I know this question depends on many variables, such as if its winter or summer, etc etc. but what methods of carry and what style of holster do you prefer?

In a pocket holster in a front pocket.

A well fitting OWB leather holster with no strap.

Sometimes just a Derringer in the front posket.

Pancake holster, untucked shirt (90% or so), out dated fanny pack (5ish%), open carry once in a while. Re-evaluating IWB. A lot of my choices are based on vehicle seats and activity.

I always have a pocket gun in my front pocket. I usually carry a pair of 1911s in remora holsters. They RFTs work pretty well, but don't quite fit an ambi-safety gun.

I need to catch up on my internet lingo. OWB? RFT? Sam, my concers will be mainly based on behivle seats and activity also. I like Inside the waist holsters and have carried that way at times, but find them difficult or uncomfortable getting in and out of cars etc.

ok OWB = Outside the waist belt holster?

The side bolsters on my seats are a little oversize, Jeep seats wrap around a little. It doesn't help that I have some middle age spread too. Most full size pistols don't carry very well for me. For off roading, hiking, biking, or kayaking (flat water)the fanny pack works well. Walking around town, not so well. I tried Inside the waist band before but with a poor quality holster. Try moving it back a little more behind your side, I've seen it refered too as "at 4 o'clock", puts it more over your back pocket instead of on your side. I wonder about seats that way too.

As far as driving concerned,I have an advantage in being left handed + have thus mounted a holster to my truck seat.That works well with the 1911.This being Texas,the temperature forbids extreme concealed carry for those of us who have to work out in it.A S+W mod. 422 .38 spl. +P works well in an inside waist band rig.Preaching to the choir here but it would greatly simplify matters if we had open carry;also as history has proven it makes a much more polite society.

thanks for your input

An IWB on my back is just too uncomfortable and access is too difficult. AIWB is faster and easier to wear.

One in the right and left hand pants pockets is probably the fastest of all, but also need the AIWB when driving.

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Originally posted by guncurtis2:
I need to catch up on my internet lingo. OWB? RFT? Sam, my concers will be mainly based on behivle seats and activity also. I like Inside the waist holsters and have carried that way at times, but find them difficult or uncomfortable getting in and out of cars etc.

Sorry, "RFT" is the name Remora has for the reinforced-mouth holsters.

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Originally posted by Aglifter:

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Originally posted by guncurtis2:
I need to catch up on my internet lingo. OWB? RFT? Sam, my concers will be mainly based on behivle seats and activity also. I like Inside the waist holsters and have carried that way at times, but find them difficult or uncomfortable getting in and out of cars etc.

Sorry, "RFT" is the name Remora has for the reinforced-mouth holsters.

Thanks for clarifying.

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Originally posted by Will:
An IWB on my back is just too uncomfortable and access is too difficult. AIWB is faster and easier to wear.

One in the right and left hand pants pockets is probably the fastest of all, but also need the AIWB when driving.

AIWB? Ambidextrous Inside the waist?

Appendix IWB. At about 1 o'clock on me.

Ah... Thanks

Being rather corpulent presents a problem. Have never found an inside waistband holster that was by any sense not punishment I use a pocket carry. Usually a Kahr Mk9 in a holster of my own make. Sometimes a Walther TPH. In Southern Arizona in the summer your dress for comfort makes concealment a little difficult for me. Fat people do have a problem. The best I have when wearing a jacket is a Colt Detective Special in an old,old Berns-Martin shoulder holster.

Being rather corpulent myself,I carry a Colt Commander IWB at about the 4:00 position. Very comfortable, and unobtrusive. A polo shirt covers everything just dandy.

I normally carry my M&P full-sized .45 in a leather TT Gunleather IWB around 4:00-ish. This even works in the TX summer by wearing a tucked in tshirt then covering with an unbuttoned camp shirt. There are also the occasions where it's only an untucked tshirt or camp shirt on their own.

I like this carry method:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=LNL5pqn3Eng

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=LNL5pqn3Eng 

This isn't bad either:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...UZyw&feature=related

it depends upon the gun.

In general I prefer to carry in the front iwb. It is the least likely to be taken away and offers easy access.

Carry my Browning Hi Power in a sttong side IWB holster.

Have been doing routine concealed carry since June 1973. The last 22+ years it's been front pocket carry of a lightweight/compact pocket gun but do switch over to coat pocket carry in cooler weather months. I have evolved into smaller/lighter handguns as I find they are apt to be with me more. Am well aware of the limitations of pocket .38's and .380's but I'll take one of them in my hand in a fast-happening tight spot over having ______ back in the truck.

P.S. I do like the Desantis Nemisis pocket holster as it keeps my .380 'north-south' in my pocket.

I pack a Para P-14 about 90% of the time in a Sparks summer special with my shirttail out, GALCO miami mice shoulder rig under a down vest or coat.

About 90 percent srong side blackhawk serpa for my model 23. various pancakes, shoulder,fanny packs and others that fit the need at the time.

I carry either my Glock 23 in Tommy Theis IWB holster, or a S&W 642 in a Remora IWB or pocket.

Peter

I'm kind of surprised to see how many people switch between different weapons for different situations. I was always taught that one should eliminate as much thought needed as possible as the brain will limit thought processes during high stress situations such as a life threatening attack. My experiences in combat in Afghanistan proved this (at least to me). Many of the guys that I have talked to have had similar reactions. Certain processes are filtered out so that the brain can focus wholly on survival. You automatically fall back on your training without concious thought, i.e. might not remember disengaging the safety, transitioning weapons without having to think about it, etc. I'm certainly not saying that anyone is doing anything wrong just that I was not expecting those responses. Very interesting.

Myself I've carried the same gun the same way for the last 10 years. A Springfield Micro Compact in a Mitch Rosen belt slide worn at the 3:30-4 o'clock (the front belt loop inline with the seam of my pants) with a spare magazine at the 8-8:30. I can draw, holster, or change mags without ever "searching" for the grip, holster mouth, or mag pouch. It's always right where I know it's gonna be. I don't have to change anything or think about which gun I'm carrying, where it is, or if I'm drawing/firing/reloading a revolver or semi-auto. It's become muscle memory.

I change my wardrobe to fit the occasion. I may wear just an untucked tshirt if it's big enough or wear a leather vest if the shirt doesn't conceal adequately. Cooler weather or "dressier" occassions I'll were an appropriate jacket. Either way my draw motions are identical. No thought needed.

This is what works for me. YMMV As i said I certainly don't condemn anyone's choices of weapon or carry method, to each his own. If it works it can't be wrong.

A friend of mine carries all the time and I just noticed that his method is cross-draw w/ the gun all the way over on the weak-side. This makes it slow to draw, but very concealable, even when bending over.

As he is left-handed, I want to borrow one of his left-handed holsters and try it for myself, but w/ the gun on my strong-side.

Does anyone here carry a gun in either manner?

This is a followup to my previous post.

I talked to my friend yesterday and he said the reason he carries it crossdraw, he feels that he is most-likely going to have to draw it while seated in a car. He says he has lots of difficulty doing so if the gun is on his strong-side, but easy to do so when worn on his weak-side.

I've borrowed one of his left-handed holsters for the 1911 and will be trying it out on my strong-side (cavalry draw) to see how it works in and out of the car.

Where I live shorts and a t-shirt are the normal dress 10 months out of a year. I carry a S&W 342,.38 in a custom Myka pocket holster, works fine. Also carry 11 extra rounds, which includes one snake load.

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Originally posted by Antelope Sniper:
This isn't bad either:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...UZyw&feature=related

YUM YUM

At present a STI VIP .45 in a Galco horsehide IWB at 3:30. 10 ROUND mag in the pistol and a 14 round mag at 9:00.

Drawing while seated in the truck with the seat belt on is difficult so I have a Kydex attached to the center console covered with a hand towel.

Works for me

For years I carried a Outside Waste band of several makes then went to IWB . The IWB were made like a traditional OWB but just went inside the pants. This was a little better.

There still remained a visable lump on side and shirt never looked right. I still had to wear a suit,sport/jacket or vest for best coverage. The traditional IWB was not comfortabe and I had to constantly pull pants up .

I have switched to an IWB made by Old Faithful Holsters. They solved all my CC problems.I carry a full size 1911,a Hi Power and a S&W 1076 full sized 10mm and do so often dressed in a golf shirt.I wear dress shirts most of the time and the golf and dress shirts are tucked in side the pants. Fast access is not compromised. Once dressed, I never think about the firearm as the fit is comfortable.

http://oldfaithfulholsters.com/

How does it defeat gravity?

I like a pocket holster for an LCP around town and a Ruger SP101 IWB for in the country.

More companies like Sneekie Pete need to make holsters that don't look like holsters

As a recent CHL holder, I do not have a great deal of experience but I can say that the Remora holster (that I found out about on this forum - this thread, in fact) meets my needs well. I am a southpaw and carry at about the 8:00 position. Now that I have found the "sweet spot" to carry it, I hardly notice it even though I carry a full size Glock 22I don't feel the weight on my hip.

When I drive long distances, I drop it into the slot in the bottom of the door of my Camry. I figure as long as a badguy can see my right hand, he isn't likely to notice my left going for my gun. If his head (or any other part of his misbegotten carcass) has broken the plane of the window, he has committed burglary of a vehicle and I am justified in shooting him although I'd prefer not to. I figure it'd be hell getting blood and brains out of the head liner.

I really like the way the Remora clings to my cloths inside. It stays up even if my pants slip down (I'm old and don't have much ass any more to hold it up any more).

I recently got my ccw again after letting it lapse for a few years, different guns and no holsters so I picked up the King Tuck from Galco. I like it and find it conceals very well and isn't bad for drawing, however it isn't great when seated in my car like many have said. I'd like to find somewhere I could keep one in my car, or get a holster that without much trouble could be taken off and shifted to cross draw in the car.

When I'm hunting/camping I carry a revolver outside the waist band crossdraw, at about 10:30-11. for me this is very comfortable, and my big gut actually helps tilt it out at a nice angle, but i could never conceal one there. maybe 50lbs would change that but we've gotta be realistic.

I'm curious if any of you use a belly band holster? the summers here are hell, and I have a 25 that's small, but with a t-shirt and shorts would still be hard to hide. I thought a belly band would work, since I have plenty of belly to hide it on. anybody?

Red

I have tried the belly bands but found them to be very uncomfortable. They are my lest favorite carry method. They are even more so in the summer when they tend to hold all the heat in right at the core. Sweat becomes excessive and quickly turns rancid and smells like dirty socks.