NightSight
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Desantis Kingston Holster.
How do you carry in your car?
- Thread starter TailGator
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Things to consider:
You may be pulled over for a traffic infraction or a broken taillight or headlight. Put the gun where you won't have to move it to get to your registration/insurance information.
Make sure that it can't move around and is accessible. It won't do you any good if it's slid back under the seat where you can't reach it or gotten lost in a mass of gasoline receipts and napkins in your center console. If it slides up under the brake or accelerator during a vehicle maneuver that could be disastrous. Also, if the gun is loose in the car it may become a projectile during a violent collision.
Put the gun where it won't be a danger to you in an accident. If you attach it to your seat or carry it on your person make sure that it won't be forced against you during an accident. For example, your seatbelt shouldn't go directly across the pistol--if it does the pistol will be forced into your body if there is an impact. If you are small and wear a front mounted holster or bag be sure that it won't interact with the airbag in an accident.
You may be pulled over for a traffic infraction or a broken taillight or headlight. Put the gun where you won't have to move it to get to your registration/insurance information.
Make sure that it can't move around and is accessible. It won't do you any good if it's slid back under the seat where you can't reach it or gotten lost in a mass of gasoline receipts and napkins in your center console. If it slides up under the brake or accelerator during a vehicle maneuver that could be disastrous. Also, if the gun is loose in the car it may become a projectile during a violent collision.
Put the gun where it won't be a danger to you in an accident. If you attach it to your seat or carry it on your person make sure that it won't be forced against you during an accident. For example, your seatbelt shouldn't go directly across the pistol--if it does the pistol will be forced into your body if there is an impact. If you are small and wear a front mounted holster or bag be sure that it won't interact with the airbag in an accident.
I have a Sig 239 40SW loaded with Hornaday defense rounds with extra mag in a Galco "planner" in the glove box. may not be the most accessible situation but it looks like the case that the car companies provide with the owners manuals, etc. i can get it out and ready in seconds.
Never leave it in the car thought - carry it like a planner once i leave the car.
Never leave it in the car thought - carry it like a planner once i leave the car.
Stays in my standard OWB position
3:30-4:00, with a forward cant. As Pax noted, the issue is keeping the cover garment untangled from the seat belt. The seat belt itself is a non-factor. The forward cant is essential to grip access, though.
Or I may lock it in my center console vault, depending on what state I'm in. There are one or two where transport in the vehicle is ok, but my CCW has no reciprocity.
A friend of mine in FL has a mid 90's Chevy 4x4; it has a secondary glove compartment under the stereo, and he keeps a J-Frame there. Tap it, and it pops open, with the J-Frame in an attached holster. Pretty fast access, but it's not going anywhere without his drawing it.
3:30-4:00, with a forward cant. As Pax noted, the issue is keeping the cover garment untangled from the seat belt. The seat belt itself is a non-factor. The forward cant is essential to grip access, though.
Or I may lock it in my center console vault, depending on what state I'm in. There are one or two where transport in the vehicle is ok, but my CCW has no reciprocity.
A friend of mine in FL has a mid 90's Chevy 4x4; it has a secondary glove compartment under the stereo, and he keeps a J-Frame there. Tap it, and it pops open, with the J-Frame in an attached holster. Pretty fast access, but it's not going anywhere without his drawing it.
This will sound silly, but I use a cheap nylon universal holder lashed to the gear shifter with zip ties and expoxy. My two primary ccw pieces are of roughly the same size, so when I get in. Out of the IWB, onto the shifter. Easy to access in plain view for traffic stops, at drive thrus my legs block view of it. Wouldn't have it any other way.
radioflyer
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I've noticed that some drivers have installed a kydex style holster either under the dash to their strong side or (if you have bucket seats) on the side of the seat. This might be a little extreme, but it's effective
I live in TX
So my Taurus stays in the glove box or arm rest while driving. Take it out when I get to the range or house and put it in the carry case. While I'm at my shop I keep it in my fobus paddle holster concealed so I do scare customers who may stop to check on their cars. Soon as I het the chl in I will keep the holster on me but probably still keep the gun in the console for easier and faster accessibility.
So my Taurus stays in the glove box or arm rest while driving. Take it out when I get to the range or house and put it in the carry case. While I'm at my shop I keep it in my fobus paddle holster concealed so I do scare customers who may stop to check on their cars. Soon as I het the chl in I will keep the holster on me but probably still keep the gun in the console for easier and faster accessibility.
I wrap the strap of my Maxpedition Versipack around my center armrest. The bag, and the gun, sit in the passenger seat or on the floor behind the armrest-if I have a passenger. It's very secure and accessible. I keep the weapon's holster in the same bag, along with a ton of other goodies, and wear the combo when I leave the vehicle.
Claude Clay
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the guns stay on my body
after i leave the house the car is my office and i am in & out of it all day.
one gun is carried for easy access while seated and belted [its the law!].
so my carry style for the 3 seasons--winter, spring/fall & summer
work for me according to how i dress and where i go.
is that not the reason for different style holsters and sizes & shapes of guns--
so you can choose?
Malamute--tough commute, ehh??
after i leave the house the car is my office and i am in & out of it all day.
one gun is carried for easy access while seated and belted [its the law!].
so my carry style for the 3 seasons--winter, spring/fall & summer
work for me according to how i dress and where i go.
is that not the reason for different style holsters and sizes & shapes of guns--
so you can choose?
Malamute--tough commute, ehh??
TonsofOregonBrass
New member
I keep my weapons on me, IWB holster.
if it is a rifle to the range it is on the seat next to me.
if it is a rifle to the range it is on the seat next to me.
Gutpile Charlie
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24/7 I carry a J frame Smith in a pocket holster, right front pocket. On very rare occasions, I've used Bianchi shoulder rigs, however, pocket carry is the norm. On short trips around town, when I am exiting the vehicle to go into places in which concealed carry is allowed by law, I just leave it in my pocket.
Yes, I know you can't make a "fast draw" from a pocket holster, seated in a car, with a seat belt on, however, anytime I approach a situation in which access to a firearm while in the car might become necessary, I take it out of my pocket and place it in the lower center console, under the ash tray and radio.
On long, cross country trips, I just put it in that little drawer in the console. Now, when I exit the car to get gas, etc., it goes right back into my pocket. That is a place you might need it!
Yes, I know you can't make a "fast draw" from a pocket holster, seated in a car, with a seat belt on, however, anytime I approach a situation in which access to a firearm while in the car might become necessary, I take it out of my pocket and place it in the lower center console, under the ash tray and radio.
On long, cross country trips, I just put it in that little drawer in the console. Now, when I exit the car to get gas, etc., it goes right back into my pocket. That is a place you might need it!
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