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What And How Do we Carry?

  • Mouse Gun Auto (.22 to.32) in pocket holster

    Votes: 35 4.0%
  • Mouse Gun Revolver (.22 to .32) in pocket holster

    Votes: 7 0.8%
  • Light caliber (.380, .38 and 9mm) in pocket

    Votes: 166 18.9%
  • Light caliber (.380, .38 and 9mm) on belt

    Votes: 169 19.2%
  • Light caliber (.380, .38 and 9mm) IWB (includes pager pal)

    Votes: 253 28.8%
  • Heavier caliber (.357, .40, .45, etc.) in pocket

    Votes: 34 3.9%
  • Heavier caliber (.357, .40, .45, etc.) on belt

    Votes: 178 20.2%
  • Heavier caliber (.357, .40, .45, etc.) in IWB (includes pager pal)

    Votes: 224 25.5%
  • Fanny Pack (nerd pouch....:))

    Votes: 30 3.4%
  • Off the Body (Organizer, briefcase, purse, etc.)

    Votes: 28 3.2%
  • Shoulder Holster

    Votes: 53 6.0%
  • Something Else Altogether (If so, let us know what and how)

    Votes: 34 3.9%

What And How Do We Carry?

62K views 231 replies 161 participants last post by  Steve M1911A1 
#1 ·
What, and how do we all carry?

Does the circumstances you're carrying in dictate what you pack? For instance, if you're out and about on private land, are you carrying openly with a belt or shoulder holster?

Work dictate how you carry?

Just curious. There's options here.
 
#102 ·
I carry the best gun I am able to conceal comfortably. My preference is a Commander-size 1911, IWB, or XD45 equipped with a Clip-Draw, but depending on the appropriate mode of dress, I may have a Kahr K9, IWB, or a j-frame .38 in a khaki pocket, or my very last resort, a Ruger LCP .380, in a front blue jeans pocket.

I am equipped to carry with most of the available methods, and vary my carry mode according to my environment and expected threat level.
 
#103 ·
Para LTC .45 or a Colt MK IV Officers ACP in the warmer months (rather IWB or OWB)

I usually have a gov framed 1911 in a shoulder rig in the colder months. I sometimes will switch that out with one of a few though being I have a few shoulder rigs for different guns.

A 357 in my Jeep

Can be about anything when I'm wandering around home plus the 12 ga. in my bdrm.
 
#105 ·
why do these percentages add up to over 100%?

must be some math programming error there somewhere
Nope. This poll allows more than 1 choice, so the total percent will be over 100.
 
#111 ·
At home, when I'm out back shooting or walking through the woods, I carry open. I also usually have a rifle, most likely my SKS or Marlin 336 with me. People have been known to hunt on my property, so I want to make it clear that I'm not going to take crap from anyone right from the start.

In public, I carry my .45 or 40 S&W in either my IWB holster or a belt holster.. I dress purposefully for both types and which I choose will be determined by my level of activity. My Kimber fits nicely in my IWB holster in the appendix position, and I know I'm pretty much good to go with that.. Only problem is grabbing the gun isn't as easy as my belt holster in the 2-3 O'clock position.
 
#113 ·
fanny pack is the only way we in Illinois (handguns are bad here) can get way with it. you must have Firearms Owner's Identification Document, gun must be unloaded, in a seperate compartment than the ammo.
Please, please, please tell me that's for transport to the range and you don't actually carry like that on a daily basis. If so, I'd love to know the reasoning.
 
#114 ·
fanny pack is the only way we in Illinois (handguns are bad here) can get way with it. you must have Firearms Owner's Identification Document, gun must be unloaded, in a seperate compartment than the ammo.
I moved to CO from IL, and if you think you wouldn't get in trouble for carrying like that, I hope for your sake that you never get caught.
 
#117 ·
I carry a S&W Sigma 9mm IWB in a Kholster. I have had the Kholster about 2 months and it is great, very comfortable. I do sometimes carry in a "nerd bag", a Tommy's Gun Pack. Nerdy or not it is a great way to carry, the draw is just as fast as IWB under a shirt. You also have the option of slipping you hand around your weapon without brandishing if something doesn't look quite right to you. The more I use the Gun Pack the more I like it and it may become my daily carry method when the dog days get here.
 
#120 ·
Living in Mass. the weather changes from season to season so I vary what I carry according to dress, occassion, and threat level expected. Usually in the colder months I carry my 40 Glock or my SP-101 either in the waistband or on a strong-side holster. Warmer weather finds either of these in a IWB carry mode. Very hot summer weather may be a pocket pistol in a front pocket.
 
#123 ·
What I carry and how

Well, I just changed from a Kahr MK40 that had some issues to the Para PDA 9mm. I can place shots much better with the 9mm rather than a 40 S&W in a 3 inch barrel. The Kahr had a stout recoil, where I could hit the paper but never new where, lol. I wear a DM Bullard IWP leather on the right/strong side and a 2 mag IWP mag pouch on the left/weak side.
 
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