Five tips for pocket carry

[Fremmer]

The new york reload reference was my favorite part!

 

[Skribs]

David, it was my stance. Maybe there's a better stance for cross-eye shooting, but I didn't have the proper support and my groupings were off to one side (don't remember which). When I switched sides I was hitting POA.

 

[Shawn Dodson]

All very good tips.

Tip #2 (use a pocket holster) is good advice for the reasons given, however my primary reason is SAFETY - to shield the trigger in case I absent-mindedly put my car keys in the same pocket (which happens from time to time).

Although I sometimes pocket carry my Seecamp .32 (usually when I'm heading out the door to run a quick errand) I minimize the practice because I don't like how it limits my ability to get the gun quickly into action, either because of the tightness of the pocket, a sweaty hand that snags on the pocket fabric, or because I can't draw when I'm seated in a car. I prefer to carry a Kahr PM-9 in an IWB holster in lieu of pocket carrying the Seecamp - but there are times when I'm in a hurry and I don't want to take the time to jock-up with an IWB holster and magazine carrier.

I have an excellent leather pocket holster for the Seecamp made by Ryan Grizzle (www.rgrizzleleather.com) and a spare magazine pouch I had custom made for me by Meco Pocket Holsters. The Seecamp goes into one pocket, the spare magazine goes into the other, and I'm out the door.

 

[David E]

David, it was my stance. Maybe there's a better stance for cross-eye shooting, but I didn't have the proper support and my groupings were off to one side (don't remember which). When I switched sides I was hitting POA.

When shooting right handed, it sounds like you're aligning the sights with your right eye, but your left eye asserts its dominance skewing the sight picture, resulting in hits to the left.

All you need to do is bring your right hand over ever so slightly to align the sights with your left eye. Easy peasy.

 

[Skribs]

That's what I was doing, David. I can't allign smeg with my right eye, kinda like Nicholas Cage's character in the movie Firebirds.