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I actually find too many pockets distracting. Carrying something in a layered pocket where the entry for one may be from the rear and another layer from the top and another layer from the inside can make it to hard to find if you don't practice enough and use the same pocket everytime.

Better to use a simple pocket to keep something that may need to be accessed in a hurry.

I wish I had the time to see if any of the open carry crowd here are the same ones that post against vests or fanny packs.

Sure, either one presents the likelihood that the person is armed but also that that person may be better armed.

If you read my posts here two years ago, you will read how easy it is to carry a full size 1911. It still isn't uncomfortable, but I only do it in cooler weather. For a year, all I've carried is a 642 in a pocket holster.

I told a friend recently that I had bought a couple of fanny packs. Why? So I could go back to carrying a real gun!

At the movies Thursday, there was a fellow weighing probably 350 lbs, wearing shorts but wearing a vest over his shirt in 90 degree weather. I told my buddy that he was probably carrying a big gun if he was willing to wear the vest in that weather.

Most of the public is blissfully ignorant and a vest or fanny pack means nothing to them. It can be argued that the ones most likely to endanger us are more aware, but I bet a good many aren't.

I would rather have my 1911 or Hi-Power in a fanny pack with a couple of extra mags and still have room for my OC than to be limited to my 642 and a couple of speed strips.

This is one option:

http://www.smithandalexander.com/apparel.html

Or this:

http://www.casualmale.com/store/en_US/c ... d=cat10079

Several times a year I see the Foxfire vest on sale from different merchants.

dudegreg wrote:I plan on getting one of these soon:
http://www.concealedcarryoutfitters.com/prod01.htm

I bought one in October 2006 and promptly returned it because of two issues.

One was that it would not properly hold a 5" 1911 (their later reply told me they had corrected that).

The other was that I am very large. My chest measurement indicated a 4XL while my waist indicated a 5XL. I ordered the 5XL only to find the vest too small, even though I wear 4X shirts, jackets, and vests.

They wanted to charge me an extra $100 to make it fit.

I was glad to be rid of it, and them.