- your cover garment rarely raises up, and gets hung to where it exposes your piece. if you want to check, it is a very natural looking motion to do so by touch.
- it's hard to not bend forward when going about your business. when you do so with 10/1:00 carry, no printing to worry about. and for the new carrier, the print worries tend to loom large.
- it's common to worry frequently that your piece and/or holster has come out of position. with appendix carry this rarely occurs, and when it does, a check is very discreet
- when getting into and out of your vehicle, and carrying on the hip, you are not conditioned at first to having an extra inch or so of gear added to your width. this means that for a while, bonking your piece into the door frame is not too uncommon.
with these pros is a particularly large added risk: accidently discharging your piece when drawing or holstering will have severe consequences. if you haven't already, I would emphatically recommend many draw-dryfire-reholster repetitions. reserve 10 minutes in the morning and at night and work on this over and over. practice clearing your cover garment with the weak hand, gaining grip with exaggerated trigger finger discipline, draw, extension, alignment, click. then slow, careful reholster again with trigger finger discipline. repeat slowly til smooth, then keep repeating to where your hands just take care of it.
