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by The Annoyed Man
Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:57 pm
Forum: New to CHL?
Topic: Is there a comfortable way to carry?
Replies: 94
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Re: Is there a comfortable way to carry?

rob02262008 wrote:Anyone else finding it hard to get comfortable?

Rob
Not partcularly, but I've been at it real steady ever since I got my plastic in February. I won't say I was actually uncomfortable at first, but I was truly self conscious, and that made it seem more uncomfortable then it really was. By now, it's pretty much second nature, and I'll bet that some of the old-timers around here who have been carrying since the law first passed probably don't even think about the gun on their hip (or in their pocket, or what have you) most of the time. Me, I don't think about it that much anymore while I'm carrying, unless I have to adjust "the cut of my jib" when I first get out of a car or something. I try to be discreet about stuff like that.

A lot of it is maybe going to depend on your physical type. I'm a fat boy (but working on it), and an IWB holster works pretty well for me most of the time. My carry guns for IWB are a 3" 1911 and an H&K USP Compact. But when IWB carry isn't going to work for me, then I resort to pocket carrying a small revolver in .38 Special stoked with +P ammo, as pedalman mentioned. On rare occasion, I resort to pocket carrying a Keltec .380, but I prefer not to.

The only problem with pocket carry is that I'm a guy who normally carries other stuff in his pockets, and I can't do that when I have a pistol there.

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