The detective who taught me my on-the-road driver's ed told me this exact thing. He was also named "Moore". Unfortunately, he passed away some years ago, which was a shame.
Best Carry Position in Vehicle
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The detective who taught me my on-the-road driver's ed told me this exact thing. He was also named "Moore". Unfortunately, he passed away some years ago, which was a shame.
bigggbbruce
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SAY WHAT?
AIWB just the same as walking around. No need to remember a different location.
DocB
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I like the NRA Cup Holder idea. Right there when you need it. Carrying anywhere anyhow in my truck is such a pain. I often wonder how fast I could get it out if needed it, and I carry one in the door and one in the box next to my right hand.
Whitwabit
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just because I am in the car my carry doesn't change .. IWB around 4 .. I'm able to draw with my seatbelt on .. I do practice drawing both while seated in the car and also as I exit the car ..
I will take my shirt or what ever outer clothing and tuck it behind my pistol butt exposing it .. allowing a slightly quicker draw speed .. the way my console is your not able to see it from looking in the right window as its blocked by the console .. so is still concealed from other drivers .. but can be quickly acquired by me ..
I will take my shirt or what ever outer clothing and tuck it behind my pistol butt exposing it .. allowing a slightly quicker draw speed .. the way my console is your not able to see it from looking in the right window as its blocked by the console .. so is still concealed from other drivers .. but can be quickly acquired by me ..
franzas
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OWB right hip. If you rob me at gunpoint, I'll be happy to reach for my wallet...
Notice the almost universal dependence on belt carry?
In the military vehicle crew members carry pistols in shoulder holsters.
In a passenger car with seat belt on most belt carry positions are vulnerable to getting trapped or tangled in the belt. With a coat on it's even worse. Since it IS valuable to carry the same way you do all day - some of us carry in a shoulder holster, precisely because we are in a car a lot. Keep a jacket or coat free on the off hand side (right handed) and it's not much different than going for a cell phone. It also presents more quickly aimed at an intruder at the driver's door.
I've carried that way on the beach in swim trunks. Most say they can't because IWB or other doesn't work well in that situation. Shoulder holster does. Tropical shirt covers the holster, you need it for sun protection anyway.
Don't get trapped into the belt carry only solution, there are ways that can work better. If you tend toward the mature build and belt carry isn't good - that inverse funnel thing where trousers tend to obey gravity - don't wear it on the belt. Or pocket.
I've never seen a shoulder holster slide down around someone's knees.
In the military vehicle crew members carry pistols in shoulder holsters.
In a passenger car with seat belt on most belt carry positions are vulnerable to getting trapped or tangled in the belt. With a coat on it's even worse. Since it IS valuable to carry the same way you do all day - some of us carry in a shoulder holster, precisely because we are in a car a lot. Keep a jacket or coat free on the off hand side (right handed) and it's not much different than going for a cell phone. It also presents more quickly aimed at an intruder at the driver's door.
I've carried that way on the beach in swim trunks. Most say they can't because IWB or other doesn't work well in that situation. Shoulder holster does. Tropical shirt covers the holster, you need it for sun protection anyway.
Don't get trapped into the belt carry only solution, there are ways that can work better. If you tend toward the mature build and belt carry isn't good - that inverse funnel thing where trousers tend to obey gravity - don't wear it on the belt. Or pocket.
I've never seen a shoulder holster slide down around someone's knees.
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Any of you ever run a car jacking training scenario? Every time I went for my gun, I "died". I've only had one disarm attempt fail when I ran car jacking scenarios with my instructor. At the range a car jacking takes place, it's always faster to take the perps gun. So I suggest keeping it in your normal carry position.
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ChiefStealth
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For me, carrying this time of year is easy. I have a nice NRA bomber jacket that has elastic straps velcroed into pockets on the inside of the jacket. In effect, its a shoulder holster. Secure.. easy to deploy. Walking, sitting in car, all the same.
In summer, its different. IWB cross-draw while not in car. While in car, just put the pistol between my legs.
In summer, its different. IWB cross-draw while not in car. While in car, just put the pistol between my legs.
vigil617
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Big Cholla
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IMHO, the wearing of any piece of clothing that advertises that a person is a "Gunnie" i.e. the NRA jacket or hat or shirt can alert bad guy(s) that one is probably armed. ....... Just say'in. It seems to me that keeping all others from even suspecting that I'm armed is to my advantage.
And, placing a firearm anyplace in a vehicle that would allow it to be dislodged into the floorboard or under the seat is not the optimum place for a handgun that just might be needed quickly. That is exactly what happened to one of the FBI Agents in the Miami Shootout. The FBI Agents in that shootout paid the price for his mistake.
I mentioned the word 'advantage' above. After a few years of martial arts training with firearms, I came to realize that one can't give away very many "advantages or edges or ticks of the clock" in a gunfight. ...........
IMHO, the wearing of any piece of clothing that advertises that a person is a "Gunnie" i.e. the NRA jacket or hat or shirt can alert bad guy(s) that one is probably armed. ....... Just say'in. It seems to me that keeping all others from even suspecting that I'm armed is to my advantage.
And, placing a firearm anyplace in a vehicle that would allow it to be dislodged into the floorboard or under the seat is not the optimum place for a handgun that just might be needed quickly. That is exactly what happened to one of the FBI Agents in the Miami Shootout. The FBI Agents in that shootout paid the price for his mistake.
I mentioned the word 'advantage' above. After a few years of martial arts training with firearms, I came to realize that one can't give away very many "advantages or edges or ticks of the clock" in a gunfight. ...........
I have to travel to various large metropolitan areas frequently. I keep a snub revolver in a fanny pack on my lap.
Leaving yourself room and simply driving away sounds great and would be ideal, but in big city traffic that just isn't always a possibility.
Leaving yourself room and simply driving away sounds great and would be ideal, but in big city traffic that just isn't always a possibility.
Someone once said to me, "If you'd fought fair, I'd have beaten you."
My reply was, "And you're only saying that because you lost."
SuperMan
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Two of the FBI agents lost their guns by taking them out of the holster and putting them on the seat just before the very short chase... Agent Manauzzi lost his when he used his vehicle to force Platt and Matix off the road and into the parking lot of the duplex. He did not have a backup weapon. Agent Hanlon lost his weapon when the car he and Mirelis crashed into a wall across the street from the shootout. He did have a 5-shot chief as a backup and was later shot in the hand and groin by Platt.
Since the late 1970s I've carried a 1911 IWB butt forward at about the 0830-0900 position in a lightweight holster...now using a RAMORA. When seated I draw with the left hand and either shoot left handed or pass the gun to my right hand depending which direction I have to shoot.
There is no one right way to do things...just the best one for you..just make sure it works before you have to use it...
Bob
Since the late 1970s I've carried a 1911 IWB butt forward at about the 0830-0900 position in a lightweight holster...now using a RAMORA. When seated I draw with the left hand and either shoot left handed or pass the gun to my right hand depending which direction I have to shoot.
There is no one right way to do things...just the best one for you..just make sure it works before you have to use it...
Bob
elm_creek_smith
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"Just prior to ramming the Monte Carlo, Manauzzi had pulled out his service revolver and placed it on the seat in anticipation of a shootout,[8] but the force of the collision flung open his door and sent his weapon flying. Hanlon lost his .357 Magnum service revolver during the initial collision, though he was still able to fight with his Smith & Wesson Model 36 backup gun." -Wikipedia.
coachray
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For me it's my regular carry position. IWB at about 4:00 position.
mustangman
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I carry in a vehicle the same way I carry everywhere, OWB RH cross draw.
If you're driving it stays out of the way of the seatbelt, and drawing is simple, without a lot of arm motion.
I actually practice this quite a bit.
That's what works best for me, YMMV.
If you're driving it stays out of the way of the seatbelt, and drawing is simple, without a lot of arm motion.
I actually practice this quite a bit.
That's what works best for me, YMMV.
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I carry in my normal right hip position, with a second gun in the the drivers side door panel. Be Safe,
