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I recently ordered this IWB holster. I don't have it yet so I can't recommend it personally, but had it personally recommended by some folks on the Beretta forum. it's clip is designed so that you can tuck your shirt in. They have about a 6 month backlog. SO I have a few more months to go.

My current carry holster is a Don Hume. I just got my CHL plastic yesterday, but I've been wearing the Don Hume around the house. It's all right, but not a good permanent solution. But so far I find that 1 or 2 o'clock is most comfortable for me. I'm 6'4" and weigh about 200 pounds, and with just a tshirt on over, the gun gets lost. I tested the theory last night by going shopping at Vista Ridge with the wife. Even she didn't know I had it, and she knew I got my plastic that day.

Absolutely... if one carries for self defense and can't shoot off-hand, there is a serious gap in one's training.

I think the simple factor is that you're not thinking through ENOUGH situations. Now, you've gotten to a point where you believe you know what you are and are not comfortable with and you carry accordingly...this is of course always the best course of action. My suggestion is that perhaps through training you could become MORE comfortable with a carry method that allows a greater degree of flexibility. Let me give you an example.

If a rational BG is holding you at gun point and you have your gun concealed, and the BG doesn't have any distracting elements going on, you are correct, it's probably not going to matter one single iota that you don't have one sitting in the pipe. You're going to get shot if you try to draw.

But how about this? Your BG is no longer rational. Maybe he's a little tweaked on drugs, and he's robbing you. Maybe you have family members with you. His attention is divided. He gets distracted by something outside of the situation... he flips out and turns and fires.

I believe this is a situation where any one of us would feel fully justified in putting this guy down and stopping him from threatening our families.

You don't have ANY clue how long he's going to remain turned. He may fire once and flip back and keep shooting at a perceived (in his drug addled mind) threat.... you and yours. So you have but a fraction of a second to draw and fire. Do you want to take up part of it with having to rack the slide under UNGODLY pressure?

I'm not saying you're wrong to carry the way you carry. I'm suggesting that if you train yourself to carry your firearm in a manner that's more fire-ready, you give yourself an extra amount of response time that will help you in some margin of situations. It will turn some situations you would not be able to respond to having to rack the slide, into situations which you now will be able to respond. It will turn situations that before were a bit dicey into situations that you have far more time to control as you have less to worry about. The more time you have, the more advantage you have on your side. And self defense is ALL about management.... management of time, advantage, circumstance... It's about not making mistakes, and part of being mistake free is preparation.

Nothing is ever perfect. If it was, we wouldn't have to carry guns.

My carry holster covers my trigger. My firearm has a pin block safety that disengages the pin until the hammer is pulled back, either single action or through a full double action trigger pull. My firearm is completely safe to carry in this manner. My firearm is a choice that's becoming more popular with L.E. It's designed to be carried this way, safely.

No hyperbole... just one less thing to worry about in a situation that, should it ever happen, will probably be a "Top 5 Most Stressful Event in My Life" situation. I don't believe that's hyperbole.

I can think of situations where racking the slide could be bad, like if you're hidden from a marauding gunman who could hear you do so. It's of course an extreme situation. To me, it's not the TIME it takes to rack the slide, it's the fudge factor of doing it when your adrenaline is spiking, your hands are shaking... what if I don't get full pull back and I jam? That kind of thing. As I said.... for me the analysis comes down to "I'm fully safe in doing so, and it's one less thing to worry about."

If you're in a fair fight, it means you weren't trying hard enough. I prefer to have egregious advantages over my opponent when the lives of myself and my loved ones and friends are on the line.

Beretta PX4 Storm, 1 in the pipe, mag full, no manual safety to speak of, gun is ready to draw and fire DA or roll the hammer back for SA if I have to drive a tack into someone. ;)