As I was carrying my shopping bags into the house tonight, I was wondering whether a weak-side pocket gun would make more sense than strong side.

Thought?

Only if it's a back-up.

I keep a KBar TDI knife as my weekside back up...I really like it. It clips in the inside of front pocket with just the handle sticking up. It draws like a pistol from a holster and comes to the hand really fast.

Plus I figure if I have to go to the weak side, things are already WAY to close, and then sometimes a knife is at the advantage.

You might want to get into the habit of carrying bags and such with your non-dominant hand.

I have at various times carried guns in each pocket.

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Originally posted by Erich:
Only if it's a back-up.

End of discussion.

Cheers,
dan

I had a J frame/Mika in each pocket last weekend while moving stuff into the storage unit.

If your life is threatened while carrying something in your gun hand.....................drop it. (in all seriousness, that may cause some distraction and give you an edge)

I too find myself from time to time with a 342Ti Airlite in one front pocket & an 642 Airweight in the other, Both use the same ammo & if a reload is carried it would be in a Bianchi Speed Strip..
You Never know when one of your hands might be full, I agree that in a dangerous area to carry stuff with your weak arm leaving your Strong Hand Free To Work..
Gary/Hk

here's why I've learned to carry a bug in my left front pocket..one of the tactics of the street wise looking to bum money/possibly rob you..they come up with a smile and a friendly comment about your nice truck or something..making conversation to put you at ease or distract your attention..then they want to shake your hand..most folks don't want to be rude so they'll respond to an extended handshake..this ties up your right hand and now you're in trouble...when I see this kind of thing coming and it's not a total scuz that I'm prepared to be rude to...then it's simple to stay polite by shaking hands but keeping my left hand in my pocket on my gun.
I agree this is way too close but frankly if I've got a good grip on his hand and he comes up with a knife or gun, then i've got a better chance to pull him off balance and recover from the curve and get my weapon into play than if he simply has come up on me and has me reach for the sky or my wallet. Reaching for my wallet can often times mean I'm reaching in the same area, but for an IWB main gun..still a tough curve to recover from so again a hand on my bug in left front pocket if I even sense trouble is my best strategy and something I try for.
I was in the movie theater parking lot last year..late at night coming out of a flick and the wife and I found ourselves surprisingly alone with a tall single black male coming our way..his hand in his coat pocket and either an unopened beer bottle poking tip down deep into his pocket, or more likely something worse...my wife usually walks on my right side hand in hand...we both spotted this guy and she calmly asks me "you seeing this ?" I had already released her hand, and moved my arm around her back and her waste as if I was walking her that way, but then slipped my hand to my strong side holster and got my hand on my gun grip..took maybe 2 secs to get to the ready with her body blocking much of the view of this move, but this guy was paying attention and with his hand still deep in his coat pocket he changed direction and moved on..never underestimate the professional street opportunist. But to the point of this post...a bug weak side..yeah..can't think of a better place for it to be..mind you..a bug to me is a small wheel gun or in my case a 32 semi DAO..no safety and always condition 1..ready to play.

i prefer back-up in weak side front pocket. typically carry 686 or 60 strong side IWB. this allows me to carry strips/loaders in strongside front pocket.

at close ranges i suffer less from firing weak hand only then i do trying to manipulate a reload weak hand. i also prefer having the option of having handgun available for either hand that is available and being able to operate my primary and still access back-up to hand to wife/friend if appropriate.

I believe it was Jeff Cooper who advocated never giving your strong hand to a stranger wanting to shake hands.

I have developed a habit of, when being aproached in dubious circumstances by a total stranger who wants to shake hands, of backing up a bit and holding up my left hand (I'm a righty) palm out and saying, "Sorry - I don't want to seem rude, but I have severe arthritis (true) and shaking hands is quite painful for me."

It's always worked for me and nobody has ever complained of being offended or of feeling slighted.

The weak side front pocket gun and the strong side IWB cannon are both the primary. Which one I would use first depends on the situation. The other gun then becomes the BUG.

One benefit of being a southpaw!

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Originally posted by GatorFarmer:
You might want to get into the habit of carrying bags and such with your non-dominant hand.

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Originally posted by SixWillDo:
If your life is threatened while carrying something in your gun hand.....................drop it. (in all seriousness, that may cause some distraction and give you an edge)

+1 Works for me.

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Originally posted by R-Tex:
I believe it was Jeff Cooper who advocated never giving your strong hand to a stranger wanting to shake hands.

I have developed a habit of, when being aproached in dubious circumstances by a total stranger who wants to shake hands, of backing up a bit and holding up my left hand (I'm a righty) palm out and saying, "Sorry - I don't want to seem rude, but I have severe arthritis (true) and shaking hands is quite painful for me."

It's always worked for me and nobody has ever complained of being offended or of feeling slighted.

What I do is fake a sneeze into my right hand, then look kind of sheepish like "you don't want to shake my snotty palm - do you?". Never fails.

Regards,

Dave