vertical shoulder holsters.

[voiceofreason]

the fill a very specific niche

training must reflect how you carry, even if you don't carry that way regularly

[Cloe]

Don't sweep anybody with a vertical, you mean horizontal don't you?

[Librarian]

Don't sweep anybody with a vertical, you mean horizontal don't you?

Any cross-body draw has the potential to sweep the front on the draw.

Horizontals also point someplace other than 'down', and some argue that that sweeps the people behind the shoulder-holster wearer.

[Renaissance Redneck]

I sometimes carried my M9 in Afghanistan that way. There was only one other person I ever saw carrying in a shoulder holster. Even some of the guys with high-speed thigh rigs thought the shoulder holster was a pretty cool idea. I loved the setup; it was very convenient and unobtrusive. I only carried that way on the FOB, however. It was difficult to use the shoulder holster with body armor; so when I was outside the wire, and required to wear armor (which I didn't always), I used a pistol belt.

[LCU1670]

Don't sweep anybody with a vertical, you mean horizontal don't you?

Where you pull it straight out, then twist your wrist so the muzzle points down, then up and on target.