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As with the holster, I ended up taking the offered advice and buying this. http://www.comp-tac.com/product_info.php?products_id=28

Based on the locations Excalibur provided, I've worn both a couple of times so far and it works just as advertised. I've really been more concerned about concealment failures from the back (i.e. the shirt blows up from that direction) because it would be those where I might not notice that someone had observed. I'm sure, for me, that it is the initial concern for things like getting in and out of the car (we have a van that is a fair drop to the ground) that everyone goes through. I'm really surprised at how the magazine pouch doesn't appear to be anything worrisome from more than about 5 feet away, even if it is exposed.

I'm not to the "forget about it" stage yet. After I've been doing things for a while, I'm sure that it will be fine. I'm confident about the equipment that I bought. A recent run to the clothing store yielded the right shirts and pants, too.

Thanks again for all of the input. It has really helped.

Chas

geekwagun wrote:I think there are lots of options, I carry the Comp-Tac model OWB and like Charles said, my cover garment covers it. I have seen IWB magazine pouches, but haven't used or tried to find any.

Since I have zero experience in doing this, my concern was in trying to keep both sides of a shirt down. I've been wearing the Minotaur around the house am comfortable that I can keep it covered with my shirts. My concern would be when I need to reach for something. I'm working on doing that left handed but that exposes the belt area on my left. I do understand that exposing a magazine pouch is not the same as exposing the butt of a pistol but figured that I really didn't want to leave myself open to any exposure. Just chaulk it up to newbie paranoia.

The Cecil Roper pouch looks pretty good and I like the velcro idea for it. It looks pretty thin, though, and my Sig magazines are pretty thick.

If you guys are comfortable with the OWB approach, have been doing it for a while and have not run into any problems, who am I to argue with that?

Sorry if this is a stupid question but I'm just trying to understand.

I ordered and received a Minotaur holster from Comp-Tac. They sent me an e-mail advertisement this morning so I looked it to see if I could find a magazine pouch. They have one that will fit my Sig but as I looked at it, I was puzzled. They describe the orientation clearly - for a strong right side, the pouch should go on my left, bullet forward. That would put it on the outside of my belt. Typically, my cell phone pouch is about the same place so the mag pouch wouldn't be isolated.

But the pouch itself pretty much screams "gun". Anyone familiar with what a magazine looks like (i.e. an LEO) is going to recognize it right away. How is that consistent with concealment? I recognize that I could keep the magazine in a pocket but then it bounces around when I walk. A quick Internet search seems to show that other vendor's magazine pouches look the same as Comp-Tac.

So what is the "normal" approach for extra magazine carry? It looks like I'm going to be one of those for whom the background check takes a very long time (I have no idea why) and I have time to shop around and explore these kinds of topics.

TIA,

Chas