Metalhead47
Regular Member
I got to thinking about this while sitting in traffic today. A little while ago I asked where the whole "FBI cant" thing came from cuz it just doesn't work for me. Then I got to thinking about just switching sides. Way back when I started looking for my first holster, I was turned off to the whole idea of crossdraw carry due to one article that said the grip of the gun pointing forward was too much of an invitation to a gun grabber. Now after a year & a half on OCDO, I have to say to that! Seems to me that defending against a gun grab from IN FRONT would be much easier than defending from behind. For one thing, you could see your attacker approaching, and then it would be holding the gun holstered with the weak hand while actually defending with the strong, with a knife, BUG, or plain ol' uppercut. Much easier to draw in a vehicle too, and I spend alot of time behind the wheel. And speaking of the weak hand, drawing with such cavalry style becomes an option if your strong hand is disabled, just need an ambi-saftey. Just seems like it'd be more comfortable too, with a heavy butt-down cant.
Thinking it over, I see alot of pros and not many cons. Yes, one is likely to muzzle-sweep half the room when drawing, but this seems like more of a training issue to me that would be offset somewhat with just proper trigger discipline. Yet it seems pretty uncommon, and downright frowned upon by the Grand High Mukimuks of self defense (Ayoob, et al). If I'm gonna be dropping half the price of my carry gun on a custom holster, might as well me it something that's as comfortable and functional as it is unique, right?
Thinking it over, I see alot of pros and not many cons. Yes, one is likely to muzzle-sweep half the room when drawing, but this seems like more of a training issue to me that would be offset somewhat with just proper trigger discipline. Yet it seems pretty uncommon, and downright frowned upon by the Grand High Mukimuks of self defense (Ayoob, et al). If I'm gonna be dropping half the price of my carry gun on a custom holster, might as well me it something that's as comfortable and functional as it is unique, right?
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