oh well in that case, hammer fired gun appendix carry 🙂

@sixfivebyfiftyfive are you over 18?

yes, but I can't buy handguns or pistol ammo in my state. that might change next year, because I am moving out of VA to either go to college or find a semi-affordable place to live.

I honestly don't know that I will get accepted anywhere, because I have only applied to one school thus far, so I am thinking I will probably just start working full-time

so maybe I can get my own place soon

Appendix carry is completely fine with a da/sa gun. One in the chamber and hammer in half cock

Tbh it is completely fine with striker if you are safe. Again I just don’t trust it because of paranoia but plenty of those big name gun youtubers appendix with striker

Garand thumb for example or warrior poet, both appendix with striker

I appendix carry an XDS with one in the chamber everyday as do most of my friends. You need to get comfortable carrying but if you get in a situation where you need to defend yourself, last thing you want is wasting the time racking the slide.

Firearm safety rule #2, never point a gun at anything you are ready to destroy. My own thigh or worse my own " junk" is not something I want to shoot. Don't care what the action is I do not point a firearm at me. Friend of mine shot himself in the ass drawing a Sig P220 that was "safe".

I carry a Glock with one in the pipe ready to go.

If you holster appendix correctly, it shouldn't ever be pointing at you till it's safely inside a holster where the trigger can not get pulled.

Today I found out that 7.92mm machine guns are called .30 cals

I here ya David. It definitely takes time just to draw, and racking only adds time. Still, my uncle (anesthesiologist) saw a guy come into the ER cause he shot himself in the junk (I think he was carrying in the pocket though). That kinda freaks me out! xD If I carry appendix, I will probably just train to rack a round upon drawing, cause I know my Papa got to be hella fast doing that. In my mind, I'll risk a split second to avoid shooting myself. That's just me though.

Easy for a skinny guy to say

Pocket carry without a properly designed holster for you gun is just asking for you gmyo shoot your self.

I cross-draw with a steep reverse cant, the weapon is NEVER pointed at me, ever.

I've lost some weight recently but I'm definitely still overweight. One of my friends who also appendix carry is even more bulky then me. That said, the holster I have intential sits fairly low to make it easier to conceal. The holster is also in front of my junk so if you are going in straight it's not actually crossing anything.

If your overweight, tier 1 concealed which is what I use had the parts of the holster hinge which helps make it more comfortable. One of my friends who is your ideal weight with a very low fat percentage in his body carries a T-Rex arms holster but it is one solid piece of kydex.

Not going to lie thou, loosing some pounds from my front definitely makes appendix more comfortable but it's not a requirement.

yeaaaaaaaah gonna hard disagree with you, when I appendix carry I'm not pointing it at my thigh or junk

Haha and they called me a fool for buying all the 9mm.

I carried my EDC behind me iwb hoster I loss alot of weight now and now carry appendix and love it

of course people do shoot themselves, but that can happen with ANY draw where someone is being a dumbass

practice practice practice

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I run a "Concealment Express" Kydex I modified to increase the forward cant. Without that cant, any firearm at ANY location on my waist is pointing at my lower body somewhere. Guys that are straight up and down can get away with it, us round guys have the issue, I guess I could pull my pants up to my nipples and point it away from me, but I'd bash my chin tryin to draw.

My friend was carrying in the small of his back when he shot himself in the ass. There is a reason for rule #2, shoot happens.

I never would carry with one in the chamber

I don't really like Israeli carry

I would think its more of them pulling the trigger to soon then the gun

in situations where seconds matter, having to chamber a round from draw takes too long IMO. but I guess if you train around it, that's all that matters

@f***urfeelings yeah, or drawing with finger on the trigger = wtf

Finger placement

^^^

I practice chambering as it comes out of the holster. not waiting till its fully extended

in reality, whatever works for you is best

I just don't like it with some guns, because they can be hard to rack under stress.

@sixfivebyfiftyfive yeah, anything is easy until you add stress to the situation

Im told that its easier to keep a round in the chamber and just have the hammer already down

@ThiccSpicyGenderRevealParty DA is a good way to go about it too

If u have one glocks don't