smartcarry

[rchance]

I got my smartcarry today in the mail and after about 30 minutes of getting the adjustment right I have to admit it is awesome. I wear shorts all the time without a belt and with smartcarry under my short and a t-shirt untucked you can't even see any bulge at all of my glock 30. I travel a lot and even sitting it's comfortable. Anyone else carry in smartcarry?

 

[yanici]

Yep I got one. It's definately a smart way to carry with any elasticized waistbands.

 

[Big Foot]

a t-shirt untucked you can't even see any bulge at all of my glock 30.

How about a pic from a skeptical observer...

 

[Erich]

I like mine pretty well, though I have to say that I notice bulges unless I take a great deal of care in placing the gun. Sitting down, I find that bulges are quite evident. (With any kind of a cover garment like an untucked shirt, of course, bulges are hidden. But isn't the purpose of the SmartCarry to enable concealed carry without a cover garment?)

I used this carry method quite a lot a few years ago, but I've really moved away from it and only use it occasionally now.

 

[Andy Taylor]

Anyone use a smartcarry/thundrwear while bicycling? Obviously not in spandex bicycle shorts.

 

[m75rlg]

But isn't the purpose of the SmartCarry to enable concealed carry without a cover garment?)

Pleated pants.
Works even when sitting. (Carry at 10 o'clock instead of 12 o'clock.)
Charlie had a good idea and good execution.

 

[Erich]

I've got pleated pants and I find that they minimize the degree to which the bulge is visible, but there's still very obviously something there when I'm seated. And, since the entire world knows I'm a gun guy, my office mates might suspect what it is.

And I'm not inexperienced with SmartCarry or biased against it. I always carry slightly off centerline, and I've been wearing SmartCarry for years (I have two in different sizes and am considering buying a third) and have futzed with it in every way possible - it's okay for what it is, but let's not pretend it can render a bulky handgun invisible under reasonably fitted pants.

To be honest, I think it probably depends on your build and the fit of your pants. I have an athletic build and it would require clown pants to provide sufficient fullness to make the SmartCarry invisible when I'm seated. I'm able to minimize it, but I can always discern it and others can as well.

Lucky, I've done serious mountain biking with a SmartCarry on, and I think it is absolutely wonderful in that role. It does not interfere with my movement or power, yet the gun is always easy to get should you encounter a PO'd black bear after rounding a boulder into it and its cubs.