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More noticeable: hip holster vs drop holster

wimwag

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I've been OCing for about 5 years steady and sporadically before that, but always in a hip or shoulder holster.

Last week I threw my back out loading a car onto a flatbed and I decided to use a drop holster that I normally reserve for hunting to alleviate the stress on my back. It seems to me that if people are almost completely oblivious to a holstered firearm on the hip, they are even more oblivious to a holstered firearm in a leg holster. I usually get curious looks from several people any time I go to WalMart, but since Saturday I've had only one person (that I noticed) actually do a double take.

Does anyone else use any form of leg holster? What kinds of reactions do (or don't) you get?
 

wimwag

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wimwag - my sympathies on your back trouble. It is a royal PIA!!



On your dropdown holster, is the lower end tied to your leg to hold it steady?



I have a 4" revolver that I have both a leather and nylon holsters that I change with the weather. As OC is impossible off your own property here in Illinois, I don't have much interaction with anybody. I modded both holsters so they could be lashed around my thigh, keeping the holster from following the gun when I pull up on it.



In addition to back surgery in the early '70s, I have arthritis slowing me down. Having the holster lower on my side means I have to "crimp" my shoulder and elbow that much less and clears the holster faster.


:D


I have this one

http://www.militaryoutdoorclothing.com/New-Black-Drop-Leg-Holster_p_299.html

I would like to get another drop holster, but I spent all my money on a house. :D
 
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