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One of the reasons I don't like appendix carry is that if someone does manage to grab your firearm, it's already pointed at your vitals.
If you are in close quarters, like in a fight, and your adversary starts to draw, what are you going to do? You are going to try to grab his wrist and maybe wrench the gun from his grip, right?
Well, I personally am more comfortable if that firearm is outside my hip. It is also much easier to defend the firearm by simply rotating my body.
AIWB carry, does offer the best concealment and a fast draw, but if it was faster than 3-4 o'clock, that is how Jerry Miculek would carry.
And when he carries on his own property, it's a .40. @Broccoli Iglesias
I don't disagree with anything you said. But I stand by my assertion that if an adversary gets hold of your firearm, the muzzle is already pointed in an unsafe direction.AIWB is far easier to defend from an attacker than 3-4 o’clock, it’s a straight downward one handed block where you can throw knees, elbows, head butts, clinches, etc at an attacker who’s directly in front of you - assuming you let someone that close to you that knows you’re carrying.
When the attack comes from the side/behind you lose a fair amount of control. When it’s AIWB you can see everyone in front of you who can see your gun. When it’s at 3-4 people outside your direct field of vision can possibly see your gun. At 3-4 it can get hung up on a chair when you get up (happened to me). You can bend over and grab groceries out of the cart and your shirt can ride up. When it’s AIWB you can generally control the field of vision.
Even a simple abdominal crunch - sitting, standing or on the ground makes it very difficult for someone to get your gun AIBW vs 3-4 o’clock.
That being said, I’d never point .40 at my junk because it would be devastating if it went off…
… If the holsters too short then the gun has a tendency to be too top heavy and roll out pushing the muzzle into you. …
Which one?I carry a 9mm revolver in appendix carry with a cross breed holster.
freedom carryWhich one?
I carry a 9mm revolver in appendix carry with a cross breed holster.
Which one?
I meant which revolver.freedom carry
ruger in 9mmI meant which revolver.
I don't get the holstering issue w/ AIB, I put my gun on with it already in the holster whether AIWB or IWB at 4 o'clock
I do too, but I also want a few reps at the range of full motion (draw/reholster).
Or just buy a hammer fired gunIf one wanted to ease into idea of AIWB carry with a Glock, you could get a striker control device and thumb the pistol into the holster for that extra assurance until comfortable with the carry. The downside being you're adding another operable part into the design where it was previously just a static piece. Not to say these are unreliable, but it does introduce another failure point one needs to check on moving forward.
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Or just buy a hammer fired gun
I installed the Striker Control Device (The Gadget) on all my Glocks when they first became available from the Tau Dev Group.If one wanted to ease into idea of AIWB carry with a Glock, you could get a striker control device and thumb the pistol into the holster for that extra assurance until comfortable with the carry. The downside being you're adding another operable part into the design where it was previously just a static piece. Not to say these are unreliable, but it does introduce another failure point one needs to check on moving forward.
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Wow. He must really like that pistol. None of my Sigs have ever made me more than mildly aroused.True, but OP started with "Came into a Glock 36..."