Question on Carry Positions

[rbird7282]

I keep my spare tire empty. I have a can of air next to it

No worries


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Lmao, well played Sir


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[swinokur]

Smokey’s was even better


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[rbird7282]

I drive around without a seatbelt on. If I'm going to crash, I'll just click it on before the impact.

That’s the perfect analogy!


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[Sealion]

Per Teratos, check out defensive shooting videos. The majority of the succesful one's I have seen are usually appendix carry with one in the chamber. YMMV.

 

[Tower43]

Every reputable instructor I've ever trained with has followed the four safety rules even with unloaded guns in the classroom, and I think this is a pretty wise decision. Too dangerous to discuss is perhaps an exaggeration, but as Hogarth mentioned with his blog link, there are a number of reasons why shoulder carry and cross-draw aren't very good technique in general.

Small of back is slow and difficult to secure, I'm unsure why anyone in the year 2022 would be promoting that.

Movies and tv shows… thats why

 

[Tower43]

Israeli carry should really be called the suicide carry

 

[swinokur]

French carry


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[E.Shell]

Israeli carry should really be called the suicide carry

QFT

If one cannot feel safer with a firearm than without, why carry it?

There are ways to safely carry a loaded (actually loaded and ready to rely on, with a cartridge chambered) handgun, that 'feeling scared' of your gear is really not a valid excuse.

If one is really scared of their gun, there ARE ways to carry a firearm that is actually ready to use. As someone posted above, a double-action revolver, hammer down on an empty chamber, is pretty much fail-safe, but WILL go bang when you need it, albeit down a round for no good reason other than fear itself.

 

[E.Shell]

French carry

I thought that was when you wrapped your gun in a white rag so it didn't get banged up when dropped.

 

[swinokur]

No it’s for when you hand it to your conqueror butt first so he doesn’t shoot you


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[rbird7282]

I thought that was when you wrapped your gun in a white rag so it didn't get banged up when dropped.

Nah, French carry is when you just have a white flag in your holster, no gun.

 

[swinokur]

Now this makes sense


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[Darkemp]

QFT

If one cannot feel safer with a firearm than without, why carry it?

There are ways to safely carry a loaded (actually loaded and ready to rely on, with a cartridge chambered) handgun, that 'feeling scared' of your gear is really not a valid excuse.

If one is really scared of their gun, there ARE ways to carry a firearm that is actually ready to use. As someone posted above, a double-action revolver, hammer down on an empty chamber, is pretty much fail-safe, but WILL go bang when you need it, albeit down a round for no good reason other than fear itself.

Modern revolvers with a transfer bar can’t even be fired by slamming the rear of the hammer to push the firing pin forward. That’s been in place since at least the 1940’s. I have no idea how someone could hook and accidentally pull the trigger on a DA revolver of 10lbs or more.

 

[E.Shell]

Modern revolvers with a transfer bar can’t even be fired by slamming the rear of the hammer to push the firing pin forward. That’s been in place since at least the 1940’s. I have no idea how someone could hook and accidentally pull the trigger on a DA revolver of 10lbs or more.

Which is why it makes a good example.

 

[RFBfromDE]

We need some kinda Kama Sutra of carry positions to go by.

 

[linkstate]

The point about situations that call for surreptitiously drawing your gun makes sense.

I can’t stand the host of Active Self Protection on YouTube but he has many videos that show someone carrying at a store or restaurant minding their own business when a thug runs in demanding money, telling people to get on the ground or go in the back of the store, etc. Drawing right away when the thug is pointing a gun at you is probably not going to end well. But if you can initially comply and position yourself to draw unnoticed while waiting for an opportunity, having a round chambered would likely make for a more positive outcome.

 

[thomfantomas]

ive worn a cross drawn shoulder rig 100's of times with no issues. currently i carry a glock with a glock clip within my pants, not chambered. yea i have to chamber a round, but how hard is that. simple, not bulky.

 

[Biggfoot44]

I have no idea how someone could hook and accidentally pull the trigger on a DA revolver of 10lbs or more.

Oh , it's certainly been done . But it's a lot harder , aka much lesa likely to do .

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But yeah , virtually every DA Revolver since about the turn of the 20th Century has a hammer block , and empty chamber * under the hammer * is kinda moot , and doesn't really effect anything .

The moral equivalent to Condition 3 in an autoloader , would be to have empty the * first chamber that will rotate to under the hammer upon initial trigger cycling * .

 

[Chat-Bot]

12, 3 or 4 o'clock for me depending on use.