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Right2Carry wrote:I use this in black when IWB just won't work.
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Along those same lines is the Maxpedition Fatboy Versipack. I have one (the Fatboy S-Type, for left handers), and it has served me well — teasing after a church service from my pastor for carrying a "purse," notwithstanding. (I'm pretty sure he figured there was a gun in there. I think he was just putting me on the spot for fun, because he didn't keep it up for too long.)

The one complaint I have about this method of carry is that the ease of drawing the weapon is never as easy as the pictures make it look. It doesn't seem to matter if I'm pulling out a 5" 1911 or a 642 Airweight snubbie. I have large hands, and the zippers never open wide enough to make it quite as smooth as drawing from some kind of holster.

RPB wrote:You can go IWB, or even OWB with the right clothing.
A freind of mine your size wears a Kimber Ultracarry II .45 OWB under a very light weight shirt, I never noticed it and I looked pretty closely

Look... I'm wearing a full sized M&P 45 in an OWB holster right now, and you can't see it either.

RPB wrote:Even some young skinny guys can wear them (not me in photo)

That's not a gun on his hip either, and I call that a classic case of "open carry."

I'm shorter and fatter than all y'all (5'10", 300 lbs), and I carry in an MTAC quite frequently, which is a holster very similar to the Supertuck. Pistols carried in that holster include a 3" 1911, a 5" 1911, and a full sized M&P 45.

That said, I also have OWB holsters for all three of those pistols, plus shoulder holster rigs. This translates as "use whatever is comfortable for you, and dress accordingly."

"Dress accordingly" for me means untucked shirts at all times, and shorts, jeans, or slacks as necessary.