Posted on 07/22/2016 5:39:06 AM PDT by Travis McGee
Very good thread Travis ......
Good aspects of any holster, for carry include a WTF is that question when seen on a person.
I’ve taken to having a local tailor modify my carhartt carpenter pants with a in the waistband set of pockets for a surefire flashlight, a spare high capacity mag and a simple bone stock reliable pistol. Ruler pocket on left thigh carries another spare mag.
Comfortable, no print, easy for daily carry.
Still a big fan of the OSS string holster for carry as well.
Carry a lot , shoot very little, comfortable, practical, endurable, ...... shy of weekly range day training abuse of course.
My concealed carry Sig AR pistol with the infamous arm brace “no its not a stock” poor mans paperless SBR is carried in a woven plastic/fiberglass bulk rice bag with a rain coat wrapped around it to not print the contents. Use a piece of old 11mm static line with a millers knot at bottom corner and a quick release knot at the open end of the bag. My paperless SBR / pistol has a RMR trijicon sight, a boonie packer redi-mag that gives me two 30 round pmags, a sling and a surefire M720V rail light.
Carry a camera, water bottles, snacks etc inside as well . I can sling the AR pistol, conceal it under the baggy rain coat if needed. My poor boy DIY gun bag !
Just screams BS to see an old out of shape fart with a Tennis Racquet case....:o)
Stay Safe !
“If you don’t mind off the body carry, I used an old day planner lined with foam rubber. “
Same here. My old CCW in business was a Day Planner. No one suspected a thing.
Camera cases make some of the best CCW bags. I’ve used a few.
Same horn, same case, in DC near the White House. Park Police officer on a bike made me open the case to show I actually did have a saxophone.
They work pretty well IF you actually are an old man. Alternatively, I sometimes wear a bright red one with a *FIRST AID* patch sewn on.
There are literally of hundreds of designs available, but this is one of the ones I like: [and yes, I really do carry emergency first aid gear with me, as well as other potential emergency life-saving equipment]
Well, no. Buck's belt-fed M1919A4 Browning is controllable enough when running blanks for a movie, but for the real thing, consider the *Stinger* modified Browning .30 MG used by USMC Corporal Tony Stein:
...Their modification consisted of the addition of an M1 Garand buttstock, a BAR bipod, a BAR rear sight and a fabricated trigger. ... .
I think his Stinger was an ANM2, not an M1919. Either way....drool.....
When I lived in Georgia and was both younger and slimmer, I carried most of the time. I used a Nintendo Game Boy carrier for a little while then I realized that no one would expect me to be carrying a game boy.
I ended up using a Domke photographers vest during warmer months. It has maybe a dozen pockets. A couple of problems with it was that the pockets are sealed by velcro which makes it a bit slow to get to.
Also with any of the outer pockets it was necessary to use some cloth wrapped around the gun to prevent it printing. That also slowed things down a bit.
Still the Domke vest was comfortable and cool with a lot of mesh. It also spread weight evenly.
In Wyoming, we can use either method, and no permit or other governmental permission is required. I personally like the old military issue GI M3 shoulder holster for the M1911A1 .45 autopistol, [which I've used for more than 50 years now!] but I'm under no illusions about it being a concealment rig, though it is nice to be able to toss a light jacket over the carried handgun in the event of a little drizzle or early spit of snow. But that does not preclude the carry of a second, better-concealed handgun. Usually a handgun.
“....government law enforcement agency employees might decide to take a powder, set up a security perimeter, and then burn three irreplaceable hours while debating how best to attempt a rescue operation.”
“Fort Hood, San Bernardino, Orlando and Nice have taught us that when we are faced with an armed homicidal terrorist, we will have nobody but ourselves to depend on for our self defense during the first minutes...”
When the diplomatic compound in Benghazi that Ambassador Chris Stevens and others came under attack, just one mile away were two vehicles full of dedicated, fully armed operators, anxious to head to the fight, but had to just sit there waiting, while ‘important’ officials discussed the situation. The operators waited 20-30 minutes before deciding they couldn’t wait any longer, took matters into their own hands, and without ‘permission’, sped off to the fight at the compound.
Had the operators left when they wanted to, there’s an excellent chance that Chris Stevens and Sean Smith would still be alive, the initial plans of the attackers having been thwarted, a second attack on the CIA annex may not have even happened. It’s just one more high profile example of critical time being wasted while deranged gunmen have their way unimpeded.
Just so, taken from the rear gunner's position of U/S USMC/USN Dauntless dive bomber aircraft. But they're still Browning .30s, though with about double the rate of fire of the M1919A4 due to the muzzle bearing booster and lighter barrel. Use the barrel from a paratroopers/Army Infantry M1919A6 and you'll about split the difference.
Likewise, the M1919A5 and M37 .30 Brownings we had in our tanks were most certainly still *Browning .30s.*
Eventually, Marines took ANM2s from wrecked aircraft and converted them into Stingers by adding butt stocks and sights from M1 Garand rifles and bipods from BARs. Combat testing gave positive results.
Before the invasion of Iwo Jima, a sergeant worked tirelessly to build Stingers but could produce only six. Five went to 3rd Battalion, 28th Marines, and one to Cpl. Tony Stein with 1st Battalion.
Combat Team 28’s after-action report for the battle on Iwo noted that 3rd Battalion “used a number of specially built ‘Stinger’ light machine guns” and “found their performance excellent under all conditions.”
The report stated that the Stinger was “an aircraft [Browning Light Machine Gun].”
It added that the weapon, with 100 rounds, weighed 25 pounds and that the Marines using it had “little difficulty” with jams.
This may be a little off topic for *Orlando Carry* of handguns, but there's a subset about the weapons for further use in your vehicle, probably most usually a carbine, rifle or shotgun. For those with the strength and inclination, however, a *Stinger* might just fill that role. And wouldn't some unlucky jihadi wannabe be surprised!
Looks like a Glock 19 or 30 would fit, probably a Tokarev or 12-shot Cz52 9mm Makarov, and probably many 2",3" or 4" barreled revolvers, the cop gun of old. [Remember, we're talking full-power fighting handguns here...there may be multiple bad guys/gals or body armor involved, as well as jihad-induced fervor or drug use.
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The back of the case included a section into which a 14-layer Kevlar pad could be fitted; nowadays a ceramic hard plate might be an even better idea, offering up to level IV protection from up to armor piercing rounds. And it looks enough like a soft camper cooler or six-pack carrier to be mistaken for one, especially with the addition of some soft drink or beer company promo labels stuck on and an old-time can/bottle opener hanging from the strap.
Now you’re moving away from “Orlando carry” into “Key West carry” style, which opens up a whole new dimension of ‘accessories’ for a “man without conviction” to carry with, lol.
Hmmmm. A means for concealed carry for a weapon able to stop a large truck, or even more bullet-resistant vehicle, such as a bank armored car or bulldozer. And, of course, a way to carry it in public without spooking the horses....
Might also be thought of as *Sarajevo* carry. Places they told you not to carry a pistol, I generally took a frag grenade or two.
I think it's more the principal than the tool, though.
Roy Orbison, from the movie The Fastest Guitar Alive
There isn’t a man on earth that can steer a loaded truck with a flat front tire. You can barely guide it in the direction it is going but as far as making sharp turns, forget it. I’ve never had a front wheel flat with an unloaded truck so I cannot tell you what’s possible with them.
UP!!! read it this morning
That is what a truck driver told me on another thread. If you cannot go for the driver, go for a front tire.
Matt hits another out of the park!
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