|
Ladies Forum A place for our female Calgunners to discuss, share and interact without the 'excess attention' sometimes found in online forums. |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
||||
|
||||
Re-holstering dilemna...
Let me start by saying that I carry using a belly band. Easiest and most convenient for me. Tomorrow we are going to the range and this will be the first time back at the range after getting my CCW and I have this issue that I am not sure how to work with.
I plan on using both guns and plan on carrying(and alerting staff as I am supposed to) so after I am done shooting, I need to re-holster one of my guns. I wear the belly band kind of low across my hip area and in order to re-holster, I have to unzip and open my pants to holster and then re-zip my pants. Have I lost you yet? LOL I can't carry a loaded gun openly through the store part of the range to go to the ladies room and holster my gun, so how do I do this discreetly? It's only a concern when I go to the range for practice since if I ever need to use it in public, I would probably not be re-holstering right away and would not be concerned about it but this is my problem when it comes to practice and range time. Thoughts? |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
I was going to go with the obvious answer of just unzip and holster/cover on the firing line but that may be a distraction for the other shooters! How about carry it UNloaded to the ladies room, load up and holster, zip up of course and you are all set. As long as it's concealed no biggie right? Either that or do it in the car?
Scott |
#3
|
||||
|
||||
Thanks, can't do it in the car, not enough room and the last time I did anything in a car, I was rewarded by two boys LMAO Sorry, that was inappropriate.
I thought about putting it unloaded in my range bag along with my other guns and stuff and then taking the range bag to the bathroom with me so that might be the best option. Thanks! |
#4
|
||||
|
||||
Practice at home with a "Blue Gun"
I bought 2 blue guns (Midway USA has them) for just this reason. I use inside the waistband holsters and want to make sure I don't angle towards my body when reholstering.
I would worry about the pants falling down. With my keys and wallet, that is the tendency when my belt is loose. Once you are confident at home, try it for real at the range.
__________________
Please, join the NRA. |
#5
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
|
#6
|
||||
|
||||
This is the time to bring along a (spare) really long T or sweatshirt. Face into your shooting bay or a corner. Pop the oversized shirt over your head, hands inside, do your adjustments and pop it off again. French women do this ll the time on the beach , going from dress and heels to bikini in 3 minutes flat. It is an art form. But you can do it, because I've done it. It looks funny to Americans, but it works, isn't offensive.
Only teenage boys stare when they see someone zipping up unzipped pants anyway. Most adults just look away. Thanks for a creative carry question, something new to kick around.... And don't forget to re-load.
__________________
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED SO FAR, MOSTLY THE HARD WAY • Do only safe sex. Never have sex with someone crazier than you are. • Don't marry or move in together before you're both at least 25. • Don't have children until you're married five years or at least age 30. • Put 10% of your salary into savings every month no matter how broke you are. • Don't ever screw around with the IRS. • Keep a handgun on your bedside table. • Don't smart-mouth judges, or cops who stop you on the road. |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
One,even factories get ammo wrong sometimes. If you take your holstered carry gun to the range and shoot a squib load or heaven forbid a double charged round that takes your piece out of action, you're defenseless during the trip home.Swapping guns won't work if the other pistol doesn't fit in your holster. Two, the act of drawing a gun out of a holster makes people justifiably nervous. Even if the range officer is OK with the idea, a fellow shooter who sees you draw a gun from a concealed holster in your person might get the wrong impression. While the likelihood of something happening from it isn't high, its not zero. Thus its wise to go to the static range to practice shooting and the fundamentals thereof, and save practicing the tactical stuff like re holstering, reloading, drawing , etc for your own home. I speak from experience when I say that your mental training wont care that you learned to draw from concealment with a blue gun or the real deal.
__________________
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. The more subsidies you have, the less self reliant people will be. -Lao-Tzu, Tau Te Ching. 479 BCE The 1911 may have been in wars for 100 years, but Masetro Bartolomeo Beretta was arming the world 400 years before John Browning was ever a wet dream. |
#8
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
|
#9
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
|
#10
|
||||
|
||||
Load up in the bathroom and all of your concerns are resolved I think.
__________________
WTB: multiautomatic ghost gun with a .30-caliber clip to disperse with 30 bullets within half a second. Must include shoulder thing that goes up. Memberships/Affiliations: CERT, ARRL ARES, NRA Patron Member, HRC, CGN/CGSSA, Cal-FFL |
#11
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
Bugs, I'm thinking of a belly band for CCW. Not that I need extra belly, goddess knows! What brand do you like? And can you use it for small of the back, instead of front? I'm kinda swaybacked and it seems like a good choice.
__________________
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED SO FAR, MOSTLY THE HARD WAY • Do only safe sex. Never have sex with someone crazier than you are. • Don't marry or move in together before you're both at least 25. • Don't have children until you're married five years or at least age 30. • Put 10% of your salary into savings every month no matter how broke you are. • Don't ever screw around with the IRS. • Keep a handgun on your bedside table. • Don't smart-mouth judges, or cops who stop you on the road. |
#12
|
||||
|
||||
Thank God for me, the belly band is like a girdle that holds a gun! LMAO I am not sure what the brand is, I will have to look but I actually wear it backwards with the velcro closure in the back since I don't like front carry and cross body doesn't work so well with the girls in the way. As a matter of fact, when I was trying holsters and positions I told my husband "I can't do cross body. See? My arms are too short" as I was trying to reach across and he busted out laughing and said "It's not that your arms are too short, the girls are too big!" I laughed at that and later when a friend was at the house(a very good friend, who gets my sense of humor and is like a brother to us) and Bill was relating it and before he even got to his response about my girls, Ty blurted out "It's the b00bs!" LMAO Yeah, we are kind of a twisted bunch.. anyway, I put it on and then just rotate it until the velcro is in the back and it puts the gun right on the right hip and has two spots for extra mags and those are on the left hip.
Besides that, the velcro in the front(it's BIG swath of velcro) made the front of my jeans look like, well, let's just say it made me look like I was packin' and not a gun if ya' get what I mean. LOL |
#13
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
The other answer is to drop the gun in your purse and go to the restroom, then load up and holster.
__________________
OCSD Approved CCW Instructor NRA Certified Instructor CA DOJ Certified Instructor Glock Certified Armorer |
#15
|
||||
|
||||
Really? I guess I am just young at heart, it's been 40 years since I was a teenager and I still look
__________________
Researchers at the Cato Institute have reviewed eight years worth of news reports about shooting in self-defense and conclude, "the vast majority of gun owners are ethical and competent, and tens of thousands of crimes are prevented each year by ordinary citizens with guns." |
#17
|
||||
|
||||
LMAO! I love you, you are always freaking hilarious! :P
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|