Butterbone
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So I couldn't wait anymore. I wanted to walk the dog, and I wanted to do it knowing I could have my pistol with me, just right there.
No Rambo, no Young guns, just knowing that I didn't have to worry as much about being out of shape, and getting beat on if someone decided that seemed like an entertaining evening.
Dog hates guns. He is an english pointer. Supposed to be a bird dog, but we rescued him from the pound and named him Banjo. He was chained in some ladies yard for the whole 2 years of his young life, so he still has issues. He has progressed alot in the last year, and learned to be a pretty good dog, but he is 100% gun shy. Me and him are workin on that. He wants to retrieve ducks and geese, and birds, and I want him to. I want to take him to a phesant reserve near Louiseville and just him track down some yummy for us to take home.
So he knows the smell of gun oil and got all fidgety. But he overcame that pretty fast.
We walked about 3 miles in an hour. He pooped like 5 times I swear! I looked like I was carrying home bagged groceries for a large family of squirrels. 4 poop baggies in all, cause I double used the last one.
First thing I noticed is that I'm pretty sure my holster is the wrong size.
It was very top heavy and started leaning out and back the longer I walked.
I'm round abouts the equater if you catch my drift and it's easy to hoist the belt up a notch and highwater the slacks around MooB town all day, but after about a mile this gun and gravity were conspiring against my drawers!!!
I don't know if there are any gun snobs here, but I own a Hi-Point .40 S&W and a Hi-Point 9mm, a Remgington 850 magnum 12 guage and a 1946 Moisen Nagant Carbine.
I like the Hi-points. I am pretty new to guns though I had some as a kid they were just "kids" guns. .22 410 and so on.
I got the .40 for me and the 9mm for the "missus" after it proved really difficult for her to cycle the .40. She doesn't even care about the 9, she likes blades. She has a decorative, but razor sharp bladed weapon in every room of the house but the crapper.
I still feel better knowing now that she can quickly handle the 9 if she has to. She's actually very proficient with it now.
So anyway, I like those guns. They are my entry level guns. If I stay interested in them, then I will move up to some nicer craftsmanship when I need more features or more refinement in particular areas.
That's what me and the old guy at RLC in Florence talked about. He said they were cheap functional guns, and if I wanted to get started with guns as a hobby they were a great start. And he was right. I like that guy and I like that store. He's a good "Shop guy". He doesn't mind talking to you if you seem serious and aren't just there to talk a bunch of crap.
But the younger guy, seemed kind of a gun snob. I went in there to ask about a holster for the .40 and he said, "We don't carry anything for that p.o.s." "It's gigantic, and blocky", "Get a decent gun if you want to holster it".
That's just bad business in my opinion. I'm trying to give you my money!!! You want money! I want some STUFF. Take the money and give me some stuff!!!
OR complain that my stuff is crappy.
I'm happy for you that you don't need my money. Being rich must be awesome. I wouldn't know. Sorry to bother you.
I'll go somewhere else.
So anyway. The gun started flopping all around, and the metal retainer clip that holds on to my belt, which was actually clipping over my whole belt, and the waist band of my pants, started digging into my skin after about mile 2.
I have two photos here. Once of the holster with the .40 in it and one with the 9mm in the same holster.
I shot it from the side that clips on to my pants so you can better understand my points of interest.
If you look a the .40, it rides real high out of the top. I am of the opinion it should probably fit further down into the holster or that the retainer should be higher, and tilted clockwise about 12 degrees so that when it's clipped on, the gun is rolled forward a bit. Easier to catch in my hand, and when I draw out, I'll be drawing forward and up so the 12 degrees tipped forward allows my natural arm motion without trying to bend the gun inside the holster.
Does that make sense.
The 9mm rides well on my hip in that holster, but as you can see the grip handle is almost completely eaten up so it is difficult to get my hand around it. I ended up grabbing it from the end of the magazine hook a couple times lol.
Well just lookin for input. I appreciate it.
~Kevin~
So I couldn't wait anymore. I wanted to walk the dog, and I wanted to do it knowing I could have my pistol with me, just right there.
No Rambo, no Young guns, just knowing that I didn't have to worry as much about being out of shape, and getting beat on if someone decided that seemed like an entertaining evening.
Dog hates guns. He is an english pointer. Supposed to be a bird dog, but we rescued him from the pound and named him Banjo. He was chained in some ladies yard for the whole 2 years of his young life, so he still has issues. He has progressed alot in the last year, and learned to be a pretty good dog, but he is 100% gun shy. Me and him are workin on that. He wants to retrieve ducks and geese, and birds, and I want him to. I want to take him to a phesant reserve near Louiseville and just him track down some yummy for us to take home.
So he knows the smell of gun oil and got all fidgety. But he overcame that pretty fast.
We walked about 3 miles in an hour. He pooped like 5 times I swear! I looked like I was carrying home bagged groceries for a large family of squirrels. 4 poop baggies in all, cause I double used the last one.
First thing I noticed is that I'm pretty sure my holster is the wrong size.
It was very top heavy and started leaning out and back the longer I walked.
I'm round abouts the equater if you catch my drift and it's easy to hoist the belt up a notch and highwater the slacks around MooB town all day, but after about a mile this gun and gravity were conspiring against my drawers!!!
I don't know if there are any gun snobs here, but I own a Hi-Point .40 S&W and a Hi-Point 9mm, a Remgington 850 magnum 12 guage and a 1946 Moisen Nagant Carbine.
I like the Hi-points. I am pretty new to guns though I had some as a kid they were just "kids" guns. .22 410 and so on.
I got the .40 for me and the 9mm for the "missus" after it proved really difficult for her to cycle the .40. She doesn't even care about the 9, she likes blades. She has a decorative, but razor sharp bladed weapon in every room of the house but the crapper.
I still feel better knowing now that she can quickly handle the 9 if she has to. She's actually very proficient with it now.
So anyway, I like those guns. They are my entry level guns. If I stay interested in them, then I will move up to some nicer craftsmanship when I need more features or more refinement in particular areas.
That's what me and the old guy at RLC in Florence talked about. He said they were cheap functional guns, and if I wanted to get started with guns as a hobby they were a great start. And he was right. I like that guy and I like that store. He's a good "Shop guy". He doesn't mind talking to you if you seem serious and aren't just there to talk a bunch of crap.
But the younger guy, seemed kind of a gun snob. I went in there to ask about a holster for the .40 and he said, "We don't carry anything for that p.o.s." "It's gigantic, and blocky", "Get a decent gun if you want to holster it".
That's just bad business in my opinion. I'm trying to give you my money!!! You want money! I want some STUFF. Take the money and give me some stuff!!!
OR complain that my stuff is crappy.
I'm happy for you that you don't need my money. Being rich must be awesome. I wouldn't know. Sorry to bother you.
I'll go somewhere else.
So anyway. The gun started flopping all around, and the metal retainer clip that holds on to my belt, which was actually clipping over my whole belt, and the waist band of my pants, started digging into my skin after about mile 2.
I have two photos here. Once of the holster with the .40 in it and one with the 9mm in the same holster.
I shot it from the side that clips on to my pants so you can better understand my points of interest.
If you look a the .40, it rides real high out of the top. I am of the opinion it should probably fit further down into the holster or that the retainer should be higher, and tilted clockwise about 12 degrees so that when it's clipped on, the gun is rolled forward a bit. Easier to catch in my hand, and when I draw out, I'll be drawing forward and up so the 12 degrees tipped forward allows my natural arm motion without trying to bend the gun inside the holster.
Does that make sense.
The 9mm rides well on my hip in that holster, but as you can see the grip handle is almost completely eaten up so it is difficult to get my hand around it. I ended up grabbing it from the end of the magazine hook a couple times lol.
Well just lookin for input. I appreciate it.
~Kevin~