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by C-dub
Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:38 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: 1911 Carry
Replies: 25
Views: 7809

Re: 1911 Carry

AndyC wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:18 pm
flechero wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 10:44 am
AndyC wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 10:30 am For folks with short torsos - or even those who wear their pants a bit higher - a bit of cant makes it easier to get the pistol out; not everyone can draw straight up.
You callin' me long waisted?!?!?! "rlol"
Short-ar$e ;)
I thought you were saying that he wears his jeans up a bit, like mom jeans. :biggrinjester:
by C-dub
Mon Oct 28, 2019 9:38 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: 1911 Carry
Replies: 25
Views: 7809

Re:

flechero wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 6:58 am
C-dub wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2019 10:34 pm IMHO, increased forward cant us nice for concealability, but also increases the difficulty of the draw. I prefer a more straight up draw, less cant. It is quicker and easier to draw. So what if there’s a little more bulge from the grip. People don’t pay as much attention as you’d think. Dress around what you want to carry, not the other way around. My 2 cents worth. Maybe only 1.
In my case it's quicker and easier to draw with a canted holster. I guess it all depends on your specific location- My arm and hand naturally move forward and up- matching the cant of the holster. I have to adjust to something unnatural (I have to rotate shoulders back to the gun side) to draw straight up and out... unless I'm forward of the hip point. I wear it behind the point of my hip (4-4:30 for righties) and couldn't draw straight up far enough to clear a 5" 1911 if my shoulder was normal. If I'm forward of the hip point, I have just enough range of motion to clear it.

This is a good lesson to newer LTC'ers.... it reinforces to them and the OP that we all have to do some research or practice to find our natural holster point.
:tiphat:
Exactly.

The more vertical (less cant) is easier and quicker for me and in general everyone, but there are always exceptions.
by C-dub
Fri Oct 25, 2019 10:34 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: 1911 Carry
Replies: 25
Views: 7809

Re: 1911 Carry

IMHO, increased forward cant us nice for concealability, but also increases the difficulty of the draw. I prefer a more straight up draw, less cant. It is quicker and easier to draw. So what if there’s a little more bulge from the grip. People don’t pay as much attention as you’d think. Dress around what you want to carry, not the other way around. My 2 cents worth. Maybe only 1.

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