Alternate Title - Bob's attempt at justifying spending money on more guns or equipment.
Okay folks, a lesson that has been said many times by many people. If you can't carry comfortably, you probably won't carry. This was brought home to me in a very real way due to my recent appendectomy.
My normal carry piece is my Taurus Millennium Pro PT-145 using an Ace Case Inside the Waist Tuckable Holster. My abdomen could not have supported the weight of the PT-145 for very long in comfort. Nor would it have advisable to have that much weight pulling on the incisions. Incisions that were only closed by medical glue, no sutures involved.
I would like to have several different options to carry the PT-145 instead of just IWB. Ankle holsters wouldn't have worked because of the extreme difficulty in bending over but a shoulder holster rig should have acceptable.
Or I could get something that wouldn't weigh heavily and still be able to carry IWB; something like the Kel-Tec P3AT. I saw a couple of those at the Gun Show and was amazed at how light, thin and concealable they were.
So, the importance of not relaying on one system became very apparent. Luckily, I have a mouse gun that I can carry as a back up. It's puny caliber (.25) is not one I want to rely on every day, but it is my "when I can't carry a gun" gun. I pocket carry it and the weight is nearly negligible.
Folks, for those who are married and have to convince the comptroller that spending money on firearms or holsters is a good thing, please use this as an example. Should our safety be jeopardized due to temporary physical limitations or should we have alternate methods of safety available.
Deloge
1 day ago
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I use a Glaco Miami Classic II shoulder rig. It's a damn good holster, and isn't uber-expensive. (I think I paid $125 for mine with my Midway USA FFL discount) You certainly don't want to cheap out too much if you go for a shoulder-rig tho, as a crappy one could end up spilling your gun on the deck!
A light pocket gun is a MUST have for anyplace in the continental US. Personally I LOVE my S&W642. I plan on replacing it with a Walther PPS in 9x19 (BTW give good though to the J-frame sized autos in 9x19 and up. For a little more size and weight you can step up in stopping power AND ammo availability, plus you'll have a little more gun to hang onto, but honestly not much more to hide)
Still with a J-frame revolver you can load and unload the thing all friggin day without worry about round set-back. If you carry it in a good pocket holster and in an empty, clean pocket (no pounds of lint, and no loose change/keys) you won't likely ever encounter a malf, and while .38 Special +P is hardly a .454 Casull, it's nothing to sneeze at, and has much better ballistics than .380 Auto IMHO.
It's a gun I often take traveling (at home I have no bones about tossing a cocked-and-locked 1911 into a gunsafe and locking the door....if I'm a guest in somebody's home they may prefer the gun be in an unloaded condition, I can do that all day) also when at home I change my gun depending on the weather. In New England it may be 50 one day (S&W1911Sc in a shoulder rig under a sweatshirt or a button-down) and 75 the next (S&W642 in a pocket holster) On vacation or visting I know I can always hide the 642, so I pack it along.
When I grab the walther I'll likely carry the revolver a LOT less, but I'll still carry it, and will never sell it.
I think no gunsafe is compleat without one.
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