Posted on 12/30/2019 9:35:29 AM PST by w1n1
There are groups of gun enthusiasts that love to appendix carry while another group of shooters thinks its a safety hazard. This group thinks an accidental discharge can occur while you're drawing the pistol as the line of sight is toward the pelvic area.
Rob Pincus explains one advantage that appendix carry shine is keeping your weapon in front while drawing and displaying. Where as the side holstered there is more required motion with your arms to get the handgun un-holstered and on target. With appendix carry positioned its very easy to go to your weapon and puts your body in a ready to fight posture.
With the right technique mastered even a pudgy person can use the appendix carry effectively. Here's an excerpt from their conversation.
Leatham: You know Rob, I carry an XDX 3.3 in an appendix holster all the time, but you can't get around the fact that there’s a lot of people talking about the safety of them and stuff; and I feel comfortable with it, but you know I really wonder what your thoughts are.
Pincus: Yeah, it's definitely something that's caused a lot of controversy and a lot of buzz. I think that frankly, carrying and presenting from the appendix position, and re-holstering a lot on the training range, if you're doing it right, can actually be safer and give you less exposure to covering yourself with the muzzle, then 3 O'clock, 4 O'clock, 5 O'clock. You know we’ve all been on the range, and we’ve seen that guy who brings the gun back from its shooting position and points it right in through his whole pelvic girdle, through his torso, to get it back into the holster. And with appendix carry, we don't have that. The gun starts out in front of our body, and we can keep it in front of our body, if we think about the angles involved.
Leatham: One of the best things about Appendix is that it doesn’t create a width for
Pincus: Right.
Leatham: So this is a real problem, you know, you skinny guys don’t necessarily see it, but I take up a lot more space than you do, and any time I'm having to work around here, especially in a seated position, it just doesn't work for me. Read the rest of appendix carry vs side carry.
You don’t need your appendix.
I don’t like where that barrel is pointing when you appendix carry.
I know very little about guns, but plan to be trained when I find an affordable place nearby.
All that being said, I’ve never heard of an Appendix Carry.
I’m guessing it’s something over the lower belly, where the appendix organ is located inside.
Do you have a photo of it, or maybe a reference to a pic?
Was the shot victim of the recent church shooting kidney-carrying?
Looked like he was reaching behind his hip.
It’s more like the ovary carry, if you’re a female.
Right between the tummy and the front of the pelvis.
If you’re a man, this means the barrel is pointing at a lot of stuff you don’t want to lose, and for both sexes, the femoral artery is dangerously close.
Great for concealment, but it gives me the willies.
You got it.
Carrying near the first belt loop on right or left depending on which hand is dominant.
This pair and their company had the nerve to make the rounds of all the other local dealers and instructors to inform them that they should just cease offering any classes, as THEY are so much better than everyone else.
After watching the video you may make your own conclusions on that.
https://www.personaldefenseworld.com/2018/06/video-accidental-discharge-nevada/
Same with me for an IWB holster. For a sidearm holster I like it set up in a weak side cross draw fashion.
I keep my “walmart gun” in my front pocket. its a 38 snub nose. My regular carry, a super blackhawk 44 mag, is hollered on my left side for cross draw. But I live remote and in Grizzly country.
For that reason alone, I would first ‘explore other options’.
Human Beings are not like Starfish. Once an appendage is gone it doesn’t grow back.
I prefer the crossdraw position myself.
Appendix carry is very uncomfortable for me. And I don’t like how it limits my range of motion.
Regardless of where one carries, never skimp on your holster.
Yes, it is great for concealment, as well as being quicker to draw, also being at the center line of your body, better for retention, should you find yourself in a struggle. Also if your knocked on your back and mounted, ala, George Zimmerman, it will be easier to access, with the restricted shoulder movement.
Where ever you choose to carry, practice is key, and I spend almost equal time drawing/dry firing, as live fire practice.
Nothing but an idiot carries that way. And it’s utterly irresponsible to teach it. A discharge on the side usually gets a foot, side of the leg, or an ass cheek. A discharge mistake in appendix is very very likely to be fatal.
But it’s very trendy in the tacticool world.
Unless you want to wear an old west holster one is forced to choose among a couple options in how your belt loops line up with the holster. So if you want to be behind the first belt loop but in front of the next one you are going to end up with an “appendix” carry. Your next option is straddle belt loop #2. That puts you at “side carry”, your next option is further back, “4 o’clock” or whatever. I prefer the last one but when seated in a vehicle your weapon is not accessible.
Or your femoral artery.
Appendix carry is only risky for fools.
Any SA/DA weapon is safe with that method, as is any DAO/Striker.
A 1911 or Hi Power cocked, not so much. But it’s too big for that carry and should always be a sidearm or under the shoulder.
But who regularly carries a 2lb pistol “concealed”?
You’re better off IMHO with something under a pound empty that you have with you always.
The 4 ‘O’Clock position seems the most sensible for me, when I finally get to that point.
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