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12-10-2009, 21:48
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12-10-2009, 22:26
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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OK, laugh if you will, but....... 
In a cell phone case. Actually have two cell phone cases that are oversized, suitable also for the small radios that you see on construction sites. One is marked "Husky" and one is Skil. Standard in shape, these are heavy nylon cases that are "obviously" for cell phones. One fits my Keltec P11 nicely, the other my P3AT (and I suspect, a Ruger LCP).
On each the bottom 4-5 inches, when left exposed, causes no alarm. It can be worn outside with just a couple of inches of t-shirt cover over the actual grip of the weapon. The way the straps on the back are designed, the weapon can be carried with the muzzle vertical or horizontal.
With physical limitations, ( a tag in the shoulder in RVN), a weapon on my right hip is nearly useless if I'm sitting down.
I can make a quick change, and mount the case at 10-11 o'clock with the muzzle pointed at the drivers door if I'm driving through an area where both my face and my age make me appear a victim. I can handle cross-draw while seated.
Besides, for 6 bucks, at Home Depot or Lowes, cutting one up to experiment is no big deal
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12-11-2009, 12:11
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Denver, CO
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strong side hip in a Kramer #3 Horsehide IWB or a Raven concealment if carrying OWB.
Sometimes I carry SOB if i wear a fitted shirt so I don't print as much.
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12-11-2009, 21:07
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Concealed Carry !
Mitch Rosen IWB Strong Side for a 1911 5 inch right hand 1.1/2 inch loop for a 40 inch belt... Pricey but worth the money. Also have a magazine carrier worn on the left side, bullets forward....tom kelly
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12-12-2009, 02:31
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Alessi DOJ strong side primary. Titanium snubby in a front pocket alternatively.
Non-military or SWAT folks using thigh rigs make me giggle. Some of our courthouse marshals go for that affectation. Closest to "high-speed, low drag" they get is if they slip on wet marble tile.
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