I wear untucked work shirts as cover most of the time. I've not gone the polo shirt route, so I can't say how well they work. I prefer the work shirt because it still gives me one-handed access to my weapon from a variety of positions and angles. Here are a couple of pictures to illustrate this:dfws4 wrote:Thanks again for all your replies - great info and help so far.
To answer a previous question, if I carry OWB, I'll probably just have an untucked polo shirt or untucked button down shirt as my "cover garment". If I go this route with my 5" 1911 .45 Springer, I'm guessing I should get a high-ride holster that really brings the weapon in tight to my body? Will a polo shirt provide decent cover with OWB - I surely don't want to print all day long.
You can clearly see how the gun rides high and the grip nuzzles right up to my side. A 1911 does this even better than my Hi-Power, as it has a thinner grip. Once the cover garment is over it, it's invisible but very accessible. I've been carrying this way for almost a year now. No one has ever noticed. The few friends I have taken shooting are genuinely shocked that they never noticed I was carrying every time they saw me for months - especially a full-sized pistol like the Hi-Power.