The Stealthgears are really nice IMO. I got the standard full size IWB model and wear it at about 4 o'clock. My wife also just got the G43 and I ordered her the same one except now there's a MINI version. Still 2 clips but about 3 inches shorter overall. The Kydex stuff is great and even more so that they form it to ones's specific gun model!
Appendix carry with striker fired?
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Yeah, that story taught me a lesson: as a non-LEO, I have no need whatsoever to be able to re-holster without looking. Therefore I look, and I keep my shirt out of the way with my off hand while doing so.
And no drawstrings.
I have a Ruger SR9c I carry and if its hot and I need high conceal its a Taurus TCP in its case that looks like a phone. I have a photo of me standing next to Louis Black where I was carrying and no one knew. I don't carry with one in the chamber. I know some will think its crazy but I really don't want to pull and accidentally put pressure on the trigger.
Edteach,
Tell me- at 3 yards, how long does it take you to present the weapon, work the slide and put 3 rounds in an 8x10 rectangle (collarbone to bottom of chest bone, nipple to nipple) or 8 inch circle (center of circle =center or sternum)?
You do understand that not carrying a round in the chamber is going to cost you an extra 2-4 seconds you get your first shot off.
You do understand that a healthy 15-45 year old person can fire a gun once every .25 to .33 seconds with little or no training.
Bottom line- your carry mode means that you are likely spotting 6-16 shots to your advisary(ies).
Get some training. If your are going to carry a pistol out in the world, carry it with a round in the chamber. If you are not comfortable doing that with the pistol(s) you own, dump them, even at a loss, and buy one you are comfortable with.
Edited to add: I have a photo of me standing next to Rhonda Rousey. No one knew I was carrying a Glock 35, two extra mags and a SOC-P or a Clinch Pick. I was wearing a well sized (not sloppy baggy at all) square bottomed shirt and a pair of slacks. It simply is not that difficult for a man to conceal a full sized pistol so long as you are doing so with a purpose designed holster/belt combination.
YMMV greatly.
Tell me- at 3 yards, how long does it take you to present the weapon, work the slide and put 3 rounds in an 8x10 rectangle (collarbone to bottom of chest bone, nipple to nipple) or 8 inch circle (center of circle =center or sternum)?
You do understand that not carrying a round in the chamber is going to cost you an extra 2-4 seconds you get your first shot off.
You do understand that a healthy 15-45 year old person can fire a gun once every .25 to .33 seconds with little or no training.
Bottom line- your carry mode means that you are likely spotting 6-16 shots to your advisary(ies).
Get some training. If your are going to carry a pistol out in the world, carry it with a round in the chamber. If you are not comfortable doing that with the pistol(s) you own, dump them, even at a loss, and buy one you are comfortable with.
Edited to add: I have a photo of me standing next to Rhonda Rousey. No one knew I was carrying a Glock 35, two extra mags and a SOC-P or a Clinch Pick. I was wearing a well sized (not sloppy baggy at all) square bottomed shirt and a pair of slacks. It simply is not that difficult for a man to conceal a full sized pistol so long as you are doing so with a purpose designed holster/belt combination.
YMMV greatly.
simon1
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No photo, but I met Governor Ann Richards on the State Capital steps one time as I was going in, and she had 3 bodyguards with her...the one in the back was a very nice looking female in a black suit (that may not be PC but I'm not PC, and I really didn't care for Richards, but that bodyguard was a fox). Richards was very cordial. No one knew I had a Walther in my pocket with a round in the chamber. Meh, I was off-duty LEO at that time...so what. But I'm sure if I had reached into my pocket things would not have turned out well.
If there's not a photo does that count?
As for appendix carry I don't like a handgun in the front of my belt, whether in appendix position or crossdraw just to the left of my belt buckle...it's uncomfortable.
If there's not a photo does that count?
As for appendix carry I don't like a handgun in the front of my belt, whether in appendix position or crossdraw just to the left of my belt buckle...it's uncomfortable.
LOL. We wouldn't want it any other way.
I know what you mean. I get the same damn feeling when my wife rolls over in bed and puts her knee in my back.
^ This is important to understand !!! You have to be able to deploy your pistol and get a shot off one handed. In a fight for your life you may not have a free hand available to rack the slide. Your fine motor skills will go to sh*t and it will be so easy to fumble the slide racking process and experience a failure to feed of that all important first round. Violent attacks usually happen quickly and without warning!
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