OldGrunt
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Don't forget, he is a MAC DADDY!
Carrying while fat (how do you do this comfortably?!)
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Onewolf426
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I typically wear an IWB at the 3 to 4 o.clock. Jeans about 1 size bigger with leather belt and a patterned T-shirt or collared shirt. I use either Versacarry, Mernickle, Hidden Hybrid Holsters, Muddy River or Crossbreed depending on the firearm I am carrying. Cooler weather or if I have a long enough shirt I wear OWB same position, all have the 15 degree cant. I have found that with the cant and position, it allows me to bend, stoop, crouch and sit without having the firearm jabbing me. I have the muffin top, so all my holsters have the sweat shield and almost all my firearms have the rubber Talon grips for comfort against the skin. Cooler weather I will layer with a tucked in T-shirt and a large shirt for concealment. Works out very well for me. Unless I am carrying one of my weightier firearms, carrying is barely noticeable for me.
Jfal
Hellcat
Im fat. P365 in an Alabama pocket holster in my jeans' front right-hand pocket. Yes it prints if you know what you're looking at, but printing is not illegal in my state. Both open and permitted concealed are legal, so printing is not breaking any laws. I gave up on IWB after $300-400 in repeatedly uncomfortable holsters.
Not gonna lie, I’m from Alabama and that don’t sound right!
Oldmountaiman
Custom
And puncture wounds
HayesGreener
Ronin
My statement stands unchanged..
Oldmountaiman
Custom
I love Milt Sparks Summer special and would love to have another one but I am not young enough to order one cause I will be long gone B4 it gets to me.View attachment 97514 Don Hume. JIT. 3:00
Image taken from the web. I carry a S&W 638 so the hammer doesn't chew a hole in my side. AND.... humpbacks are cooler than anything else.
Winchester67
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As I got older/fatter I kept wearing the same inside the waistband style I always have. Luckily, I am retired in a college town...cargo pants from Duluth and an untucked shirt makes me the cool grandpa looking dude, not a homeless bum with ill fitting clothing. But I will admit, the five inch Government Model 1911 is not quite as comfortable as a Sig 365 XL with a Holosun. I am walking now, trying to get away from my current Fat Elvis condition and down to Comeback Elvis shape.
Oldmountaiman
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I have a Commander and a officer 1911 all with the original sights,have carried that way for years. Being I carry for self defense I find it suits me best. I'm a great grandpa and use a cane sometimes crutches, long hair and a beard so most give me a wide path.
Biggfoot44
Custom
Ironically , l am the other way around . A full size is more comfortable than a compact , lWB .
The full length slide will lie comfortably along the whole length of my butt cheek . A shorter one will dig in .
In the other thread l discussed scoring what l * thought * was exactly what l was looking for in an lWB , but in short order was reminded why l generally dislike lWB .
Dug into butt cheek , rubbed hip bone , and with that gun , had the center of balance above the belt , and it rotated outwards .
Home from the gun show , stopping by home before moving on to the evening activity , l swapped holsters again , to good old dead cow pancake . Which not only was exponentially more comfortable , but actually concealled somewhat better .
( More foreward tilt , and positioned at 3:30 ‐ish , hid the butt better . )
NMEDGE
Professional
At one time after I retired from Air Force I started selling cars and I gained a lot of weight. I was 280lbs! I ignored my health, I smoked like a chimney, and drank like a fish. When I finally was in the cath lab getting my first stent I made a promise to myself to change my ways. I started walking about 5 miles a day. Then I started eating better and watched what I put in my mouth. Once I lost some weight I started running. Eating right and not drinking really helped. What I am trying to say is if you know you are fat, you're fat. Actually you are slowly killing yourself. It's up to you to help yourself. You will feel 100 times better when you lose the muffin around your waist. As of this morning I weigh 185lbs now. I still watch what I eat as I am now a diabetic. Do not wait until you are in a emergency room and some doctor is giving you some bad news.
Oldmountaiman
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This is great information and very good advice. You can over work your heart which is what I did according to my doctor's as I was a workaholic and it took a toll. When I got out of the military I was 185,after a few years of being a logger then ran a ranch in the high country which every one knows is long hours.when I came back into civilization I went to work as a shear operator and cut 20 foot sheets of steel from 12 gauge upto half inch plate. Then. t he company sold so I went to work at a foundry. Then a electrician and a weekend fighter. My best friend said Sheriff needed deputies so that started my law enforcement career. I worked for several different out and last one was federal was when I had my first heart attack and died but CPR I was revived spent a month in ICU then 3 weeks in transcare. That's when I became disabled as I suffer from SCA . For over a year I sat around the house when I received a call to be a training officer for security teams. I did that for a few years then started dragging and I retired and then I died my third time and my wife did CPR and saved m. We sold our place and left the hot country. After we arrived my new heart doctor said if you don't get a dual defibrillator your going to die again so I have one,the doctor said don't try to go back to work because you won't survive. In 2017 my wife came down with pneumonia and was put on oxygen so I became her caretaker. I have had some minor attacks but hanging on. I am told that they don't see why I am still up right but the 5 stents and the dual defibrillator and the fault lies with over work. I am holding study at 175 to 180 at 5ft eleven. My mobility is painful and I still get up early ( 4:30am) one hour power nap of one hour at 4 in the afternoon and go bed at 10:30 toe eleven. My morning work out runs one and a half. I am the cook house keeper and caretaker and doctor says they say my heart is a mess but I have to take care of my wife.