I usually wear my handguns in a holster on the belt that
holds up my pants. For concealed carry,
if the belt is involved, it is the trouser/skirt belt. Out here in the country, I open carry most of
the time. I end up not carrying when I
am working around the place because it is annoying and time-consuming to pull the belt
out, remove the holster, find a place to put things, hook the belt back up, and
do whatever it was I needed the firearm off to do then do all that in reverse.
A gun belt solves that problem, especially one with a quick-release
buckle. I have used a leather cartridge
belt for my Single-Six and the High Standard that preceded it since about 1975 –
that’s not a joke. It’s the same
belt. It’s showing a little wear, but I
have taken care of it, and it still does the job. The other day I bought a new .22LR auto
handgun – the S&W Victory. I think
it is the first Smith and Wesson, I have ever owned. I know it’s the only one I have now. I plan to do a review on it soon.
Yes, I really needed it.
I know.
Anyway, I got an Uncle
Mike’s holster that it sort of fits.
Since it is a fairly new model, there aren’t a lot of choices. I decided to buy a cheap gun belt at the same
time. I don’t know what brand the belt
is, and it doesn’t matter. I adjust it
to where I want to wear it on my waist by a Velcro hook patch on the long
end. It runs through half the buckle so
you have a loop that attaches inside.
The belt is wide and holds the holster tightly in place. The buckle is one of the male/female
arrangements that just snaps together. Once
the length is adjusted, it’s just a matter of snapping it around my waist, and
everything is where it is supposed to be.
If I need to take the rig off to do something with a piece
of equipment, I unbuckle, buckle it around the tractor steering wheel , the ATV
handle bar, or some other convenient location until I am ready to put it back
on. I am thinking about getting a couple
more for other holsters and handguns.
I used to carry that way too, using a hip holster. I still can if I wear pants or cut offs, but I found that isn't feasible when wearing a dress, lol.
ReplyDeleteFortunately, my .357 fits nicely in my purse, and I also have an NRA jacket I can carry it in, or the 9mm or .40 or .45 long. It's has a nice concealed holster inside the jacket, one on each side, so that works well. But on days I don't need a jacket my purse is my only comfortable option.
At any rate it's is more difficult for women to carry concealed in the summer than I had imagined, ha ha!
I look forward to your S&W review. :)
I am going to have to think about concealed more myself, assuming the Sheriff approves my application. I have never tried to hide a handgun on my person. The only really concealable handgun I have is a .38 snub-nose. My two centerfire autoloaders are full-size service pistols. I am pretty sure I can effectively conceal my Glock 17 -- I am somewhat bulky, but I'm not so sure it will be comfortable. Actually, when I bought the S&W .22, I was looking for a new 9mm for concealed carry.
ReplyDeleteWhat can I say? It was shiny.
Yep, my wife has the same complaint. Neither of us are keen on her carrying in a purse. Too easy to set it down and forget it.
ReplyDeleteHa ha! Nothing wrong with shiny! :) Yes, I noticed that even when I was wearing guy clothes all the time, carrying higher caliber pistols
ReplyDelete/revolvers concealed is always problematic in the summertime.
Imean yeah, obviously, the smaller the gun the easier it is to conceal, but you give up more firepower the smaller you go (although having hollow points can help, even with a .22).
I thought the .357 short barrel was a nice compromise. But I wouldn't mind a good .22, .25 or .32.