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Ayoob: Not a Fudd Holster After All

I have logged a lot of miles with shoulder rigs when driving. Inside the waistband is very hard to get to in a car, and not the most comfortable. In my younger, thinner days I could carry a Chiefs Special in a shoulder rig covered by a flannel shirt in the fall. I suspect it would print now that I am in my Fat Elvis period of my life. Need to get down to Comeback Elvis weight again. But I find them very comfortable and quite fast. And my left (weak) hand can draw it as well.
 
Winchester67 said:
I have logged a lot of miles with shoulder rigs when driving. Inside the waistband is very hard to get to in a car, and not the most comfortable. In my younger, thinner days I could carry a Chiefs Special in a shoulder rig covered by a flannel shirt in the fall. I suspect it would print now that I am in my Fat Elvis period of my life. Need to get down to Comeback Elvis weight again. But I find them very comfortable and quite fast. And my left (weak) hand can draw it as well.
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i know what you mean about size and weight...

i have been trying desperately to get down to my original weight of 6 lbs 8 ozs
 
Mike H. said:
Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Ayoob: Not a Fudd Holster After All” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/fudd-holster-massad-ayoob/.

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Great article. With all the new wizbang ways it's good to know old school always did and always will work. This new generation of shooters would be smart to take heed, we've done it before, we can do it again.

I wore out an X15, one of the originals, carrying a Colt Mark 4 Series 70, for two plus decades. Doing too many of the things one needed to be armed to do. So much use the leather just gave up in places. I carry a Kimber Pro Carry in kydex iwb strong side now. As a man of gerth, it's just too far to reach around to grab my Kimber and strong side conceals better in the hot Idaho summers (my opinion). But for woods work, I do carry a Blackhawk .44 in a Bianchi shoulder rig, set high enough I can reach it.
 
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With two guns it balances even better than with a speed loader pouch on the offside. And if my passenger is not a daily carry person, they at least know how to work a revolver so it is a force multiplier. A pair of three inch Model 65 Smith and Wesson .357 Magnums vanish under a blazer or windbreaker. And once again, either hand can access the weapon.
 
A few years ago I picked up a shoulder rig by Craft holster for my Sig 1911 but have since sold it. But I still use it with my Colt Defender lightweight 45acp but only in cooler/cold months when I can wear a jacket since living in North Carolina and hot weather it's to hot to wear anything but tee ahirts
 
Excellent, informative article. As a young boy, I remember my uncle, a police detective, sometimes visiting my grandmother’s house for lunch. He always wore a fine suit. He carried one revolver in a shoulder harness and another in an ankle holster.
 
Old_Me said:
i dunno, i never gave any thought to a shoulder holster...i ain't too certain my body frame can wear one comfortably enough.

anyone here wear one..?
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I bought it right after I tore my rotator cuff because I couldn't draw from my hip if my life depended on it. It works quite well.

It's also surprisingly comfortable
 
My Galco rig for my SA XDs .45, back a few years ago when it was my edc. My current edc is a J-frame .357, but I mostly pocket carry it in a sticky holster. I later upgraded to a double magazine carrier, but I don't have a picture of that.
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Winchester67 said:
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With two guns it balances even better than with a speed loader pouch on the offside. And if my passenger is not a daily carry person, they at least know how to work a revolver so it is a force multiplier. A pair of three inch Model 65 Smith and Wesson .357 Magnums vanish under a blazer or windbreaker. And once again, either hand can access the weapon.
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Nice, I wish my girlfriend had a pair like those.
 
Back in my days of working with a dog trainer and doing the training by myself when the boss was in the hospital after a bad heart attack , I wore a Ruger Security - Six in .357 mag. in an X-15. Wore it 10 plus hours a day and got to the point that I hated it. That little narrow strap that comes around and under the off side shoulder puts a lot of stress on the neck muscles.

I have carried full size 1911s in a Galco rig and was much more comfortable. I still carry in a Galco rig to this day although not every day.
 
As an LAPD Detective I carried my Model 15 in a shoulder rg, as well as my Model 38, on occasion. After I was retired in 1994, I got into Executive Protection and carried a Sigma in a MinuteMan shoulder holster, or a Makarov. Advantage of the MM was that it was carried as a horizontal holster, but when drawn, ir swiveled to vertical. I ended buying a second one off of E-bay. Holsters were formed for certain firearms, I.e. Makarov, but were also useable with others such as a Firestar 40 or other smaller pistols. Like all shoulder holsters, you need. Jacket or shirt to cover it. Still my most worn holster, 30+ years later…
 
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