Have Any Of You Been "Made" While Carrying ?

[Bubba]

Yeah.. I got made last week. Was at a large gatehring and this little bitty 5 foot nuthin cutie just had to hug me goodbye. Well... When she hugged.. her arms ran across the Kimber. She just smiled. She had no idea it was there until that point.

I have been made by a number of shoting budies. But then... they know the type of rig I use and how to look for that particular bulge. Without knowing that, you have to be another shooter or a trained professional to notice it.

Been there too Malpaso.. It's the gun and knife combo I usualy have a little more discussion about. Now , by the time we get to THAT level of friendship, they know me well enough to expect something like that. lol


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Bubba
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It is long been a principal of ours that one is no more armed because he has possession of a firearm than he is a musician because he owns a piano. There is no point in having a gun if you are not capable of using it skillfully. - Jeff Cooper

 

[riddleofsteel]

many years ago when i had first started carrying on a regular basis i was packing 681 S&W .357 with a set of Pachmyer grips in a small of the back holster. it was hot weather and i was wearing shorts, sandals, and a XXXL T-shirt. normally it was a good setup and very comfortable. i was in the grocery store standing in line when i heard a little boy say "LOOK MOMA THAT MAN HAS A BIG GUN!!!" no kidding i remember thinking what kind of idiot was waving a gun around. i had already gone into automatic looking for cover and scanning the area for bad guys. then while looking around i realized that ALL the people behind me in line had eyes as big as dinner plates and were staring at me. i reached back and felt how my shirt had ridden up over the grip of my revolver. i straightened it out as fast as i could and wondered what to do. i stood in line until it was my turn. i had gotten so flustered i had forgotten a bag of dog food i had leaned against a magazine rack. the little boy's mother that had "made" me said "officer you forgot your dog food". i had no intention of impersonating an LEO but in this case all i could do was say "thanks mam" and leave.

since then all i will carry concealed is a wood, bone, or smooth plastic griped gun. sticky grips are great to shoot and feel good but can really get you in a mess.

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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what is for lunch.
Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the outcome of the vote.
Let he that hath no sword sell his garment and buy one. Luke 22-36
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. Song of Solomon 3-8
The man that can keep his head and aims carefully when the situation has gone bad and lead is flying usually wins the fight.

[This message has been edited by riddleofsteel (edited May 17, 2000).]

 

[ctdonath]

Thrice. Once by a cop at a gun class who was likely looking to "make" someone. Once by my brother, and once by a close friend. All three resulted from the curious little leather-and-snap loop on my belt teltale of a Mitch Rosen Workman holster. The latter two were innocently curiously about the loop, and deduced its purpose after I seemed startled, gave a wry smile, and made a point of ignoring the question. None of these cases caused a problem.

No normal stranger has noticed, or at least said anything.

 

[Glamdring]

Hmm...only by friends that know what I tend to carry.

I have spotted 3 people. One was a cop that I shared some criminology classes with in college--he was very bad at hiding his guns.

The other two were husband and wife that were wearing fanny packs. They also had "Thunder Ranch" logo's on their persons I actually spotted Thunder Ranch and then scanned closer for CCW. Then I just grinned and asked them if they had been to Thunder Ranch.

Hmm come to think of it I didn't bother trying to tell if the Secret Service people I have seen up close were armed...I just assumed they were once I knew they were SS.

If none of you have seen SS up close it is interesting. I saw the first one before I knew we had a VIP in the store (I live & work near Mayo Hospital so we get major VIP's here from time to time). He was clearing/inspecting the store. When I first FELT him (strong in the force) I looked up and made eye contact.

I thought to myself he had the awareness I would expect from a bodyguard, but I got no feeling of threat. Just two non-sheeple people seeing each other.

Couple of minutes later one of the supervisors comes up and tells me we have a VIP in the store. And I go to myself he WAS a secret service guy!


[This message has been edited by Glamdring (edited May 17, 2000).]