Float Pilot
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Back when I had to carry every day in uniform I got used to drawing from the belt with my right hand.
Later I went plain clothes and tried using a shoulder holster with the gun hanging horizontally, thus a straight forward draw. ( the original Miami Vice was probably on TV then )
Anyway, one day I was trying to arrest a couple dirtbags in front of a bank and when I finally got one of them on the ground my jacket came open with my 1911 swinging around for the perp to see. Of course his eyes locked right onto it and he went for it. Fortunately I had a M-19 snubby in the middle of my back, so things worked out ok.
I stopped using shoulder holsters from then on and went to a high as possible pancake belt holster for the next 10 years or so.
These days I am long since retired, but due to recent events have been forced to carry every day again. The difference now being that I cannot afford to have it being seen.
I have been carting around my 3 inch 44 Special or my 1911, and even Hi Power using holsters like speed scabbards or hi-rise pancakes. HOWEVER.... the weight continually dislocates my trousers. If I tighten the heck out of my belt it eventually makes my guts hurt. In fact the Doc told me to knock off the tight belt business.
So I may have to go back to a quality shoulder holster for my Browning.... OR maybe one of the newer deals that look like a giant Ace bandage.
I rather like the vertical type shoulder holsters that hold in pace better and are not pointing behind you all the time. Like the old Bianchi X15s. I guess they still make them, but nothing on their site explains which size to buy for a Hi-Power.
I heard there is now some European holster maker building vertical leather holsters. Amazon sells them under the name CRAFT HOLSTERS. Does any know about them ???
How About the body wrap looking things ? Has anyone tried those for every day carry ? They look like a good way to over-heat.
Later I went plain clothes and tried using a shoulder holster with the gun hanging horizontally, thus a straight forward draw. ( the original Miami Vice was probably on TV then )
Anyway, one day I was trying to arrest a couple dirtbags in front of a bank and when I finally got one of them on the ground my jacket came open with my 1911 swinging around for the perp to see. Of course his eyes locked right onto it and he went for it. Fortunately I had a M-19 snubby in the middle of my back, so things worked out ok.
I stopped using shoulder holsters from then on and went to a high as possible pancake belt holster for the next 10 years or so.
These days I am long since retired, but due to recent events have been forced to carry every day again. The difference now being that I cannot afford to have it being seen.
I have been carting around my 3 inch 44 Special or my 1911, and even Hi Power using holsters like speed scabbards or hi-rise pancakes. HOWEVER.... the weight continually dislocates my trousers. If I tighten the heck out of my belt it eventually makes my guts hurt. In fact the Doc told me to knock off the tight belt business.
So I may have to go back to a quality shoulder holster for my Browning.... OR maybe one of the newer deals that look like a giant Ace bandage.
I rather like the vertical type shoulder holsters that hold in pace better and are not pointing behind you all the time. Like the old Bianchi X15s. I guess they still make them, but nothing on their site explains which size to buy for a Hi-Power.
I heard there is now some European holster maker building vertical leather holsters. Amazon sells them under the name CRAFT HOLSTERS. Does any know about them ???
How About the body wrap looking things ? Has anyone tried those for every day carry ? They look like a good way to over-heat.