I had the Sparks Summer Special and the Galco equivalent. Both were alright but as mentioned...bulky. That's the nice thing about the Ritchie Hideaways...you barely know they're there.
IWB holster
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I'm real happy with Vedder holsters. I have a tuckable one for my Ruger GP100 4" revolver. Actually fell asleep in the Lazyboy with it in the 5 o'clock position. Was a good price too. I'm 6' and weigh 150 lbs.
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I usually use the tucked IWB when in business casual clothes and it's too hot to wear a jacket. When in blue jeans and polo shirt going to the store or something I do untucked shirt. If I tuck my shirt in (you heathen you, Ace) I usually use a DeSantis IWB tuckable that is just a pouch that will hold my Colt Cobra or my S&W L frame...either one. If I carry my Colt Officer's ACP, even though I love my Crossbreed IWB, I usually Mexican carry that one just stuffed under my tucked in shirt at about 4:30.
Although I've never had to draw from a tucked mode in a crisis situation, my plan is to raise the shirt with my off hand and then run, hide, whatever until I can get my handful of shirttail and the weapon separated.
It's a heck of a lot easier to draw from OWB when your pucker factor is at 12 though.
I consider carrying "tucked" a step up from being unarmed or having to leave your gun in the car. You won't be winning any quickdraw competitions and will certainly be at a disadvantage if someone "has the drop on you", but with practice it can be done and some people become quite adept at it. And as Simon1 says, I would not be standing still while fumbling with my garments, of course you should never be standing still in a violent encounter anyways.
If heaven forbid I should ever have to do it, it's not going to be pretty.
Now that I'm getting older, I probably should try to refine my dress style and experiment more with tucked carry. If I'm not in a police uniform, I am probably wearing a pair of 5.11's and a squared bottom button up shirt with my trusty Uncle Mike's stuffed in at 4:30.
I have one dress suit, to marry my daughter's in and be buried in. First mission has been completed, now it's just about keeping the suit clean until I die.
I ought to have mentioned that you can very often be IWB untucked w/suit coat or sport coat on the way to and from that place where you feel you need to be tucked--where "coats off" is the norm, for example. I just hit the men's room on my way in and on my way out and do the tucking or untucking there. (At my age, I'm probably going to be heading for the men's room anyway.)
So your impeded draw is only at your workplace or event where the coat might come off. All other times you're good to go with normal IWB concealment. So it's not as bad as it seems.
^ Great point!
Everything I see here looks forever painful. http://www.comp-tac.com/inside-the-waistband/
I'll stick to old school leather for IWB.
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YMMV without a doubt. Some of my Sparks holsters are very comfortable and the Summer Special is certainly "do-able". But the thinner profile of a kydex holster along with some leather backing provides the best of both worlds IME.
I can agree 100% I'm 5'11 and 130 and I can't wear my revolver in the 4 o clock position it digs into my back but appendix carry is extremely comfortable not to mention easier to draw from for me
kydex to retain the pistol itself, with leather on the skin is the best combo I know of for an IWB. I don't want kydex on my skin or clothes either.
I alternate between a tuckable and paddle, and see/feel no real difference to the draw.
I alternate between a tuckable and paddle, and see/feel no real difference to the draw.
+1
I have went through 2 1911's, an M&P .45, and a XDM .45 for concealed carry, all had their own crossbreed super-tuck.
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