bigwheelzip
Absent Comrade
My husband had the 4:30 IWB issue pop up on the supermarket checkout line, the first day he conceal carried. Gun bulge effectively locked his wallet in the pocket. He moved his wallet to the other side after that.
Accessing your wallet while carrying IWB
- Thread starter growr
- Start date
Not a problem for me. I'm right handed but I figured out very early in life that is my primary weapon. I started carrying my wallet on my left rear side in the teens as that leaves my right hand free to do other things. Same when carrying something (a bag of food, car keys for examples) it goes in my left arm/hand.
I have back and right hip issues (just one of many body issues).
On the advice of my doctor, I stated carrying my wallet in my front left pocket. Makes a world of different for the better.
On the advice of my doctor, I stated carrying my wallet in my front left pocket. Makes a world of different for the better.
Ytcoinshooter
Member
After right & left hip replacements in my late 40's wallet went to front left pants pocket or breast pocket. I'm right handed draw and the combo works well. I'm also a lot older and those prosthetics have been great. My spare magazine is on my left side.
Watchdog
Member
- Joined
- Apr 6, 2013
- Messages
- 12,510
- Reaction score
- 32,351
I carry at three o'clock. Amazing what an hour's difference can make in your life.
Whitwabit
US Veteran
Started carrying a money clip 30 some years ago .. so nothing was in the back pockets before I started carrying .. now a money clip in my front left pocket .. small money clip with my CCL and credit cards in my left back pocket ..
Doesn't interfere with carrying at 4:30 .. and its on the opposite side of my firearm if I should need to get it license for a LEO ..
Doesn't interfere with carrying at 4:30 .. and its on the opposite side of my firearm if I should need to get it license for a LEO ..
I carry 3:30 IWB as well. Wallet is a little snug, but I can shift my weight around and access it when needed while carrying a full size even. Just takes a little practice.
P.S. The tough transition was moving my belt mounted cell phone to my weak side after starting to CC. I did a lot of cell-phone-crossdrawing for a while.
P.S. The tough transition was moving my belt mounted cell phone to my weak side after starting to CC. I did a lot of cell-phone-crossdrawing for a while.
Last edited:
REI Co-op RFID Clip Stash Wallet - REI.com
This is the wallet I've carried for 2 years.
I clip my keys to it so in the event I'm pulled over I have my wallet in my hand as soon as I turn off the ignition.
As far as accessing it otherwise I wear cargo pants also and I carry it in the Right cargo pocket. I think it makes me a little safer from pick pockets too
This is the wallet I've carried for 2 years.
I clip my keys to it so in the event I'm pulled over I have my wallet in my hand as soon as I turn off the ignition.
As far as accessing it otherwise I wear cargo pants also and I carry it in the Right cargo pocket. I think it makes me a little safer from pick pockets too
I'm 54 years old and carried my wallet in my right hip pocket for about as long as I've had a hip pocket. When I resumed carrying a few years ago (after a 20 year hiatus) I started carrying IWB at 4 o'clock too. I swapped my wallet to the left side. Took a little getting used to, but well worth it IMO. YMMV.
Switch my wallet to the front left pocket after being at a 4th of July fireworks and sitting on the ground lost my wallet about 45 years ago.
Also a money clip there. CC @ 4 o'clock.
Also a money clip there. CC @ 4 o'clock.
Last edited:
No lumps, gun, wallet or other, in a back pocket. To reiterate what has been said, bad news for the spine.
Dvan34
Member
My favorite CC IWB gear includes several vests. I love them for the fact that they have several pockets and allow you to organize things. I must have 6 different vests depending on the weather, light for summer and heavier for cold weather. I want my CC ID in an outside pocket on the left side over my heart, clear away from my firearm. My wallet is in an inside pocket on the left side as well. Pockets for cell phone, keys, etc.. Easily accessed. Out of sight.
Mainsail
Member
I still don't understand how a gun carried in the front can interfere with a wallet carried in the back. Is your appendix out of place?
If by 'interfere' you mean to say reaching your wallet can expose your IWB; then I suggest getting your concealed permit or license so you're legally carrying concealed. Once it's legal for you to carry concealed, you no longer need to be overly concerned with brief partial exposure of the gun or holster.
If by 'interfere' you mean to say reaching your wallet can expose your IWB; then I suggest getting your concealed permit or license so you're legally carrying concealed. Once it's legal for you to carry concealed, you no longer need to be overly concerned with brief partial exposure of the gun or holster.
Not true in every state.
It's an issue for some of us. I agree, the OP has a point.
What you have to do is compromise your "comfort" for a good reason - or three.
I've carried my wallet in the right rear most of my adult life. I have, at least, tried not to stuff it with every gas card, receipt, membership ID, or coupon I've ever had come to me. Serving in the military and being in the field or deployed will quickly get you to thinking about it. I don't see large bulky wallets carried when living in a foxhole or tent for weeks at a time. When your house is on your back, every ounce becomes questionable.
I only carry required ID - a few credit cards - a pizza coupon, and try to clean it out periodically. Lately I've been considering a new wallet and the choices are all relatively bad - all the retailers carry leather folding envelopes with multiple layers which when loaded up are sometimes physically impossible to put in a front pocket.
Considering how much we fuss and fidget over a folded piece of leather to hold the gun, the comparison is pretty humorous. How many have a drawer full of holsters looking for the best fit, but soldier on regardless with a wallet designed to carry paper money in a world of credit cards and same shaped ID? We are using a design that gelled in the 1930's for our modern century 2000 life.
Goes to price, too. My last three wallets all cost less than $10 each, I just hope and pray my next holster was that cheap. But, I would be strongly cautioned that it couldn't be decent quality or durable if it was. Yet a wallet is given a pass?
Been giving it a LOT of thought lately.
Point being that if you carry, even the wallet needs to be subordinate to where you place the gun and access to it. Yup, IWB/OWB near 4:00 can interfere with wallet access, so even if we have carried it there 50 years or more - like the OP or me - it's not a good thing to make the gun move when that is apparently where it belongs.
Which is the more important "muscle memory" skill, accessing the gun under stress, or the wallet? Shouldn't be any question about it. If you carry, and the wallet is in the wrong place - move it. You will get used to it. There's the black and white choice.
Now, if it's going to move, then where? Left side, or front pocket? Regardless, if you give some thought to holsters and cost, then treat your wallet the same. In my experience there are three major failings of wallets in a credit card world - stitched seams, plastic windows, and multilayer construction. Reduce or eliminate them as much as possible. Wallets with lots of separate pockets one for each card just means that each card gets it's own place to accumulate grit which sands the card down, instead of letting it filter thru. We don't carry guns that trap dirt or holsters with closed bottoms because of it, don't carry a wallet that does the same.
Seriously consider the new minimalist wallets and changing up where you put it. If you can carry a cell phone in your front pocket - you can carry a wallet on the other side. It cleans up access, keeps from flashing the gun, and also limits losing it. Let yourself look at those as pricey as a holster and you will get into a whole different class of utility and function, too. It's something you will carry for ten or twenty years - might as well be durable and high quality. If that sounds like it's extravagant, put it in a cost per year basis. A $85 holster is less than $8 a year in service life, why not a wallet? I can tell you an $8 wallet will get you about the same quality as an $8 holster, why buy a headache - or back ache - by cheaping out on a piece of EDC gear that is critical toward securing your financial instruments?
We give more thought to what pocket knife we carry - and money, too.
What you have to do is compromise your "comfort" for a good reason - or three.
I've carried my wallet in the right rear most of my adult life. I have, at least, tried not to stuff it with every gas card, receipt, membership ID, or coupon I've ever had come to me. Serving in the military and being in the field or deployed will quickly get you to thinking about it. I don't see large bulky wallets carried when living in a foxhole or tent for weeks at a time. When your house is on your back, every ounce becomes questionable.
I only carry required ID - a few credit cards - a pizza coupon, and try to clean it out periodically. Lately I've been considering a new wallet and the choices are all relatively bad - all the retailers carry leather folding envelopes with multiple layers which when loaded up are sometimes physically impossible to put in a front pocket.
Considering how much we fuss and fidget over a folded piece of leather to hold the gun, the comparison is pretty humorous. How many have a drawer full of holsters looking for the best fit, but soldier on regardless with a wallet designed to carry paper money in a world of credit cards and same shaped ID? We are using a design that gelled in the 1930's for our modern century 2000 life.
Goes to price, too. My last three wallets all cost less than $10 each, I just hope and pray my next holster was that cheap. But, I would be strongly cautioned that it couldn't be decent quality or durable if it was. Yet a wallet is given a pass?
Been giving it a LOT of thought lately.
Point being that if you carry, even the wallet needs to be subordinate to where you place the gun and access to it. Yup, IWB/OWB near 4:00 can interfere with wallet access, so even if we have carried it there 50 years or more - like the OP or me - it's not a good thing to make the gun move when that is apparently where it belongs.
Which is the more important "muscle memory" skill, accessing the gun under stress, or the wallet? Shouldn't be any question about it. If you carry, and the wallet is in the wrong place - move it. You will get used to it. There's the black and white choice.
Now, if it's going to move, then where? Left side, or front pocket? Regardless, if you give some thought to holsters and cost, then treat your wallet the same. In my experience there are three major failings of wallets in a credit card world - stitched seams, plastic windows, and multilayer construction. Reduce or eliminate them as much as possible. Wallets with lots of separate pockets one for each card just means that each card gets it's own place to accumulate grit which sands the card down, instead of letting it filter thru. We don't carry guns that trap dirt or holsters with closed bottoms because of it, don't carry a wallet that does the same.
Seriously consider the new minimalist wallets and changing up where you put it. If you can carry a cell phone in your front pocket - you can carry a wallet on the other side. It cleans up access, keeps from flashing the gun, and also limits losing it. Let yourself look at those as pricey as a holster and you will get into a whole different class of utility and function, too. It's something you will carry for ten or twenty years - might as well be durable and high quality. If that sounds like it's extravagant, put it in a cost per year basis. A $85 holster is less than $8 a year in service life, why not a wallet? I can tell you an $8 wallet will get you about the same quality as an $8 holster, why buy a headache - or back ache - by cheaping out on a piece of EDC gear that is critical toward securing your financial instruments?
We give more thought to what pocket knife we carry - and money, too.
Similar threads
