Posted on 12/30/2019 9:35:29 AM PST by w1n1
You dont 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 dont 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 oclock 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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